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- Emma is deeply embarrassed by explicit evidence of Donna's physical affair with Duncan Galloway, who turns out to be a major developer and hands Dave a big contract.
- Ben opens up to Emma about Melissa's death, and the cathartic experience enables him to finally get some closure.
- Ben finally feels like the time is right to move on from Mel and start a new chapter with Emma, starting with the purchase of their country cottage.
- Donna is mortified when she learns that both she and Emma have been played by Craig. Donna tries to avoid telling Emma, but she can't hide the truth forever.
- Ted struggles with feelings of worthlessness when, coming home from a movie, he and Chel are attacked by a gang of teenage girls. Ashamed he couldn't protect Chel and feeling marginalised by the world, Ted begins to retreat into himself.
- Julie has been uncharacteristically disconnected from her family's daily goings-on, focusing entirely on Ruby, but she forces herself to re-engage when Dave reveals the crushing news that he has been rejected as a kidney donor.
- Dave's money and work woes are stressing him out, so Julie offers to help the business by doing accounts, freeing Nathan up to do some light labouring.
- The aftermath of Jake's ill-fated rugby weekend is fully felt as Julie realises how much perception and mis-perception can affect the lives of her family and friends.
- Nathan examines what freedom really means as he receives potentially upsetting news: his divorce from Sammy is final.
- Dave comes across some lingerie that Julie has bought for her performance, but when she doesn't wear it, he is left feeling jealous and insecure about her relationship with Hamish.
- Everybody is up in arms about Tom's disappearance with the insurance money. Coby is particularly gutted, secretly blaming himself for not being honest with the Rafters about Tom's part in the worksite robberies.
- Julie comes into contact with Matt Jennings, an affable, flirtatious taxi driver--who is Tom's other son, Dave's half-brother.
- When Ben and Retta discover Carbo sleepwalking, they decide that enough is enough: he must tell his parents he's already married before he hurts himself.
- 2008–201342mTV-148.4 (16)TV EpisodeWorking hard to build a solid base for Saskia and Edward in Australia, Nathan accepts a job offer despite its obvious shortfalls.
- Having found a place to rent, Nathan's done all he can to prepare for his wife and baby's arrival. But when he gets to the airport, all the planning in the world couldn't have prepared him for what he finds.
- Needing to escape the pressures of home-life, Dave throws himself into being a cricket coach, as well as secretly restoring his beloved Kombi.
- Frankie is juggling a visit from older sister Carla and once again unresolved family issues loom large. After an intense build-up, Buzz and Emma finally get together.
- When Melissa feels queasy during dinner, Ben immediately assumes she is pregnant and is beside himself with excitement.
- It's been three months since Ben and Nathan left on their road trip around Australia. Bearded and tanned, Ben returns without Nathan and smooths over his family's concern with a plausible excuse.
- 2008–201342mTV-148.4 (17)TV EpisodeDave relishes finally having a relationship with his dad Tom, despite Julie's concerns that he might not have reformed his crooked ways.
- The comic rivalry between Ted and Tom continues. Ted's convinced that Tom isn't looking for work at all, instead he's sneaking off to spend time with an unknown lady friend.
- 2008–201342mTV-148.4 (17)TV EpisodeGrace tells her sons Jake and Alex that she's engaged, and both boys are happy for her until they find out that she has never actually divorced their father.
- 2008–201343mTV-148.5 (17)TV EpisodeJulie's new friendship with Donna is tested when she discovers that Donna suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- Dave's successful friend Warney offers him a shot at the contract for a big office rewiring job, and Dave leaps at the chance. But blinded by ambition, Dave ignores the fact that he doesn't have a hope of getting the job done in time.
- Dave is alone with Ruby when he gets a call requiring his presence back on site. With no babysitter, Dave takes Ruby with him and enlists Coby to look after her.
- After being romantically shunned by Frankie, Coby does his best to avoid her at work; but when the awkwardness becomes unbearable, Frankie makes a proposal.
- Jake receives a surprise phone call from his estranged father, but he is unable to forgive him for abandoning his family
- Despite having rejected Coby's initial interest in her, Frankie is finally letting her guard down. But can she open herself up enough to admit her true feelings for Coby, or are they destined to never quite fall into lock-step?
- Dave is determined to take his business to the next level, beginning with his new contract with Duncan. But when Duncan's wandering eye puts him on a collision course with Coby, does Dave have what it takes to stop the impact?
- Nathan travels to London to track down his wife Saskia and their son.
- Ben, Coby, and Sammy all return to the Rafter fold. But with the Rafter house already sold and Julie and Dave unable to decide on another house to buy, it's obvious that the centre of the Rafter universe has shifted.
- Detective Zane Malik is deep undercover, and in danger. Can he can link arms dealer, Akmal, with the car bomb murder of an NSO agent?
- Inspector Wright and the Major Crime team unite to track down the men behind the attempt on her brother's life, at the same time trying to prevent Wright's father from seeking vigilante justice.
- Ben is forced to step outside his comfort zone when a moral stand clashes with workplace politics; Julie steps out of hers by joining a local mothers' group.
- Someone's watching the Rafter house--and the surprise culprit leads to Dave and Nathan meeting Dave's dad Tom in prison for the first time.
- Rachel rides the ups and downs of happiness, struggling to find it in the frenetic pace of life. But will her choices have future repercussions for her relationship with her family and Jake?
- A wild night in Kings Cross teaches Nathan not to judge a book by its cover.
- Ben initiates a night on the town with the boys, and the up-market nightclub he takes them to impresses everyone.
- Dave struggles with his secret fear that his relationship with Jake is permanently damaged and that Julie's relationship with Adam might turn out to be more than just professional.
- Julie tries to find ways to fill the void left by her absent kids, while Alex's calamitous return sees Jake's life fuller than ever before.
- In light of his ongoing tests, Ted isn't sure whether he should reveal his health concerns to his family. When he suffers a mild stroke he resolves to keep the tests to himself.
- Julie is in denial about Ted's health and Dave carefully voices his concerns, but Julie doesn't want to discuss it. Meanwhile, Jake still has issues with Alex, who's partying too hard.
- As Dave and Julie's 30th wedding anniversary approaches, thoughts naturally turn to family and history.
- Julie's main preoccupation is Ted, who is still reeling from recently having briefly not recognised Cooper.
- Ted continues to drift between the present day and his memories of the past, forcing him and his family to come to terms with their new reality.
- It's a matter of head versus heart as Julie and Dave wrestle with their decision to sell their beloved family home. Will they be able to go through with it?
- Ben thinks his life is looking up, compared to the rest of the Rafters--but Cassie is harbouring a truth that will tear apart his blissful ignorance.
- Nathan finds self-reflection and healing at a wellness retreat in Buradeena. Meanwhile, Julie is forced to a conclusion about her future with Dave, and Ruby takes a stand against Internet trolls.
- With all seemingly at peace in the Rafter house, Dave wrestles with whether to tell mother Chel that the love of her life, his father Tom Jennings, is alive.
- With Christmas and Ruby's first birthday fast approaching, Dave searches for the words to put himself and his family back on track, but he's struggling with his own demons and Julie gently convinces him to try therapy again.
- Nathan has little luck getting attention for his Parts Exchange website, so he makes up flyers to distribute around the town, with Ben's help. . .
- Rachel's doubts are intensified as she visits Jake to invite him to her farewell dinner. One thing leads to another and the invitation inevitably turns into a moment of goodbye passion.
- Trying to find a new purpose in life, Ted decides to do all the things he's always wanted to do but has never had the time: home-brewing, volunteer work, finding a job--even skydiving.
- Following an awkward moment, Frankie announces that she's quitting; with a niggling guilt feeling, Julie tells Dave about Adam's visit.
- Donna still carries a torch for Ted, and Julie is unimpressed when Ben encourages Donna to invite Ted to a romantic dinner.
- Oblivious to the knowing smiles of Dave and Jake, Coby finds himself falling for Frankie.
- Drowning in his new relationship with Heather, Coby resorts to desperate measures to break up with her. Alex's drug habit and friendship with Sian's brother (Frankie's ex) is a cause for concern for all involved.
- Torrential rain and bad luck descend as Jake realises that the old adage is true: it never rains but it pours.
- Frankie visits Coby in prison, and after some initial awkwardness they fall back into their usual easy banter.
- At the five-star resort Be and Melissa are staying at, they meet Adrian and Nicole, and hit it off. They become new besties. There might even be a new job in it for Ben. But there's more than meets the eye with this friendly duo.
- When Akmal is killed in prison, Malik is determined to find out the truth behind his murder and the murder of the NSO agent.
- Ben is plagued with unexpected doubts about his ability in the sack, while a miscommunication between Dave and Julie in the bedroom department sends her into a frenzy of frustration.
- Rachel is forced to deal with the fallout when Alex reacts badly to the many changes that have taken place in the Barton household in his absence.
- Nathan is forced to question his motives for wanting to donate a kidney, triggering a crisis of confidence. Will he be able to put his demons to rest and, in doing so, save Chel's life?
- Nathan faces a life-changing moment of truth: the operation to donate a kidney to his grandmother. With only three days until the procedure, Chel's need to put her affairs in order inspires Nathan to write letters to his family.
- Dave Rafter prides himself on being easygoing and uncomplicated. He knows himself and life is going well. Or so he thinks..
- Ted returns from a rejuvenating break with renewed spark, only to discover that all is not well with his family.
- Rachel takes a crash course in remembering to breathe as she juggles a toxic workplace and an estranged boyfriend. Something's got to give.
- As Council Clean-Up Day looms, Dave gets the clean-out bug, but he's distracted by Nathan's return from the big road trip.
- Dave's increasingly exhausted as the demands of his new job take their toll, and for the first time in his life he forgets his anniversary.
- Dave booked an electrician convention for himself (despite a bad cold), industrious Jake, and Frankie. Coby is so eager for the party side that he pays tickets for himself and Matt, who steals identity tags to get them in, but keeps making unsafe picks. After drinking and karaoke, Dave ends up in Frankie's room, from where Coby sees him leave. Ben warms up Emma for bidding on the cottage they enjoyed lately and setting up some undetermined country existence. Adam Goodman convinced Julie to accompany him to a movie premiere gala, but she cancels last-minute on account of Ruby's cold--in fact, feeling unfaithful to Dave--yet spends a suspiciously cozy evening with him afterward.
- Tension remains high in the Rafter house as Julie and Dave struggle to forgive each other; caught in the middle, Ted is sick of having to hide the real reason behind their squabble from Ben.
- Nathan returns home unannounced and the elated family takes him out for a noisy lunch, at which he drops not just one but two big bombshells.
- When Rachel comes home to secure Ruby as youth ambassador for one of her New York clients, she surprises everyone by arriving pregnant, which further complicates everyone's lives.
- Julie explores the principle of "live and let live" as she struggles to implement the philosophy in various areas of their lives; a possum has taken up residence in the Rafter roof, keeping the family up with its nocturnal activities.
- Julie receives a surprise invitation from Adam Goodman, the charming editor of a local paper Adam Goodman--an offer that will ultimately send her into uncharted waters, but is she ready to say yes?
- Frankie has trouble finding her place at Dave's, as what he considers to be chivalry, she perceives as sexism, and she fights hard to earn respect on her own merits.
- Julie muses about high hopes, excited that Nathan is moving back to Australia; Donna continues with Logan; Buzz is the new addition to Rafter Electrical; Ted gets lost.
- Two teams of three celebrities competed in a number of challenges and parlour games, including one on a huge set that slides.
- While Dave has taken Julie back to Buradeena to persuade her to settle back there, Ruby stays with her brothers in the city and becomes the next climate-change social-media sensation.
- Dave is determined to give Ben and Melissa the engagement party that he and Julie never had. But his focus is sidetracked by the accidental discovery that Chel's increasingly regular hospital visits are in fact to the Renal Ward.
- Julie faces her greatest challenge yet--the birth of her fourth and final child--without husband Dave at her side.
- Nathan makes a shocking discovery about Dave's father. Meanwhile, Rachel is feeling the pressure of organising a baby shower for Julie, while Ben and Melissa try to get rid of their new housemate.
- Finally accepting that their parents might indeed be contemplating separate lives, Ben and Nathan propose desperate measures to save their parents' role-model marriage
- 2008–201345mTV-148.2 (23)TV EpisodeOn her last day at work Julie quizzes psychic tea lady Bonnie about the troubling prediction she'd made months earlier. Rachel spies Sammy having lunch with her ex Owen, and becomes concerned.
- 2008–201344mTV-148.3 (23)TV EpisodeJulie's confidence as a mum takes a beating when baby Ruby resists her breastfeeding attempts; newly-single Nathan hits the town with Carbo, and Ben can't help feeling left out.
- As Julie recovers in hospital after the birth of baby Ruby, she reflects on how simple Ruby's life is at the moment, while her adult children juggle the complexities of theirs.
- Julie fears that as she heads into menopause she's losing the "mojo" that has always enabled her to dispense sound wisdom to family and friends.
- Carbo's mother Rita arrives from Lesbos to stay for six weeks with Artemis, the 18-year-old daughter of her best friend. Despite Ben and Melissa's insinuations that this may be a romantic set-up, Carbo sees Artie like a little sister.
- The Rafters throw a surprise party for Dave's mum, Chel, who is swept up in the family history and moved by the love shown to her. But clouds are gathering. Meanwhile, Carbo works hard to fan the flames of his relationship with Artie.
- Dave has been searching for Chel since she ran from the engagement party, with no luck. Ted gallops to the rescue, persuading Melissa to find out which hospital Chel is now going to for her dialysis.
- 2008–201345mTV-148.5 (24)TV EpisodeAt the bucks night, Ben is having a fantastic time until the stripper Carbo has organised arrives. It turns out to be Kat, the woman he slept with and who came between him and Melissa.
- The Rafters begin the emotional task of packing up their beloved family home. But is moving into a small, unappealing rental townhouse their only option?
- Looking for direction and focus, Rachel throws herself into a new chapter in her life. This includes an embarrassing night of speed-dating and also the nerve-wracking experience of applying for a job far above her level of experience.
- After a drunken one-night-stand with Kat, Ben faces a gut-wrenching dilemma. Should he tell Melissa the truth?
- Dave has finally opened his original birth certificate. Inside is the name of his birth mother, but his birth father is 'unknown'. Encouraged by Julie, Dave tells the rest of the family.
- When a bunch of flowers arrive for her at work with no card, Rachel assumes Jake must've sent them. However, she soon discovers that they are from her ex-boyfriend, meth addict Daniel.
- Julie is convinced that Warney is ripping off Dave's business, but Dave is positive his mate is doing no such thing, and his loyalty to Warney is strengthened when he discovers they had similar childhoods.
- A week into Trish's stay in the Rafter house, Julie pleads with her boss Don to give Trish a job. He agrees but the plan backfires when Trish spends more time flirting with Don than she does working.
- Artie is preparing for her first day of work at the boat club with Ben. Carbo, who's aware of his romantic feelings for her, is happy with her choice of job - after all, how much trouble can she get into under the watchful eye of Ben?