Seachange - Season 2

Laura and Dan's relationship would be perfect-if it wasn't for everything else in Laura's life. As Rupert schemes to get his parents back together, Dan tempts Laura with talk of travel to exotic places, and she struggles to find a way to fit his dream into her reality. Meanwhile, tax prosecutor Katrina Fennessy arrives in town and senses an opportunity for Pearl Bay, with the help of Bob Jelly.

Max Connors returns to Pearl Bay after an absence of many years, bringing his wife, Elena, with him. A successful foreign correspondent and an old friend of Dan's, Max wants to settle down in the boatshed and write a book, but he's soon drawn into the problems of his brother and father. Struggling to get over Dan, Laura forms an instant kinship with Elena but takes an immediate dislike to Max.

With Katrina having absconded with the savings of the entire town, Bob Jelly is contemplating suicide. But when Katrina is caught red-handed through the combined efforts of Max and Sergeant Grey, the town's fortunes take a turn for the better, and then the worse, and then the better again. During this roller-coaster, Bob and Sergeant Grey each face their own moral dilemmas.

Pearl Bay is grieving, but not in any conventional sense. Max won't acknowledge or share his grief over Elena's death, refusing any gestures of support and not allowing anyone to attend the funeral. Unable to express their feelings over the death of Elena directly, the town's sadness manifests in their reactions to the drowning of Bucket's dog, Alfonzo Dominico.

Unsure of how to fulfill the responsibility thrust onto her in Elena's letter but determined to do as her friend asked, Laura delivers a steady stream of casseroles, chutneys, and jams to Max. Jack's keen for Laura to rethink their relationship, but Laura's still haunted by the memory of his affair with Trudi. Bob acquiesces to marriage counseling under the guidance of Barry Boston.