7:30pm - Saturday, January 16 on ABC1
Shannon Atherton (Dave Thornton) is lost, but a footy legend doesn't admit to feelings of insecurity, nor will he face the fact that he's a has-been at 24 and he's also in financial trouble. Shannon's life has run off the rails and so he does what he's always done, he looks to his mother Louisa (Kerry Armstrong) to help him out.
Builder Marty Mason (Frank Magree) is renovating Louisa's shack and is chuffed to have an AFL player on his turf. As coach of the Rainbow Roos, known as the 'Road Kill' because they have been wooden spooners since 1992, Marty is hoping Shannon's influence can lift the Roos out of their malaise.
But when Louisa can't pay Marty because she decides to pay Shannon's debt, her builders walk off the job. Louisa finds herself stranded with a half-finished house and the Roos are without a much-needed mentor.
Minna (Julia Blake) mortgages her own house to bail Louisa out. In doing so she gives Louisa a lesson in mothering. Minna's sacrifice opens Louisa's eyes. For the first time in her life she stands up to her son, telling him the home truths that she herself faced only a few months ago, that he can't expect other people to solve his problems for him. He is spurred on to help the Rainbow Roos in a season-defining game.
Coming home after the footy match, Louisa is pleasantly surprised to find she has a very handsome neighbour on her doorstep who is claiming the little white pony that Louisa had adopted and allowed to graze in her paddock. With a growing sense of self, with the arrival of Tibor (Geoff Morrell), with Shannon's life back on track and the builders back on the job, things are starting to look up for Louisa. Finally.
Please note there is no DVD send out for this program
