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- What happens when you put a Catholic bigot with a panic disorder in charge of a library?
- 2007–201027mTV-Y6.7 (17)TV EpisodeChristine Grimwood applies for the Children's Librarian's position. While unsuitable, Christine desperately needs a responsible job before fronting court on drug trafficking charges.
- Jacinta McSweeney from the Premier's Department inspects Middleton Interactive Learning Centre as a possible venue for the launch of the Premier's Book Week.
- Frances is on a diet in preparation for Book Week and as a result is even more stressed and anxious than usual. Christine's slimy lawyer Piero (Grant Piro) puts pressure on her to get Frances to testify in her favour.
- It's two weeks until Book Week and panic sets in as Frances discovers a spate of pornographically vandalised books. Christine is preoccupied and neglects her School Holiday Boredom Busters program. Frances isn't happy.
- Frances catches Christine having phone sex with Nikko. She is furious but strangely aroused. Christine makes photocopies of her breasts to send to Nikko but the copies end up in the hands of the staff.
- There's great excitement in the library because it's Book Week and the Premier is visiting. However, Christine isn't celebrating. It's the week of her court case and Frances still refuses to testify.
- A smarmy, debt riddled, borderline con-artist teams up with a chronically depressed acclaimed journalist to try and keep his head above water.
- Don needs a senior journalist for the World Wide Group, and finds Ray, a former journalist with The Australian.
- Don's plans to start up a dog wash franchise are interrupted when his kids turn up at the office.
- After he asks his estranged daughter to do the graphic design for the Dog Wash, Ray tells Don why they stopped speaking six years ago.
- Don escapes his creditors when he and Ray film a late night TV ad for the Don's Dirty Dog Wash franchise.
- While Don's stomach problems force him to see a psychologist, Ray tries to sell the Dog Wash franchise.
- As the Australian Tax Office launches an investigation into World Wide Group's shady tax management, Ray attempts to consolidate his relationship with his ex-wife and daughter.
- Frances O'Brien, devout Catholic and panic disorder sufferer, is back at the Middleton Interactive Learning Centre. But being Head Librarian of this outer suburban library is harder than ever.
- With the official opening only one week away, Frances - newly reinstated Head Librarian - feverishly regains control of her domain, ordering the staff to help stack the books, unpack boxes and remove a pig's head which is lodged in the Returns Chute. Which they don't.
- The day of the new library's official opening arrives and Frances, anxiously rehearses her speech, determined to use the occasion to re-stamp her authority.
- Frances is tired and even more irritable than usual. She's not sleeping, drinking too much and not able to concentrate on very much at work. She doesn't even seem to notice that Nada can't get anyone to use the Culture Pod.
- To her absolute shock and horror, Christine goes into premature labour a month early. The Caesarean delivery she has booked is rendered useless, the labour ward is full and Christine is designated to the Birth Centre.
- Frances's day doesn't start well, with an interview at Bernadette's new school ending badly when Frances is blamed for Bernadette's behavioural problems.
- Head Librarian Frances O'Brien's world is turned upside down when a government bureaucrat Xavier Fisher rules that public libraries are to turn a profit or face closure.
- With the help of Father Harris, Frances settles Pearl into a nursing home. To pay for Pearl's new accommodation at Gentle Pines, Frances needs to sell her mother's house - and fast.
- Frances meets Indigo the 'new age' real estate agent who is going to sell Pearl's house. Back at the library, Christine sets up a major fundraising initiative that promises to make a lot of money.
- Pearl's nursing home, Gentle Pines, is hounding Frances for payment, money Frances doesn't have. But if she doesn't pay up, Pearl will end up living at the O'Brien house.
- Frances' worst nightmare has come true - she's once again living under the same roof as her mother.
- A security guard catches Frances and Christine trying to steal the fundraising money from the library. What could drive them to such desperate measures?
- The library is a hub of activity for Senior Citizens Day. Ky is busy conducting video interviews for an oral history project and Christine is manning the Devonshire tea stand. With the tour guide waylaid, Neil steps in to lead a group of seniors on a historical walk of Middleton.
- The library fundraising thermometer has hit rock bottom since the closure of Showbiz Video. Xavier Fisher orders immediate cutbacks at the library and Frances must fire three staff members.