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The Flying Doctors: Season 4

24 episodes Premiered Sep 8, 1988
Previously on The Flying Doctors

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Flying Doctors Season 3.
  • Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (7): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (17): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S4·E1 Mytharc

Look, Up In The Sky

Sep 8, 1988

Kate and Geoff are on their way to a clinic when two tyres puncture and they have to walk to the farm. When they get there, they see two hot air ballons coming. They belong to a fa

S4·E2 Core

Preacher Man

Sep 15, 1988

A preacher called Teddy Faithful is coming to town, and it is said he can perform miracles. At a meeting in the townhall, when everybody is there, he makes a blind man see again! E

S4·E3 Mytharc

The Fear (Part 1)

Sep 22, 1988

Kimberly White is coming back to Coopers Crossing, to check on George Baxter. She brought her son Todd. Chris meets them at the airport, but Todd isn't very nice. The take a countr

S4·E4 Mytharc

The Fear (Part 2)

Sep 29, 1988

Todd is still in hospital, and getting therapy equipment organised from all around the district, but he still can't seem to go out. Kimberly buys him a brand new motorbike, thinkin

S4·E5 Core

Fair Go

Oct 6, 1988

The mailman, old Frank, is retiring, and he introduces the new mailman, Nick to everyone in the district. When Nick is taking over, he charges double Frank's prices, which makes ev

S4·E6 Core

Broken Airwaves

Oct 13, 1988

Kate thinks everybody takes her for granted and expects her to do things for them. She takes a holiday to go to Thargoomindah and watch the rodeo, and she brings her horse Toby. Af

S4·E7 Core

Bed And Board

Oct 20, 1988

A new man in town, Ron, offers to work for bed and board at Sam and Emma's place. They need all the help they can get, and are greatful. It turns out Ron is the man who ran out on

S4·E8 Core

Breaking The Drought

Nov 3, 1988

There's a bad drought in the neighbourhood, making everybody in a bad mood. Vic has to go to Broken Hill to get more beer, but Lucy, who will look after the pub, falls ill. Marty o

S4·E9 Mytharc

Family Secrets (Part 1)

Nov 10, 1988

Geoff's brother Barry arrives in town, much to everyones surprise. Geoff never talks about his family, but Barry seems really nice. Geoff isn't too happy about seeing his brother t

S4·E10 Mytharc

Family Secrets (Part 2)

Nov 17, 1988

Barry tells Kate Geoff has warned him off her. She gets upset and asks him out for dinner, which he of course accepts. Vic leaves Barry his bill, but he doesn't seem to be able to

S4·E11 Core

All You Need Is Luck

Feb 9, 1989

A new nurse, Penny, arrives as a stand-in for Kate. This upsets Maggie, since she and Penny both are from Windoona, and Penny might have a few stories to tell about Maggie. Sam and

S4·E12 Core

The Silly Season

Feb 16, 1989

A man called Lloyd Somerset is out driving when he picks up a young man called Jamie. In the evening there's a terrible storm coming and suddenly Jamie sees some strange lights in

S4·E13 Core

Every Situation

Feb 23, 1989

Baxter has been on a political trip in Canberra, and got stuck with helping to young boys that had nowhere to stay. They make life miserable for him, and fooled around a lot on the

S4·E14 Core

The Storyteller

Mar 2, 1989

A storyteller called Tommy Barringa comes to the district and Jack and Chris goes to listen to him. Tommy and a girl named Lindey love eachother but Lindey's father doesn't like hi

S4·E15 Core

The Choice

Mar 9, 1989

Kate has come back, but she wants to swap jobs with Penny permanently. Geoff tries to talk to her, begging her to stay until Chris comes back from Sydney. He won't tell Kate why Ch

S4·E16 Core

A Shade Of Doubt

Mar 16, 1989

Gary Arnold and his daughter Su are forced to land in Coopers Crossing, Gary has collapsed over the controls. In hosptial nobody seems to know what's the matter with him. Finally G

S4·E17 Core

Mick & Julia

Mar 23, 1989

Mick and Julia comes to the Crossing trying to get away from Julia's daugther Prue. Everybody likes them, and Mick, who enjoys running, helps organizing a ""Fun Run"" - a 20 kilome

S4·E18 Core

The Deal

Mar 30, 1989

A woman gets a really bad asthma attack and thanks to her son she gets to hospital. The boy does a deal with God; if God makes his mum better God can take the boy instead. Everybod

S4·E19 Core

A Thing Of Beauty

Apr 6, 1989

Emma's schoolmate Jenny comes to Coopers Crossing to visit Emma and Sam. She's acting really strange and Emma convices her to see Geoff. It turns out she's got anorexia, but she re

S4·E20 Core

Cadenza

Apr 13, 1989

A childorchestra arrives in Coopers Crossing. The soloist, Andrew instantly falls in love with Emma. The bus broke down on the way to Coopers Crossing, that's how they met. When th

S4·E21 Core

Mates

Apr 20, 1989

A ferrier named Luke arrives in town. Vic need money to help Nancy's sister, who is seriously ill. Baxter offers to buy the pub, but Vic turns him down. Vic finally decides he has

S4·E22 Core

The Child

Apr 27, 1989

A girl gives birth to a little baby boy in the Nomad on the way to hospital. She doesn't want to involve the father who is a jackaroo who shot through as soon as he heard he was go

S4·E23 Mytharc

Next To Go

May 4, 1989

Chris is going to hospital to have her operation. Jack comes with her, and her father meets her at the hospital. Before the operation, she meets a young boy named Jamie, who is con

S4·E24 Mytharc

Gotta Have Friends

May 11, 1989

Geoff gets a new patient, the donkey Druscilla who has psychological problems. He manages to cure her after a while. Geoff proposes to Kate!!