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8 Episodes 2013 - 2013
Episode 1
Fri, Jan 30, 202627 mins
When Bess Denyar, a successful doctor with an architect husband, an overbearing mother and twin thirteen year olds at a private school, finds out that she is adopted, she is stunned. Even more so when she is reunited with her birth parents. Wayne and Julie Wheeler, parents also to Amber, Kayne and Brianna, head up a drag racing team in the outer suburbs and are shocked and thrilled to discover the daughter they thought they had lost is now found.
Episode 2
28 mins
Still struggling with the news that she's adopted, Bess is angry with Margaret for lying to her all these years and refuses to speak to her. Instead, she concentrates on getting to know Wayne and Julie, her real parents, who, eager to make up for lost time, are keen to reciprocate. Everyone tries hard to get on, in the hope that the two families will quickly feel like one big family. However, when there's a misunderstanding over picking up a bill, it seems that being one big happy family may take longer than everyone hoped.
Episode 3
29 mins
When Wayne and Julie give Bess a 'Hot Lap' - a ride in a V8 Supercar, to make up for all the birthdays they've missed, Bess is shocked to discover that she is a natural behind the wheel of a very fast car. Convinced now that she is actually a "Wheeler", Bess sets about making herself as much like the rest of the Wheeler family as she can. Amber Wheeler is determined to let Bess know she is NOT a Wheeler and never will be, and despite Bess insisting she is, when she's really challenged, she doesn't know who she is or where she belongs.
Episode 4
25 mins
Bess arranges a lunch for her two mothers, Margaret and Julie, which ends in disaster when Julie, unaware of Bess' allergies, puts peanuts in the meal and Bess goes into anaphylactic shock. Julie feels terrible for giving Bess up for adoption and presents her with a rather unusual gift. When Margaret discovers the photoshopped picture she is furious and she and Julie fight. It's up to Bess to tell both women they are, in fact, both her mothers and no one can change the past, they can only share the future.
Episode 5
28 mins
Danny is devastated when daughter Edwina wants to quit the bassoon. Danny loves playing the bassoon with his little girl. He doesn't know that since the kids in Edwina's private school orchestra found out about her newly discovered extended family, they have relentlessly bullied her. Edwina can't talk to Danny about it, but she can talk to her cousin, Shawn, who understands.While Bess is thrilled her two families are coming together, when Danny finds out that Shawn and Edwina have skipped school and gone dirt bike riding, he freaks out, jumping to all sorts of wrong conclusions. Danny is mortified when he realises what is really going on and is ashamed he's acted like a snob. Thankfully, Edwina makes everything alright by inviting all the Wheelers to her music concert, where she plays the bassoon - in a way no one expects.
Episode 6
28 mins
After backing into another car, Wayne is forced to take a driving test because of his glass eye. Although he insists he can still drive perfectly, Julie can see he's been struggling. When he fails the reverse park component of his test, Wayne is crushed. Losing his licence is worse than losing his eye, especially too, as it happens at a time when he feels his family doesn't need him any more. So when Bess asks him to help her with a bullying surgeon at work, he jumps at the chance. Bess is thrilled that Wayne has come to her rescue, unaware she has also come to his. And when Bess notices Wayne's driving dilemma is only a reversing issue and is able to fix the problem, Wayne regains not only his licence but also his self-respect.
Episode 7
27 mins
Bess is cross with Margaret for not taking her diabetes seriously and refusing to exercise, so when Brianna becomes a qualified fitness instructor she sees an opportunity to help both her adoptive mother and her older sister. Margaret reluctantly agrees to train with Brianna but, truthfully, only because she thinks it will make Bess jealous. Bess, so unaccustomed to having Margaret's attention anywhere but on her, feels threatened when Brianna gets close to her adoptive mother. Brianna is upset when she discovers what Margaret has been up to, but Margaret insists that it isn't true - any more. She likes Brianna and really can talk to her. Margaret finds herself talking to Brianna about her past in a way she has never done before.
Episode 8
28 mins
Bess, Danny, Margaret and the kids arrive at a dingy motel for the drag racing championships. Danny is cross because Bess has cancelled their anniversary weekend away to attend, but Bess really wants to support team Wheeler. So much so, that when the engine blows up in the dragster and the Wheelers can't afford a second engine, Bess foots the bill after hearing Amber say they couldn't lose the race. But when the dragster fails to start in the grand final, team Wheeler does lose, and Bess loses her money. She's furious with Amber, Danny's furious with Bess, and - unexpectedly - Wayne and Julie are furious with her too. They didn't want her money; they already feel like they owe her too much. Misunderstanding their anger, Bess severs ties with the Wheelers, until Wayne and Julie prove to her how she will always be part of their lives.