After a sudden fall from grace, arrogant, high-flying heart surgeon Dr Hugh Knight is forced to leave his hedonistic, inner-city life when he is forced to take the position of local GP in the small country town where he was born.

Hugh is introduced to outback medicine when he is called to a farm accident. Inspired by Meryl, Hugh blackmails Big Nathan into making a donation to the hospital.

Charlie and Matt host a wild Bachelor and Spinsters Ball at their brewery, meanwhile Hugh finds a surprising test subject for his new artificial heart.

Hugh needs to salvage his career so makes an emergency visit to the city, but learns a family secret that will change his life.

Hugh continues to make an impression in small town Whyhope when he's filmed rescuing a trapped football player but the positive moment doesn't last long.

Hugh faces dangerous situations after being mistaken for a tax collector by an angry farmer, and has to perform an emergency operation to save a well-known Whyhope local's life. Meanwhile, his personal secrets get harder and harder to suppress.