Where the Heart Is: Series 5
Season 5 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 Where the Heart Is Season 4.
- 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.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Happiness
Apr 22, 2001 · 60 min
Some disturbing news arrives for Vic. A perfect family struggle to come to turns with a troubled past leading to help comng from Anna and Karen. Karen turns 40.
Runaways
Apr 29, 2001 · 60 min
Jess dissappears leaving Karen and David worried. Stephan gets an offer from a former girlfriend that could drastically change his life and an elderly patients wife is put into car
Sanctuary
May 6, 2001 · 60 min
Jess gets a job while Stephan gets a new one. Karen visits a rather odd house.
Choices
May 13, 2001 · 60 min
Jess falls for a new bloke leaving Henry heartbroken. Anna has a dilemma of her own but tries to help a young couple with a life changing dilemma of their own.
The Ties That Bind
May 20, 2001 · 60 min
Anna finally finds the courage to tell Simon that she is pregnat and a galmorous blonde arrives and cause mayhem.
Home to Roost
May 27, 2001 · 60 min
A breath of fresh air is brought to the health centre by a new pretty young nurse.
Faith
Jun 3, 2001 · 60 min
Karen and Anna believe that a patients treatment is being put at risk by a faith healer and are angry about it. The room over the pub is a little too noisy for the new nurse Beth.
Pound of Flesh
Jun 17, 2001 · 60 min
A mysterious young man causes havoc when he comes to Skelthwaite looking for his long-lost father.
Damage
Jun 24, 2001 · 60 min
Luke and Oscar continue to cause trouble as Karen readies for a life-changing journey. Dick and Cheryl confront Oscar.
Temptation
Jul 8, 2001 · 60 min
Karen and her mother have a strained reunion after which her mother atys for a few days at Karen's house.
As Time Goes By
Jul 15, 2001 · 60 min
One year after Peggy's fatal car crash, loved ones hold a memorial service.
Declaration
Jul 22, 2001 · 60 min
A dreaded letter arrives for Beth. Linda is still staying with Karen and it's election time.
Sticks & Stones
Jul 29, 2001 · 60 min
An attractivr new employee at Goddard's sets hearts a-flutter, but what secret does he hide? Karen's mother has devastating news.
Cats & Dogs
Aug 5, 2001 · 60 min
The nurses get more than they bargain for when Anna organises a darts match in The Skelthwaite Arms.
The Team
Aug 12, 2001 · 60 min
David is caught up in a lucrative scam while Glenn wants nothing to do with Marie or her baby.