TV ShowEnded

Mercy Peak

2001
3 seasons
60 episodes
Drama

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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  • Ep 1

    1.What She Least Expected

    25-07-200160m

    Trauma 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

    01-08-200160m

    Nicky 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

    08-08-200160m

    William 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

    15-08-200160m

    When 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

    22-08-200160m

    When 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

    29-08-200160m

    Cliff 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

    05-09-200160m

    Nicky 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

    19-09-200160m

    Nicky 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

    26-09-200160m

    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 t...

  • Ep 10

    10.Lazy Sunday Afternoon

    03-10-200160m

    A 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

    06-03-200260m

    Nicky 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

    13-03-200260m

    Louise 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

    20-03-200260m

    Amanda 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

    27-03-200260m

    Gil 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

    03-04-200260m

    Nicky 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

    17-04-200260m

    Alistair 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

    24-04-200260m

    Alastair 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

    01-05-200260m

    William 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

    08-05-200260m

    An 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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