Jeremy Sims

As the Blighs celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah, Jack slips further into depression, until a conversation with Frank inspires him to make a courageous decision. Elizabeth sets up her maternity hospital, and the family urges Carolyn to reach out to Jack.

As Henry suffers a breakdown, Jack worries about being forced out of the hospital by the board. Stan starts exhibiting strange behavior but refuses to allow Sarah and Jack to examine him, leading to a dangerous confrontation that has lasting consequences for Sarah.

Sarah and Harry help a struggling Roy deal with a devastating loss, and Carolyn accepts James's offer to work with him in Sydney, drawing fire from Elizabeth. After Olivia and Matthew's disagreement, Anna decides to accompany them back to Australia.

While Matthew and Olivia learn the identity of Georgie's birth mother, Anna decides to stand proudly as an unwed mother-to-be. Amid controversy over the hospital's women's clinic, Henry's friend Dr. Neil Burton interviews for the open surgeon position but clashes with Jack.

Anna decides to stick to her principles by not hiding her pregnancy for the meeting with film producers about adapting her novel. As the women's clinic transforms into Jack's community clinic, a devastated Carolyn arrives in Sydney, and Sarah takes her leave from the hospital.

1970s Australia: A 200-ton blue whale washes up on a local beach and it's the biggest thing that's ever happened in the lives of the local kids. Behind closed doors, the parents of this quiet suburban cul-de-sac celebrate in their own special way... It's a time of boxed wine, bad hair, bad styles, bad choices, but good times. And like the rotting whale, it's all about to go spectacularly wrong.