Tom Beresford returns to Skelthwaite 20 years after a bitter family row, lured by the offer of a managerial position at Goddard's, and it's not long before he and his good-looking son are setting tongues wagging. Karen breaks all the rules to help two families come to terms with the consequences of a transplant operation, but her ill-advised actions backfire. Vic decides the time has come for a younger man to captain the Scorpions and an emotional Simon proposes to Anna.

Jess fears she may be pregnant and Karen nervously prepares for a visit by one of David's old flames, the glamorous Evelyn Parrish. Joe makes a clumsy attempt to seduce Anna's nanny and winds up with egg on his face, while Kath is discovered unconscious and rushed into hospital, putting everyone else's problems into perspective.