- Kelly is an 11-year-old boy who keeps running away from foster homes that are not accepting of his pet otter Kate. Convinced that his father, missing for two years in a small plane accident will one day return, Kelly stays on the run lugging Kate around in a pet carrier. The episode opens with Kelly wandering around the docks at Gibsons telling Kate that they'll soon find a boat in which "some yazbo" has left the ignition keys. Kelly actually finds a boat with the engine running and is soon under way. Owners Max and Susie report the missing boat to Constable John at the Reach where Nick suggests they offer up a reward of $250 to ensure its recovery. Relic suggests an amount of $300 which is enough to get him on the case. Relic catches up with Kelly and the boat and demands the reward money from Max and Susie. John Constable has to attend to a serious accident and leaves Kelly with Nick. Upon learning that his father most likely perished in the place crash, Kelly plans to talk off again. Nick, John and social worker Mary Ross try to find Kelly a stable home where Kate will also be accepted.—Denis Belton
- Eleven year old Kelly has run away from his latest foster home placement. He has been in foster care ever since his father, who was his sole caregiver after his mother took off years earlier, presumably died in a single engine plane crash, although his body was never recovered. Although he knows deep in his heart that his father is never coming back, Kelly holds out that slim hope that he is still alive as he feels guilty for his father's death if only because he was traveling in bad weather solely to be home for Kelly's birthday. Mary Ross, Kelly's case file social worker, has had problems placing Kelly, not because he's a bad or troubled boy, which he's not, but because of his extra cargo, his pet river otter, Kate. With a little help from Relic and $300 worth of reward money, Kelly is quickly found as he stole a boat to get away. As John has other calls to attend to and as Mary is stuck in Powell River on another case, Nick is given the responsibility of looking after Kelly and Kate for 24 hours until Mary can retrieve the pair. That 24 hours provides Kelly and Kate a lot of time to get into extra trouble, but it may also give Mary the time to figure out a more permanent solution to the Kelly and Kate issue.—Huggo
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