MDA - Season 2
Season 2
Network
Episodes34
DatesJul 23, 2003 - Sep 22, 2005
Episodes
Season 2Episode 160 min
Eternity
The MDA team must deal with the painful aftermath of the attempted murder of Ella, Jamie and Tony. Despite eight hours in the operating theatre, Tony dies and the effect on the survivors is far-reaching and profound. While Jamie is eerily withdrawn, Ella comes to accept the loss.
Caitlin waits for the injured Ella's return to work and then, goaded by Richard, announces her new job at Richard's firm. Happy will never forgive her and it is another blow for the fragile Ella.
A locum legal case manager, Amanda McKay, joins MDA while Ella and Jamie recover. She works with Caitlin and Happy in defence of an IVF doctor accused of breach of contract. An IVF baby has died soon after birth, due to an undiagnosed genetic condition. MDA successfully defends the doctor, but the case could have far reaching consequences for IVF doctors and their patients.
Meanwhile, Ella and Amanda go into mediation against Gretel Celeste, a medium who claims to have lost her psychic powers as a result of an appende
Jul 23, 2003
Season 2Episode 260 min
Chinese Walls
Caitlin tackles her first brief at Kato & Pittman: a potential million-dollar claim from an apparently permanently injured plaintiff against a doctor who admits negligence. But Caitlin is fooled: the man is faking his injuries. Happy is maliciously delighted to prove Caitlin, his former protégée, wrong. Richard is calm, but Caitlin is kicking herself.
At MDA, Jamie clumps about on crutches and Happy interviews replacement case managers for Caitlin's position at MDA. Amanda is miffed that she must apply for the job she had thought she was doing so well.
At the same time, Amanda and Ella are at odds as Ella relentlessly uncovers the conspiracy behind a doctor who neglected to tell his patient that she had contracted gonorrhoea from her husband. On the very day of her job interview, Amanda's letter of the law approach runs head-on into Ella's more complex moral position on medical indemnity.
Amanda thinks she's blown it, but her nerve and forthright honesty get her the job.
Jul 30, 2003
Season 2Episode 360 min
Precious Little
Ella and Happy face a hard fight defending a doctor who trusted a pathology report and thus missed a cancer in a nine-year-old boy. The biopsy slides and the pathologist are missing. Richard becomes emotionally involved with the terminally ill boy, and is shaken to discover that the parents absolutely refuse to tell their son he's dying.
With the trial fast tracked, Ella enlists unpredictable surgeon Mr Simon Lloyd as an expert witness. His care and passion for the case and the mediation provide unexpected results and a violent response from Richard, when Simon breaks the rules and confronts the grieving parents. When the elusive pathologist shows up, she confesses she got it wrong and Ella is devastated.
At Kato & Pittman, Caitlin is reminded of her junior status when Richard has her drawing up wills. But Caitlin discovers her client's husband could well have a very large med-neg claim against their GP, who failed to diagnose kidney failure. It should be an easy and big win for Caitli
Aug 6, 2003
Season 2Episode 460 min
A Time and a Place
Richard and Caitlin represent a nun who has had a complete mastectomy of a perfectly healthy breast. Happy and Amanda defend the surgeon who mixed up the biopsy results. Amanda's defence - that the loss of a breast is not an adverse outcome for a nun - is inventive, to say the least, and Happy is both shocked and impressed. Ella is shocked and disappointed.
Still in turmoil after her brush with death and the loss of Tony, Ella is offered a fulltime job as Head of Emergency at her hospital, St Alban's. Of course this would mean quitting MDA.
Jamie is thrown further off balance when Wendy tells him she's still thinking of joining Doctors Without Borders and doing aid work overseas. Before that issue can even be discussed, Ella, Jamie and Wendy try to save a young mother who urgently needs a heart transplant. They must persuade the grieving parents of a brain dead boy to accept that he is gone and to allow their son to be an organ donor in time. But bureaucratic delays and a fateful meeti
Aug 13, 2003
Season 2Episode 560 min
Whipping Boy
Ella, unhappy at Happy and Amanda's legal tactics over representing a deceased MDA member, tells Happy that she's been offered a fulltime job at St Albans Hospital. As she thinks it over - and then accepts the job - she approaches surgeon Simon Lloyd as her replacement. When Happy realises that Ella really is leaving MDA, he regards it as a betrayal.
Caitlin and Richard argue over the case of a woman left with paralysed vocal chords after a throat operation. Caitlin thinks the woman has no case, but cunning Richard finds a point of attack. The real source of tension between them is Caitlin's new lover, Justin. Over at MDA, a psychiatrist seeks Amanda's advice. The police are bugging her therapy sessions with a man they suspect of murder. Amanda realises that man is Justin. What does she do about it?
Aug 20, 2003
Season 2Episode 660 min
Taking It on the Chin
Surgeon Simon Lloyd has his first day as a case manager at MDA, as Ella sadly packs up to leave. Layla prepares a farewell, while Happy buries himself in work.
Amanda and Simon work together on the paralysed vocal chords case, but Amanda doesn’t know what to make of the enigmatic Simon.
While Richard and Caitlin also prepare for the vocal chords case, he learns accidentally that the police suspect Caitlin’s new lover of murder.
Aug 27, 2003
Season 2Episode 760 min
Paved with Good Intentions
Layla tries to help an old school friend whose sister is brain damaged after a pethidine overdose. Before long, Happy and Jamie are dealing with a writ naming five defendants, who cannot agree on damages or tactics.
Meanwhile, Richard finds the plaintiff’s family equally hard to handle.
Simon and Amanda argue heatedly about representing a med student accused of sexual misconduct. Caitlin, still vulnerable, identifies with the victim.
Sep 3, 2003
Season 2Episode 860 min
A Bird in the Hand
Layla feels helpless, guilty and then angry as the pethidine overdose case heads for court and a "victim friendly" judge. Everyone seems to want something from her—and she only wanted to help. A surprise reversal in court forces Happy to revise his strategy.
Sep 10, 2003
Season 2Episode 960 min
Crossing the Line
The press takes an interest as Happy and Amanda gear up for an appeal hearing in the Supreme Court. On the plaintiff’s side, Caitlin is doing all the work and Richard is taking all the credit—as usual.
Sep 17, 2003
Season 2Episode 1060 min
A Closer Walk
Richard’s in the middle of a tough mediation when his larrikin Dad arrives from retirement in Tasmania to tell Richard he’s remarrying. Dad was a tram driver and things are a little tense with his high-flier son.
Sep 24, 2003
Season 2Episode 1160 min
A Reasonable Passion
The group of doctors suing MDA now personalise their grievances and attack Happy in the media. But Happy fights back—with some help from a retired Flying Doctor. The old doc is being sued for negligence in delivering a baby, but Jamie discovers he can’t remember the incident at all.
Oct 1, 2003
Season 2Episode 1260 min
Judgement Day
Happy and Simon are dismayed when the MDA Board refuses to indemnify a neurosurgeon for experimental spinal surgery. While the paraplegic patient waits hopefully in hospital, Happy, Simon and Mark work to overturn the decision.
Oct 8, 2003
Season 2Episode 1360 min
St. Crispin's Day
Happy Henderson has a very busy day. Negotiating with Richard Savage to contain a potentially huge damages claim, Happy also tries to avoid being sacked while lobbying to keep Mark Matthews as President of MDA.
Oct 15, 2003
Season 2Episode 1460 min
The Samaritan Kind
Simon Lloyd is very taken with an attractive GP, who amputated a farmer's arm to save him from a burning truck. But is she all she seems?
Oct 22, 2003
Season 2Episode 1560 min
All Care, No Responsibility
Happy Henderson is trapped into representing a rude and egotistical surgeon, suspected of euthanasia, at a coronial inquest. Happy needs Simon Lloyd's help, but the two are at odds when Simon returns from Germany and resigns.
Oct 29, 2003
Season 2Episode 1660 min
Caveat Medicus
Happy Henderson's ordeal at the coronial inquest continues, but cracks appear in his surgeon client's facade. To Happy's chagrin, Simon Lloyd becomes indispensable. Richard Savage sues for "wrongful birth".
Nov 5, 2003
Season 2Episode 1760 min
Second Bite
Happy's son Jason tells Happy he's seeing a psychiatrist and wants Happy to come to his next therapy session.
Nov 12, 2003
Season 2Episode 1860 min
Conflict of Interest
Happy is amazed and dismayed when his son's psychiatrist is accused of sexual misconduct.
Nov 19, 2003
Season 2Episode 1960 min
Bigger Fish to Fry
Richard Savage is determined to secure the biggest damages claim in Australian history when he represents a top tennis star whose career may be over after shoulder surgery.
Nov 26, 2003
Season 2Episode 2060 min
Without Prejudice
Simon and Amanda represent a well-meaning GP whose teenage anorexic patient died under his experimental treatment.
Dec 3, 2003
Season 2Episode 2160 min
Pas de Deux
Ella becomes involved with an unqualified and anarchic Russian doctor Mikhail Voronin.
Dec 10, 2003
Season 2Episode 2260 min
Memento Mori
Richard turns to Happy for help when his old mentor, whom he is representing, threatens to expose his sometimes dubious practices.
Dec 17, 2003
Season 2Episode 2360 min
Second Chance: Part 1
Jun 30, 2005
Season 2Episode 2460 min
Second Chance: Part 2
Jul 14, 2005
Season 2Episode 2560 min
Second Chance: Part 3
Jul 21, 2005
Season 2Episode 2660 min
Second Chance: Part 4
Jul 28, 2005
Season 2Episode 2760 min
Departure Lounge: Part 1
Aug 4, 2005
Season 2Episode 2860 min
Departure Lounge: Part 2
Aug 11, 2005
Season 2Episode 2960 min
Departure Lounge: Part 3
Aug 18, 2005
Season 2Episode 3060 min
Departure Lounge: Part 4
Aug 25, 2005
Season 2Episode 3160 min
A Human Cost: Part 1
Sep 1, 2005
Season 2Episode 3260 min
A Human Cost: Part 2
Sep 8, 2005
Season 2Episode 3360 min
A Human Cost: Part 3
Sep 15, 2005
Season 2Episode 3460 min
A Human Cost: Part 4
Sep 22, 2005
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