Episodes (22)
Jun 23, 2003
The MDA team must deal with the painful aftermath of the attempted murder of Ella, Jamie and Tony. Despite eight hours in the operating theatre, Tony dies and the effect on the survivors is far-reaching and profound.
Jul 30, 2003
Caitlin is on the other side of the line when Richard gives her her first brief at Kato and Pittman: a potential million-dollar claim from a permanently injured plaintiff against a doctor who admits negligence. An open and shut case?
Aug 06, 2003
Ella and Happy face a hard fight defending a doctor, who trusted a pathology report and thus missed a cancer in a nine-year-old boy. The biopsy slides and the pathologist are missing.
Aug 13, 2003
Richard and Caitlin represent a nun who has had a complete mastectomy of a perfectly healthy breast. Happy and Amanda defend the surgeon who mixed up the biopsy results. Amanda's defence is inventive, to say the least.
Aug 20, 2003
Ella, unhappy at Happy and Amanda's legal tactics over representing a deceased MDA member, tells Happy that she's been offered a fulltime job at St Albans Hospital.
Aug 27, 2003
Surgeon Simon Lloyd has his first day as a case manager at MDA, as Ella sadly packs up to leave. Layla prepares a farewell, but Happy buries himself in work to avoid Ella.
Sep 03, 2003
Layla tries to help an old school friend whose sister is brain damaged after a pethidine overdose. Before long, Happy and Jamie are dealing with a writ naming five defendants, who cannot agree on damages or tactics.
Sep 10, 2003
Layla feels helpless, guilty and then angry as the pethidine overdose case heads for court and a "victim friendly" judge. Everyone seems to want something from her, and she only wanted to help.
Sep 17, 2003
The Press takes an interest as Happy and Amanda gear up for an appeal hearing in the Supreme Court. On the plaintiff side, Caitlin is doing all the work and Richard is taking all the credit, as usual.
Sep 24, 2003
Richard's in the middle of a tough mediation when his larrikin Dad arrives from retirement in Tasmania to tell Richard he's remarrying. Dad was a tram driver and things are a little tense with his high-flier son.
Oct 01, 2003
Richard's Dad regains consciousness in hospital, but the two still have trouble communicating about the past.
Oct 08, 2003
Happy and Simon are dismayed when the MDA Board refuses to indemnify a neurosurgeon for experimental spinal surgery. While the paraplegic patient waits hopefully in hospital, Happy, Simon and Mark work to overturn the decision.
Oct 15, 2003
Happy Henderson has a very busy day. Negotiating with Richard Savage to contain a potentially huge damages claim, Happy also tries to avoid being sacked while lobbying to keep Mark Matthews as President of MDA.
Oct 22, 2003
Simon Lloyd is very taken with an attractive GP, who amputated a farmer's arm to save him from a burning truck. But is she all she seems?
Oct 29, 2003
Happy Henderson is trapped into representing a rude and egotistical surgeon, suspected of euthanasia, at a coronial inquest. Happy needs Simon Lloyd's help, but the two are at odds when Simon returns from Germany and resigns.
Nov 05, 2003
Happy Henderson's ordeal at the coronial inquest continues, but cracks appear in his surgeon client's facade. To Happy's chagrin, Simon Lloyd becomes indispensable. Richard Savage sues for "wrongful birth".
Nov 12, 2003
Happy's son Jason tells Happy he's seeing a psychiatrist and wants Happy to come to his next therapy session.
Nov 19, 2003
Happy is amazed and dismayed when his son's psychiatrist is accused of sexual misconduct.
Nov 26, 2003
Richard Savage is determined to secure the biggest damages claim in Australian history when he represents a top tennis star whose career may be over after shoulder surgery.
Dec 03, 2003
Simon and Amanda represent a well-meaning GP whose teenage anorexic patient died under his experimental treatment.
Dec 10, 2003
Ella becomes involved with an unqualified and anarchic Russian doctor Mikhail Voronin.
Dec 17, 2003
Richard turns to Happy for help when his old mentor, whom he is representing, threatens to expose his sometimes dubious practices.
About
MDA Season 2 (2003) is released on Jun 23, 2003 and the latest season 3 of MDA is released in 2005. Watch MDA online - the English Drama TV series from Australia. MDA is directed by Shawn Seet,Aarne Neeme,Daina Reid,Deborah Niski and created by Jane Allen with Shane Bourne and Angus Grant.