1. Episode 1  

First aired: 4/24/1999

CLOE is found wandering the streets of the burnt-out city by AMBER and DAL. LEX, RYAN and ZANDRA meet with ZOOT, leader of the notorious LOCUSTS - but their negotiations to join the gang turn sour. They make a narrow escape: their companion GLEN is taken prisoner, and not seen again. CLOE leads AMBER and DAL to her companions SALENE, PATSY, PAUL and their dog BOB. LEX, RYAN and ZANDRA approach the newly-formed group, aiming to steal their food - but are set upon once more by the LOCUSTS. AMBER`s group hide in a nearby shopping mall. The LOCUSTS are distracted by the appearance of a rival gang, the DEMON DOGS - and LEX, ZANDRA and RYAN escape once again, this time to pursue AMBER`s group into the Mall. As they advance threateningly, they are caged between the security grille doors by JACK, who claims to own the Mall. JACK invites the others to sleep in the furniture shop. As captors and captives settle down for the night, we see BRAY moving silently through the dead city.

2. Episode 2  

First aired: 4/25/1999

A mysterious figure is watching the group as they wake for the first time in the Mall. AMBER tells DAL they cannot abandon the others - the children would never survive alone. They decide to form a new Tribe of their own, make a home in the Mall, and in sharing supplies and resources, forge a safer future. They must first face a dilemma: what to do with the prisoners? If they are forced out into the city, they might lead the LOCUSTS to the Mall in revenge; but if they can be trusted, could they join the newly-formed Tribe? AMBER offers LEX a choice - to join the Tribe on their terms or take his chances on the streets - but he is unrepentant. The confrontation between them is interrupted by PAUL - he can "feel" an intruder in the Mall. AMBER and DAL go to investigate. They return without having found anything, but decide they must allow the others to join them for sheer strength of numbers. LEX reluctantly agrees, and he and RYAN go looking for the intruder; the mysterious figure of BRAY leads them out onto the city streets, and then gives them the slip. By the time LEX and RYAN return, BRAY, who has doubled back, has made friends with the rest of the Tribe. LEX does not believe he should be allowed to stay, but is overruled. However, LEX seems to be proven right when they wake the next morning to find BRAY gone - along with precious food and water. As LEX and AMBER argue, BRAY returns to the Mall - bringing with him the very pregnant TRUDY.

3. Episode 3  

First aired: 5/1/1999

BRAY explains that he has been spying on the Tribe to make sure the Mall was a safe place to bring TRUDY to have her baby. But should TRUDY be allowed to stay? The LOCUSTS have been pursuing a calf through the streets. It finds its way to the street outside the Mall - and is secretly hidden in the carpark by CLOE. PATSY and PAUL, looking for a lost ball, find JACK with a secret store of food. They won't tell if he'll share it with them! The day's discussions about whether or not TRUDY can have her baby int he Mall culminate in a vote. LEX, RYAN, JACK, and DAL are against; SALENE, ZANDRA, PATSY and PAUL are for. AMBER casts the deciding vote -Trudy must go. As BRAY angrily leads her away, TRUDY cries out in shock - her labour has started.

4. Episode 4  

First aired: 5/2/1999

TRUDY `s contractions start coming thick and fast - though LEX still insists she and BRAY are conning the Tribe in order to stay. BRAY takes charge of the labour, with the help of AMBER, ZANDRA and SALENE. Through the day, while TRUDY`s labour drags on, CLOE secretly feeds and plays with the calf; LEX continues to sexually harrass ZANDRA; DAL volunteers to venture out into the city looking for supplies for the baby; PAUL and PATSY continue to blackmail JACK for food from his secret store; and RYAN finds a hiding place for his rucksack - but why does he need to conceal it? TRUDY gives birth to a daughter. In the midst of the Tribe`scelebrations, BRAY slips away. Could he really have left TRUDY – and left the Tribe literally holding the baby?

5. Episode 5  

First aired: 5/8/1999

The following day. Bray has still not returned. TRUDY cannot feed the BABY - and she is getting more and more ill. LEX maliciously suggests that BRAY has gone to fetch the LOCUSTS. AMBER implements a rationing system for food and water. LEX bullies JACK into giving him and RYAN double the water ration. PATSY and PAUL raid JACK`S food store and eat so many sweets they make themselves sick. Some fast talking is required to keep the food store secret! BRAY finds some useful baby items in a warehouse, but becomes trapped as the DEMON DOGS turn up and settle in for a solid day`s carousing. TRUDY`s condition worsens. AMBER and DAL search the looted Mall in vain for antibiotics. DAL starts out on a highly dangerous mission to his father`s surgery at the abandoned hospital. BRAY finally returns, much to SALENE`s delight. AMBER is less easily pleased - she fiercely demands that BRAY take more responsibility for TRUDY and the BABY.

6. Episode 6  

First aired: 5/9/1999

BRAY sneaks out of the Mall whilst TRUDY lies in bed, delirious with fever. The rest of The Tribe question BRAY`s recurring absences. DAL enters the hospital after he sees the LOCUSTS drive away with some recently captured prisoners. He is disconcerted by being once more in his father`s surgery, which is as his father left it. AMBER nurses TRUDY while SALENE appeals to individual Tribe members to share their water rations so she can wash the BABY. LEX, astonishingly, offers to share his - but what he`s really doing is stealing directly from the water-tank. Cloe comes upon BRAY as she takes the calf for an airing. She is shocked and frightened to realise his companion is none other than ZOOT. BRAY follows her and persuades her not to tell the others about the meeting - or he`ll tell them about the calf. DAL returns triumphant with antibiotics. Will the dose be enough to save TRUDY`s life? BRAY and CLOE rejoin the others over dinner. AMBER is furious at BRAY`s evasiveness - does he think he owes the Tribe nothing? BRAY walks out, defiant, as the others watch in alarm ...

7. Episode 7  

First aired: 5/15/1999

TRUDY is barely conscious. BRAY nurses her while SALENE and ZANDRA share the care of the BABY. DAL, having risked his life for medication, is particularly anxious about TRUDY`s recovery. There is still tension from the previous night`s argument between AMBER and BRAY, and tension in the group at large around the issues of rationing and cleaning - SALENE is having no luck persuading the others that these things matter. TRUDY returns to consciousness - DAL`s bravery has paid off. SALENE and ZANDRA bring the BABY back to her, but she seems curiously disinterested A puzzling time for RYAN. His (worthless) money is stolen - and then replaced. PATSY, PAUL and CLOE take a trip down memory lane with Planet Vortex. JACK has put a new combination lock on the food store - the meanie! LEX threatens TRUDY. He is determined to rid the Tribe of BRAY and "the brat"! But who is it BRAY is so insistent that TRUDY must see? One o`clock in the morning and all`s peaceful. BRAY slips silently through the Sewers - and lets in - ZOOT.

8. Episode 8  

First aired: 5/16/1999

Outside the Mall a dog howls in the night as BRAY and ZOOT stand arguing in the Sewers. ZOOT is very uneasy, alone in enemy territory; he agrees to wait while BRAY brings TRUDY to him ... PAUL is woken by his sixth sense of an outsider in the Mall. As BRAY introduces a dumbfounded ZOOT to the BABY - his daughter - PAUL and PATSY wake up LEX. BRAY tries to persuade ZOOT to forget about the LOCUSTS and their perpetual warfare and join The Tribe; ZOOT tries to persuade TRUDY to leave with him - but he has lingered too long. LEX and RYAN attack; the others awake to pandemonium. ZOOT escapes and hides upstairs, but when LEX starts beating up BRAY, ZOOT goes to BRAY`s defence. Struggling with LEX on the Upper Concourse, ZOOT falls - to his death. The Tribe is horrorstruck - but LEX is defiant to the end. AMBER, JACK and DAL accompany BRAY and TRUDY out into the dawn to find a decent burial-place for this strange comrade. On the empty beach they create a warrior burial for ZOOT, sending him off into the sunrise aboard a burning boat. BRAY delivers a eulogy over the body, and delivers the final thunderbolt of the episode: ZOOT was "Martin" - his younger brother.

9. Episode 9  

First aired: 5/22/1999

The aftermath of ZOOTís sudden death and funeral. Most of the Tribe sleep, exhausted. BRAY confides in SALENE. Martin/ZOOT used to be a gentle boy ... SALENE goes for tea and sympathy - but is terrified by rats in the kitchen. The cleaning issue is getting beyond a joke. AMBER designs a work rota - which meets with a chilly reception. TRUDY`s getting more and more jealous of SALENE. She declares her love for BRAY. It was always BRAY she wanted, even in the old days ... BRAY doesn`t know how to answer. Out on the forage for food, DAL and LEX run into a bunch of DEMON DOGS. They split up - DAL makes it back, but whatís happened to LEX? RYAN teaches PAUL and PATSY how to play poker - loser gets sweeping duty. This creative solution to boring chores also occurs to JACK; if PAUL and PATSY want food from the secret store, they can work for it! BRAY spies on the LOCUSTS. EBONY leads a strange ritual for the missing ZOOT. Her new role may not be good news for TRUDY and the BABY ... LEX makes it back. ZANDRA rejects his advances - again. Is TRUDY suffering from post-natal depression? AMBER`s suffering from leadership frustration. The division of chores isn`t working, and neither is the Tribe ...

10. Episode 10  

First aired: 5/23/1999

SALENE is distressed by a nasty piece of graffiti on the work rota - "DESCINT MUTHA WANTED". She thinks it`s a dig at her, but BRAY knows better. The note was aimed at TRUDY, and the only member of the Tribe whose spelling is this bad is LEX ... BRAY and LEX nearly come to blows, and are dragged apart by ZANDRA and AMBER. The Tribe needs a leader, badly. LEX offers to fight BRAY for the role, but to AMBERís rage and disappointment peacenik and introvert BRAY isn`t interested in getting this involved. AMBER tells LEX she`ll contest the leadership with him - but it will be decided by democratic vote. Luckily for LEX`s ambitions, he still has a dirty trick or two up his sleeve ... PATSY and PAUL are losing all JACKís secret store of food to RYAN in poker. By now JACK is getting heartily sick of being blackmailed - and even RYAN is curious about where all this food is coming from. He follows PATSY and JACK to the food store. Sprung! CLOE tells the calf all about the upcoming election. But is AMBER playing to lose? By means of either bullying or bribery, LEX wins the vote - ten to three, which is odd as there were only twelve voters ... AMBER forestalls any objections; LEX is the clear winner. To celebrate, RYAN suggests raiding - JACKís private larder. Uproar! The Tribe tells poor JACK he has two choices: a trial by jury - or instant expulsion from the Mall.

11. Episode 11  

First aired: 5/29/1999

JACK caged amongst the rats and the shadows. LEX approaches; the noble leader will try to get the thief off with a slap on the wrist ... JACK warns him that if anything goes wrong, JACK will tell about LEX stealing water rations. The trial commences. If convicted, what will JACK`s punishment be? RYAN suggests starvation, or, as a humane alternative, a public flogging. JACK is horrified. AMBER is the voice of reason: the Tribe must use this opportunity to draw up a set of rules, like their own law, and ensure that any penalty is just. LEX remarks that if JACK is convicted, other possible crimes must be considered - gambling for rations, for example, or knowing about someone else`s food stash and keeping quiet ... Instantly half the jury is won over, and by a narrow margin JACK is found innocent. As leader, LEX draws up a whole new work rota - which gives all the work to the girls, leaving the "men" free for defence training. BRAY is the only one who refuses to play ball. AMBER encourages the others to object, but when LEX remains steadfast, accepts the new status quo. SALENE can`t believe it - what`s AMBER up to? TRUDY`s condition is worsening. She picks a fight with SALENE about BRAY and the BABY. SALENE is startled and hurt - after all she`s done for TRUDY! The girls meet in the dead of night to decide on a plan of action about their new workload. They will do - absolutely nothing until LEX and the boys can be made to see reason. The work will be shared, or it won`t be done at all! The revolution is interrupted by a terrifying moan booming from the Sewers - ZOOT`s ghost perhaps, CLOE?

12. Episode 12  

First aired: 5/30/1999

The Tribe rushes together, terrified by the unidentified sound coming from the Sewers. CLOE`s absence goes unnoticed in the panic as LEX sets about deploying his troops. LEX, RYAN, JACK and DAL march off to the Sewers to investigate - LEX bravely leading from behind - while the others set up a barricade at the top of the stairs. BRAY refuses yet another order from LEX - what`s he got to be so relaxed about in this crisis? CLOE tries desperately to make the calf run for its life as the boys approach. Too late! LEX wants T-bone steak for breakfast - CLOE manages to persuade him milk on demand will be a better long-term bet, and BLUEBELL lives to moo another day. AMBER surprises BRAY and TRUDY giggling over LEX`s courage under fire, and yells at BRAY - how dare he allow the little ones to be so frightened when he knew all along what the noise was? The girls put their strike into action. No more sexist division of chores! LEX and the boys are left powerless - and hungry. Approaching disaster - the watertank has sprung a leak. LEX is still determined not to use his stolen water stash. There`s a stream not too far from the Mall - but the girls refuse to carry the water unless the boys do their share. Stalemate! TRUDY comes tentatively to AMBER to ask for help. She`s afraid BRAY will walk - again - after his argument with AMBER that morning. AMBER seizes the opportunity to deliver a few home truths. If TRUDY would take more responsibility herself for the BABY - like giving her a name, for instance - SALENE would have less opportunity to hang around ... TRUDY is left very thoughtful. A banquet to celebrate the naming of the BABY! - The boys can attend, but only if they help ... All crumble but LEX - left alone and seething in his new penthouse bedroom. Just you wait, AMBER ...

13. Episode 13  

First aired: 6/5/1999

LEX is still sulking about AMBER undermining his leadership - and now he`s facing insubordination from the other boys as well as the girls! TRUDY has seen the light - doting on BRADY may be the way to Uncle BRAY`s heart. SALENE, not surprisingly, knows just how TRUDY is thinking - and is very distressed to be toppled from her role as primary caregiver. AMBER holds firm - SALENE must give BRAY and TRUDY a chance to work it out. DAL and JACK work on connecting up the watertank. They`re making progress - but they`re out of wire. RYAN has a wonderfully creative solution ... LEX, in a fit of pique, decides that since the calf isn`t providing milk, it must become steak instead. But at the moment of truth, he is more sensitive and New Age than macho. Since he can`t bring himself to kill the calf and he can`t bring himself to confess to this weakness either, LEX releases Bluebell and charges back to the others with a ridiculous story about being chased by the Locos - who took the calf in lieu of LEX ... The pipe down from the watertank is functional. SALENE is furious to discover RYAN has cannabilised the piano for the necessary wires. CLOE finds the wandering Bluebell and leads her away into the woods while LEX secretly watches ... AMBER suggests an honourable out for LEX - why not split up the responsibilities of leadership? AMBER will be in charge of chores and other day-to-day management, BRAY will be in charge of provisions, and LEX will become - Head of Security. A storm breaks. Rain! - Disgusting muddy glop issues from the watertank. How are they going to purify the water? CLOE has lost Bluebell - and her own way. She huddles in the woods, terrified by the storm ...

14. Episode 14  

First aired: 6/6/1999

CLOE is lost in the storm as night comes in ... PATSY and PAUL are very upset for CLOE. They`re afraid the LOCUSTS will get her - with good reason. TRUDY complains that the BABY will not settle unless BRAY is around ... He agrees to stay - but sleeps in a chair by the BABY`s basket. Not what TRUDY had in mind! When morning dawns "Operation Stupid Kid" is organised by LEX. JACK and DAL are too busy working on a water filtration system to go. BRAY wants to search the woods - but LEX insists that CLOE will be found in the city. Back in the Mall, SALENE has found out where BRAY spent the night - and she`s not happy. Little CLOE watches, terrified, as the LOCOS comb the woods, still looking for their lost leader ZOOT. The search party returns empty-handed. LEX, as Head of Security, is adamant there will not be a second attempt - what if someone followed them back to the Mall? ZANDRA explains men to SALENE - they`re all the same, apparently. LEX supports her argument by giving SALENE a soothing backrub, with strings attached. ZANDRA`s furious! The water purification system works. Let`s drink to our technological wizards! BRAY won`t meet TRUDY`s eye; ZANDRA won`t talk to LEX; SALENE`s sulking with everyone; business as usual in the Mall, as ... CLOE wakes to a new day - and stumbles straight into the path of two drunken LOCOS.

15. Episode 15  

First aired: 6/12/1999

CLOE faces the two LOCOS - one of whom gives chase. In her panic CLOE falls and sprains her ankle. The LOCO is just about to close on her when a mysterious girl comes to CLOE`s rescue ... DAL is getting progressively more annoyed with JACK - his success with the water purification system is having a inflationary effect on JACK`s ego. There will still have to be a mission out to the stream, however - unless JACK the Genius can make it rain three times a day ... BRAY and RYAN volunteer for donkey duty. SALENE, to AMBER`s great disapproval, insists on going too. CLOE`s saviour introduces herself: TAI-SAN - pint-sized mystic and philosopher. Rescuer and rescued set off back to the Mall together. TRUDY is wild-eyed over SALENE accompanying BRAY outside. With some justification: once alone with him, SALENE demands to know what BRAY thinks he`s doing spending nights in TRUDY`s room ... BRAY is speechless. He returns to the Mall to find TRUDY waiting tensely ... Their argument is interrupted by the triumphant entry of CLOE, with TAI-SAN in tow. LEX is very suspicious of the newcomer, but the others are quickly fascinated by her and her guru-like approach to life post-virus. A party is thrown to celebrate CLOE`s safe return: the Tribe is led in a bonding ritual by TAI-SAN, and for the first time give themselves a name. They are briefly frightened by BOB setting off JACK`s new alarm - another technological triumph! SALENE has apologised to TRUDY for trying to nick her man - but this new contrition doesn`t last long. She and BRAY steal away from the party together and fall into a passionate embrace ... and are sprung mid-smooch by poor TRUDY ...

16. Episode 16  

First aired: 6/13/1999

The guilty kiss interrupted. TRUDY slaps SALENE`s face. BRAY slaps down TRUDY`s Happy Families fantasy about the two of them and BRADY - and then, fed up with the claustrophobic atmosphere of the Mall, slopes off to the woods to spend some time alone. ZANDRA feels ready for some moonlight and roses action of her own - and makes elaborate plans for a romantic evening with LEX. AMBER persuades TAI-SAN to help her set up a school for the younger children. CLOE, PATSY and PAUL are very reluctant pupils. DAL and JACK find TRUDY in a strange state, completely ignoring her screaming BABY. SALENE tells AMBER what has been going on - AMBER doesn`t know whether to be more contemptuous or jealous. LEX misreads ZANDRA`s signals - and when she rebuffs him, attacks her. The badly shaken ZANDRA is rescued by RYAN. AMBER wants LEX to pay - but ZANDRA feels strangely responsible for the others` anger on her behalf. TAI-SAN suggests a unique compromise: if LEX and ZANDRA were to get married, ZANDRA would get the commitment she craves while LEX would get - what LEX craves. Under the circumstances AMBER and SALENE find this deeply weird, but it makes perfect sense to ZANDRA. BRAY is spotted by EBONY and the LOCOS. They give chase. RYAN declares his hopeless passion for ZANDRA. She explains girls like her only go for the bums. To prove her point she proposes to LEX - who accepts, believing that with only TAI-SAN to perform the ceremony the "marriage" will be meaningless. BRAY is finally caught in the railway yards. The LOCOS tie him up and prepare to have some fun with him - but EBONY puts a stop to that. She has plans of her own for BRAY ...

17. Episode 17  

First aired: 6/19/1999

EBONY taunts BRAY, her captive - where is Zoot?! Back in the Mall, there are varying degrees of excitement about the approaching nuptials of ZANDRA and LEX. ZANDRA herself is ecstatic; LEX feels safe in his conviction that since TAI-SAN is not qualified as a celebrant, the marriage cannot be considered a "real" one - in other words, he can still dump Zandra whenever he wants; TRUDY, already bitter about BRAY and SALENE, is becoming more and more alienated from the group; AMBER is annoyed with TAI-SAN for creating the situation in the first place, while RYAN, PAUL, PATSY and CLOE all find themselves with parts to play in the proceedings - and some are more reluctant than others ... JACK and DAL`s temperamental alarm system is set off, frightening the Tribe and threatening to throw the wedding day into disarray. Only TAI-SAN remains unruffled - she senses no danger. And she`s right - this time ... Outside, BRAY is mysteriously liberated. Unbeknownst to BRAY, his saviour is none other than EBONY, who shadows him back to the Mall. As the ceremony nears, PAUL hides. Anything rather than be a pageboy! The thought of her wedding night is giving ZANDRA butterflies. She tactlessly asks TRUDY for insight - what`s It really like, Trude? SALENE and TRUDY end up brawling. TAI-SAN to the rescue - she dispenses her own peculiar brand of wisdom with aplomb. BRAY arrives home - and walks right into the middle of the ceremony. But he`s not alone ...

18. Episode 18  

First aired: 6/20/1999

EBONY and the Tribe stare at each other in mutual astonishment - a split second that feels like forever. Then EBONY bolts upstairs and into hiding. Her loyal LOCUSTS have followed her. Alerted by the echoing alarm, they start toward the Mall ... BRAY and LEX cautiously search the service area ... and capture - PAUL, who is still hiding from the wedding ceremony. But it is PAUL who leads them to EBONY - he can "hear" her moving. After a brief struggle the warrior queen is subdued. LEX finds capture sexy! The LOCUSTS lose the scent and drift away, as ZANDRA gloomily accepts her wedding-day must be postponed. She`d feel a lot better about it if LEX only felt a little worse. TAI-SAN counsels patience ... Imprisoned and helpless, EBONY nonetheless manages to intimidate her guards - all but LEX. Is he not scared by her because he`s brave, or because he`s stupid? ... EBONY wants ZOOT back - her man; the Locos` leader. EBONY flirts with LEX. He`s falling for it! She suggests they should practise their fighting together sometime - he`s falling for that too. TRUDY apologises to BRAY for being so jealous about he and SALENE ... Then watches in dispair as BRAY and SALENE once more lock lips. EBONY pulls the wool over RYAN`s eyes - not exactly the world`s hardest task. LEX calms him down - but LEX himself is the next victim of the wily femme fatale ... EBONY escapes!!!

19. Episode 19  

First aired: 6/26/1999

EBONY taunts BRAY, her captive - where is Zoot?! Awakened by strange noises in the night, AMBER goes to investigate. She finds LEX locked inside the service lift and clutching his very recently plundered crown jewels. AMBER rushes off to raise the alarm - EBONY has escaped! AMBER hopes EBONY is still inside the Mall. But as the Tribe search, EBONY slips out to rejoin her henchmen. ZANDRA demands an explanation - LEX is hard put to find one that`s both plausible and pardonable. Luckily, he is able to evade ZANDRA, for a time, citing his commandership of a busy military operation - EBONY could lead her Locos to attack at any time. Not caring about the crisis, TRUDY sobs to AMBER, unable to deal with the possibility that BRAY might be falling in love with SALENE. AMBER is angry at their insensitivity and treats SALENE with contempt. In preparation for the imminent onslaught, DAL and JACK rig up an intercom and an elaborate cacophony of scary sound effects. Amidst the fuss, BRAY sneaks off in search of EBONY. To the amusement of the Tribe, ZANDRA bawls out LEX over the EBONY incident; and over the intercom. After rehearsing the alarm procedure there is nothing left to do but to wait ... With time to ponder, RYAN nurses secret hopes about ZANDRA soon becoming single, but LEX informs him not to get any ideas - he`s not finished with either EBONY or ZANDRA. SALENE reveals to AMBER that she can`t back off. She loves BRAY. Outside, BRAY is confronted by EBONY; she was expecting him ...

20. Episode 20  

First aired: 6/27/1999

As day breaks over the city, the Tribe wait nervously for the Locos to attack ... Outside, BRAY explains to EBONY that ZOOTís death was a tragic accident. He cuts a deal to ensure the safety of the Mall: in return for EBONYís silence, BRAY gives her ZOOTís precious talisman and the opportunity to lead a ZOOT-inspired cult. Swayed by the notion of herself as high priestess, EBONY agrees. When the silence of the Mall is finally broken, the "attack" is only BRAY returned with news that there will be no attack. Suspicions are aroused - what does BRAY have that EBONY could possibly want? TRUDY thinks she knows ... Though the dangers of attack have passed, the dangers of passes have not. LEX sulks at ZANDRAís unwillingness to forgive and forget. SALENE confesses to BRAY sheís in love with him ... BRAY panics. TRUDY is convinced of a conspiracy against her - is SALENE trying to steal her baby? BRAY confides in AMBER; he doesnít know what to do. Doesnít love count for anything? To complicate matters, he and AMBER have an unspoken fancy for each other. TAI-SAN flirts with LEX - she has a novel idea about how to relieve his tension. For the good of the Tribe, of course! TRUDY plunges deeper into her despair. Finally, alone in the dead of the night, she decides she can take no more ...

21. Episode 21  

First aired: 7/3/1999

Early morning. TRUDY lies in an unnaturally deep sleep, oblivious to the whimpers of her baby. SALENE, drawn to TRUDY`s room by BRADY`s crying, discovers the empty pill bottle lying by TRUDY`s outstretched hand ... and picks up little BRADY and tiptoes away, leaving TRUDY to die ... CLOE tries to comfort PATSY, who`s very upset about the continued absence of PAUL. A visit to the chickens might cheer her up! But LEX certainly doesn`t need to see any chickens - he`s uncharacteristically cheery, having spent a therapeutic night with the altruistic TAI-SAN. BRAY finds TRUDY out to the count, and quickly raises the alarm. SALENE feigns ignorance as she helps BRAY, AMBER and DAL try to revive TRUDY. JACK, annoyed that his important work with DAL on the battery charger has been interrupted, is unimpressed by the stupidity of girls. The Tribe search for answers, and inevitably for blame. AMBER pins this exclusively on the "look-at-me-I`m-so-wonderful-and-caring" BRAY. The confrontation-avoiding eco-warrior takes off, while DAL loyally watches over TRUDY. When at last she awakens, BRAY`s absence is a fresh source of anguish. LEX is eager to replay the events of the previous night, but TAI-SAN nonchalantly informs him that if and when she feels like doing it again - she`ll let him know. JACK`s relief at having DAL back on the battery-charger project is short-lived, for although TRUDY has recovered physically, emotionally she is still not ready to confront the pressures of parenting. When BRAY returns bearing food, he is challenged by an irate DAL; TRUDY needs somebody she can rely on, and that person is certainly not BRAY ...

22. Episode 22  

First aired: 7/4/1999

TRUDY, overwhelmed by her sense of powerlessness, attacks AMBER for playing God. Why didn`t the Tribe just leave her to die as she`d wished? AMBER erupts - TRUDY has a very large chip on her shoulder, and the rest of the Tribe could do without having to deal with her many and varied problems. While TRUDY agonises over her miserable existence, LEX marvels at the joys of his. He continues to pursue TAI-SAN, hopeful of a repeat performance ... ZANDRA is puzzled by his newly-aloof behavior. RYAN wants to tell her why, but restrains himself, unable to cause ZANDRA pain. Love is about sharing ... CLOE and PATSY innocently articulate the motives of SALENE`s despicable action. ZANDRA already suspects - could SALENE really have left TRUDY to die so she wouldn`t have to share BRAY`s favours? Unsuccessful in explaining himself to TRUDY, BRAY pleads with AMBER to speak on his behalf. AMBER finds this morally abhorrent, knowing something of the romantic situation between he and SALENE. JACK, eager to complete the wind turbine, is exasperated by DAL`s distraction with TRUDY. Tempers flare. DAL plays confidant to TRUDY. She hates the Mall. LEX`s enamoured enough of TAI-SAN to bring her flowers - but they`re intercepted by a delighted, misguided ZANDRA. ZANDRA confronts SALENE with her suspicions, but misreads SALENE`s guilt as indignation at being unjustly accused. DAL and TRUDY leave the Mall for good - leaving BRADY behind ... Unbeknownst to them, their departure is observed by a mysterious stranger ...

23. Episode 23  

First aired: 7/10/1999

DAL and TRUDY arrive at the edge of the city, ready for new beginnings and the great beyond ... Back at the Mall, LEX wakes up on the wrong side of the bed. He tells his inquisitive ex-best-man, RYAN, that the wedding is off; ZANDRA is history. CLOE finds TRUDY`s note explaining her reasons for leaving BRADY behind: she will be better off with the Tribe, where she`ll be loved and cared for. The Tribe is stunned - and the more so when they realise TRUDY and DAL have left together ... In a dark corner of the sewers the mysterious boy, KC, wakes. LEX tries to work off his frustrations on the punching-bag - and RYAN. RYAN warns him to tread carefully or he wonít have any friends left ... TRUDY and DAL on the move through the countryside. ZANDRA broods as RYAN enters, bearing gifts. What is wrong with LEX? ... ZANDRA suggests RYAN could do with a makeover. SALENE organises a BRADY roster. She is frosty toward BRAY - and quick to point out that her work is for the baby`s sake, not his! TAI-SAN tells LEX he has too much bad energy ... ... But he does have good instincts. Lex discovers KC in the Boutique, rummaging through his things. TRUDY and DAL come across the NOMADS. Their camp seems to TRUDY the safest, most peaceful place sheís ever seen. KC`s bag is thrown open - many of the Tribe`s personal items are revealed within. KC is a pro - and professionally charming, too. LEX takes a liking to him. Welcome to the Mall Rats, KC! TAI-SAN appears in LEX`s room. Hallelujah!

24. Episode 24  

First aired: 7/11/1999

Some not-so-sweet dreams for RYAN ... ... and a rude awakening for LEX. RYAN stumbles in blearily from guard duty - and in on the secret lovers. TRUDY and DAL breakfast in pastoral bliss with the too-sweet-to-be-wholesome NOMADS. TRUDY is beginning to suffer over her abandonment of BRADY. KC confidently informs AMBER he is going to help JACK with the wind turbine. Is JACK aware of this? LEX warns RYAN not to go getting any funny ideas about spilling the beans to ZANDRA - RYAN doesnít stand a dogís chance with her, anyhow! LEX is being suspiciously nice to TAI-SAN ... ZANDRA decides it`s time the boot was on the other foot. She targets poor RYAN. KC manages to sob-story JACK into allowing him to help out in the Workshop. SALENE is still giving BRAY the big freeze. Weird! SUSANNAH, the earth-mother NOMAD, tells DAL and TRUDY about an upcoming tribal Gathering. KC falls out with JACK - and nicks his Gameboy. TRUDY can`t bear being away from BRADY any longer - she tells DAL she must return to the Mall. TAI-SAN gives LEX the big heave-ho, as RYAN screws himself up to declare his love to ZANDRA - and ends up agreeing to negotiate with LEX on her behalf, instead. DAL tells the NOMADS TRUDY has gone - and is very startled by the force of their reaction.

25. Episode 25  

First aired: 7/17/1999

LEX claims TAI-SAN has been responsible for his spiritual awakening. Why not continue this mutually beneficial teacher-pupil relationship? TAI-SAN agrees - if that`s what LEX really wants. Of course, there is one strict rule: spiritual teachers never get it on with their pupils. DAL and the band of NOMADS are joined by SASHA, a happy-go-lucky artistic/acrobatic/musical/juggling/jester type. TRUDY receives a chilly reception. Is her newfound maternal instinct for real? To TRUDYís surprise, SALENE hands BRADY over without protest. AMBERís not impressed - any more dramas and sheís out! LEX, getting nowhere with TAI-SAN, admits to ZANDRA he is guilty of minor neglect. The truth is LEX was interested in TAI-SAN - but in her beliefs, not her body. He assures ZANDRA he`s seen the light - heís over all that deep and meaningful stuff now ... TRUDY is taken aback by the recent intimacy between BRAY and AMBER, while back at the NOMAD camp, DAL confides in SASHA: heís torn between a way of life and TRUDY. TRUDY`s grateful to SALENE for giving her baby back. Who knows what would have happened without her? SALENE is very uncomfortable, knowing what so nearly happened with her. TRUDY reveals sheís over BRAY - but then, so is SALENE. KC begins to win over the Tribe - even PATSY. TRUDY tells AMBER about the proposed Gathering. LEX is convinced itís a trap, but AMBER and BRAY are less cynical - the possible rewards are probably worth the risk. TAI-SAN puts ZANDRA`s mind at rest. Nothing was going on between she and LEX - just sex! ZANDRA goes ballistic. DAL has made up his mind - he must follow TRUDY. But beneath the NOMADS` thin veneer of utopian ideals lurks something far more menacing - and DAL isnít going anywhere ...

26. Episode 26  

First aired: 7/18/1999

Much to DAL`s horror and confusion he is taken prisoner by suddenly sinister NOMADS. But what are their motives for keeping him captive? The LOCOS have a new HQ - an abandoned hotel. EBONY lolls by the pool as various tribal leaders approach to discuss arrangements for the Gathering. What`s devious EBONY up to now?? In the Mall, AMBER has less success organising her discussion of the event. It`s hard to get everybody together; ZANDRA`s on the warpath, LEX is lying very low, and SALENE`s distraction makes her as good as absent. ZANDRA is furious with RYAN - he knew about LEX and TAI-SAN and he didn`t tell her?! SASHA arrives back at the NOMAD camp to find DAL bound and chained. But in trying to free DAL, SASHA himself is caught ... AMBER learns why ZANDRA`s so distressed - LEX and TAI-SAN?! RYAN, upset on ZANDRA`s behalf, won`t stand for any more - LEX has to stop treating people so badly, or else. JACK puzzles over the wind turbine plans - Damn that DAL, anyhow! DAL and SASHA come up with a terrifying explanation for their captivity. The NOMADS must be cannibals! The time of reckoning for LEX and ZANDRA. He pleads for another chance. He`ll do anything to prove himself to her. ZANDRA imposes one condition: he will dump TAI-SAN, and he`ll do it under ZANDRA`s supervision. DAL and SASHA refuse to eat. TROY laughs off their ridiculous idea - of course the NOMADS aren`t cannibals, they`re ... slave traders!

27. Episode 27  

First aired: 7/24/1999

DAL reels from TROY's revelation - he and SASHA are to be sold as slaves? It`s like the Dark Ages! Entirely honest BRAY never lies, except when he`s not being entirely honest. Though he`d previously denied any intention of meeting with EBONY, he reveals otherwise to AMBER. He slips away to find out more about the Gathering. LEX is sent off on a quest to prove his love to ZANDRA: find a wedding ring and you get the princess ... Work on the wind turbine is not going running smoothly. JACK puts on a confident front - of course itís going to work, it has to - but privately he`s far from sure. PATSY observes SALENE acting very strangely - she steals some food from the store and then creeps away. KC befriends JACK. He knows all about alternators, he used to nick them, after all ... but LEX, determined to win his prize, sneaks into the workshop and steals a ring of copper wire from the heart of the alternator. BRAY explains his meeting with EBONY to the Tribe. There`ll be two representatives from each Tribe at the meeting of the leaders - but the only united front that LEX sees is between AMBER and lover-boy. There`s also a competition - a dance competition. TAI-SAN might be able to win it! The wind turbine, not surprisingly, isn`t working - but JACK`s too proud to talk. SALENE, alone in the Sewers, hungrily devours the stolen food - and then retches miserably. LEX proposes. He dumped TAI-SAN, he got her the ring - what more does she want?! ZANDRA decides sheíll move in with him, as a sign of her commitment - but no sex before marriage, thanks. LEX assures her his will is made of iron. ZANDRA breaks the news to RYAN. He`s mildly consoled by the qualifying condition - LEX doesnít have a chance. DAL and SASHA embark on a daring escape - but are hopelessly outnumbered, and recaptured once more ...

28. Episode 28  

First aired: 7/25/1999

ZANDRA, after a night with LEX unmolested, is beginning to believe their relationship really is founded upon trust, not lust. As soon as the Gathering`s over ZANDRA wants to get married, but LEX scoffs - the Gathering isnít going to be a Sunday School outing, but a trap - and one from which they may never return. Despite LEX`s fears, the Tribe set out in good spirits, leaving only SALENE, TRUDY, PATSY and BRADY behind. They intend to use the wind turbine to trade power for food, but JACK`s pride keeps the seriousness of the alternator problem concealed. And pride comes before a fall ... Prisoners in the NOMAD camp, DAL and SASHA are almost eager to begin their lives as slaves - surely things can`t get any worse! LEX is right - the Gathering is a scary scene. AMBER and BRAY attend the chiefs` meeting only to find that their claim to `unlimited power` has been a dangerous bluff. JACK must somehow fix the turbine before EBONY and her henchmen find them out. JACK reveals the copper wire has been deliberately cut. Is one of the Mall Rats - a rat? LEX has a surprise reunion with GLEN and a couple of LOCUSTS. GLEN does not recall LEX fondly - and he`s learnt a lot from his time with the LOCOS ... TAI-SAN dances her way into the competition finals. KC spots DAL, chained amongst the slabves - and unfortunately KC is not the only one to see him; DAL and SASHA are purchased by EBONY; They were wrong - things have definitely got worse. The Tribe agonise over how they could possibly get DAL back. RYAN has a very generous impulse - pity itís such a misguided one! LEX is found by ZANDRA lying amongst piles of debris, feeling more dead than alive. Doesn`t anyone else understand yet? None of them are going to get out of the Gathering alive ...

29. Episode 29  

First aired: 7/31/1999

The Gathering. AMBER leads a meek RYAN away from the throng of warpainted thugs - they are using his precious bundles of money as footballs! EBONY won`t give up DAL without a fight. The wind turbine is their only chance, but JACK needs copper wire, and without it their is no hope ... The finals for the dance competition commence. AMBER approaches EBONY and proposes a wager - should TAI-SAN win, the Tribe can reclaim DAL as their own; should she lose, EBONY will get both AMBER and DAL as slaves. Back at the Mall, TRUDY confronts SALENE about her secret bingeing. SALENE denies everything. ZANDRA downloads her LEX troubles to an already-dejected JACK. Isn`t the ring on her finger supposed to be a mark of respect? Realising that curled around ZANDRA`s finger is the missing copper wire, JACK convinces her to part with it ... for the health of the Tribe. But the ring`s stuck! TAI-SAN completes her dance amidst rapturous applause. But LOCUSTS don`t like it when their candidate loses ... EBONY and her heavies approach to collect their winnings - and AMBER is led away. BRAY makes an impassioned plea to the crowds to overthrow the LOCUSTS - but no oneís listening. LEX to the rescue: when in doubt, start a riot. Under cover of the battle, RYAN floors a guard and rescues AMBER and DAL. Three for the price of two: SASHA and DAL are still manacled to each other! And so the Tribe returns to the Mall - weary and bedraggled, and with the wind turbine in a number of small pieces. But at least they are all safe, and once more all together ... and isn`t it interesting how SASHA and AMBER are behaving? SALENE finally confides in TRUDY. But there is a dark secret behind SALENE`s dark secret ...

30. Episode 30  

First aired: 8/1/1999

The Tribe wake to the melodious sound of SASHA`s flute and gather in the café, where he has prepared breakfast by way of thanks for his rescue. Despite the reluctance of AMBER to see their attendance at the Gathering as a success, their survival of the event is reason enough to celebrate. Devious LEX, aware of AMBER`s susceptibility to SASHA`s charms and BRAY`s subsequent jealousy, suggests SASHA might want to stay on. A vote is cast and SASHA is welcomed. But the celebratory mood lifts, as it becomes evident that the celebratory choccy has gone missing. RYAN learns that LEX knew his money was worthless ... it is water that counts, and LEX is a millionaire. RYAN feels humiliated and betrayed. TRUDY admits she was shocked that SALENE left her to die, but - SALENE respected her wishes when no one else did. She holds no blame, but urges SALENE to own up about the missing food. SALENE, frightened of what the Tribe might do to her if they knew, pleads for TRUDY not to tell - and promises it will never happen again... ZANDRA and LEX set a date for the wedding! SALENE`s promise is short-lived. As the Tribe grapple with the notion of a thief in their midst, the charming SASHA lightens the mood with some song and dance - and is not unlike, as BRAY is careful to point out, the flute-playing Pied Piper, who of course in the end stole all the children... DAL and JACK, together again, work to repair the wind turbine. LEX appeals to RYAN for help - since RYAN is so great with words maybe he could write LEX`s wedding vows. But RYAN, still annoyed, is not going to be a pushover. Alone, in the Sewers, SALENE hungrily binges on the stolen food...

31. Episode 31  

First aired: 8/7/1999

BRAY scrabbles for food in a vastly depleted vege garden, and discovers, to his dismay, it is the new headquarters of the DEMON DOGS. He has a narrow escape, but suffers a painful bite to his leg from a ferocious assailant. Inside the Mall, ZANDRA is bugging the reluctant AMBER to act as celebrant at her wedding. But AMBER has other things on her mind - the thief has struck again... To AMBER`s relief, the missing fresh vegetables are soon recovered, after a brief but revealing performance in SASHA`s puppet show. AMBER is amused and flattered but BRAY, limping in, is not impressed. And where is all the missing canned food? ... TRUDY has her suspicions. JACK and DAL continue their work on the wind turbine, and KC feels a little left out. A meeting is called to deal with the thief in their midst - AMBER will give the person an amnesty until dusk to confess, and they`ll work out a solution, together. The food situation is getting serious. The wind turbine is the only answer - trading power for food. TRUDY appeals to SALENE to own up. But SALENE clings to her last meagre shreds of self-respect. Just one more chance! After some sweet-talking, LEX has RYAN writing his wedding vows. Reluctantly, and with some gentle persuasion from the charming SASHA, AMBER agrees to officiate. SALENE is horrified to find the food store padlocked. She shadows BRAY on one of his food foraging missions and discovers a warehouse filled with goodies, but she is caught red-handed.

32. Episode 32  

First aired: 8/8/1999

SALENE is lucky - this time. She returns from the warehouse with a bag of food. Alone, she tucks in, only just hiding the evidence before being disturbed. DAL, KC and JACK complete the long awaited wind turbine. Hooray!!! TRUDY is determined to help SALENE beat her secret vice, whether she wants help or not. To BRAY1s irritation, SASHA tries to find AMBER1s sense of romance - and is surprisingly successful. ZANDRA1s set on having a proper wedding feast - with real food! SASHA has a bright idea - they can take their recently recharged batteries to a farm and barter for a banquet. Only BRAY objects; it1s far too dangerous! But after heated debate on who would and who wouldn1t survive the risks, it is LEX, DAL, JACK and BRAY who finally trek off in search of the wedding feast. LEX takes pleasure in pointing out that SASHA is alone with the girls who adore him - notably AMBER. But back at the Mall, AMBER is torn - how can she be happy if SASHA gets her to care for him and then leaves? It appears the boys are in luck as they approach a farm run entirely by girls. But these aren1t just any girls - they1re farmgirls. Let the negotiations begin... ZANDRA models version two of her wedding outfit, complete with her grandmother1s diamond necklace. It must have cost a fortune - SALENE is mesmerised... The boys return with wedding food and a gallon of cider, the latter of which they take care to hide from the others. Is SASHA leaving?! SASHA thinks AMBER is right – there1s no future in it .... but to hell with the future! AMBER and SASHA go into a long-delayed clinch.

33. Episode 33  

First aired: 8/14/1999

Together at last! AMBER and SASHA are reluctant to part, even for a short while. But as ZANDRA and LEX are discovering, relationships - for better or worse - sometimes require time apart. Especially the night before the wedding. In preparation for the big day, JACK and DAL work to fix the water fountain. JACK is confident it`ll be up there with Niagra Falls for romantic splendour. DAL is not so sure. ZANDRA is all nerves at her hens` party. TAI-SAN, who is still out of favour with the bride-to-be, isn`t able to attend - she is too busy fasting so that her prayers for the happy union will be all the more effective. LEX and the boys get toasted on their secret stash of home-made cider - LEX even buries the hatchet with BRAY for the occasion. As the drunken raucus escalates the girls get suspicious. ZANDRA is convinced something terrible will happen ... This is entirely probable. While BRAY shows off his skateboarding finesse in order to score points off SASHA, the fearless, and inebriated, JACK, DAL and KC race their rollerblades straight for danger, and fast! JACK saves KC from certain catastrophe, only to take the fall himself ... In the morning, the boys wake, alive and unwell. SALENE takes the opportunity to try and trade ZANDRA`s stolen wedding necklace for food. But diamonds are no longer a girl`s best friend, especially a hungry girl ... With the diamonds returned, the wedding is on! Amidst much fanfare LEX and ZANDRA exchange their wedding vows, as a forlorn RYAN watches, heartbroken.

34. Episode 34  

First aired: 8/15/1999

The Mall is a wreck in the aftermath of the wedding celebrations, but nobody`s volunteering to clean up in a hurry. LEX and ZANDRA are too busy honeymooning in their bedroom; AMBER and SASHA have gone off on a romantic picnic; SALENE is on the scrounge for another binge; RYAN is moping outside over ZANDRA; and BRAY is moping inside over AMBER. KC has a hangover; JACK has a broken leg; DAL and TAI-SAN are busy attending to JACK; and TRUDY has her hands full caring for an unwell BRADY ... RYAN, having lost his beloved ZANDRA, is fed up with looking after others - itís going to be look after Number One from now on. But AMBER and SASHA are in danger, and unbeknownst to them, RYAN saves the day ... Unaware of RYANís absence, LEX has a brilliant idea - the best man should cook the honeymooners their breaky. But they aren`t the only ones eager for food. SALENE tries, unconvincingly, to assure TRUDY that she`s over her habitual bingeing. AMBER and SASHA have a wonderful time running barefoot along the beach - but it`ll be dark soon ... CLOE is concerned about the absenteeism. BRAY offers little consolation, and only worries CLOE further - is he going to leave too? A desperate SALENE approaches ROANNE, and offers her services - washing, cooking, cleaning, anything. ROANNE feels they might be able to come to an arrangement ... TRUDY asks BRAY for help, but he just wants to be left alone to mope. It looks like the Tribe is falling apart!

35. Episode 35  

First aired: 8/21/1999

A new day dawns for the increasingly fragmented Tribe. AMBER and SASHA awaken in their beach paradise in each other`s arms. Happy and in love, and in no hurry to leave, they decide to stay another day ... RYAN wakes alone and heartbroken in the derelict city, and slopes off to wander aimlessly in a world without ZANDRA. SALENE, having taken refuge in ROANNE`s warehouse, wakes to a hearty but dangerous feed. Back at the Mall, DAL and KC are finding that JACK is not an easy patient. He insists he must have mobility if he`s to fulfill his duties as Chief Scientist - he instructs DAL and KC to make him a vehicle. TRUDY tackles the mess, alone. TAI-SAN and BRAY are no help, and neither are the honeymooners. LEX insists on cooking breakfast for ZANDRA, with KC as his commis chef ... It seems they have more in common than both being messy cooks. SALENE throws up her breakfast, and in her despair confides in her newfound friend. ROANNE masks her dark intentions with a seemingly sympathetic ear. SASHA asks AMBER to come away with him, and leave the Mall behind ... RYAN, lost, is grateful for the friendly welcome he receives from DIRK and ROANNE. He`s not the only one - SALENE, too, is grateful for ROANNE`s kindness. Thanks to her, SALENE is ready to return to the Mall - but there`s no such thing as a free lunch, breakfast or dinner. SALENE has had food and board, and now she must pay the price!

36. Episode 36  

First aired: 8/22/1999

RYAN and SALENE are equally shocked to see each other under such circumstances - though RYAN`s understanding of those circumstances is a little fuzzy. He doesn`t like to be rude, but SALENE is acting a bit weird. Unable to hold it together any longer, SALENE cracks. RYAN may not understand everything, but he understands that they`re both in trouble. Closely pursued by DIRK, ROANNE and their heavies, they manage a narrow escape. Hiding inside a railway carriage, SALENE explains her bulimia to RYAN, while he explains why he`s fed up with LEX. Back at the Mall, a moody BRAY informs TRUDY that he mightn`t be around much longer! DAL doesn`t have time to make breakfast for PATSY and CLOE - he`s too busy looking after JACK. LEX has an idea about breakfast, but it isn`t one PATSY and CLOE would happily partake in. AMBER decides to leave the Mall with SASHA, but insists on going back first to say goodbye. When AMBER returns she finds it difficult to distance herself from the many problems that have eventuated in her absence. ZANDRA has cooked and LEX has eaten Henrietta, the chicken, and it looks like no one`s lifted a finger to clean since the wedding. AMBER is furious with BRAY - he`s done nothing! SALENE and RYAN return also. With the support of RYAN, SALENE confesses that she was the food thief. AMBER walks out with SASHA despite the Tribe`s pleas for her to stay. But can AMBER really bring herself to leave? She hesitates at the crossroads, while BRAY watches unseen

37. Episode 37  

First aired: 8/28/1999

Two weeks later ... As day dawns, a strange figure lurks nearby the Mall. The Tribe members are still peacefully asleep - with the exception of AMBER, who has worked through the night on a new springcleaning roster. Yet, despite this frantic activity, her mind still wanders back to painful memories of SASHA, her lost love. Preparations are in order for PATSY`s surprise birthday party. And PATSY is surprised ... and thrilled - she`s been promised a day dedicated strictly to fun! AMBER`s eagerness to put her new roster into action is, therefore, an object lesson in how to lose friends and not influence people. LEX, with KC playing loyal chorus, is beginning to heckle for AMBER`s replacement as leader - enough of these boy-centred, girlie-trouble, snot and tears dramas: why not get a stable married man in on the act instead? It`s time to celebrate. SALENE`s feeling particularly pleased with herself, and with good reason - it seems her bingeing days are over. But ZANDRA`s being dog-in-the-manger about RYAN and SALENE`s blossoming friendship. Looks like a bout of bulimia gets the guys running after you ... It`s PATSY`s party and she can cry if she wants to - especially when a year older is only one step closer to the dangers of the dreaded virus. Furious at the Tribe`s attitude, AMBER blows her top and stomps out. Is her star on the wane? LEX thinks so; BRAY certainly doesn`t. As BRAY and LEX argue, SALENE steals off with the birthday cake. Devious LEX recruits the help of KC to get rid of BRAY ... for good. JACK keeps a lonely vigil into the night, watching over the monitor of the recently installed surveillance camera. To his amazement, a figure moves across the screen - an adult ...!

38. Episode 38  

First aired: 8/29/1999

The middle of the night. Frantic with excitement, JACK wakes the Tribe to tell them he has seen - an old man! But to his dismay the playback image is fuzzy and the others are sceptical. Only PATSY believes him - and PATSY, after all, is a patsy, and furthermore still believes in Father Christmas. Full of hope, the little girl takes the news to the self-exiled AMBER. Maybe the old man would look after them and be a sort of ... dad. But AMBER is as doubtful as the others. BRAY suggests the Tribe put their energy into something real - like decorating and cleaning. LEX is surprisingly quick to agree: this is all part of his sly little plan ... Accompanied only by BOB, PATSY sets off in search of the old man. Under cover of a paint fight started by LEX, KC slinks off and plants several bottles of water in BRAY`s room. CLOE later stumbles across the apparently stolen secret stash - with a little strategic manoeuvring from KC. She doesn`t want to tell anyone, but Supermop earnestly reminds her that honesty is always the best policy ... Things are looking very bad for BRAY. CLOE spills the beans - the Tribe is horrified. JACK knows what LEX is up to, and appeals to RYAN to help BRAY out. But sweet-talking ZANDRA ensures RYAN`s silence. Does RYAN want to see his ... friend ... ZANDRA turfed out on the streets? AMBER is prised from her room by the crisis, and forced to rejoin the Tribe. She organises a trial for BRAY, but he`s disappointed to learn that she is not completely sure of his innocence ... All through the day PATSY has continued her dogged hunt for the world`s last surviving grown-up. Did no one ever tell her you can`t trust anyone over thirty? The tables are suddenly turned as PATSY comes face-to-face with the doddering stranger ...

39. Episode 39  

First aired: 9/4/1999

PATSY comes face-to-face with the stranger. After all this time in a world without wrinklies, she can hardly believe her eyes - and he can hardly believe his ears as she begs him to come back with her to be daddy to her Tribe ... Back at the Mall, LEX`s evil plan to get rid of BRAY is running much too smoothly. JACK has a stab at being a man of conscience, but LEX reduces him to jelly with a swift kick to the crutch. RYAN has been effectively silenced by his concern for ZANDRA - he canít even tell his new confidante SALENE of his dilemma. TRUDY notices SALENE`s distress - is another attack coming on? KC is living dangerously - rollerbasket with DAL, fisticuffs with BRAY ... BRAY cannot bear living under a cloud - heíd rather leave the Tribe now than be tried for stealing. But AMBER persuades him to stay - for her sake. And so the trial begins - without PATSY, SALENE or, in short order, RYAN. He`s alarmed to hear from TRUDY of SALENE`s disappearance - bet he knows where sheís headed! PATSY leads the old man back towards the Mall. He assures her he is not the only crumbly left ... And indeed, there are suddenly adults everywhere - all being viciously pursued by stone-wielding gangs. What have the LOCOs got against grown-ups? LEX leads the attack on BRAY - no more Mr. Nice Guy for the beleagured eco-warrior. JACK canít take the heat, and gladly leaves the kitchen. RYAN saves SALENE from a fate worse than death - another bout in the Warehouse. A soothing walk in the country is in order: well hello there, little piggy ... LEX sums up a damning, if entirely circumstantial, case for the prosecution. Infuriated and hurt, BRAY moves to leave. JACK cannot tolerate this travesty any longer - but KC interrupts his belated attempt to blow the whistle on LEX with his own unexpected confession. Is the pint-sized provocateur for the high road? At this crucial juncture PATSY returns - with the adult. Could this ageing man really be ... their old mate GLEN?!

40. Episode 40  

First aired: 9/5/1999

If the old man really is the teenaged GLEN, as he claims to be, there can be only one terrifying explanation. The Tribe find themselves face-to-face with their greatest fear - the virus!! PATSY tears off, very upset - she didn`t mean to bring the virus into the Mall. As the Tribe discuss their options, KC considers his. With attention diverted away from his attempt to frame BRAY, can he still outmanouevre the cogs of justice? But the virus could dictate the fate of them all, unless they find a solution ... The virus isn`t the only newcomer to the Mall. A friendly piglet follows SALENE and RYAN wee wee wee all the way home. Although RYAN might have lost a meal, heís gained a little friend. SALENE implores him to keep Piggy a secret, for its own safety. PATSY reproaches GLEN. But he just wanted to be somewhere safe, away from the stone-wielding gangs - and she did offer ... BRAY comes to find PATSY - she, along with LEX, must be isolated from the rest of the Tribe until further notice. CLOE and ZANDRA are in anguish over the decision. Meanwhile, KC returns with a pleasant surprise. He thinks the piglet could be the answer to his problems - a dinner designed to sweeten. But RYAN ís grown fond of his new friend - Porky is not to be eaten! AMBER and BRAY work closely together, mulling over the problem of the virus. Luckily for them, the only thing they are catching is each other`s eye. DAL is sick of JACK pretending that there are adults alive. The Tribe needs JACK to be useful!! AMBER and BRAY have an idea. To combat the virus they need more information. Scouts will be sent out to find out all they can from libraries, government buildings, newspaper offices - anywhere they can think of. CLOE`s dogged loyalty to PATSY inspires a profound moment of unity. Hugs not drugs - they will beat the virus together!

41. Episode 41  

First aired: 9/11/1999

The Tribe have to act quickly if they want to save the rapidly ageing GLEN, and indeed their own lives ... Desperate for more information, AMBER, BRAY and KC set off for what was the Ministry of Health whilst the unlikely duo of DAL and LEX team up to search old newspaper offices. Despite the illness, GLEN still fancies his chances with ZANDRA - though she doesn`t fancy hers with him ... Convinced he is a dying man, she agrees to be his girlfriend - once he gets better. ZANDRA`s not the only soft touch. RYAN`s going gaga over little BRADY. Is this SALENE`s feminising influence? JACK`s feeling uncharacteristically hopeful ... But TAI-SAN isn`t sure an antidote is on the cards. On the way to the Ministry of Health, BRAY, AMBER and KC have a run-in with the LOCOS. However, natural-born hustler KC soon has the nasties running scared with some wild talk of infectious disease ... Unfortunately this tactic wonít help ZANDRA: GLEN is starting to look unexpectedly chipper, brightened by the prospect of their shared future. What on earth is she going to tell her husband?! At the newspaper offices, DAL discovers LEX can`t read. If DAL breathes one word to anyone, LEX will break every bone in his body - not that he has anything to hide. TRUDY counsels ZANDRA. Isn`t the harsh truth kinder than false hope? Resolve stiffened, ZANDRA goes to break the news, but finds GLEN ... already a stiff. Both search parties return, having apparently drawn blanks. But in weaving together their findings, they discover some common threads: a government coverup, a pharmaceutical company, a sinister research laboratory ... Is Hope Island - their last hope?

42. Episode 42  

First aired: 9/12/1999

The Tribe cremate the recently deceased GLEN in the wasteland of the city. TAI-SAN wishes for him to break the karmic chain of suffering and be reabsorbed into the universal consciousness; PATSY just wishes sheíd never met him. Back at the Mall, LEX`s decontamination fervour is in full swing, but TRUDY`s furious - pesticides aren`t good for the baby. There must be another way to combat the mutant virus. The group decide to follow the only lead they have: AMBER, BRAY, LEX, DAL and BOB set off for the ominous research laboratories on Hope Island, in search of the antidote they so desperately need. TAI-SAN isn`t at all convinced that science will be their saviour. She asks the others to call on their positive energies to guide and guard the mission, but her hand-holding circle is broken when the impish KC literally crashes the party - is this an omen? As JACK and TAI-SAN battle out science versus mysticism, TAI-SAN has a fit of the sneezles. A spot of hayfever - or swift death? RYAN finds SALENE in the grip of some old, bad habits. But everybody has shameful secrets. RYAN `fesses up his own ugly past - and SALENE learns of ZANDRA`s role in Waterstashgate. Sheís outraged - nobody (else) twists RYAN around their little finger and gets away with it! BOB lopes into a minefield. LEX is all for leaving him behind - but is LEX himself about to become nothing but a spray of pink mist? SALENE has it out with ZANDRA. ZANDRA`s too distressed by her discovery of a strand of grey hair to really notice. The search party carefully extricate themselves from the minefield - they`re in!! These Pandorax people certainly had a few skeletons in the closet. A few stolen moments together for AMBER and BRAY. LEX ruins the ambience. DAL`s cracked the computer. But finding their way into the Hope Island Lab may be a doddle, compared to finding their way out ...

43. Episode 43  

First aired: 9/18/1999

Inside the Hope Island Research Laboratory, the Tribe`s violation of top-secret computer files has triggered a complete facility shutdown. They`re trapped! KC misspends his youth - and JACK`s stolen batteries - in a sleazy gambling den run by a bad-news gang called TRIBE CIRCUS. Back at the Mall, TAI-SAN`s "hayfever" is getting worse. Will they all go the way of GLEN? RYAN, for one, is determined to keep his strength up. He busies himself in cooking up a storm - TRUDY`s beginning to wonder if bulimia is catching. ZANDRA finds RYAN`s obsession with food rather - tasteless. The Lab is slowly being drained of air ... There must be a way out! As DAL frantically downloads files from the lab`s computers, BRAY and LEX work together to find a solution. Now that`s something we thought we`d never see ... KC`s run into some bad luck at the gambling den - but he`ll be back! TAI-SAN faints. Her illness is worsening. DAL has the vapours - but still manages to croak out an instruction to LEX and BRAY to try short-circuiting their way out of the tomb-like lab. In the nick of time, the exit slides a very little way open ... LEX is a human doorstop. BOB is a canine wonder. KC`s home again, but not for long. Whyís he so keen on taking PORKY for a walky? CLOE insists on accompanying them. The search party returns. To LEX`s fury, TAI-SAN has no intention of being a guinea-pig for the antidote. But, when LEX finds himself in the same shoes, he`s not having a bar of it either. KC horrifies CLOE: he`s gambling with PORKY`s life! After a cup of cocoa classic - people open up. BRAY and AMBER finally get romantic, and this time it`s with each other. Is it ever about time that happened or what?

44. Episode 44  

First aired: 9/19/1999

Dawn breaks ... At the gambling den KC - otherwise known as "The Kid" - is on a winning streak. But he`s only just begun ... PORKY will have to wait! Inside the Mall, LEX is terrified by the prospect of accelerated old age ... but there`s no way he`s taking that antidote - he knows where it came from. KC`s lucky streakís over. PORKY`s bacon! JACK`s lucky streak hasnít even begun. He`s tried any number of code-cracking techniques to open the Hope Island Research Facility files - to no purpose. LEX resigns himself to the end. He apologises to RYAN for being a complete dirty rotten scoundrel. CLOE takes over the wheel at the gambling den - and wins. But it was a little naïve to assume TRIBE CIRCUS would play by the rules ... KC starts a riot. TAI-SAN has successfully purged herself of her impurities - and she`s better. Does this mean all that herbal holistic healing hokum really works? LEX is willing try anything! CLOE and PORKY race back to the Mall. KC`s in trouble! LEX takes his first faltering steps on the road to spiritual recovery. Facing up to the absolute truth when you`re LEX means confessing to an embarrassing number of crimes and misdemeanours. ZANDRA is livid - the absolute truth is something she absolutely could have done without! KC is taken prisoner by TRIBE CIRCUS - who are all very curious as to who he is, where he came from, and whether heís got any more pigs up his sleeve. It`s self-imposed Judgement Day for LEX. He calls an impromptu trial, where he acts as defendant, prosecutor, judge and jury before a startled Tribe before pronouncing sentence on himself: exile. But ZANDRA doesn`t care. As far as she`s concerned, LEX can walk out that door and follow wherever his path might lead - as long as it doesn`t lead back!

45. Episode 45