Woody, having just turned up after being presumed dead, fights with Mitch over what is best for Stephanie. Meanwhile, in Oakey, Drew wins his rodeo event, unaware that his heavily pregnant wife Libby has wandered off is locked in a stable. To her horror, Libby goes into labour, unable to escape...

Karl, Ron and Stuart rush to congratulate Drew on his win in the rodeo. Against the backdrop of a country carnival, they comment on Drew's friend Scotty losing $3000 on a bet. Drew has something more important on his mind though - he is wondering where his wife is.

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In the stable, Libby leans over a stack of hay, trying to decide what to do next. She is sweating heavily and is in a lot of pain. Remembering she has a mobile phone in her pocket, she calls Karl who unfortunately has his mobile switched off. Desperate for help, she calls Susan.

Susan answers the phone at home, unaware that anything is wrong. No sooner has Libby cried 'Mum'!', the line drops out. Susan puts the phone down and tells Darcy and Elly that Libby is a long way out in the country. Susan asks Elly if she has hung her clothes up in the cupboard yet, but Elly, obviously unaware that her mother has dumped her with Susan, says she'll just take her clothes out of her suitcase as required. Darcy realises that Elly has absolutely no idea how long she is expected to stay in Erinsborough, and Susan tells him that she expects she will be the one to do the dirty work.

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Lyn arrives home with a suitcase under her arm from a holiday at her parents' house. She senses immediately that there is something very wrong with Steph. Steph doesn't know what to say, so she bluntly calls Woody into the room. Lyn is shocked to silence when she sees Woody is standing in her living room, alive.

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Darcy departs Number 28, leaving Susan to tell Elly the truth. Susan is put off by the fact that Elly has discovered an old jumper belonging to Libby in the cupboard - and chopped its arms off. Elly cheerfully justifies the amputated sleeves by saying that they could be used as 'new arm warmers'. Susan, horrified, attempts to be serious with Elly and tell her what is really happening with her mother.

Libby starts to panic, frantically pounding on the stable doors with her fists. Giving up, she begins to sob as she tries phoning Susan again.

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Susan's conversation with Elly is interrupted by Libby's call. Libby, unable to hear her mother on the other end of the line, cries that she is in labour and that Susan should call Ron. Susan follows these instructions, calling Ron on Elly's mobile phone; Ron passes his phone to Karl. Susan, beginning to panic, tells Karl what has happened with a shaky voice. Karl asks where to find Libby. Susan asks Libby to give her some directions but Libby is only able to say 'It's'near the'eastern'' before a heavy contraction forces her to drop the phone. Susan tells Karl the information and he rushes off with Drew, Ron and Stuart to find Libby.

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Woody is trying to explain to a quiet Lyn why he hid from Steph for so long. He says it was to protect Steph because Kev Kelly was still on the loose. Lyn, very unimpressed, asks why he didn't even try to contact Steph. Woody says he was too scared but he tried to tell Steph he was alive by depositing a lump sum in her bank account equalling the year of his birth. He says that maybe he should have just 'stayed dead'.

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Drew, followed closely by Karl, Ron and Stuart, breaks into the stable. Libby tells Karl that her contractions are becoming strong and Karl says they will need to get to a hospital in an air ambulance because she must have a caesarean section birth. He tells Susan, who is still on the phone, that Libby is okay. Libby herself is relieved now that help has arrived. With Drew by her side, she is wheeled into an emergency helicopter with an oxygen mask attached to her face. The chopper lifts off, taking her and Drew and Karl to hospital.

Susan receives a call from Ron in Oakey, telling her that Libby is on her way to Erinsborough Hospital. Susan tells Elly that she might not be home that night and that Darcy will have to look after her.

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Steph and Woody are sitting in the kitchen, silent. Lyn rushes in and tells them that Joe has just arrived home. Lyn doesn't have a chance to warn Joe before he walks into the kitchen, seeing Woody. 'Bloody hell!' he exclaims, and demands an explanation. Woody says that the body found in the burnt-out car wasn't his - it belonged to Barry Burke. Lyn and Joe decide to give Steph and Woody some time alone.

Susan waits nervously in Erinsborough Hospital as Darcy and Elly turn up. She hasn't got any news because Libby hasn't arrived yet. Darcy sends Elly away to get food, but they hardly get a chance to discuss Elly's problem before Libby is wheeled into the corridor. Libby is taken into a separate room, followed by her obstetrician Jeanette Lewin, while Karl assures Susan that they made it on time.

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Woody still doubts whether or not he should have come back. He doesn't think Steph is even happy that he is alive. Obviously still hurt, she says she's been through a lot. Woody offers to go out and get a take-away meal for dinner. On his way out he asks Steph what she wants him to do. She replies, 'I don't know Woody - make it all better?'

Karl is pacing up and down the hospital corridor, wondering what is happening to his daughter. Jeanette Lewin appears, inviting Drew into the room. Karl and Susan are left on their own.

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Inside the room, doctors and nurses surround Libby, who is panting and sweating. Drew asks why they aren't going into theatre to do a caesarian birth and a doctor tells him that there is no time for that. Jeanette encourages Libby to keep pushing. Libby tries her hardest as Drew watched on. Finally, with one last push, the baby is born. As the baby starts crying, Drew excitedly tells Libby she is the mother of a boy. Libby is exhausted and overjoyed, and she only gets to see her baby for a second before it is whisked away into intensive care.

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Back at Number 28, Darcy pours himself a glass for wine but refuses to pour Elly one. Elly can tell Darcy is worried about Libby - she knows about Libby's motorbike accident. Darcy quickly changes the subject and approaches the topic of Elly's mother. Elly will not listen at first when Darcy tells her that she'll be staying with Karl and Susan for at least six months. He says the reason her mother hasn't called is because she feels guilty about dumping Elly in Erinsborough. Elly can't accept this and tells Darcy he is lying.

Woody arrives back at Number 26 without any take-away, and Lyn leaves him on his own with Steph. He has been thinking and believes he knows a way to make things better: he will go back to the country. He describes how beautiful the town he has been living in is. He asks Steph if she remembers how much she loved him. Steph says she hasn't forgotten how it felt. Encouraged by this, Woody produces an engagement ring and says, 'Then marry me, and I promise to you Steph, I'll make all our dreams come true.'

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At the hospital, Libby, who is still exhausted, asks for Karl and Susan. Drew invites them in and they crowd around her bed. Libby happily tells them that the baby is a boy. Suddenly, Libby goes into a seizure and Karl knows something is wrong...

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The heart monitor begins to wail and Jeanette Lewin yells at Karl and Susan to leave so they can transfer Libby to theatre. After Karl and Susan have left the room, Jeanette utters 'We're losing her'' and tells a distraught Drew to leave as well. She picks up the defibrillator paddles. Outside the room, Karl runs up to Drew and demands to know what has happened...

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Susan can't stop crying. Back inside the room, a doctor orders the nurses to stand clear as she applies the paddles to Libby, shocking her. It doesn't work; the heart monitor is still flat lining...

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Out in the corridor, Karl, Susan and Drew stand, helpless and terrified.

Notes: A boom microphone shadow can be spotted as Karl and Susan enter Libby's hospital room. For the BBC broadcast of this episode, the sequence of images seen in the closing titles was changed, moving Libby and Drew's image from the start, presumably to avoid detracting from such a major cliffhanger.