Written by Deb Cox and Andrew Knight
Directed by Paul Maloney
Guest Cast
Suzi Dougherty as Lucy
Matthew Green as Lionel
I found this a really sad episode, yet when I tell people that I cried, they look at me as I've become a weird alien with purple skin.
In this episode, Miranda and Rupert
persuade Laura to return to the city to provide
support to Jack, whose fraud trial is finally being heard. Old feelings
reawaken in all the Gibsons, exacerbated when Laura
is offered a tempting job by her old law firm. As Laura is forced
to contemplate her future, Prahni has been trying to foretell it
as part a fortune-telling tax package.
When Prahni predicts that Heather will have to completely rebuild her life and make decisions about a love affair, this gives Heather just the encouragement she needs to fulfil her secret longings and branch out on her own. Bob is deeply disturbed by Heather's odd behavior, but when he cottons on to the fortune-telling, he chooses to blame Prahni - having her charged with the archaic crime of "foretelling the future for profit".
Kevin also finds himself in need of Prahni's subtle mix of prophecy and psychotherapy when his de facto wife, Lucy, is released from prison and returns to Pearl Bay. Although she feels guilty for the poor mothering she gave Trevor and tries to go along with Kevin's dream to sail the 'Lucy Goosey' away to a tropical island, Lucy just isn't ready for life as a full-time wife and mother in a twenty foot caravan.
While Laura is away, the town miss her and all her idiosyncrasies. She returns to a welcome so warm that it helps her make up her mind about whether to stay in this small town or head back to the "real world".