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The powerful, utterly addictive Australian saga returns with new challenges for resolute nurse Sarah Nordmann (Marta Dusseldorp, Jack Irish) and the aristocratic Bligh family. Torn between her traumatized husband, Rene (Benjamin Winspear, The Babadook), and dashing ex-fianc, George Bligh (Brett Climo, Snowy River: The McGregor Saga), Sarah must make a heartrending decision. Meanwhile, the Blighs face their own obstacles: the marriage between young lovers Anna (Abby Earl, The Great Mint Swindle) and Gino (Aldo Mignone, Danger 5) is off to a rocky start; new mother Olivia (Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood, Underbelly) tries to keep a devastating secret from her husband, James (David Berry, Home and Away); matriarch Elizabeth (Noni Hazlehurst, Little Fish) contemplates life away from Ash Park; and the villainous Regina (Jenni Baird, The 4400) will do anything to get what she wantseven if it means tearing the family apart. Set in the 1950s, this captivatingly filmed, deeply romantic drama (The Wall Street Journal) deals with weighty themes such as anti-Semitism, sexuality, and social class with intelligence and intrigue.