E Street

Leslie Dayman

Sergeant George Sullivan

Vic Rooney

Ernie Patchett

Bruce Samazan

Max Simmons

Josephine Mitchell

Penny O'Brien

Kelley Abbey

Jo-Jo

Simon Baker

Sam Farrell

Andrew Williams

Jack Brown

Melissa Bell

Bonnie Tate

Antoinette Byron

Laura Fielding

Joanna Lockwood

Sally McKinnon

Seasons

Season 1

91 episodes

Premiered Jan 24, 1989

Season 2

87 episodes

Premiered Jan 17, 1990

Season 3

98 episodes

Premiered Jan 23, 1991

Season 4

92 episodes

Premiered Jan 15, 1992

Season 5

36 episodes

Premiered Jan 20, 1993

Episodes

1–6 of 91

Ep 1

Tuesday

Jan 24, 1989

90m

Reverend Bob Brown jogs to Dr Elly Fielding’s house for breakfast. Elly is a bag of nerves as her daughter Claire is about to start her first day at school. Publican Ernie Patchett opens his pub, Patchetts Pacific, for a busy day in preparation for the local table tennis competition. Ernie’s son Chris heads off to his building job. Sergeant George Sullivan and Constable Paul Berry are at the scene of an accident, local lad Craig Wilson has been killed by a train as he graphitized the wall of the rail track. He was protesting to save the local trees. Local legal aid Bernie Withers takes on Craig’s cause and sits himself on a tree – refusing to move. Paul’s wife, Rhonda arrives from their hometown of Ballina. Barmaid Lisa Bennett is nervous about represent Patchetts Pacific in the table tennis match. Jimmy asks Bob to take over the church when he passes on. When he returns to give Jimmy his answer, he finds him dead in one of the church pews.

Ep 2

An Ounce of Prevention Part 1

Jan 25, 1989

New lawyer Sarah McKillop arrives in Westside, and clashes with Elly over the rights of a pregnant girl with learning disabilities.

Ep 3

An Ounce of Prevention Part 2

Jan 26, 1989

Sarah struggles to settle into life in Westside. Martha and Ernie are at odds after he has a condom machine installed in the pub.

Ep 4

Domestic Part 1

Feb 1, 1989

Ernie's sister recovers from a mugging, but the sentence that her attacker gets angers Ernie and Chris. Amanda is getting to clingy to David and he tells Elly he wants to stay with her to give Amanda the hint. Elly refuses his plea as Claire is having problems at school due to the extravagances David has been treating her to. David is noticeably put out of place when Bob arrives in the morning for breakfast and is favourably more popular with Elly and Claire. Sarah continues to spark bad feeling and Ernie bars her from Patchetts Pacific. Elly tells David she no longer wants him in the house. When David breaks the news to Claire she and Oliver run away.

Ep 5

Domestic Part 2

Feb 2, 1989

The school phone Elly and tell her Claire disappeared after a meeting with David. Elly assumes that Claire is with David and tries to contact him. When David arrives at the surgery minus Claire panic rises. Claire and Oliver explore the sewers and try to make their way to the shops via the drainage system. Julie quits her job at the legal centre to keep peace with Warren. But when Oliver disappears he beats her up leading her to run back to Sarah. However when Bob arrives on the scene Elly’s emotions get the better of her and she turns to him. David can’t understand why Elly didn’t turn to him. When Oliver turns up well the search concentrates on Claire. Bob beats the rescue teams to the job and finds Claire in the sewer.