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- Arden House is snowbound on the night before Hogmanay and emotions rise to the surface as the residents spend a long night together.
- An urgent smallpox vaccination program is underway in Tannochbrae. Dr. Neil suspects that Mary Thomson's illness remains because she is not taking her medicine. To Brenda's discomfort, Steve arrives at Arden House and for the first time meets Dr. Finlay. Alan Thomson is attacked by his father-in-law. Janet and Angus Livingstone begin to move the last of Dr. Cameron's possessions to his new cottage.
- Angus Livingston and Dr. Cameron have a set to over a prescription the Doctor wrote. As a result of Cameron's scribbles, Angus gave a larger dose that he wanted. Neither agree to back down on the matter and Janet finds herself stuck between them with both expecting her support. Doctor Finlay is concerned when a new arrival in Tannochbrae, Michael, is severely beaten by three local ruffians who believe he is a homosexual. Michael works as a cook for Findlay's childhood friend George Renfrew who is afraid to call the police as it may bring his own sexual preferences into question. George himself has only recently returned, after living in London for many years, to care for his ailing mother and to run her tea room. When Michael is beaten a second time, the truth comes out however.
- A patient of Dr. Finlay's breaks down in the surgery when he implies that her ailments are psychosomatic. Dr. Cameron continues his lectures to the German prisoners of war at the local camp. Angus invites Janet to spend the week-end in Glasgow. Anne Stewart and Dr. Finlay share a quiet moment in the countryside.
- An ex-colonial couple just back from India give Dr Napier cause for concern - who is their daughter and why is the husband against any contact with her?
- A young wife believes she has contracted syphilis from her husband, but he has never been unfaithful.
- Dr. Napier continues to lament that most of her patients are women and children but John feels it's up to her to establish herself in the community. When she's told that her first patient of the day, Mrs. Kennedy, is a bit of a fusspot she only cursorily checks her son who is anything but cooperative. When she is later called to the house because of his worsening condition, she realizes the boy has diphtheria. Everyone is pleased beyond words when Brenda Maitland, John Finlay's one time fiancée shows up to help immunize the local children. At the chemists, Angus is slowly recovering but seems to have difficulty keeping up with his work. A case in point is the diphtheria antitoxin he has is out of date as he's behind in putting in his order. Their daily trips to the hospital to get a supply has unexpected consequences when they are run off the road by the distraught husband of one of Dr. Cameron's patients.
- The reconstruction of Arden House is complete, but changes continue within its walls. Rhona has taken over the housekeeping duties, but Janet, despite being a newlywed, finds it hard to step away.
- Still traumatized by Dr. McKenna's death, Dr. Finlay becomes even more irritable when his mother visits Arden House and embarrasses him with family stories.
- Dr. Finlay investigates the strange medical symptoms suffered by a group of nuns, but clashes with their obstructive mother superior.
- Dr. Napier starts to promote women's health issues by holding seminars and giving out information to her new patients. She particularly wants to ensure that they know about various approaches to birth control. Doctor Finlay is supportive but warns her to go slow. Not surprisingly, she gets a somewhat frosty reception from some of the older members of the community but some of the younger women seem more receptive to what she has to say. She also treats Greta Johnstone, someone who for years has suffered humiliation and pain for a condition that can easily be corrected with surgery. Meanwhile, Rhona is quite taken with a handsome young dance instructor but is upset when she sees him kissing someone else.
- When Dr. Finlay is called to the manse by Rev. Derek Gill, he arrives to find Martha Manderston, a teenager, in obvious discomfort on his sofa. Although discreet and avoiding any comment, he clearly comes to conclusions about just what Martha and Gill may have been up to and casts a wary eye on the older, but apparently not wiser, man of the cloth. When Martha comes to visit him at Arden House one evening, he realizes he may have gotten the wrong end of the stick. With Angus ill, Janet arranges for a temporary chemist to take over the shop for a few days. Dr. Napier deals with Mrs. Susan Henderson who panics when she learns that she is pregnant. Her husband has been away and she desperately wants to terminate the pregnancy but can't quite bring herself to tell the doctor. Her solution leads to tragic results.
- A deathbed confession forces Finlay to choose between duty and justice.
- Problems begin when a young woman, Millie Cairns, gets chicken pox. Dr. Cameron is sure she had it as a child and can't help but wonder if something odd is going on. While not unheard of, getting chicken pox a second time is not a common occurrence. Cameron visits the mother and gets the truth out of her: Millie is not her real daughter, who died soon after she and her husband left Tannochbrae many years before. This girl is actually her husband's daughter from an affair he had with a woman in Glasgow. When Millie hears of her past she calls everything into question: her impending marriage to the son of one of Tannochbrae's 'top drawer' families and rejecting the woman who raised her. Cameron agrees to help find her birth mother but the information he obtains is devastating. Meanwhile, Janet anxiously awaits the arrival of Doctor Finlay's new partner.
- Dr. Cameron moves to his country cottage. Dr. Finlay is called upon to treat Mrs. Henderson, the mother of Archie Henderson, who deserted from the army and is rumored to be hiding out on his parents farm. Reverend Gill invites Dr. Neil to join the church choir.
- With Dr. Finlay and Dr. Neil having reluctantly agreed to form a partnership, Dr. Cameron is free to move into his new home and formally retire. He's seems unable to do so however and still shows up for work every morning. Neil and Finlay don't see eye to eye on how to grow the practice. Finlay is disgusted at the generally poor health of many in the village and is a strong advocate of providing medical service where and when it is needed, regardless of one's ability to pay. In the absence of the forthcoming National Health Service, it means they have many patients who simply cannot pay. Neil doesn't object to that but argues the practice is a business and they also need paying patients. When a young girl falls ill, Neil steps in but now may face a complaint against him from the child's regular physician as Neil did not seek his permission as required.
- Life at Arden House proves ever more chaotic with Janet's marriage casting a shadow on the future. Dr. Neil begins to doubt his abilities and Dr. Finlay suspects a natural death could in fact be murder.
- Dr. Finlay's surgery is visited by 13 year-old Hannah Berry who brings in her two younger sisters when they appear unwell. He finds that Hannah is mature beyond her years and wonders what her family situation is about. He learns from Brenda Maitland that Hannah's mother works in a local factory and that her father works somewhere in England. He also learns that she's not going to school. Dr. Neil meanwhile continues to fret about his misdiagnosis of little Robbie Hamilton. He tries to get his hands on a new drug that may save him. Janet puts a card in the local shop window advertising her job at Arden House but is not very pleased when Angus tells her that his niece Rhona Swanson may be staying on beyond their planned wedding day.
- Rachel Gant has been committed to an asylum for the past 38 years. Upon her father's death, her mother sees to her release - only to discover the dark secrets that have been locked away.
- The redecoration of Arden House turns out not to be nearly as lavish as Dr. Finlay had hoped.
- In the middle of an emergency at a remote farmhouse, Dr. Finlay turns to a mysterious neighbour for help but is completely ignored. He tries to find out why the man was so rude - and uncovers a macabre secret.
- Preparations and celebrations for Janet and Angus's wedding are underway and, eventually, Dr. Cameron gives the bride away.
- Dr. Finlay treats a local celebrity of sorts, the Brigadier, a much decorated soldier and highly respected member of the community. He's come down with a high fever and Finlay decides to hospitalize him where he is eventually diagnosed a having typhus. A group of itinerant Irish farm workers also arrives in the area and the locals are not keen with their presence. Mob rule takes over when the Brigadier takes turn for the worse and many in the community blame the workers for bringing disease with them. Dr. Cameron also has to deal with the Irish group and works to overcome their superstitious beliefs when a newborn child falls ill.
- Janet finds a day-old baby abandoned on the doorstep of Arden House
- When Dr. Finlay takes a walking holiday in the Highlands, his break turns out to be rather more passionate than he'd expected.
- With Janet off to Glasgow with Angus Livingstone, Dr. Neil attempts to do the cooking at Arden House. Dr. Finlay and Dr. Gilmore once again cross swords about the National Health Service. Margaret Williams, a famous singer, seeks treatment at Arden House. Dr. Finlay receives an offer to practice medicine in Canada.
- In 1946, Dr. John Finlay is finally demobilized and he returns to life in private practice in his native Scotland. His partner, Dr. Alexander Cameron , has stayed on passed his retirement age to keep the practice open pending his return but it is now far less prosperous that when he left it and is barely paying for itself. Dr. Cameron hires a new locum, Dr. David Neil, to join the practice but fails to consult Finlay before doing so. Finlay and Neil begin to question the elder member of the practice's judgment when they suspect he had mis-prescribed medication to a pregnant woman.