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- The story of Maggie Beare, an elderly woman suffering from dementia (or so she says), and her faithful, yet long suffering son, Arthur. Despite all of Maggies manipulative ways, he is her carer, even if they don't always get along.
- Arthur gets a sitter for Maggie when he wants a night out with his ex-wife, Deirdre. Maggie scares the sitter away and she and Arthur quarrel. He still goes out, but so does Maggie, and she ends up at the same place as Arthur and Deirdre.
- On Christmas, Maggie wants to go to church with Arthur to sing carols. Arthur has other plans, and has invited some of his friends to come over for a party. But Maggie has her own way of dealing with such plans.
- Maggie arrives home in a garbage truck. Arthur, concerned for her welfare, asks Robert for financial assistance for someone to look after her during the day. Meanwhile, Maggie finds herself in a predicament at the police station.
- After sending Maggie out for some milk 3 hours ago, Arthur discovers Maggie has been faking a broken wrist to get meals on wheels for free.
- Maggie convinces herself she is dying, and tries to persuade others, including Arthur who is threatening to move out. She is determined to settle her will and final arrangements. Hilarity arises as Maggie summons everyone to her bedside.
- Arthur is despairing at Maggie's increasing eccentricity and memory lapses, but cannot be sure if they are shrewd tactics to keep him at home. He finds himself responding to the urging of family and friends to put Maggie in a home.
- Arthur is planning a birthday dinner for Maggie and is shocked to discover there will be an additional guest, her boyfriend, Lionel. The ensuing dinner party is full of surprises.
- Maggie didn't really mean to end up at the baby health centre. She was really only looking for a sandwich, but it was all very interesting. And she did get some advice about Arthur's sore foot. Arthur gets some advice too.
- Arthur plans to give himself a break from Maggie by asking her sister, Lorna, to stay. This will give him time to spend with his new girlfriend. He discovers that trying to out-manipulate Maggie causes more trouble than it is worth.
- A baby in the house is the last thing Arthur expects to find when he arrives home from work. Whose baby is it? It's certainly not Maggie's, but it could conceivably be Robert's. Unless, of course, Maggie kidnapped it.
- Funeral arrangements are always trying, so Maggie decides they should do a few trial runs of Arthur finding her dead in her bed. But she panics about dying, before deciding its time to start planning her own funeral.
- It wasn't all Robert's fault. If he hadn't upset his mother, Arthur certainly wouldn't have brought the budgie home, but the ten naked dentists dancing on a golf course at midnight would probably have been arrested anyway.
- Maggie is pretty sure she had a wonderful time on her honeymoon if she could only remember. And if Arthur won't take her back to Katoomba, she'll go by herself. After Arthur teaches her to drive.
- Maggie decides which is her favourite son for a magazine contest but she shouldn't expect Arthur to write glowing words about Robert. Meanwhile Arthur moved into the caravan, got kidnapped and had to be rescued by Japanese tourists.
- Arthur asks some friends around for cards. Maggie can't play cards, so suggests snakes and ladders instead. It isn't always a good idea to bring friends around to meet your mother, especially when she thinks one of them is a Russian spy.
- All Arthur wanted was a quiet Saturday. But Maggie remembered the clock. The one Leo gave her on their 25th wedding anniversary, and it had no business being in the house across the road. She didn't steal it. It was hers to start with.
- Why shouldn't Maggie go on a cruise with a man her family doesn't know? Maggie knows him. She just can't remember his name. But she's determined to go away with him - that's if her late husband will let her.
- If Arthur had just left things as they were, he'd be free. He shouldn't have broken his holiday and shouldn't have taken Maggie out of the nursing home, even if it was only for a drive. Once back in her own house, the rest was inevitable.
- In the middle of a stormy night, Maggie can't sleep so she seeks out Arthur for some company. Luckily Robert turns up with a present for his mother - a dog. Maggie decides since Arthur doesn't need her any more, a puppy is just the ticket.
- Maggie and Lorna are still feuding and Liz has locked Robert out, hence the caravan. Arthur is doing his best to negotiate peace, but the family conference he calls escalates hostilities to open warfare with him as the common enemy.
- It all began when Maggie wrote her memoirs. The fridge needed fixing and Arthur wanted a video recorder. When a mother does something for one of her sons and not the other, it's bound to finish in tears.
- Everyone knows you can't buy friendship, but Arthur's going to give it a go anyway. Maggie obviously needs someone, and maybe Wilma will do the ironing as well. Anything's better than living with the friend Maggie found for herself.
- Arthur's uncle dies, and not even a funeral can keep peace within the family. After Maggie buys a bag of oranges and drops them accidentally into the open grave, Arthur's other uncle visits him and Maggie...with an unexpected situation.
- Maggie is determined to do her civic duty and report for jury service on the same day that she's promised to make 18 dozen lamingtons for charity. The court is disrupted and it isn't Maggie who stays up all night to do the baking either.
- This time he's really doing it. Arthur is leaving home and from now on Robert can look after Maggie. Robert has a solution that is simple, practical and plain common sense. Even Arthur is convinced, but they both reckoned without Maggie.
- Keeping Maggie from wandering off and getting lost is becoming more difficult. And the police aren't much help. But why is Maggie wearing her late husband's medals? It isn't Anzac Day, is it? Or is everyone out of step but Maggie?
- Maggie receives a letter from the government suggesting reasons why she hasn't been cashing her pension cheques. She is worried that if the government finds out how much money she has, they'll stop sending her the cheques.
- Arthur has begun asserting himself far too strongly since he met his new girlfriend. Maggie considers his morality in question, and decides to leave home and live with Robert, much to Robert's consternation.
- Maggie is sure that the woman next door is spying on her. Worse than that, she's foreign and doesn't speak English. Arthur's attempts to heal the breach aren't too successful, but it's amazing what a universal language a soap opera can be.
- Liz and Robert have arrived to collect Maggie for a picnic, but she refuses to go unless Arthur joins them. She wants to relive the family picnics of the boys' childhood, but things don't quite work out as planned.
- Arthur had no-one to blame but himself, really. Respite care for Maggie was all his idea in the first place, but he didn't expect Maggie to arrive home at that time of night or in that condition.
- Robert comes to take Maggie for a drive (or so he says). Arthur is suspicious but delighted, as it allows him to do the laundry. But on the outing, Robert reveals his ulterior motive when he stops to visit at his new lady friend's house.
- Will Maggie ever get to heaven to join her late husband, Leo? Will Arthur lose his mind as well as his wardrobe? Only the new rector seems to gain from Maggie's infuriating saintliness.
- A good old fashioned Sunday roast lunch with the family so Arthur could introduce his new girlfriend probably seemed like a good idea at the time. But Arthur should have known better and he should never have lied to Maggie about Meredith.
- It's always dangerous to give someone a surprise birthday party, especially someone like Robert, who may have other plans for the evening, that certainly don't include his mother, or his wife.
- It was a nice thought of Aunty Lorna's to take Maggie on a trip to Britain. Arthur certainly thinks so. He can hardly wait. But when sibling rivalry flares, it looks like Maggie will be staying home after all.
- Arthur, desperate for a break from Maggie, plans a two week holiday with a girlfriend, to exciting Wellington, New Zealand. He keeps it secret from Maggie lest his plans be foiled.
- Maggie is openly upset that Arthur and Deirdre are getting divorced tomorrow. Why couldn't they have a good marriage like Robert and Liz? Robert's marriage is obviously less than wonderful, but Maggie refuses to see it.
- There's no doubt Maggie loves Arthur. She's not only going to leave him the most precious thing she owns, but a million dollars as well. Arthur would rather have the house. And that's a pity, because Robert's getting that.
- Arthur didn't want Maggie to know he was having some tests done, it was bloody Robert who told her he was dying. Fortunately, Maggie has a good personal relationship with God and was able to arrange a miracle cure. But at a price.
- Arthur is offered a job in Canberra, but what will he do with Maggie? Should he ask Robert to look after her, or should he take her with him to Canberra? Does he really want the job after all?
- Fancy Arthur putting his trust in Robert, particularly in something as important as this. Still, it just might have worked out if Maggie hadn't lost her wedding ring. She'd have been at Robert's when Deirdre arrived.