Storylines of Shortland Street
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This article details the various storylines that have occurred on the TVNZ soap opera Shortland Street since its debut on May 25, 1992.
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[edit] Storylines by year
[edit] 1992
Highlights
- The first episode airs, featuring the now infamous line "You're not in Guatemala now, Dr Ropata!"
- Kirsty Knight (Angela Dotchin) is the victim of an attempted rape by Darryl Neilson (Mark Ferguson).
[edit] 1993
Highlights
- Nurse Carrie Burton (Lisa Crittenden) gives birth to triplets.
- Dr. Leonard Dodds (Marton Csokas) and cafe owner Gina Rossi (Josephine Davison) marry.
[edit] 1994
Highlights
- Nurse Steve Mills (Andrew Binns) and TP Aleni are killed in a car crash.
- The 500th episode of Shortland Street airs in April.
- A kiss between Dr. Meredith Fleming (Stephanie Wilkin) and Nurse Annie Flynn (Rebecca Hobbs) sparks controversy.
- Stuart Neilson (Martin Henderson) objects to the marriage of Kirsty Knight (Angela Dotchin) and Lionel Skeggins (John Leigh).
[edit] 1995
Highlights
- Sir Bruce Warner (Ken Blackburn) revealed that Margot Warner (Glynis McNicoll) was not Guy's (Craig Parker) mother and that he had an affair which resulted in his conception. This could explain the hostile nature between Guy and Chris (Michael Galvin)
- After getting drunk and enraging a truck driver who raped her, scheming bitch Nurse Carla Crozier, Ellen Crozier's sister, managed to persuade him to kill himself by driving his truck into the clinic. Receptionist Kirsty Skeggins (nee Knight), received the full force of the crash, and was put into a coma. On waking a few days later, she could not remember the last two years of her life, including her marriage to, and love for, cafe owner Lionel Skeggins. Kirsty eventually got her memory back, but found her love for Lionel was gone, possibly never there to begin with, and the two eventually divorced amicably.
- In that same crash other characters, including Nurse Carmen Roberts (Theresa Healey), received minor injuries. While Carmen had complained of a bump to the head, she was adamant that she did not need admitting to hospital, choosing instead to be at home with her family on Christmas Eve. Her partner, Guy Warner (Craig Parker) had proposed to Carmen was attending to the baby when she dropped dead due to a brain aneurysm, leaving him to raise their baby daughter Tuesday (Olivia Tennet) alone.
[edit] 1996
Highlights
- In April, Shortland Street marks its 1000th episode with an earthquake storyline and the murder of Bernie Leach, by his psychotic wife Carla (nee Crozier), nurse Ellen Crozier's sister. Carla then attempted suicide by slashing her wrists in the bathtub, only to be discovered by her niece, Minnie Crozier. When Carla eventually came to in hospital and very much alive, she turned even more psychotic and was eventually admitted to a psychiatric facility by Ellen. Carla then tried to strangle Ellen on one of her visits, after which Ellen cut all ties with her sister.
- Future New Zealand Prime Ministers Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark make special appearances in an episode involving Marj Neilson's exit storyline as Marj visits the beehive to begin her new job as an M.P.
- In the first of two one hour episodes of Shortland Street in 1996, the clinic staff are taken hostage.
- The second one hour episode of Shortland Street for that year is the season finale, and features location scenes shot on location in Fiji, the storyline being David Kearney's search for his estranged partner Ellen Crozier.
[edit] 1997
Highlights
- The fifth Anniversary of Shortland Street is marked by the marriage of Dr. David Kearney (Peter Elliot) and nursing manager, Ellen Crozier (Robyn Malcolm).
[edit] 1998
Highlights
- Baby Rose Crozier-Kearney dies of SIDS.
- Shortland Street celebrates its 1500th episode in May.
- Oscar Henry, the controlling ex boyfriend of Minnie Crozier (Katrina Devine), rapes her in her home after they split up.
- A pregnant Tiffany Marinovich (Alison James) slipped and fell from the roof of a high-rise while trying to stop a patient attempting suicide. The patient was later admitted to a psychiactric ward.
[edit] 1999
Highlights
- Lionel Skeggins (John Leigh) is presumed drowned on his wedding day to Dr. Mackenzie Choat (Ingrid Park).
- Mackenzie murders Oscar Henry by making his hospital room explode.
[edit] 2000
Highlights
- Shortland Street's 2000th episode features the wedding of paramedica Rangi Heremaia (Blair Strang) and medical assistant Donna Heka (Stephanie Tauevihi).
- Nick Harrison (Karl Burnett) and his partner, paramedic Ange Weaver (Katherine Hubbard) celebrate the arrival of their son Lucas.
[edit] 2001
Highlights
- A cast cull leads to the exits of 14 characters, with new characters such as Nurse Toni Thompson (Laura Hill), The Heywood and Hudson Families coming in to replace them.
[edit] 2002
Highlights
- Shortland Street celebrates its tenth anniversary in May, followed by its 2500th episode in June.
- After a tumultuous eight year courtship, Nick Harrison (Karl Burnett)and Waverley Wilson (Claire Chitham) finally marry.
[edit] 2003
Highlights
- Tama Hudson and Shannon Te Ngaru are devastated by the death of their newborn son Ngakau Kahu, to Streptococcus B.
- Nurse Anne Kahu embarks on a scandalous affair with son-in-law Nelson Copeland.
- Dr. Geoff Greenlaw's body is found frozen in a chiller, sparking off a whodunit storyline that becomes Shortland Street's main focus over the following year.
- Nurse Anne Kahu is crushed and killed in a building collapse as the result of business mogul, Rex Treherne's (Raymond Hawthorne) shoddy building practices.
[edit] 2004
Highlights
- Shortland Street celebrates its 3000th episode in June with an episode focusing on the two remaining original cast members, Dr. Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) and Nick Harrison (Karl Burnett). In the episode Chris struggles with his attraction to Lucy Swinton (Sally Stockwell), only to learn that she is sleeping with his old foe Dominic Thompson (Shane Cortese), while Nick and Waverley {Claire Chitham) celebrate the birth of their new baby girl, Tina-Anne.
- Dominic Thompson's return marked his second reign of terror, during which he frames Dr. Victor Kahu for Geoff Greenlaw's murder; murdered his PA, Avril Lucich by drowning her in a bathtub; left teenager Scarlett Valentine (Nicole Thomson) in a coma after pushing her down the stairs to prevent her identifying him; framed Bernadette Lucich (Avril's twin sister) for fraud and finally stealing Chris Warner's identity and money before attempting to kill him in a jealous murder-suicide ploy which resulted in Dominic being severely burnt in an explosion and dying after confessing to Geoff and Avril's murders.
- Shortland Street screens a one hour episode on Christmas Day, featuring the marriage of Tama Hudson and Shannon Te Ngaru.
[edit] 2005
Highlights
- Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) marries Toni Thompson (Laura Hill).
- Nick, Waverley, Lucas and Tina-Anne depart Ferndale for Taranaki.
- Norman Hansen (Jacob Tomuri) dies following a car accident.
[edit] 2006
Highlights
- On February 14, 2006, Shortland Street was the first soap opera to feature a Civil Union between lesbian couple, Maia Jeffries and Jay Copeland.
- A deadly virus outbreak in Shortland Street Hospital claims the life of Dr. Li Mei Chen a year after her boyfriend Norman died.
- Shortland Street films two episodes on location in Rotorua.
- The love-triangle between Huia Samuels, Dr. Craig Valentine and Dr. Sarah Potts comes to an explosive end when Huia is killed in a car bombing in the hospital carpark meant for Anthony Richards. Those responsible where never identified.
[edit] 2007
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Highlights
- Scarlett Valentine was a target of schoolyard bullying moved to Australia after she tried to run over ex-boyfriend Hunter McKay who also had his share on problems being underage for a safe sex campaign and for forming a relationship with widow Tess Adamson.
- Maia Jefferies desire for a baby led her use her brother-in-law Mark Weston as a sperm donor. The father's identify was discovered by Jay. After learning of Jay's death, Maia was consoled by her mother Yvonne and sister Tania when Mark announced he was the baby's father. Maia then went into labour.
- Sarah Potts marries TK Samuels, but their honeymoon was short-lived, as she returned to work after ex-boyfriend and E.D. head Craig Valentine suffered a heart attack.
- Toni Warner took son Harry and fled to Australia with brother-in-law Guy and his daughter Tuesday having discovered husband Chris with Rachel McKenna and then learnt of his affair with Justine Jones from Guy. They later returned to New Zealand, but as to what happened during that time has not been revealed. Their return in December 2007 ended with the four upsidedown in a wrecked car driven by Guy.
- From early July, a serial killer dubbed "The Ferndale Strangler", had the women of Shortland Street Hospital living in fear when several were found strangled with surgical procedures carried out on their bodies. The victims: receptionist Claire Solomon found in a rubbish skip outside the hospital; nurse Meg Harris found in a skip outside The I.V.; bar owner Jay Copeland found in bushes near the hospital; nurse Beth Wilson was abducted from her home and found a week later by river; and nurse Brenda Holloway was given a lethal injection on Halloween night by someone in a Halloween mask after discovering crucial evidence regarding mysterious cardiac arrests. Undercover policewoman Tracey Morrison, posing as a nurse, had a narrow escape when she was found sedated in a skip behind The I.V., markings on her torso indicated surgical procedures - she was moved to a safe-house. Gavin Capper and Justin Salt were arrested on an unrelated case. The police assumed Gavin was the Ferndale Strangler, however the last episode for 2007 revealed that the Ferndale Strangler was in fact, nurse Joey Henderson when he pulled IV tubing from his pocket and was seen about strangle nurse Tania Jeffries having learnt she was in a relationship with doctor Kip Denton.
[edit] 2008
Highlights
- With the identity of the Ferndale Strangler revealed, viewers saw Joey Henderson fail in his attempt to strangle his next victim Tania. Joey then set his sights on nurse Shanti Kumari after finding out that she is betrothed to Dinesh Jivani, while also dating James 'Scotty' Scott. Joey later turned his frustration onto Alice Piper who he kidnapped and performed surgery removing her appendix. Alice managed to escape her 'prison' when she stabbed Joey's femural artery which began bleeding. Craig and Kieran arrived at the lockup. Craig found a bleeding Joey who pretended to die, as Craig turned away Joey limped off only to be pursuited and caught by Kieran on the roof. Rather than surrendering to the police, Joey committed suicide and jumped off the building.
- The aftermath of the high-speed car crash saw Toni, Harry and Tuesday admitted to Shortland Street Hospital and Guy was taken to Central. Tuesday and Harry have minor injuries, Toni lost one of her kidneys and later returned to work. Guy was seriously ill and placed in an induced coma for a time. Eventually Guy started drug rehabilitation at Shortland Street hospital under the care of Scotty and for a time refused to enter a rehabilition centre paid for by his brother. Guy later caused a sensation by publishing a book about the Warners and Chris' relationship with various women alluding to him offering promotion for sex which was incorrect. Guy left for the States and Tuesday followed soon after.
- Teenage cousins, Wiremu Potae and Tane Samuels returned to Ferndale as Shortland Street tackled the issue of teenage driving. This storyline's dramatic climax occurred when the boys along with Sophie McKay and Tueday Warner become involved in street racing illegally modified cars. Wiremu had been warned by another of the boy racers that his car wasn't safe but ignored that advice and proceeded to race following an incident involving Sophie and one of the other boys. Wiremu with Sophie lost control of his car at high-speed when it hit a pot-hole and hit Tane and left him in a crumpled heap on the road. Justine Jones performed surgery on Tane and later told him he may not walk again. TK Samuels and Sarah Potts learnt from the police that car wasn't unwarranted and had been illegally altered. Wiremu was charged with operating a dangerous vehicle. Both Tuesday and Sophie are having nightmares of the accident. Tuesday admitted that she relives the car crash that involved her father. The two boys fell out and Wiremu drunk a full bottle of whisky which left him in a coma and close to death. Wiremu recovered and Tane has spoken to a paralysed counseller about life in a wheelchair.
- Dr Hone Ropata returns for Episode 4000 for 6 Weeks as Riley's Proofreader.
[edit] Births
| Name | Year | Mother | Father | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank, Flynn & Sarah Burton | 1993 | Carrie Burton | Chris Warner | biological father of triplets Chris Warner |
| Tuesday Warner | 1995 | Carmen Roberts | Guy Warner | |
| Rose Crozier-Kearney | 1997 | Ellen Crozier | David Kearney | |
| Lucas Harrison | 2000 | Angela Weaver | Nick Harrison | |
| Harry Thompson-Warner | 2002 | Toni Thompson | Chris Warner | |
| Te Ngakau Hudson | 2003 | Shannon Te Ngaru | Tama Hudson | |
| Tina-Anne Harrison | 2004 | Waverley Harrison | Nick Harrison | |
| Rangimarie Hudson | 2005 | Shannon Te Ngaru | Tama Hudson | |
| Jay Jeffries | 2007 | Maia Jeffries | Mark Weston | biological father Mark Weston |
| Unknown | 2008 | Alice Piper | Craig Valentine or Guy Warner |
[edit] Deaths
| Character | Date | Cause of Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Sarah Donnelly | 1992 | Melanoma | Died in the arms of boyfriend, Steve Mills. |
| Tom Neilson | 1993 | Heart attack | |
| Steve Mills | 1994 | Car accident | |
| Talita Pahele (TP) Aleni | 1994 | Car accident | |
| Darryl Neilson | 1995 | Drowning | |
| Richard Thornton | 1995 | Broken neck | The broken neck was caused by a fall. |
| Sir Bruce Warner | 1995 | Cancer | |
| Nurse Carmen Roberts | 1995 | Brain hemorrhage | |
| Bernie Leach | 1996 | Bludgeoned Murdered |
Bludgeoned to death with candlestick by Carla Crozier-Leach. |
| Rebecca Frost | 1997 | Faulty heart valve | |
| Annabelle Lustwick | 1997 | Euthanasia | Assisted by Caroline Buxton. |
| Baby Rose Crozier-Kearney | 1998 | SIDS | |
| Tiffany Marinovich | 1998 | Fall | Fell from a high-rise building |
| Dr. Michael McKenna | 1999 | Heart attack | |
| Lionel Skeggins | 1999 | Drowning | Went missing, presumed drowned. |
| Oscar Henry | 1999 | Explosion Murdered |
Murdered by Dr. MacKenzie Choat. |
| Earl Crombie | 1999 | Car accident | |
| Dr. Laura Hall | 2000 | Heart attack | |
| Eamon Dempsey | 2000 | Fall | Fell off a cliff |
| Angela Weaver | 2001 | Cancer | |
| Rangi Heremaia | 2001 | Drug Overdose Murdered |
Murdered by Kim Tairoa |
| Jack Hewitt | 2001 | Hit by a Car Suicide |
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| James Kingi | 2002 | Gangland Stabbing Murdered |
Murdered by Kurt Matakuare. |
| Connie McAllister | 2002 | Euthanasia | Assisted by Dr. Geoff Greenlaw. |
| Lady Margot Warner | 2003 | Cancer | |
| Baby Te Ngakau Hudson | 2003 | Streptococcus B | |
| Max Henley | 2003 | Brain haemorrhage | |
| Dr. Geoff Greenlaw | 2003 | Hypothermia Murdered |
Froze to death in a chiller, murdered by Dominic Thompson. |
| Nurse Anne Greenlaw Kahu | 2003 | Crush injuries | Was crushed in a building collapse. |
| Nurse Layla Cornwall | 2004 | Hanging Suicide |
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| Rex Treherne | 2004 | Heart attack | |
| Avril Lucich | 02 August 2004 | Drowning Murdered |
Drowned in a bathtub, murdered by Dominic Thompson. |
| Dominic Thompson | 01 December 2004 | Explosion Suicide |
Failed attempted murder-suicide with arch-enemy, Chris Warner. |
| Baby James Warner | 2005 | Miscarriage | Miscarried by Toni Warner at 6 months. |
| Norman Hanson | 28 October 2005 | Car accident | Died of injuries sustained in a car accident. |
| Ian Jeffries | 28 February 2006 | Fall Suicide |
Jumped off a cliff. Was suffering from Kennedy's disease. |
| Dr. Li Mei Chen | 05 July 2006 | Illness | Died in the hospital outbreak of Stryker Virus. |
| Huia Samuels | 11 October 2006 | Car Bombing Murdered |
The bomb was meant for Anthony Richards. Those responsible where never identified. |
| Claire Solomon | 09 July 2007 | Strangled Murdered |
Naked body found in a rubbish skip outside the hospital, murdered by Joey Henderson, aka The Ferndale Strangler. |
| Nurse Meg Harris | 13 August 2007 | Strangled Murdered |
Naked body found in a rubbish skip outside The I.V., murdered by Joey Henderson, aka The Ferndale Strangler. |
| Jay Copeland | 27 August 2007 | Strangled Murdered |
Naked body found in the bush close to the hospital, murdered by Joey Henderson, aka The Ferndale Strangler. |
| Nurse Beth Wilson | 28 September 2007 | Strangled Murdered |
Body found (off-screen) a week after being abducted from her home, murdered by Joey Henderson, aka The Ferndale Strangler. |
| Nurse Brenda Holloway | 31 October 2007 | Cardiac arrest resulting from a lethal injection Murdered |
Injected with suxamethonium by a person disguised in a Halloween mask, murdered by Joey Henderson, aka The Ferndale Strangler. |
| Nurse Joey Henderson | 05 March 2008 | Fall Suicide |
Jumped off the roof of an inner-city storage unit building when cornered by Lara Wade. |
| Nurse Toni Warner | 12 June 2008 | Renal failure, cardiac arrest | Infected by the Norovirus led to the remaining kidney closing down |
[edit] Marriages
This list contains all the marriages and civil unions that have occurred on Shortland Street. Note that it contains marriages that were aborted at the last minute.
[edit] Marriages
| Date | Bride | Groom | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Alison Rayner | Chris Warner | The wedding was cancelled after Darryl Neilson locked Chris in a barn for the duration of the wedding. |
| 1993 | Carrie Burton | Declan Kennedy | Off-screen wedding that took place in Las Vegas. |
| 1993 | Leonard Dodds | Gina Rossi | |
| 1994 | Talita Palele | Sam Aleni | |
| 1994 | Marjorie Neilson | Laurie Brasch | |
| 1994 | Kirsty Knight | Lionel Skeggins | The wedding was aborted after Stuart Neilson objected to the marriage. |
| 1995 | Kirsty Knight | Lionel Skeggins | Second attempt at a wedding. |
| 1995 | Rachel McKenna | Nick Harrison | A marriage of convenience in order to benefit from student income while at university |
| 1995 | Carla Crozier | Bernie Leach | Offscreen wedding |
| 1996 | Tiffany Pratt | Chris Warner | |
| 1997 | Alison Rayner | Chris Warner | Off screen wedding in the States |
| 1997 | Ellen Crozier | David Kearney | |
| 1998 | Tiffany Pratt | Johnny Marinovich | |
| 1999 | Mackenzie Choate | Lionel Skeggins | Groom was presumed lost at sea hours after the wedding. |
| 1999 | Josie Bergman | Luke Bellingham | |
| 2000 | Moira Crombie | Dean Cochrane | |
| 2000 | Donna Heka | Rangi Heremaia | This wedding occurred on Shortland Street's 2000th episode. |
| 2001 | Waverley Wilson | Fergus Kearney | The wedding was aborted when Fergus fled as the the police arrived at the church to arrest him for his involvement in an immigration scam. |
| 2001 | Angela Weaver | Nick Harrison | Decided not to legally marry, took advantage of the empty church after Fergus and Waverley's aborted wedding to make personal and private vows to love each other always in an unofficial ceremony |
| 2002 | Anne Greenlaw | Victor Kahu | |
| 2002 | Waverley Wilson | Nick Harrison | |
| 2003 | Toni Thompson | Matt McAllister | Eloped by train for an off-screen wedding |
| 2003 | Dominic Thompson | Emily Bredican | Delphi Greenlaw attempted to stop the wedding but was locked in a cupboard by Dominic and Toni's mother Ngaire |
| 2004 | Shannon Te Ngaru | Tama Hudson | Married on the beach and substituted shells for their lost wedding rings. |
| 2005 | Toni Thompson | Chris Warner | |
| 2006 | Sarah Potts | Andrew Solomon | Just after the "I do's," Robyn Stokes gatecrashed, announcing Andrew was the father of her child. |
| 2007 | Tania Jeffries | Mark Weston | Off-screen wedding |
| 2007 | Sarah Potts | TK Samuels | Sarah deserted TK on their honeymoon to go back to work, when Craig had a heart attack and it was thought she went back for him. |
| 2008 | Shanti Kumari | James "Scotty" Scott | The wedding was aborted after Dinesh Jivani and Sunil Kumari arrived to stop the wedding. |
[edit] Civil Unions
| 2006 | Maia Jefferies | Jay Copeland | Took place on Valentine's Day and was the first civil union on a New Zealand primetime television programme. |
[edit] Memorable Villains
This list contains some of Shortland Street's most memorable villains, and the timelines of their evil deeds.
[edit] Darryl Neilson (1992-1995)
[edit] Nurse Carla Crozier-Leach (1995-1996)
| Her Victim/s | Date of Death | Cause |
|---|---|---|
| Bernie Leach | April, 1996 | Bludgeoned to Death With A Candlestick |
[edit] Dr. Ian Seymour (1997)
[edit] Dr. McKenzie Choat(1998/1999)
| Her Victim/s | Date of Death | Cause |
|---|---|---|
| Oscar Henry | 1998 | Explosion |
[edit] Dominic Thompson (2003-2004)
| His Victim/s | Date of Death | Cause |
|---|---|---|
| Geoff Greenlaw | 06 November 2003 | Froze to death in chiller |
| Avril Lucich | 02 August 2004 | Drowned in bathtub |
February 2003: Physiotherapist Dominic Thompson arrives on the Street to catch up with sister, nurse Toni Thompson and meet his baby nephew, Harry.
March 2003: Dom gets a job at the hospital, befriends doctor/pub owner Geoff Greenlaw and almost embarks on an affair with Geoff's 16-year-old sister Delphi Greenlaw.
April 2003: Dom befriends Chris Warner's dying mother, Lady Margot Warner, and is accused of being a gold-digger. She leaves him a sizable bequest in her will and reveals Dominic is her husband's illegitimate son.
May 2003: Toni and Dom's mother, Ngaire Thompson, arrives in Ferndale and urges her son to claim money from Chris' portion of the estate.
July 2003: Dom becomes engaged to heiress Emily Bredican.
August 2003: Dom intervenes when a patient attacks Chris, receiving a heavy blow to the head. A grateful Chris asks him to change his surname to Warner. Ngaire tells her son he wasn't fathered by Sir Bruce at all.
September 2003: Dom and Emily wed. Delphi discovers the bride had her own ulterior motive for marrying - if she didn't, she'd lose an inheritance. Emily tells Ngaire the truth, who uses it against her, and locks Delphi up to prevent her informing Dom. Dom soon learns he's trapped in a loveless marriage.
October 2003: An increasingly unhinged Dom starts drugging and mentally abusing his wife to make her look mentally ill, hoping to gain control of her fortune. Emily's doctor, Geoff, is suspicious. He also calls immigration on Delphi's new boyfriend, chef Samuel Whittaker, forcing him to leave the country.
November 2003: Geoff is whacked over the head and dragged into the The Dog's Day Inn chiller, where he is discovered frozen to death. Injured in a car accident, Dom is rushed into surgery. Chris and Toni realise he's lied about his blood type and it is impossible for him to be Chris' half-brother. Chris strips Dom of his inheritance.
December 2003: Dom manipulates Natasha Heremaia into accusing Chris of sexual molestation. Dom also breaks up his foe's relationship with Donna Heka by telling her Chris had been unfaithful. Just as Dom and Delphi prepare to leave for Australia, Marshall Heywood discovers a clue to Geoff's murder, a distinctive footprint in the ice on the floor of the chiller that matches Dom's shoe. When Delphi accuses him of killing her brother, Dom attacks Delphi and flees the country.
June 2004: Dominic returns in Episode 3000, as head of the hospital's new plastics unit.
August 2004: Dom confesses murdering Geoff Greenlaw to his blackmailing PA Avril Lucich, before drowning her in the bathtub, and dumping her body in a lake. He then slowly persuades Delphi he had nothing to do with her brother's murder and frames Dr. Victor Kahu for the crime. When Victor is convicted, Dom embarks on an affair with Delphi.
September 2004: Avril's twin sister Bernadette Lucich arrives, intent on finding out what happened to her sister. She convinces Delphi something is not right and the youngster leaves town.
October 2004: Realising teenager Scarlett Valentine has taken his briefcase (full of incriminating documents regarding the plastics unit and high-risk patients), Dom follows her home and pushes her down the stairs. Dom frames Bernadette for credit card fraud but she escapes the police and traps him in his house. She tortures Dom, until he breaks free and almost kills her, but the cops arrives and arrest her.
November 2003: Dom is arrested after stealing Chris' identity and money. Toni discovers her brother catatonic and is forced to commit him to a mental health unit. Chris thinks Dom is faking and the newly reunited couple split. Avril's body is recovered from the lake, and Chris informs Dom of the discovery, who later escapes the mental health unit. Using Toni and Harry to lure Chris to a remote cabin, he strings Chris from the rafters and douses the place in petrol. Fortunately Chris is pulled to safety as the building explodes and Dom stumbles out in flames, confessing to murder before dying from his injuries.
[edit] Hugo Carmount/The Home Invader (2005)
[edit] Nurse Joey Henderson/The Ferndale Strangler (2007-2008)
| His Victim/s | Date of Death | Cause |
|---|---|---|
| Cindy Young | May 2007 | Strangled |
| Claire Solomon | 09 July 2007 | Strangled |
| Meg Harris | 13 August 2007 | Strangled |
| Jay Copeland | 27 August 2007 | Strangled |
| Beth Wilson | 28 September 2007 | Strangled |
| Brenda Holloway | 31 October 2007 | Injected with suxamethonium |
June 2007: Joey Henderson arrives back in New Zealand from Port Moresby and starts work as a nurse in Shortland Street's ED department. He soon finds himself on a date with 19-year-old receptionist Claire Solomon but realised she was only using him to make Kieran Mitchell jealous.
July 2007: Shockwaves ripple through Shortland Street hospital when Claire's naked body is found dumped in a skip and wrapped in plastic. She had been strangled - and the killer had practised suturing a wound on her forehead.
August 2007: After a naughty tryst with Mark Weston in The IV Bar, nurse Meg Harris is found strangled, intubated and dumped in the skip behind the IV - the killer had performed intubation on her body. New detective Lara Wade is assigned to the case following Meg's murder. It is the grisly death of lesbian bar-owner Jay Copeland, who was found strangled and dumped in bushes close to the hospital, that confirm their worst fears - there is a serial killer on the prowl. This time the killer had practised a needle thoracotomy (used in treatment of tension pneumothorax) upon her. Meanwhile, Joey moves into El Rancho with Kieran.
September 2007: Nurse Beth Wilson attacks Joey when he sneaks up behind her in the hospital carpark. He later apologises for scaring her. The killing spree continues when Beth is abducted from her home and found dead a week later. The killer had tried to perform an appendicectomy on her body.
October 2007: Halloween become a real-life nightmare for nurse Brenda Holloway, whose private investigative skills into suspious cardiac arrest at the hospital lead to her ultimate demise. Her death, by lethal injection, broke the masked murderer's preferred killing method.
November 2007: Undercover cop Tracey Morrison is found heavily sedated but alive in a rubbish skip behind The IV - macabre surgical incision lines drawn on her torso.
December 2007: Learning nurse Tania Jeffries has been seeing Dr. Kip Denton while seemingly stringing Joey along. Joey is finally revealed as the Ferndale Strangler as he pulls IV tubing from his pocket and sneaks up behind the unsuspecting nurse.
January 2008: Joey fails in his repeated attempts to kill Tania. He later sets his sights on nurse Shanti Kumari after learning she was in a relationship with nurse James Scott while betrothed to Dinesh Jivani, but to his increasing frustation he fails to kill her thanks to a phone call from boyfriend Scotty. But he isn't finished with Shanti yet.
February 2008: A Day in the Life of Joey Henderson finally reveals his twisted lair - a storage unit where pencil sketches of his victims line the walls and a surgical table, complete with surgical instruments, fills the remaining space. After recording an entry on his video diary on why he intends to kill Shanti, he sets out to find his unsuspecting victim. However, Scotty unwittingly saves her life again, and Joey is forced to back down. Enraged, Joey follows a drunk woman who broke away from her friends and attacks her, but she fights back and Joey is forced to abandon his attack. He is later forced to treat the woman when she comes into ED, but to his relief she doesn't recognise him as her attacker.
March 2008: Realising police are closing in on him, Joey abducts nurse Alice Piper and ties her up in his storage unit, where she pleads with him not to hurt her. He performs an appendicectomy to remove her appendix. After the successful operation, he releases one of her hands for her to use the bedpan. She takes the opportunity to throw her urine in his face, then stabs him in the femoral atery with a pair of scissors. She escapes from the storage unit, and a chase ensues throughout the storage facility. Kieran and Craig Valentine arrive, and Alice is found by Craig who runs off to confront Joey who escaped. After a struggle with Kieran on the roof of the storage facility, and being cornered by police, Joey commits suicide by jumping to his death.
[edit] See also
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