The Rafter clan gathers to welcome Ruby. Even devout orthodox Carbo can't convince them to hold a proper christening, so Rachel recommends an alternative 'celebrant' for ...

Nathan is about to sign his divorce papers, so Ben finally musters the courage to tell him Sammy is still in Sydney. They meet but she crushes his hope for a reconciliati ...

Jake and Rachel plan to move out, although their ideas of a suitable home hardly square. Jake had sort of accepted Grace's lover Doug, but discovering about him and big b ...

Carbo is surprised when Mel suddenly objects to unhygienic bathroom borrowing and sharing. Ben works out the real problem is Sammy, still calling her in secret, and gets ...

Ben wants to make up with Mel by treating her to romance for their anniversary, so he books a balloon surprise trip. Nathan can't talk Carbo out of treating the happy cou ...

Dave's dilemma over whether to reveal that his birth-father is alive leads to a roadtrip to meet his mysterious other family. Melissa is finding Sammy's secret increasing ...

The Rafter clan welcomes its latest addition, named Ruby Louise. Nathan is encouraged in his desperate refusal to accept Sammy has left him for good this time. Her mother ...

After getting knocked back on the job front Nathan heads out into rural country to look for his grandfather Tom Jennings but gets a shock when he finds out he's in jail. ...

Carbo is lonely with Ben and Melissa gone on honeymoon so he ends up on a bender with Warney and drunkenly allows Warney to move in fearing Ben and Mel would want their o ...

It's Ben and Mel's wedding weekend and it starts off well with Ben on his bucks night and Mel having an unofficial hen/pajama party. But the stripper hired for Ben turns ...

Rachel meets her ex-boyfriend Daniel at the advertising campaign launch of Rampart of which Jake is also involved. She soon discovers that flowers that she thought Jake s ...

Rachel sees Sammy having lunch with her old boyfriend Owen and hatches a plot with Jake to get Sammy and Nathan together. Meanwhile, Julie goes back to consult psychic Bo ...

Dave and Nathan are at loggerheads because of Nathan's actions towards Sammy and the disappearance of Chel is not helping. So Ted starts by offers Nathan advice on saving ...

Dave throws the party of all parties for Ben and Melissa's engagement which distracts him from news that Chel is attending the renal unit several times a week. Nathan pan ...

Dave's mother Chel is overwhelmed by a surprise birthday party thrown in her honour by the Rafters. At the end of the party Rachel discovers marks on Chel's arm which Che ...

Artemis prepares for her first day of work at the Boat Club but Carbo worries when she becomes friends with fellow bar worker Lexi. Meanwhile, Nathan's attraction to Layl ...

Carbo's former childhood neighbour, Artemis from Lesbos in Greece, comes to stay with Carbo's mother Rita. But Artemis has a wild side and it takes all Carbo's wits to ke ...

Dave's mother Rachel engineers an electrical fault ruse to get him to come and see her. She tells him that his father died very young and that she was hospitalised in a p ...

Dave finally tells the rest of the family about this early childhood and his mother and buoyed by their enthusiasm he goes seeking further information but is devastated w ...

Rachel takes some artistic photographs of Julie as her body changes but not all the family wants to see the results. Dave gets close to Ben's dog Doorknob and is distraug ...

Dave begins to have nightmares about a dog after Ben's adopted dog keeps making a beeline for him. Is the nightmare telling him he has to address the issue of finding out ...

Sammy's mother Trish returns to Australia and promptly has a breakdown and also has nowhere to live so she heads to the Rafters. Melissa moves back into Ben and Carbo's h ...

Ted and Marjorie's romance continues to blossom until he meets her opinionated lesbian daughter Susannah and her pregnant partner Abbey. Rachel gets trapped in a building ...

An older married customer at the flower shop gets to know Carbo very well until he realises she is stalking him. Meanwhile, Dave and Julie anxiously await the results of ...

Rachel tries her hardest to resist Dave's new electrician Jake's flirting but finds herself falling for his charms just as Libby begins to have feelings for George. Ben i ...

Ben is determined to get a promotion to Bar Manager at the Bar but must compete against another more qualified manager to get the coveted job. Rachel goes on a number of ...

Nathan receives a job offer from Tim Connelly and Dave feels betrayed when he thinks about taking it. Julie believes Dave is being ripped off by Warney but Dave refuses t ...

Ben blames Carbo for another near-failure to get Mel back, but keeps up the wooing, while in fact his own excessive zeal scares her off. Julie has clockwork morning sickn ...

As Julie remembers her mother's anniversary along with Ted and the family Nathan tries to re-connect with Sammy on their first wedding anniversary. But later Julie is in ...

Julie's hormones are playing havoc with her usual ability to give sound advice to her family. Ben decides to declare his love to Mel on national television with comic res ...

Rachel's boyfriend Rob's enthusiasm for playing happy families startles Rachel and causes her to break up with Rob. Will Ben get another chance with Mel after fate puts h ...

Ben faces a gut-wrenching dilemma. Should he tell Melissa the truth about his drunken night with Kat? He talks to Kat who promises not to tell Melissa but can he trust he ...