Season 6, Episode 57: "The fruit of good works" (original air date: March 5, 2004)

Ken has a realisation about Wendy, but doesn't want to hear the worst from Dana. Louise's good works lead to tragedy.

Ken gets a fright when Wendy suspects she's pregnant. She also suspects her ex-husband Jason is back in town. Jason's mother has been admitted to hospital and is expected to die soon. Jason is back, but seems in great haste for his mother to leave this world. Dana finds this odd.

Ken misconstrues Wendy's upset over her pregnancy test. She's upset that it is negative. She's decided that Ken is her man and she would love to have a child with him. This crisis makes Ken realise that Wendy is not the woman for him. He decides that he has to break up with her. But Wendy finds this hard to accept. Ken is forced to be harsh. Wendy is admitted to the clinic after taking an overdose as a result of the break-up. Ken feels lower than a snake's belly. But Dana starts to suspect that Wendy's "suicide" was a calculated effort to get Ken back. Ken is outraged that Dana could be so callous. But when Jason's mother finally dies, Dana pursues her enquiries. Jason admits that Wendy has tried suicide before as emotional blackmail, and that he faked his gambling problem in order to escape the tenacious wife. Dana suggests that as he was once Ken's friend, there may be things that Jason needs to tell him about Wendy. At this point, it seems that Ken should leave Wendy. But Ken feels that Jason's way out is cowardice and that Wendy has suffered enough. He shoulders his burden and takes Wendy home.

Dana feels for Ken, but feels that her own relationship is secure. Until she sees Chad exiting the Agincourt Motel. Why does he still have a room there when he has a house? Chad makes excuses but adds fuel for paranoia when he 'suddenly' remembers that he is supposed to go hunting this weekend.

Alistair continues to try and support Nicky through troubled times, but she seems determined to avoid him. Eventually he hunts her down at the bookshop. She admits her misery and cries on his shoulder.

Inspired by her religious conversion, Louise gives a job to Monique Devcich. William thinks that Louise is taking charity too far, and admits that he's finding Louise's change in beliefs hard. His cynicism seems to be supported when Monique is at the pub, spending Louise's money on drinks for her boyfriend. And the next day, Monique is sporting evidence of domestic violence. Anton Devcich isn't happy, since he believes that Louise's act of charity is propping up Monique's violent relationship. But Louise refuses to back down. Then William finds Monique stealing from them and sends her packing. Louise, unhappy, goes to make amends, but Monique is hostile. Louise and William continue to be at odds over this, but it's relatively good-humoured. Then they go home to find a break-in in progress. When Marley threatens them, William appeals to him. It seems that this will succeed, until Monique appears and punches Louise. William goes to her aid and Marley stabs William. But Monique delivers the final blows, raining heavy objects down on William's head.