Helen returns to The Alice to face the coroner's inquest into the death of her husband Connor at Rainbow Valley. Her dead best friend Patrick is by her side as always but she's not letting on - everyone already thinks she's crazy.
Helen is trying to leave Alice Springs, but when she misses her flight, Jack has 24 hours to try and change her mind. After Hugh and Ellie break up, Matt intervenes to help Hugh. Michael tries to run away from his past.
Hugh is preparing a surprise for Ellie for their wedding anniversary, but after he has discovered Ellie and Matt's relationship, he is the one in shock.
When Matt and Jess visit a local community, Matt is in for a shock when he meets a patient who has been diagnosed with water snakes in the belly. A surprise present from Jack has unexpected consequences for Helen.
Simon Westlake from the Bull Bar challenges Jack to a camel race, with Jack hoping to play Father of the Bride and use the $10,000 winner's purse to pay for Jess's wedding. Jess feels the heat when she begins to have some second thoughts.
On the anniversary of Patrick's death, his younger brother arrives in Alice Springs to seek out Helen, as he has something that he needs to resolve with her.
Jack and Michael travel five hours to Purgatory Hill to find Lara, a regular caller to the Love Roo radio show who they think is in some kind of trouble.