Season 1

Season 1 (1989)




Episodes List

Ep.1 Pilot

Air Date: 1989-01-21

Michael Larson is a widower, an American dolphin researcher, who moves to Australia with his two young children and tries to build a new life.

Ep.2 Two Shots and a Splash

Air Date: 1989-01-28

Michael's old pal from graduate school comes for a visit. What Mike doesn't know is that Peter is a member of a radical group called Planetwatch and is in town as part of a revenge plot to plant a bomb on a yacht.

Ep.3 Reading, Writing, and Telepathy

Air Date: 1989-02-04

One of the dolphins, Delbert, swallows two firecrackers that were carelessly tossed at sea and is slowly poisoned.

Ep.4 The Initiation of Lisa Ruddick

Air Date: 1989-02-11

Lisa Ruddick, a journalist. uses a story on Jonathan's research as a ruse to gather damaging information on Jonathan's boss, the eccentric Baron Trent.

Ep.5 The Ship That Sank Twice

Air Date: 1989-02-18

Mike's experiments using sound waves with the dolphins is a breakthrough in communications, but his boss Trent sees it as his chance to go in search of sunken treasure off the coast.

Ep.6 Fighting Back

Air Date: 1989-02-25

Katie deals with an admirer, David deals with an adversary and Didge deals with a dilemma.

Ep.7 Stormy Weather

Air Date: 1989-03-04

Didge welcomes two stranded fishermen, unaware that they are escaped convicts.

Ep.8 The Elders

Air Date: 1989-03-11

Larson's skeptical in-laws arrive for a visit, but when they see the kids are not too keen about their Australian environment, they decide to take them back to the States.