Season 1, Episode 9: "All's fair" (original air date: September 26, 2001)

When Dana goes to visit a pregnant friend, Kyra, she thinks may have put her baby son in the washing machine. Dana finds this isn't so, but when she checks on the baby, she finds the child is dead.

Dana is even more disturbed when Kyra doesn't mention her strange behaviour to William or Ken. Dana shares her worries with Todd, who thinks Kyra's partner Baz should be informed. What if she tries to harm their next child? Dana feels torn about breaching confidentiality, and is relieved when William shoulders the burden.

William sees this as a golden opportunity to take issue with Rhonda, the midwife, who has snaffled most of his birthing business. Rhonda is thrown by the implication she's missed Kyra's problems.

Dana visits Kyra to find her in a bad way. She removes her from the house, which distresses Baz, particularly as the body of the baby is being returned to the relatives. William supports Kyra. He believes she suffering depression and extreme sleep deprivation, and that she didn't harm her child. But he still decides to lay a complaint against Rhonda.

Nicky finds herself caught in the middle. She feels sympathy for Rhonda, but being a doctor and conservative, can't help but side with William. However, when Kyra goes into labour, Nicky calls Rhonda, her lead maternity carer. William feels the female conspiracy has again caught up with him.

Louise, meanwhile, is studying. When it's clear that an old fashioned essay isn't enough, Louise feels goaded into redoing her work as an oral history on video. Ross feels frustrated that Louise takes on too much. When Louise sees a new angle to her project -that Maori were denied proper health care - this is the icing on the cake for Ross. He accuses Louise of taking on any cause in order to avoid the real issues in her life. There is some truth to this.

Dana finds that the Baz's family are going for protective custody of Kyra's new baby. She realises that Todd is the cause of this and is forced to reassess the relationship.

Louise finds that her theories of racist conspiracy are more like benign neglect. Her marriage reaches a crunch point when Ross suggests it could be better to separate.

Louise meets William at his nadir. She confronts him about his inability to cope with change. He confronts her: things may have changed - but do men have to like it? As a result, William decides to do what he can to assist Kyra and her family and talks sense to Baz. Louise decides to stay with her marriage.