Rescue Special Operations

The Gallagher brothers’ boot-camp session on Freshwater beach is interrupted when a kitesurfer (Kim) is blown against a beachfront condo. The brothers are forced to improvise to save her. Lachie tries to flirt with her, but is thwarted by Jordan, who appears resplendent in his Rescue uniform. Kim takes an immediate shine to Jordan and asks him out, to the consternation of his recent ex-girlfriend Heidi. But Kim’s rescue is rudely interrupted by military investigator Claire Newell and her crew, who try to arrest Lachie. When Lachie goes on the run, Claire demands Dean and Chase reveal his whereabouts. But Lachie has gone to ground; they have no idea where he is. Michelle’s nerve-wracking annual presentation to the Rescue commissioner is interrupted by news of Lachie’s near-arrest. Challenged to defend her wayward employee, Michelle sticks her neck out for Lachie, winning the commissioner’s respect in the process. The next day, Kim stages a second rescue, turned on by the sight of Jordan in uniform. Heidi and Lara reckon Jordan has a stalker on his hands. But he secretly likes the attention, and invites Kim on a clandestine date. Meanwhile, Dean and Chase embark on a hunt for Lachie, trying to stay one step ahead of Claire and her team. Lachie returns to reveal the existence of a memory stick that explains his dishonorable discharge from the SAS. Claire and her team want to destroy the memory stick. A race for the stick culminates in Claire overstepping the mark, requiring rescue. The team comes to her aid, managing to salvage the stick, but incurring her wrath in the process. With Claire shuttled off to hospital, the team forces Lachie to face up to his responsibilities. The fate of the unit and his own freedom is in his hands.