Mercy Peak
Mercy Peak was a New Zealand television series that ran for three seasons on local network TV One, between 2001 and 2004. The series rated well in New Zealand and won multiple awards for its cast. Though an ensemble show, Mercy Peak centres on a doctor who leaves the city to work at a hospital in the small town of Bassett. She works alongside stuffy but caring doctor William Kingsley. The series was produced by Auckland company South Pacific Pictures; a number of those who worked on the show would have a big hand in South Pacific Pictures hit Outrageous Fortune, including co-creator Rachel Lang, directors Mark Beesley and Simon Bennett, and producer John Laing.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.What She Least Expected
25-07-200160mTrauma registrar Nicky Somerville has a very bad night. She gets punched by a patient she is trying to save, then realises her boyfriend is having an affair. What's worse is her bo...
- Ep 2
2.Her Secret Passion
01-08-200160mNicky is called to an emergency at Bassett High, where 13-year-old Hayley is in the final throes of labour. Despite limited experience, Nicky delivers the baby. She also meets the...
- Ep 3
3.Some Kind Of Madness
08-08-200160mWilliam is not coping well with the end of his relationship to Louise. Uncharacteristically, he becomes something of a stalker and goes to her house to confront her. Louise is ada...
- Ep 4
4.For The Greater Good
15-08-200160mWhen a young guy who works at Beckhovens Pork Factory gets his hand trapped in a mincer, Nicky also discovers he is using speed on the job. The factory owner Eric, is stressed abo...
- Ep 5
5.Paternal Feeling
22-08-200160mWhen Alistair sees a man bullying his son, he wants to intervene. Alistair also feels anger towards his own father. Since he's twigged about William's affair with Louise, he feels...
- Ep 6
6.More Things In Heaven And Earth
29-08-200160mCliff scoffs at Nicky's belief in tragic love and also suggests that being Pakeha (European) she lacks a spiritual connection. Nicky's not impressed. They witness a pub fight betwe...
- Ep 7
7.Crime, Punishment And Everything In Between
05-09-200160mNicky gets an invitation to Chook and Lynda's wedding. Chook and Lynda are the garage proprietors, whose public arguments are notorious in Bassett. What the public doesn't see is t...
- Ep 8
8.Bassett Confidential
19-09-200160mNicky has a dilemma. Kieran may have asked her on a date. Or to a wine tasting. She's not sure. When she obliquely raises this with Alistair, he wonders why she's not interested in...
- Ep 9
9.All's Fair
26-09-200160mWhen 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 t...
- Ep 10
10.Lazy Sunday Afternoon
03-10-200160mA quiet Sunday. Nicky is washing her hair; William and Alistair are playing golf; Louise and Ross are off to an anniversary lunch. When Ken gives chase to a speeding sedan and ever...
- Ep 11
11.The Most Deserving
06-03-200260mNicky feels she should be doing more to help the people of Bassett and sets about getting Liam's cleaner a hard to get appointment for a shoulder operation. Liam is suspended from...
- Ep 12
12.Lost and Found
13-03-200260mLouise discovers that William has become involved with Sue Lansford and is none too pleased. Gabrielle goes missing sending Ken, Rhonda and Nicky in search of her. Cliff searches f...
- Ep 13
13.Undue Influence
20-03-200260mAmanda Masefield asks to change her doctor - from William to Nicky. She then invites Nicky to join the Book Club. Afterwards she invites Nicky back to her home and asks her to take...
- Ep 14
14.Patience
27-03-200260mGil is in the process of turning out the Bassett operatic society's version of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Patience', one of the only operas yet to be performed. His mother is in hospi...
- Ep 15
15.Do the Right Thing
03-04-200260mNicky is annoyed to find that everyone at the local marae thinks she and Cliff are a couple. She agrees to go on a date with him but it doesn't end well as he fears he is second be...
- Ep 16
16.Best Laid Plans
10-04-200260m - Ep 17
17.Revelations
17-04-200260mAlistair decides to declare his feelings for Nicky after discovering that she has started a relationship with Cliff and Dana gets more than she bargained for after helping Ken in h...
- Ep 18
18.Chickens, Roosting
24-04-200260mAlastair and Nicky's relationship becomes frosty as well as his relationship with his father because of his adoption. Arthur is having trouble with his breathing and is admitted to...
- Ep 19
19.Live and Let Live
01-05-200260mWilliam and Alastair continue to be at loggerheads and Alastair tells him he is thinking of going back to Germany. Alastair admits Arthur to Pemberley Rest Home telling Enid it is...
- Ep 20
20.Blame
08-05-200260mAn article entitled "The Stolen Children" is published and it doesn't make life easy for William, especially during the Gilbert & Sullivan operatic show. Enid refuses to go to Arth...
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