Episode 0017

This is the 17th Episode of Shortland Street which aired on the 16th of June 1992.
==Synopsis==
Alison makes a final decision about Chris. Have Nick and Stuart gone off the rails, not to mention the road? Whitfield makes one mistake too many and Hone and Chris are on his case.
==Cast List==
*Danielle Cormack as Alison Raynor
*Lisa Crittenden as Carrie Burton
*Michael Galvin as Chris Warner
*Temuera Morrison as Hone Ropata
*Maggie Harper as Jenny Harrison
*Angela Marie Dotchin as Kirsty Knight
*Elizabeth Mcrae as Marjorie Neilson
*Paul Gittins as Michael McKenna
*Karl Burnett as Nick Harrison
*Andrew Binns as Steve Mills
*Martin Henderson as Stuart Neilson
*Adrian Keeling as Tom Neilson
*Irene Drake as Sonia McLean
*Ray Woolf as Graham Whitfield
*Nell Weatherly as Mrs. Beck
== Episode Summary ==
Alison runs into Chris in the morning after catching him lying the previous night. She’s icy to him and refuses to explain why. Alison tells Carrie “all men should be neutered at birth”, and gets told sternly not to bring her personal life into work.
Stuart asks Tom to borrow his car that night to go to the dance party. He gets lectured by Marj but convinces them to trust him.
Chris comforts a patient, Sonia McLean, who is frightened about her gallbladder surgery. He also inspects a lump she found on her breast, saying they’ll check it out after the surgery.
Carrie helps Alison commiserate over Chris’s indiscretions. Steve walks in and overhears, but keeps his mouth shut.
Kirsty and Nick quietly discuss the dance party, out of earshot from Marj. Nick says he’ll get something for Kirsty to “get the blood pumping”.
Chris discusses Alison with Carrie, Hone and Graham during Sonia’s surgery, to everyone’s displeasure. He says he’s going to take her to Waiheke island on the weekend. Something goes wrong and Sonia starts moving while the surgery is ongoing. Graham ends up getting it under control after a brief panic.
After the surgery they ask Graham about what went wrong. He initially says it was just a bad reaction from the patient, but after some interrogation admits he made a mistake. Carrie asks Hone and Chris what they are going to do.
Marj and Jenny discuss Nick and Stuart attending the dance party. Things get a little tense when Marj suggests Nick’s a bad sort, but things ease when Jenny says Nick looks up to Stuart, and Marj should be proud.
Chris sees a patient, Mrs. Beck, who’s having hearing issues. Chris asks Alison to help put drops in Mrs. Beck’s ears, and she refuses, frustrating Chris. She won't tell him what’s wrong so he demands she do it and storms off.
Sonia starts yelling and crying while in bed, seemingly having a nightmare, and Steve has to calm her down with an oxygen mask.
Hone, Chris and Carrie meet with Michael about Graham. Michael defends him but is talked down, and agrees to get Graham’s side, asking them to keep it quiet. Carrie appears upset by Michael protecting Graham, but he assures her he just wants to give him a chance to defend himself. 
Marj and Tom tease Stuart when he gets dressed up nicely to go out. Nick is late to pick Stuart and Kirsty up, but he explains it’s because he had to pick something up - some kind of party pill. Kirsty initially refuses to go, unhappy about the pills, but gives in when Stuart decides to go to keep an eye on Nick.
Chris drags Alison into an exam room. Alison admits she saw Chris kiss the girl at the pub and lie about being sick, and is mad despite their agreement to an open relationship. He invites her to Waiheke island and she refuses, dumping him in the process.
Nick peer pressures Stuart into taking party pills with him outside the dance party.
Chris asks Hone advice on Alison but gets no useful response.
Nick and Stuart stumble out of the party, high as kites. Kirsty is furious at them both and steals the car keys so they can’t drive home.
In the morning Marj calls Jenny, worried as Stuart didn’t come home. Jenny says Nick didn’t come home either.
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Category:1992 Episodes