The Time of Our Lives

Chai Li returns to Melbourne. She has been working overseas for an aid organisation and is ready to settle down. When things don't go as planned, Chai Li's close-knit family help to pick up the pieces.

With the wreckage of Chai Li’s wedding behind them, everyone adjusts to new circumstances. Matt has decided to end his marriage to Caroline, but his plans to tell her are thwarted. Bernadette struggles to balance home life with her return to work as a school counselor, and Chai Li is still searching for an explanation for Joel’s no-show at the wedding, but her family just wants her to move on.

Luce finds an inappropriate picture of Georgie on Facebook. Caroline struggles to keep her crumbling marriage a secret and Matt continues to hide the reason he's leaving his family.

Chai Li learns Joel is back in town. She is torn between the man she loves and the fierce protection of her family. Can the two reunite? Meanwhile, Luce has a run in with the law.

Georgie is excited to discover her dad is working with pop starlet Clara Bell. Luce himself is less than thrilled but hopes the job may lead to a better-paying festival gig. When Bernadette sees Matt kiss Alice, she delivers him an ultimatum.

Herb is called to his alcoholic mother's house after she has a fall. Alice starts to wonder if Matt is taking their relationship seriously.

Bernadette helps a student whose welfare appears in jeopardy. Luce is traumatised when he hurts Georgie and Matt struggles to deal with the fallout from his marriage breakdown.

Herb joins Garrick's morning radio show. Chai Li researches her adoption from Vietnam and Caroline goes on a surprising adventure with an exciting younger man.

Matt negotiates time with his son Carmody but ends up taking care of an AFL client at the same time. Caroline is lonely without Carmody but receives surprising comfort from elsewhere.

Struggling to draw boundaries with a disadvantaged student, Bernadette brings him into her home over Luce’s protests. Luce deals with his own tricky situation as he starts to develop feelings for a fellow musician. Chai Li invites Ewan to stay the night, despite Herb’s unsubtle attempts to stake a claim on her.

Chai Li returns to Vietnam in search of her birth mother. Herb pulls a prank on his co-host that goes dreadfully wrong and Alice gives Matt some unexpected news.

Relationships are tested for all the three siblings. Luce reluctantly helps Bernadette; Chai Li incurs the wrath of Herb with talk of Vietnam; and Matt finally apologises to Caroline.

Herb makes an announcement at the Wise Crack and Caroline surprises Matt after working well together. Bernadette must decide whether to have the test for the breast cancer gene.