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Step Potential

November 27, 2025

On New Year’s Eve, Eliza, Pete and Ryan contend with live powerlines after a romantic hot-air balloon ride becomes a risky retrieval. Wayne is stretched thin when his auntie becomes ill before his and Naomi’s fundraising event. Chaya grapples with Matty’s betrayal as the pair run into trouble transporting a drunk partygoer. Leonie is forced to confront a personal and professional dilemma.

RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service

TV Schedule

Thursday

January 8, 2026
4:00AM | WFYI 1 (20.1)
Tune-in Reminder

Sieve & Sort

Saturday

January 10, 2026
8:00PM | WFYI 1 (20.1)
Tune-in Reminder

Separation Anxiety

Tuesday

January 13, 2026
9:00PM | WFYI 3 (20.3)
Tune-in Reminder

Separation Anxiety

Thursday

January 15, 2026
4:00AM | WFYI 1 (20.1)
Tune-in Reminder

Separation Anxiety

Season 3

Sieve & Sort
Sieve & Sort
S3E1

One year on, a devastating bus crash brings the RFDS team together again.

Separation Anxiety
Separation Anxiety
S3E2

Eliza second-guesses herself. Pete and Wayne try to put their personal grievances aside.

Source Control
Source Control
S3E3

Eliza and Pete remain at odds. Wayne struggles to turn his work switch off with family.

Non Negative
Non Negative
S3E4

Wayne, Pete and Mira treat a critically ill baby. Eliza’s patient confronts death.

Blood
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Blood
S3E5

It’s Christmas Eve. Wayne, Mira and Matty attend a jet ski accident. Pete opens up.

Duty of Care
Duty of Care
S3E7

Mira questions her place in Wayne’s life. One of the team will leave the RFDS.

Accountability
Accountability
S3E8

The RFDS team faces a life and death situation which ends up threatening one of their own....

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Season 2

Episode 1
Episode 1
S2E1

In the chaos of the White Cliffs rodeo, Pete and Chaya face a multi-casualty car accident....

Episode 2
Episode 2
S2E2

Pete, Wayne and Chaya must keep a secret for a critically ill patient.

Episode 3
Episode 3
S2E3

Pete and Eliza are forced to work together in a critical retrieval of a 4-year-old boy.

Episode 4
Episode 4
S2E4

Word that Eliza will lead the review into the White Cliffs incident sends Pete reeling.

Episode 5
Episode 5
S2E5

Tensions flare between Eliza and Pete while transporting a highly contagious patient.

Episode 6
Episode 6
S2E6

On the day of Timmy’s funeral, Wayne is confronted with the person he deems responsible....

Episode 7
Episode 7
S2E7

A night of fun descends into chaos when a bad batch of MDMA is found doing the rounds.

Episode 8
Episode 8
S2E8

The RFDS crew faces a catastrophic multi-casualty boat crash in challenging terrain.

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Season 1

Episode 1
Episode 1
S1E1

Sr. Medical Officer Eliza Harrod is put to the test in one of her very first retrievals.

Episode 2
Episode 2
S1E2

Eliza questions her decision to join the RDFS, and Pete’s resentment comes to a head.

Episode 3
Episode 3
S1E3

When a child goes missing in the outback, it’s a race against time to find him.

Episode 4
Episode 4
S1E4

The RFDS face a harrowing retrieval as a patient takes a critical turn midair.

Episode 5
Episode 5
S1E5

When a remote bush retrieval suddenly turns violent, the RFDS must treat one of their own....

Episode 6
Episode 6
S1E6

Wayne battles with his decision to leave the RFDS, his family and Mira.

Episode 7
Episode 7
S1E7

The RFDS are called in to save the lives of two brothers caught in a mine explosion.

Episode 8
Episode 8
S1E8

Pete is at a remote clinic and a straightforward case escalates into a violent situation.

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