- While trying to deal with being blackmailed by McNaughton's wife, Joan rescues Maggie and other abused girls from Tarramar by agreeing to help Matron reopen her 'baby factory', Stanton House.
- Whilst being blackmailed by McNaughton's estranged wife, Joan rescues Maggie and other abused girls from Tarramar by agreeing to help Matron reopen her 'baby factory', Stanton House. Eva surprises her estranged husband with an ultimatum - she wants his help with a new fertility treatment so she can have another child, or else she will publicly name Joan in their divorce proceedings. McNaughton is unmoving, refusing to administer experimental drugs. McNaughton informs Joan of Eva's plan, forcing Joan to admit to Jim that she once had an affair with McNaughton. More pressing problems arise when Joan discovers that Maggie (and other young girls) are being sexually abused at Tarramar Girls Home. Desperate to get the girls to safety, Joan makes an unsavoury deal with Matron - only by reopening Stanton House will Maggie and the other pregnant girls have somewhere safe to go. As Matron convinces Norman to release the girls, Joan must persuade the retiring (and recalcitrant) Chairman of the Hospital Board to give Stanton House his blessing. At his retirement party, Joan puts on a charm offensive that succeeds - Stanton House will reopen. Meanwhile, in defending Martha against a racist slight, Bowditch gallantly pushes the inebriated Chairman into the pool, convincing Martha to propose to him in the process. When Joan and Matron turn up to collect the girls from Tarramar, Norman has hidden Maggie. With Cynthia's help they find her, and not before time - as in desperation, Maggie has swallowed bleach and is convulsing on the dormitory floor. As Maggie recovers in hospital, Joan is unexpectedly approached by Eva directly. Eva suggests she will not make good her threat if Joan administers the fertility drugs she wants.
- Whilst being blackmailed by McNaughton's estranged wife, Joan rescues Maggie and other abused girls from Tarramar by agreeing to help Matron reopen her 'baby factory', Stanton House. Eva surprises her estranged husband with an ultimatum - she wants his help with a new fertility treatment so she can have another child, or else she will publicly name Joan in their divorce proceedings. McNaughton is unmoving, refusing to administer experimental drugs. McNaughton informs Joan of Eva's plan, forcing Joan to admit to Jim that she once had an affair with McNaughton.
More pressing problems arise when Joan discovers that Maggie (and other young girls) are being sexually abused at Tarramar Girls Home. Desperate to get the girls to safety, Joan makes an unsavoury deal with Matron - only by reopening Stanton House will Maggie and the other pregnant girls have somewhere safe to go. As Matron convinces Norman to release the girls, Joan must persuade the retiring (and recalcitrant) Chairman of the Hospital Board to give Stanton House his blessing. At his retirement party, Joan puts on a charm offensive that succeeds - Stanton House will reopen. Meanwhile, in defending Martha against a racist slight, Bowditch gallantly pushes the inebriated Chairman into the pool, convincing Martha to propose to him in the process.
When Joan and Matron turn up to collect the girls from Tarramar, Norman has hidden Maggie. With Cynthia's help they find her, and not before time - as in desperation, Maggie has swallowed bleach and is convulsing on the dormitory floor. As Maggie recovers in hospital, Joan is unexpectedly approached by Eva directly. Eva suggests she will not make good her threat if Joan administers the fertility drugs she wants.
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