McLeod's Daughters (season 7)

McLeod's Daughters - The Seventh Season
Country of origin	Australia
No. of episodes	32
Broadcast
Original channel	Network Nine
Original run	7 February 2007 – 17 October 2007
Home video release
DVD release date	30 April 2008
Season chronology
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The seventh season of the Australian Drama McLeod's Daughters originally aired from 7 February 2007 to 17 October 2007. Sony Entertainment released the season under McLeod's Daughters: The Complete Seventh Series in Region 4 on 30 April 2008 as a 7-disc set.

Plot

Along with Jodi's departure from Drovers Run plus Stevie & Alex finally I do and Grace decides to stay on at Drovers.

2007 Main Cast

Actor	Character	Episodes	Number Of Episodes
Rachael Carpani	Jodi Fountain McLeod	7.01 - 7.08	8
Simmone Jade Mackinnon	Stevie Hall	7.01 - 7.16, 7.20 - 7.32	29
Aaron Jeffery	Alex Ryan	7.01 - 7.16, 7.23, 7.25, 7.30, 7.31 - 7.32	21
Michala Banas	Kate Manfredi	7.07 - 7.32	26
Abi Tucker	Grace Kingston-McLeod	7.09 - 7.32	24
Zoe Naylor	Regan McLeod	7.01 - 7.15	15
Matt Passmore	Marcus Turner	7.02 - 7.32	31
Gillian Alexy	Tayler Geddes	7.01 - 7.32	32
Luke Jacobz	Patrick Brewer	7.01 - 7.32	32
Doris Younane	Moria Doyle	7.01 - 7.32	32
Dustin Clare	Riley Ward	7.01 - 7.32	32

Arrivals/Returns

Actor	Character	Episode
Jonny Pasvolsky	Matt Bosnich	171 - 178
Matt Passmore	Marcus Turner	172 - 224
Abi Tucker	Grace McLeod	179 - 224
Simmone Jade Mackinnon	Stevie Hall	71 - 186, 190 - 224
Aaron Jeffery	Alex Ryan	1 - 186, 192, 193, 199, 201 - 208

Departures

Actor	Character	Episode
Rachael Carpani	Jodi Fountain McLeod	178
Jonny Pasvolsky	Matt Bosnich	178
Zoe Naylor	Regan McLeod	186
Aaron Jeffery	Alex Ryan	186
Simmone Jade Mackinnon	Stevie Hall	186

Episodes

Season #	Series #	Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Original airdate
1	171	"Second Chances"
Jodi has feelings for both Rob (now going by his real name of Matt) and Riley. Meanwhile, Tayler is still at Drovers and getting into more trouble; Regan tries to reach out to her. Stevie finds that her relationship with Alex may be changing for the better.
2	172	"All The Wrong Places"	Arnie Custo	Michaeley O'Brien Sarah Duffy	14 February 2007 (2007-02-14)
A new arrival named Marcus Turner arrives at Drovers and falls for Stevie when she falls into his arms. Meanwhile, Kate's departure finally affects Jodi; Tayler tries to prove herself to the Drovers' girls by volunteering to do a branding job.
3	173	"Digging Up The Past"
Alex and Marcus go for a ride on motorbikes. Strange things start happening for Jodi after she finds a chest.
4	174	"Thicker Than Water"
Marcus tells Alex they are brothers. Jodi starts having weird visions.
5	175	"Reaching Out"
Jodi has dreams and sees ghosts. Marcus is back trying to say he is only there to look after the business interests of his ans Alex's father, at the ame time he is using Stevie to sweet talk Alex. Jodi and Matt are having a date that makes Riley jealous. Alex stops being mad at Marcus for lying after they dent Dover's trailer.
6	176	"Returned Favour"
Jodi's horse gets bitten by a snake. Marcus is flirting with Stevie getting her to go along with helping him to make a quick buck without Alex finding out. All is revealed and Stevie gets the cold shoulder from Alex for her participation.
7	177	"Of Hearts And Hunters"	Richard Jasek	Nick Stevens	21 March 2007 (2007-03-21)
Jodi continues to have visions while her boyfriend, Matt, is chased again by the ones who tried to kill him before. When Matt is told he has to go back into the witness protection program Jodi decides to go with him, but as they leave, tragedy strikes.
8	178	"Climb Every Mountain"	Richard Jasek	Michaeley O'Brien
Kate has a hard time coming to grips with the fact her best friend is gone and decides to investigate the murders herself. Alex tries to prove how much he loves Stevie. Regan is surprised by what was left to her in Jodi's will. They all say goodbye to Jodi.
9	179	"Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves"
Grace McLeod (Abi Tucker) arrives
10	180	"Rules Of Engagement"
Alex plans to propose to Stevie over a romantic dinner, but as he will find out, planning not always goes the way it should.
11	181	"Bloodlines"
Grace comes back to help the Drovers girls catch some sheep thieves. Meantime Alex thinks of Nick as his best man which makes Marcus feel like a second choice. Also The Sword in the Stone (wooden beam) in the garage. Grace McLeod decides to stay at Drovers Run.
12	182	"Warts And All"
Stevie's new father in law wants an ironclad, waterproof and Teflon-coated prenuptial agreement. All ends up in a game of high stakes. Meanwhile Stevie is battling the image of being a Mrs Alex Ryan, but finds a way to tame the situation.
13	183	"Conflicts Of Interest"
Geology suddenly becomes vastly important and surprises are in store for Regan. The story becomes toxic, at a cost. Meanwhile Alex remembers he's on the last day of mailing his application for the marriage license and have to jump through the government workers hoops.
14	184	"Flesh And Stone"
Regan is catching up with reality or vice versa, but catches a break. Alex claims his status and helps out in a rescue, all in a days work. Meanwhile violent protests shake the town. Regan McLeod (Zoe Naylor) departs.
15	185	"All's Fair In Love And War"
Stevie's daughter and mother arrive at Drovers. They all play some military optics-tag-game. Stevie's family tactics are not as good as her other tactics. Kate is all upset over breaking up with Dave. Alex is in a spot of bother, does not catch a break.
16	186	"Ever After"
Alex's kindness lands him in jail. Marriage between Alex Ryan and Stevie Hall. Bryce's daughter, Ashleigh Redstaff, shows her greed when he falls into a coma. (Episode with the highest number of viewers in the series. One of the last episodes with Alex.)
17	187	"Grace Under Fire"
Sheepy, creepy... The curse is upon Dovers Run. But foremost Ashleigh is stirring in the waters, and stirs the water until it breaks.
18	188	"Gift Horse"
A backstabber episode. Ashleigh, determined to destroy her brothers continues the sabotage, now much costly. Heith and Grace have an argument and end up kissing. Tayler gets hurt.
19	189	"Hot Water"
Hostage situation. Only plot. Someone gets shot.
20	190	"Leaving The Nest"
Stevie is back from Argentina where Alex stayed a while longer. Rose is almost raped after being drugged and she also falls down from a windtower.
21	191	"Spark From Heaven"
A new strange fellow shows up on Drovers Run pointing out the obvious. Rose is in another accident, only this one may not be an accident. Moira uses her psychic abilities to discover who the stranger is. Tayler is feeling guilty while Kate is having strawberry-filled dreams. Heith and Grace kiss again. Rosie is at unease. Raindance anyone?
22	192	"The Courage Within"
A pair of robbers take Rose and Tayler hostages, looking for a teddy bear which carries some secrets.
23	193	"Divided We Stand"
A new guy appears in the picture, but he seems to be hiding something. Anonymous complaints against Dovers Run by Ashleigh Redstaff threatens future water supply.
24	194	"On The Prowl"
Some of the Drovers' sheep are injured and they suspect wild dogs, but Kate sees something else. While on the hunt, Marcus and Heath try to impress Grace. The ex-army guys fight. And Kate falls for the deserter Mitch.
25	195	"Fanning The Flames"
Blinded by love, Kate decides to go on the run with her outlaw boyfriend Mitch. Drovers Run and other local farms are the victims of a professional arsonist.
26	196	"My Enemy, My Friend"
Jim Selkirk's bull is poisoned at Drovers, and Grace has an accident while trying to bring the antidote. The girls find out that it's all part of a conspiracy to make them sell Drovers Run.
27	197	"Knight In Shining Armor"
This is the Middle Ages and one knight proposes to princess Grace. In the meantime, the Drovers girls try to raise the money to save their farm from Ashleigh.
28	198	"The Short Cut"
Ashleigh goes ahead with her plan to destroy Drovers and steals some cattle. She does all this to impress her dad, Bryce, who is in a very bad health condition. In the meantime Grace looses her engagement ring.
29	199	"Seeing Is Believing"
Stevie finds out she's pregnant
30	200	"Second Chances"
200th Episode. Patrick plans a surprise party for Taylor's birthday. Grace reconsiders her relationship with Heath. Meanwhile a new vet teaches Marcus a lesson.
31	201	"Mixed Messages"
Grace stops doubting Heath's love when he buys her a present, but Marcus believes she is being cheated on.
32	202	"Silent Night"
It's Christmas Eve, and Alex makes a surprise return from Argentina to visit Stevie. Meanwhile, Grace finds proof of Heath's infidelity, and Kate and Riley finally admit their attraction to each other when they kiss under the mistletoe. Christmas Day ends tragically when Grace, Riley, Tayler and Patrick are involved in a shocking car accident at the flooded river. Who will survive?

Ratings

All Sourced from: http://australiantelevision.net/mcleod/series7.html

This season averaged 1.17 Million Viewers. Ratings seriously suffered this season which eventually lead to the cancellation at the conclusion of this season. The Season premiere was down 10% from Season 6 premiere with the current season only having 1.181 million (compared to 1.315 last season). Ratings eventually climbed to 1.333 Million for Episode 8 (Rachael Carpani (Jodi McLeod's) final appearance). Ratings then dropped to 1.184, similar to the beginning of the season. Ratings then hovered around the high 1.2 millions until hitting a season high of 1.401 million viewers for Stevie & Alex's wedding, making it the highest since the season 6 finale in November 2006. 2 episodes later saw new lows of 1.083 million viewers which it hovered around until 7-25 saw 0.989 million viewers making it the lowest viewed episode of McLeod's at that point. Ratings stayed around 1.50 million viewers until 7-29 saw 0.937 million viewers, making another series low. The 200th episode (7-30) saw an extremely disappointing 1.008 million viewers and 7-31 didn't fare much better. The season finale rose to 1.207 million viewers, making it the highest viewed episode since 7-17 in June 2007, however was still disappointing and over 200,000 viewers down from the last season finale.

Episode Number	Airdate	Ratings
171 7-01	7 February 2007	1.181 Million
172 7-02	14 February 2007	1.148 Million
173 7-03	21 February 2007	1.146 Million
174 7-04	28 February 2007	1.166 Million
175 7-05	7 March 2007	1.213 Million
176 7-06	14 March 2007	1.321 Million
177 7-07	21 March 2007	1.320 Million
178 7-08	11 April 2007	1.333 Million
179 7-09	18 April 2007	1.243 Million
180 7-10	25 April 2007	1.355 Million
181 7-11	2 May 2007	1.242 Million
182 7-12	9 May 2007	1.184 Million
183 7-13	16 May 2007	1.184 Million
184 7-14	30 May 2007	1.282 Million
185 7-15	6 June 2007	1.289 Million
186 7-16	20 June 2007	1.401 Million*
187 7-17	27 June 2007	1.262 Million
188 7-18	11 July 2007	1.083 Million
189 7-19	18 July 2007	1.122 Million
190 7-20	25 July 2007	1.156 Million
191 7-21	1 August 2007	1.205 Million
192 7-22	8 August 2007	1.072 Million
193 7-23	15 August 2007	1.083 Million
194 7-24	22 August 2007	1.072 Million
195 7-25	29 August 2007	0.989 Million
196 7-26	5 September 2007	1.078 Million
197 7-27	12 September 2007	1.181 Million
198 7-28	19 September 2007	1.094 Million
199 7-29	26 September 2007	0.937 Million**
200 7-30	3 October 2007	1.008 Million
201 7-31	10 October 2007	1.076 Million
202 7-32	18 October 2007	1.207 Million

DVD releases

The Complete Seventh Season
Set Details			Special Features
32 Episodes 7-Disc Set 1440 minutes 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio Subtitles: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround) Released by Sony Entertainment			TBA
Release Dates
Australia	North America
30 April 2008	9 December 2008

See also

• McLeod's Daughters

References

• Australian Television Information Archive
• www.tv.com
• McLeod's Daughters at the Internet Movie Database

External links

• McLeod's Daughters Official Website