Desert Rose

When Eben Greyling refuses to go fishing with his benefactor, Van As, the rejection breaks the shackles of a decade-long agreement. Plans go awry when the Greylings attempt to resolve the situation, and the siblings must return to the family home.

Captain Williams arrives at the farmhouse to break the news of the car accident. Ishara returns home to find her siblings making plans after Rosie's loss. Jana partners with a scam artist. Van As sends a thug to force Freddy out of hiding.

Thorne invites the family to breakfast so he can announce an offer on the house, but Ishara and Eben contest this decision. Ishara tries to search for her father and she discovers a link to a woman called Ella. Van As sends out another thug.

Rosie's funeral draws the community together, but Freddy doesn't show up. A heartbroken Mack travels to Springbok to find and confront Freddy. Hugo, one of Van As's thugs, threatens Jana and Eben, so Lucy sabotages his truck. A Cape cobra bites Hugo.

Ishara and Johnny track down Freddy and force him to return to Desert Rose. Williams follows a hot lead on Hugo's abandoned truck back to Van As in Springbok. Eben reunites with his father and confronts him. Thorne appears with news of a sale offer.

Williams investigates Thorne's accidental death and finds a link back to Jana. The clues of the diver helmet lead Williams to Hugo's fishing shack. Lucy has a secret rendezvous with Gus. Hugo stakes out the house and ambushes Lucy with a dagger.