Mercy Peak — Season 1, Episode 10: Lazy Sunday Afternoon
Drama • 60 min • 3 seasons, 60 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
A quiet Sunday. Nicky is washing her hair; William and Alistair are playing golf; Louise and Ross are off to an anniversary lunch. When Ken gives chase to a speeding sedan and everything changes. The sedan seems out of control, so Ken decides to back off. Then he finds another car, badly smashed and the sedan no longer in view. Ken tries to rescue the occupants of the second car. The driver is killed, her husband, Colin, is badly burned. In the panic, Ken sees a young man fleeing the scene. William, Alistair and Nicky are drawn into the action. Nicky is back in her element, trauma, and is surprised when William accepts her assessment of how best to deal with the injured in the crash. William accompanies Ricky, an asthmatic and Sue, the passenger from the burning vehicle. Sue is irritating annoys the hell out of Dana. Meanwhile, Nicky deals with David, trapped in the wreck of the sedan. Nicky knows the guy, who is a promising rugby player. Alistair is left, feeling out of his depth, to
About Mercy Peak
Mercy Peak was a New Zealand television series that ran for three seasons on local network TV One, between 2001 and 2004. The series rated well in New Zealand and won multiple awards for its cast. Though an ensemble show, Mercy Peak centres on a doctor who leaves the city to work at a hospital in the small town of Bassett. She works alongside stuffy but caring doctor William Kingsley. The series was produced by Auckland company South Pacific Pictures; a number of those who worked on the show would have a big hand in South Pacific Pictures hit Outrageous Fortune, including co-creator Rachel Lang, directors Mark Beesley and Simon Bennett, and producer John Laing.