Catherine Wilkin

Anticipation is high as Tess's journalist friend is due to arrive at Drovers Run to write a feature magazine article about life on the land. However, tensions between her and Tess begin to rise as old wounds are reopened and long-forgotten feelings are revisited. Meanwhile, Kylie exposes the article's secret hook, and Nick and Alex formalise their business partnership.

Challenger takes on the problem of food shortages by inventing a nutritional elixir that would eliminate world hunger. He decides to test the concoction himself, but an unintended side effect causes him to experience vivid hallucinations. An apparition of his younger self appears in his lab, urging the older professor to shun his comrades and pursue glory at any cost.