All Saints - Season 2 Episode 38 The Stuff of Dreams
Prejudices come to the fore when the staff of Ward 17 discover they will be looking after a smuggler who is to be admitted with a bellyful of cocaine-filled condoms. The 'bloke' turns out to be a slip of a girl, who was once a junkie. The tragedy of her tale unfolds as she is monitored and guarded; she is desperately in love with her new husband, who is the only good thing to ever happen to her, and she wanted to help him realise his dream of a place in the country by smuggling coke — just this once. Her husband, Paul, has no intention of letting his wife go to jail, and puts a gun to Steph's head, he's getting his wife out of here! But Lisa needs surgery urgently. Paul will not let his wife out of his sight and when Luke points out that is not possible, Paul, at gunpoint, insists it is and that Luke must perform the surgery. Steph is roped in, and, Mitch volunteers himself as anaesthetist, rather then putting some other sucker at risk. The team heads off to surgery leaving Terri almost paralysed with fear. The last time there was a gun on the ward, two people died, and she eventually lost a man she cared deeply about. Von is the only one who realises what she is going through, and helps Terri cope as the ward is besieged with patients from the wing the theatre is in, evacuations having been necessary in case the gun goes off, exploding oxygen tanks.
In theatre, surgery goes ahead at gunpoint; Luke and Steph working on the patient as Mitch works hard to win Paul's trust and hopefully to get him to put away the gun. Just as it looks as if he has made a breakthrough, Luke nicks one of the condoms causing the cocaine to leak out and arrests lisa. The teams work to avert the crisis and once it seems clear Lisa will be all right, Paul insists they hand over the cocaine. There is shock for a moment as Mitch, Steph and Luke think this 'act of love' has in fact been about retrieving the drugs; but Paul slashes the condoms, tipping out the poison that has ruined his and Lisa's lives. He says a tearful goodbye to Lisa, hands Mitch the gun and walks out to face his fate. Leaving the surgical team to finish with Lisa and return to the arms of their waiting partners. As Steph and Ben embrace and Luke and Bron do likewise, Terri gives Mitch a stern lecture about the stupidity of putting his life at risk. Then Rose arrives and whisks Mitch away, leaving Terri alone.
Bron and Ben are called to an emergency in a local park, which turns out to be a pair of very embarrassed teenage sweethearts. Emily has called for help because Tim's penis is caught in his fly. Ben finally manages to release it and the young lovers head off hand in hand. The situation leads to Bron discovering more about the depth of Ben and Steph's feelings for each other.
Year: 2009
Genre: Drama
Country:
Studio: Seven Network
Director: Bevan Lee
Cast: Judith McGrath, Alexandra Davies, Mirrah Foulkes, Jack Campbell, Andrew Supanz, Jolene Anderson
Crew:
First Air Date: Feb 24, 1998
Last Air date: Oct 27, 2009
Season: 12 Season
Episode: 493 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 6.20/10 by 9.00 users
Popularity: 35.975
Language: English
Keyword : hospital, medical drama
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Episode
Truth and Consequences (Part 1)
Truth and Consequences (Part 2)
Aftershocks
The Longest Day
If These Walls Could Talk
Getting to Know You
Dependence Day
Bloodlines
More Things in Heaven and Earth
Pushed to the Limit
Friends and Lovers
Judgement Day
Roll the Dice
My Mother, Myself
Get A Life
An Irish Lullaby
Head to Head
Desperate Remedies
The Human Touch
Disaster Plan
Forget-Me-Knots
Shoot the Messenger
In With the New
Second Chance
End Game
Behind Closed Curtains
Lesser of Two Evils
A Whole Lot to Lose
Just Like A Woman
Three's A Crowd
Time Bombs
Memories by Moonlight
True Love and the Blues
Knowing Me, Knowing You
When Duty Calls
The Ties that Bind
Lost and Found
The Stuff of Dreams
Outside the Square
Everyone Loves a Winner
Blood and Water
Life Class
Ghosts of Christmas Past