| 907
& 908 |
| AIRDATES |
 Original
-- Apr
13/14, 1992
Showcase -- Oct
16/19, 1998 |
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| GUESTS |
George Whaley (Gil Tyler)
Tom Richards
(Brian Kelly)
Rob Steele (Ray
Hall)
Marc Gray (Shane
Kelly)
James Millar
(David Kelly)
Tim Valka (kid at
soccer game) |
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| "Father to Son" |
| It's Lucy's due date. Tom is
coaching soccer. Something is stealing eggs from
Lucy's chooks and Hugo decides to spike some eggs
with cayenne pepper and chili sauce to get back
at whatever it is. One of the boys Tom coaches,
David, is hospitalized with exzema. Matt's
father, Gil, shows up, ostensibly to be there for
the birth of his first grandchild but in reality
he's there to try to lure Matt to his project in
Vietnam. Matt is not pleased to see him. David's
father, Bruce Kelly, is in constant battle with
his neighbour, Ray Hall over David's rabbits and
Ray's dogs. Brian and Ray get into a fight over
it. Gil is
suffering mini strokes and Terence convinces him
to go into the hospital (secretly, at Gil's
insistence) for tests. He needs to go to Sydney
for surgery on his neck but keeps putting it off
for his research project. One of Ray's dogs gets
sick on the spiked eggs, getting Hugo into hot
water with Matt. David's older brother, Shane,
arrives. Kate reads David a romance novel,
envisioning herself and Harry in the lead roles,
and is interrupted by Harry. He, in turn, reads
David a detective story and envisions himself and
Kate in the lead roles. Lucy runs into Gil at the
hospital and pries the whole story out of him.
One of David's rabbits, Hulk, is killed by Ray's
dogs. Rosemary keeps confronting Ray about his
incessantly barking dogs. Shane tries to teach
David how to shoot a gun but is interrupted by
Harry. Hugo decides to build a bicycle-driven
cart to transport inebriated club patrons home.
Esme clashes with
Darcy over Darcy environmentalist ideas. Harry
puts his foot in his mouth by condoning gun
handling training for children in front of Mrs.
Prior. Lucy convinces Matt to read the
information Gil brought about the project and
he's tempted. Then she breaks down and tells him
about Gil's medical problem. More of David's
rabbits are killed (Superman, Batman, and Robin)
and he goes after Ray's dogs with a gun. Ray
tries to get the gun away from David and it goes
off, killing Shane. David runs away and Brian is
devastated. David finally turns himself in.
Rosemary is remembering her husband's death in
Eritria. Darcy is stung by a hornet and is
impressed by Esme's home remedy for it...they
begin to bond. Matt agrees to go to Vietnam, but
only if Gil will have his operation. Lucy insists
that the baby be born in Wandin Valley.
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