SeaChange

A big city lawyer is prompted to undergo a 'seachange' with her children and becomes the magistrate at the small coastal town of Pearl Bay, where the family comes to love its people and the quality time with each other.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Cast:John Howard , Sigrid Thornton , Kerry Armstrong , Kevin Harrington , Jill Forster , Cassandra Magrath , Kane McNay , Kate Atkinson , Tom Long , Christopher Lyons , Bruce Alexander , Alan Cassell , Georgina Naidu , Bryony Price , Cameron Nugent , William McInnes , Brett Swain , Alice Garner

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Something Rich and Strange

Sun, May 10, 1998

Successful city lawyer Laura Gibson thinks she has it all. With Jack, her handsome husband, their two lovely kids, Rupert and Miranda, and her brilliant legal career. Until in the space of 24 hours, it all falls apart.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Full Fathom Five

Sun, May 17, 1998

Laura's first days in Pearl Bay are a far cry from the life left behind in the city. It is a beautiful place - although Miranda and Rupert are not convinced.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ A Matter of Taste

Sun, May 24, 1998

Meredith's niece breezes into Pearl Bay. She is a free spirit who is quick to tell her aunt not only that she is pregnant but also facing criminal charges for obtaining goods by deception.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ The Official Story

Sun, May 31, 1998

Sergeant Grey is suspicious of one of Pearl Bay's most admired residents, Matthew Reilly, who founded and mysteriously funds a youth training farm for the long-term unemployed.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Fellowship of the Suit

Sun, Jun 7, 1998

The trial of Sergeant Grey's daughter finds some home truths which cause the town to question their morals. Trudi comes to town setting the men's hearts on fire.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ One of the Gang

Sun, Jun 14, 1998

When someone drives Griff's car over (and eventually under) the bridge, the town is at a loss for the culprit. As alibis and motives come flying out of nowhere, Laura is stunned at how many people were involved.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Stormy Weather

Sun, Jun 21, 1998

Dan's separated wife Dorothy arrives in town for a lawsuit against Bob but puts Laura in dismay about her relationship with Dan.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ My Own Sweetheart

Sun, Jun 28, 1998

Karen is pressuring Angus into commitment and meeting her strict parents. Meredith wants Harold to sober up so he tries to stay in jail for 3 days to get off the booze. Laura asks Dan to the Magistrate's Dinner Dance.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Balls and Friggin Good Luck

Sun, Jul 5, 1998

The death of a teenage boy on a road is investigated and the whole town is distressed.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ The Accidental Activist

Sun, Jul 12, 1998

After Laura and Dan spend the day together, Dan's dreams get the better of him and Laura's seduction doesn't work. Carmen says there is a syzygy - three cosmic things in line - which causes the 'silly season'.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Love Me or Leave Me

Sun, Jul 19, 1998

Instead of the usual musical extravaganza, this year's Pearl Bay Thespians production is a play penned by Harold with Meredith at the helm. After years in the wings, Heather is cast as the leading lady opposite old flame, Barry Boston.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Perchance to Dream

Sun, Jul 26, 1998

Jack's fraud trial is finally being heard and the kids convince Laura support him in person. Back in the city, unexpected sparks fly between Laura and Jack and just as she is offered a spanking new job.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Sex, Death and Bridges

Sun, Aug 2, 1998

The work on the bridge is completed and Carmen is almost ready to give birth. Meredith and Harold are seeking out their lost daughter and Laura comes up for a trial where an elderly man attempted to murder his terminally ill wife.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ If Fish Could Fly

Mon, Jun 28, 1999

With the Pearl Bay Bridge closed to traffic thanks to storms, An angry customer who lost his work in the Continental Deluxe caravan (when it went into the sea), sues Kevin.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Vaya Con Dios to All That

Sun, Jul 4, 1999

A beautiful tax prosecutor takes Bob to court but ends up falling all over him, much to Heather's dismay. Jack is back in the kid's lives and Rupert wants to get his parents back together.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Broken Hearts and Crustaceans

Sun, Jul 11, 1999

With Diver gone, Laura discovers his old mate Max ""Mullet"" Connors has returned to Pearl Bay with his wife and moved in to the boat shed.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Sink or Swim

Sun, Jul 18, 1999

The town tries to find Katrina and Bob guilty of SOMETHING while Heather tries to find out more about Meredith. On a sadder note, Max's wife Elena passes away.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Head for Water

Sun, Jul 25, 1999

While the town wallows in grief, Bob tries to think up a name for the new pool. Angus has lost his sandbar, Max has lost Elena, Carmen has lost her child and Bucket has lost his dog.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ The House That Jack Built

Sun, Aug 1, 1999

While Max and Laura grow closer, Sergent Gray and Kevin try to catch some giant ""Coconut Crabs"" that are running amok in Pearl Bay.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Looking Forward to the Past

Sun, Aug 8, 1999

Max has decided to leave Pearl Bay - grief over Elena is too much. Unfortunately, a car accident and real estate troubles means he has to stay.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Manna from Heaven

Sun, Aug 15, 1999

In an episode about beliefs, Kevin's guilty conscience comes knocking when he has visions of the Grim Reaper. Laura and Max's relationship becomes a rumour while Angus and Karen are unsure what to do.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Playing with Fire

Sun, Aug 22, 1999

A fire-twirler named Felix, and unliked by Laura, is the object of Miranda's affection. Kevin and Phrani try to increase their love life and Laura and Max have dinner - which results in the discovery of how much they love each other.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Not Such Great Expectations

Sun, Aug 29, 1999

As Laura sits regularly with her tea on the beach waiting for Max, a young boy steals a bicycle and Craig realises something is wrong with a house Bob owns.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Kitty Litter

Sun, Sep 5, 1999

Harold's estranged wife comes up in court over custody of a cat her and her neighbour share. The ownership of the cat has to be temporarily moved for the case but as people shift the cat, it ends with allergic Max.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Other People's Opinions

Sun, Sep 12, 1999

Speculation about Phrani occurs, when her old "friend" arrives in town and stories fly everywhere.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Law and Order

Sun, Sep 19, 1999

Conflicts are overflowing in the town. The courthouse is being closed, Meredith doesn't know what to do, everyone wants to know about Laura and Max and the list goes on.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Best Laid Plans

Sun, Aug 27, 2000

Bob is distraught after the council has been fired. Worried that he will be involved, Bob must track down the Port Deakin mayor.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ How Much Greener Was My Neighbour's Valley

Sun, Sep 3, 2000

With the Fire Brigade dance looming, Laura struggles to get a date. Max is taken with the new Latin Dancer and even Griff has a date in Karen.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Hungi Jury

Sun, Sep 10, 2000

Laura joins the Women's Auxilary to be a part of the town's women. Meredith and Karen try to stop her, but she won't.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Bonfire of the VCRs

Sun, Sep 17, 2000

After Max and Carmen's affair, Carmen goes to the city for a job interview. The whole town thinks he took advantage of her and shuns him. Laura has no idea though.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Pipeline

Sun, Oct 8, 2000

The new court reviewer, Warwick Munro takes an instant delight to Laura and they start dating. Max tries to stop them but to no avail.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Adversely Possessed

Sun, Oct 15, 2000

Griff is being kicked out of his home and moves into the Jelly's house. Laura tries to help him using a law of Adverse Posession. As Laura continues to see Warwick, the town grows to like him and wonder what Max will do.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Blowing in the Wind

Sun, Oct 22, 2000

An old friend of Max's arrives in town but no-one seems to like him when he is locked up for breaking Grey's trumpet. As music fills the jail all weekend, Grey and the prisoner have to bond to survive.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ I Name Thee Bay of Pearls

Sun, Nov 5, 2000

Laura's mother, June, arrives in town during a geriatric traffic crime spree. June's suspiciously sudden appearance is more of an inconvenience than a pleasure for Laura, who is too caught up in her own life to sense her mother's sadness.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Eminent Persons

Sun, Nov 12, 2000

Laura's ego is battered when she is not chosen to speak during Eminent Persons Week at Rupert's school. Laura heads off to the principal's office under the guise she is concerned about her son's education.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Checks and Balances

Sun, Nov 19, 2000

Kevin is acting strangely. He heads out of town without Phrani, won't speak more than three words at once and most worrying of all...he's wearing slacks.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Love in the Time of Coleridge

Sun, Nov 26, 2000

While Laura's on a one way track to the altar, Max announces he has accepted a lucrative job with an international newspaper and will be leaving Pearl Bay - and Laura - behind.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ To Thine Own Self Be Relatively True

Sat, Dec 2, 2000

Laura desperately wants to be honest with Warwick about her night with Max, but the moment constantly eludes her. To compound on her anxiety, Jack, distraught since Trudi left him, refers to Laura as the 'good', faithful sister.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Half Life

Sat, Dec 9, 2000

While Laura suffers the fallout of a cancelled wedding, 'The Oyster' - publishing anti-nuclear material - is seized. Max and Phrani conjure a plan to keep the newspaper in print.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Paradise Reclaimed: Back Where We Belong

Tue, Aug 6, 2019

After losing her job in Africa, former magistrate Laura Gibson returns to Pearl Bay to visit her daughter. But after two decades, Pearl Bay has changed in ways that will challenge everything Laura believes about life, love and family.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Paradise Reclaimed: Magic in the Moonlight

Tue, Aug 13, 2019

Laura tries to convince Miranda to keep her newborn baby. Fin reveals his romantic side to Miranda during the full moon. Laura is shunned by the people of Pearl Bay after she orders Ben to close his pub.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Paradise Reclaimed: Mother of all Dilemmas

Tue, Aug 20, 2019

Miranda's world is rocked when her half-sister makes a surprise return to Pearl Bay. Laura is heartbroken over Anna's plans to adopt baby Joe.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Paradise Reclaimed: A Chair, A Seahorse and An Incompetent Crim

Tue, Aug 27, 2019

Stella's secret plan to save Pearl Bay has dire results for Miranda and Fin. Bob Jelly feels the heat when his business partner gets out of prison.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Paradise Reclaimed: Hope and Heartbreak

Tue, Sep 3, 2019

Miranda is desperate to hide her romantic past from Fin. Laura helps Ben mend his broken heart and rediscover his love of Pearl Bay. Kevin's dreams come true when a past love returns to Pearl Bay.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Paradise Reclaimed: The Art of Fishing

Tue, Sep 10, 2019

Bob Jelly launches a cunning plan to reclaim his dodgy cash from the police station. Laura receives a valuable life lesson from Ben. Miranda teams up with Fin to win the annual fishing competition.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Paradise Reclaimed: It's Kissing Time

Tue, Sep 17, 2019

Fin helps Miranda with her dream of starting a marine centre. Laura's life is in crisis when Ben's ex-wife applies for her job as Magistrate.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Paradise Reclaimed: Love Will Find a Way

Tue, Sep 24, 2019

Laura, Miranda and Bob Jelly join forces to save Pearl Bay from destruction. Miranda is forced to confront her true feelings for Fin.