Something in the Air (2000)
Something in the Air was an Australian television soap opera transmitted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 2000 and 2002. It was one of the first programs in Australia that was filmed in widescreen. It won the AACTA Award for Best Television Drama Series in 2001.
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Episode 1 - Movers and Shakers
Release Date: 2000-01-17A stranger arrives in Emu Springs. Who is he? Whoever he is, it's clear he's not impressed with the local radio station 3ES where Ryan is in the chair and station manager Helen Virtue is enchanted with the rhythms of the Tango. Julia Rutherford tries to organise a forthcoming ball but her committee members are more interested in the arrogant new arrival. It's Ryan and the ambitious Megan McGregor who finally put a name to the face and a voice to the man. It's Golden Tonsils himself, Tom Dooley.
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Episode 2 - Aftershock
Release Date: 2000-01-18 -
Episode 3 - This Is The Thruth
Release Date: 2000-01-19 -
Episode 4 - Puff of Smoke
Release Date: 2000-01-20Harry sacks Tom, but the damage has been done. Doug thinks he has been exposed, but when it's revealed that the people of Emu Springs are none the wiser about his private life, he instructs Helen to get Tom back. He's good for business. Tom then wrongly identifies Helen as an ally and says he won't work without her. Helen accepts the challenge. When Harry learns that Len has 'spun a yarn' about early Oz Rock, he is not concerned. He's found a new friend in Emu Springs.
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Episode 5 - Gettin' to Know You
Release Date: 2000-01-24 -
Episode 6 - A Blot on the Landscape
Release Date: 2000-01-25 -
Episode 7 - The Spiders and the Fly
Release Date: 2000-01-26Unhappy with the direction his breakfast show is taking and fearing professional embarrassment, Tom reclaims his breakfast spot. As Stephanie and Jerry prepare to leave town, their attention is drawn to his voice on the radio. Driven by her scoop mentality, Stephanie heads over to 3ES for an exclusive interview with the banished king of radio.
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Episode 8 - Siege Radio
Release Date: 2000-01-27 -
Episode 9 - The Best of Intensions
Release Date: 2000-01-31 -
Episode 10 - Everybody Has Their Ups and Downs
Release Date: 2000-02-01 -
Episode 11 - The Big Picture
Release Date: 2000-02-02Len finds solace in the bottle as he struggles to cope with the news that he is dying. Mon seeks to mend the rift between Len and their absent son, Wayne. Stuart is being mysterious about plans for the pub. Tom digs his heels in about keeping the new announcers' chair which forces Helen's hand and she hatches a scheme to teach him a valuable lesson. There's war in the Sabatini household over Joe's decision to invest in fine wool sheep.
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Episode 12 - Resistance is Futile
Release Date: 2000-02-03There are winners and losers when Stuart introduces the pokies to Emu Springs. It's payback time for the recalcitrant Tom over the chair issue. Len surrenders to Mon's gentle persuasion and agrees to co-operate in the treatment of his condition. Although the question of their son, Wayne, remains unresolved. Joe and Sally reconcile over the investment opportunity debacle. Harry and Jason further their advertising careers.
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Episode 13 - Great Expections
Release Date: 2000-02-07 -
Episode 14 - Gold Fever
Release Date: 2000-02-08 -
Episode 15 - Skeleton in the Closet
Release Date: 2000-02-09Helen, Harry, Len and Mon each have a different perspective on the discovery of the gold and bones, and each has trouble keeping the find to themselves. It's not long before the news spreads and Dr Eva reveals the bones aren't human. The feud between Tom and Stuart hots up when Tom announces on air that he's been ripped off. Bonnie reveals her presence during Father Brian's show 'Fess Up' - and an intriguing conversation develops, culminating in her taking flight.
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Episode 16 - Gold in Them There Hills
Release Date: 2000-02-10 -
Episode 17 - Cross Roads
Release Date: 2000-02-14After Tom narrowly avoids colliding with Dr Eva's rail trolley, he uses the airways to vent his road rage. He challenges her right to use the line and her professional approach as a doctor. Dr Eva comes to the station to confront him over this. Instead of the apology he's expecting, Tom gets an insult. The war is on. Tom goes out of his way to check up on her professional credentials. And what he finds out surprises him. She doesn't seem to have any. When he broadcasts this fact to Emu Springs, the small town becomes divided. Meanwhile things in Helen's home life are also pressing; Harry is evasive of work at school and Joe is obsessed with his new stud ram who refuses to mate with his ewes. Just what is the problem?
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Episode 18 - Through the Hoops
Release Date: 2000-02-15Emu Springs is a pressure cooker. Joe is frustrated by the non-performing ram who won't reproduce. Harry has been asked to write an essay on his life but nothing's coming. After the death of his dad, his life seems empty. He looks to inspiration from Helen , but she is too busy dealing with the war between Tom and Dr Eva. He goes to Len for help and inadvertently becomes party to an act of betrayal. The footy team has decided, because of Len's ill health, to drop him as coach. Outwardly Len takes the news with courage and anger but he is devastated. Harry tries to cheer him up with some of Dr Eva's healing oils. Despite the writ Dr Eva has issued against Tom, he continues informing his listeners about Eva's absence of qualifications. Dr Eva is concerned her patients will lose confidence in her. But when Len collapses it is Dr Eva who Mon turns to for help.
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Episode 19 - Forces of Nature
Release Date: 2000-02-16Tom continues his persecution of Dr Eva. Mon takes matters into her own hands by trying to enforce his pedestrian mode of transport. Dr Eva finally comes clean and shows Helen her registration papers. Joe and Sally try alternative methods to inspire Gary the ram, but to no avail. Julia is forced by public attention to swap the rams. Harry is caught up with the problems of life and goal umpiring, whilst Stuart and Ryan are sheepish about their involvement in getting Len sent to hospital with an attack.
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Episode 20 - Chalk It Up
Release Date: 2000-02-17Tom apologizes on air to Dr Eva sporting a rooster peck. He has to swallow his pride and present himself to her for an injection before lockjaw sets in. Joe and Sally are delighted, the new ram's a beauty. They share with Julia a drunken long celebratory lunch. Helen has a visit from Harry's teacher about his inspired cartoon work, and Harry ends up doing the dance of his father with his mother - the tango.
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Episode 21 - Opportunity Knocks
Release Date: 2000-02-21 -
Episode 22 - Can't Buy Me Love
Release Date: 2000-02-22When Doug announces the sales of 3ES to the staff, they are divided, leaving Helen to take some drastic action in a last ditch effort to impede the sale. Meanwhile, Megan commences her late night music show, adopting much of Tom's 'intimate' style, and is flattered when she attracts the attention of Sean, one of her listeners.
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Episode 23 - Return to Sender
Release Date: 2000-02-23As a last ditch effort to avoid the sales of 3ES, Helen takes some drastic action. Julia also voices her disapproval and Doug is left between a rock and a hard place. Sean's pestering continues but Megan devises her own creative solution. Joe is out of action due to a football injury, which increases Sally's workload, while Julia offers her assitance in running the general store, which allows Mon to visit Len without losing business.
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Episode 24 - Wheelin' n' Dealin'
Release Date: 2000-02-24The football team are rocked by Len's strange behaviour, and like the rest of the town are further devastated by his latest announcement. Sean confronts Megan about her 'public and private face', while Sally makes a small confession to Joe.
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Episode 25 - Salvation Jane
Release Date: 2000-02-28 -
Episode 26 - Unexpected Proposal
Release Date: 2000-02-29 -
Episode 27 - Flight of the Bumble Bee
Release Date: 2000-03-01 -
Episode 28 - No Regrets
Release Date: 2000-03-02 -
Episode 29 - The Last Straw
Release Date: 2000-03-06 -
Episode 30 - Country Races
Release Date: 2000-03-07 -
Episode 31 - Lateral Thoughts
Release Date: 2000-03-08 -
Episode 32 - Rising to the Occasion
Release Date: 2000-03-09 -
Episode 33 - Rotten Eggs
Release Date: 2000-03-13 -
Episode 34 - Return of The Prodigal
Release Date: 2000-03-14Mon and Len's son Wayne returns home to a less than enthusiastic welcome from his father. However, after Wayne stands his ground, Len finally relents and allows him to train with the Emus, where he reveals his awesome prowess as a footballer - impressing everyone, especially Megan.
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Episode 35 - The Big Match
Release Date: 2000-03-15When Mon tells Wayne that Len has emphysema, the need to make up with his father is brought into sharp focus, but made difficult by the fact that these two men are peas in a pod. Eventually, in their own way, they reconcile.
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Episode 36 - We Will Remember Them
Release Date: 2000-03-16The town is in mourning for Len on this, the day of the funeral. Wayne is trying to shepherd his mother through her grieving, but Mon is very much in denial, even to the extent that she determinedly opens the store. Finally, after an outburst with Father Brian, she and Wayne have an authentic conversation about Wayne's relationship with his Dad. Harry and Helen, too, begin to face Warwick's death; Helen for the first time acknowledging the positives of her relationship with Warwick. Tom and Megan hold the fort at the station during the wake, and Tom bluffs his way through a detailed agricultural conversation - by the skin of his teeth. At Len's wake, Harry surprises everyone by playing a tape that Len made just before his death, while Helen slips home and makes her own, private peace with Warwick. Finally, Mon is alone, and it finally hits her. The morning finds her still sitting on the porch, wrapped in a blanket, wondering how on earth she's going to face the day.
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Episode 37 - The Things We Do
Release Date: 2000-03-20 -
Episode 38 - The Best Man
Release Date: 2000-03-21 -
Episode 39 - Different Drums
Release Date: 2000-03-22 -
Episode 40 - It's Over
Release Date: 2000-03-23 -
Episode 41 - Fishers of Men
Release Date: 2000-03-27 -
Episode 42 - End of Season Blues
Release Date: 2000-03-28 -
Episode 43 - Dropping The Line
Release Date: 2000-03-29 -
Episode 44 - A Tide In The Affairs of Women
Release Date: 2000-03-30 -
Episode 45 - Man and Superman
Release Date: 2000-04-03 -
Episode 46 - Acts of Faith
Release Date: 2000-04-04 -
Episode 47 - Omens and Portents
Release Date: 2000-04-05 -
Episode 48 - Analyze This
Release Date: 2000-04-06 -
Episode 49 - Covetous Acts
Release Date: 2000-04-10 -
Episode 50 - Pyramids, Profits And Puberty
Release Date: 2000-04-11 -
Episode 51 - No Worries
Release Date: 2000-04-12 -
Episode 52 - Sweet Smell Of Success
Release Date: 2000-04-13 -
Episode 53 - Fools And Amateurs
Release Date: 2000-04-17 -
Episode 54 - Rats and Drains
Release Date: 2000-04-18 -
Episode 55 - Time of Reckoning
Release Date: 2000-04-19 -
Episode 56 - Commitment Is a Many-Lettered Word
Release Date: 2000-04-20 -
Episode 57 - Comfort Zones
Release Date: 2000-04-24 -
Episode 58 - Clash of The Titans
Release Date: 2000-04-25 -
Episode 59 - We'll Talk About It In The Morning
Release Date: 2000-04-26 -
Episode 60 - Forgiveness And Ratings
Release Date: 2000-04-27 -
Episode 61 - Summer Madness
Release Date: 2000-05-01 -
Episode 62 - Friday Night Fever
Release Date: 2000-05-02 -
Episode 63 - Heatwave
Release Date: 2000-05-03 -
Episode 64 - Cool Change
Release Date: 2000-05-04 -
Episode 65 - Spirit Matters
Release Date: 2000-05-08 -
Episode 66 - Going For It
Release Date: 2000-05-09 -
Episode 67 - Demanding Times
Release Date: 2000-05-10 -
Episode 68 - Natural Outcomes
Release Date: 2000-05-11 -
Episode 69 - Corporate Ways
Release Date: 2000-05-15 -
Episode 70 - Soul Food
Release Date: 2000-05-16 -
Episode 71 - Role Changes
Release Date: 2000-05-17 -
Episode 72 - Back on the Horses
Release Date: 2000-05-18 -
Episode 73 - Away From It All
Release Date: 2000-05-22 -
Episode 74 - Many Shades Of Red
Release Date: 2000-05-23 -
Episode 75 - Confessions Of A Bull Artist
Release Date: 2000-05-24 -
Episode 76 - La Dolce Vita
Release Date: 2000-05-25 -
Episode 77 - The False Prophet
Release Date: 2000-05-29 -
Episode 78 - Rumours
Release Date: 2000-05-30 -
Episode 79 - Looking For Signs
Release Date: 2000-05-31 -
Episode 80 - A Disturbance In The Cosmos
Release Date: 2000-06-01 -
Episode 81 - Secrets And Lies
Release Date: 2000-06-05 -
Episode 82 - Alternative Arrangements
Release Date: 2000-06-06 -
Episode 83 - Detours
Release Date: 2000-06-07 -
Episode 84 - Deviations
Release Date: 2000-06-08 -
Episode 85 - Learning To Breathe
Release Date: 2000-06-12 -
Episode 86 - The Anchovy
Release Date: 2000-06-13 -
Episode 87 - Wandering In The Wilderness
Release Date: 2000-06-14 -
Episode 88 - The Gift
Release Date: 2000-06-15 -
Episode 89 - Private Lies
Release Date: 2000-06-19 -
Episode 90 - Only The Lonely
Release Date: 2000-06-20 -
Episode 91 - Extenuating Circumstances
Release Date: 2000-06-21 -
Episode 92 - Lust
Release Date: 2000-06-22 -
Episode 93 - Revisiting My Fair Lady
Release Date: 2000-06-26 -
Episode 94 - It's a Boy! It's a Boy!
Release Date: 2000-06-27 -
Episode 95 - Love and Taxes
Release Date: 2000-06-28 -
Episode 96 - No!
Release Date: 2000-06-29 -
Episode 97 - The Absence Of Lies
Release Date: 2000-07-03 -
Episode 98 - Wish You Were Here
Release Date: 2000-07-04 -
Episode 99 - Is That The Best You Can Do ?
Release Date: 2000-07-05 -
Episode 100 - Radical Solutions
Release Date: 2000-07-06 -
Episode 101 - Shaky Foundation
Release Date: 2000-07-10 -
Episode 102 - Motherhood
Release Date: 2000-07-11 -
Episode 103 - The Envelope
Release Date: 2000-07-12 -
Episode 104 - Navelectomy
Release Date: 2000-07-13 -
Episode 105 - The African Gumboot Fly
Release Date: 2000-07-17 -
Episode 106 - Dooley's Gooley's
Release Date: 2000-07-18 -
Episode 107 - A Hard Mate
Release Date: 2000-07-19 -
Episode 108 - Everything Old Is New Again
Release Date: 2000-07-20 -
Episode 109 - Home Brew
Release Date: 2000-07-24 -
Episode 110 - Hidden Truths
Release Date: 2000-07-25 -
Episode 111 - Give Me The Story And I'll Give You The War
Release Date: 2000-07-26 -
Episode 112 - Carrying Torches
Release Date: 2000-07-27 -
Episode 113 - My Way
Release Date: 2000-07-31 -
Episode 114 - The Taste Of Love Is Sweet
Release Date: 2000-08-01 -
Episode 115 - I've Got A Crush On You
Release Date: 2000-08-02 -
Episode 116 - Bitter Sweet Harves
Release Date: 2000-08-03 -
Episode 117 - Good Omen
Release Date: 2000-08-07 -
Episode 118 - The Bush Strikes Back
Release Date: 2000-08-08 -
Episode 119 - Debt To Society
Release Date: 2000-08-09 -
Episode 120 - And Emus Can Fly
Release Date: 2000-08-10 -
Episode 121 - Why Am I Here?
Release Date: 2000-08-14 -
Episode 122 - Jumping The Tracks
Release Date: 2000-08-15 -
Episode 123 - Not Quite Living, But Kicking
Release Date: 2000-08-16 -
Episode 124 - Up Close And Dangerous
Release Date: 2000-08-17 -
Episode 125 - Day Of Reckoning
Release Date: 2000-08-21 -
Episode 126 - Old School Ties
Release Date: 2000-08-22 -
Episode 127 - The Art Of Politics
Release Date: 2000-08-23 -
Episode 128 - Noughts And Cross Dressers
Release Date: 2000-08-24 -
Episode 129 - The Young And The Breathless
Release Date: 2000-08-28 -
Episode 130 - Songbirds And Drains
Release Date: 2000-08-29 -
Episode 131 - The Magic Of Radio
Release Date: 2000-08-30 -
Episode 132 - The Man Who Sconed Liberty Mon
Release Date: 2000-08-31 -
Episode 133 - Feeling Snakey
Release Date: 2000-09-04 -
Episode 134 - Renaissance Man
Release Date: 2000-09-05 -
Episode 135 - You Left Me Crying In The Kennel
Release Date: 2000-09-06 -
Episode 136 - Stand By Your Dog
Release Date: 2000-09-07 -
Episode 137 - Aliens
Release Date: 2000-09-11 -
Episode 138 - Sirens And The Seer
Release Date: 2000-09-12 -
Episode 139 - Winds Of Change
Release Date: 2000-09-13 -
Episode 140 - The Toughest Opposition
Release Date: 2000-09-14 -
Episode 141 - Message In A Bottle
Release Date: 2000-09-18 -
Episode 142 - Undercurrents
Release Date: 2000-09-19 -
Episode 143 - Mysteries Of The Deep
Release Date: 2000-09-20 -
Episode 144 - Chairman Of The Board
Release Date: 2000-09-21 -
Episode 145 - Knowing When To Go
Release Date: 2000-09-25 -
Episode 146 - Digging Up The Past
Release Date: 2000-09-26 -
Episode 147 - Sign Language
Release Date: 2000-09-27 -
Episode 148 - Secrets And Dreams
Release Date: 2000-09-28 -
Episode 149 - Love And War
Release Date: 2000-10-02 -
Episode 150 - The Children's Crusade
Release Date: 2000-10-03 -
Episode 151 - A Long Way From Home
Release Date: 2000-10-04 -
Episode 152 - Football And Other Religions
Release Date: 2000-10-05 -
Episode 153 - Phantoms And Ghosts
Release Date: 2000-10-09 -
Episode 154 - Who's Been Eating My Porridge?
Release Date: 2000-10-10 -
Episode 155 - The Ghost Of Post Offices Past
Release Date: 2000-10-11 -
Episode 156 - Things That Go Away In The Dark
Release Date: 2000-10-12 -
Episode 157 - Housekeeping
Release Date: 2000-10-16 -
Episode 158 - A Cat Called Guiness
Release Date: 2000-10-17 -
Episode 159 - The Grapes Of Hope
Release Date: 2000-10-18 -
Episode 160 - From Little Things, Big Things Grow
Release Date: 2000-10-19