Gunn from Norway have done something I would never have patience to do! She has wtranslated the episode guide of Big Sky from Norwegian to English! Thank you Gunn! She says she will be updating the guide as fast as she can. Take your time, Gunn. It is awesome what you already have done!
The Australian television series is an entertaining drama series with humor and warmth included in all the episodes. It has topped the charts over most watched dramas in its home country in 1997.
We follow the people in the charter Airline Company "Big Sky Aviation" in sunny Queensland, on the Australian East Coast. Every day is an adventure for the pilots in Big Sky, and no assignment is too small or too big to handle. One day they do an ambulance assignment to a rural farm way out in the Australian outback, the next day they are taken hostage by dangerous drug dealers. Their line of work shows them one of the most beautiful coastal stripes in the world. They love their freedom, excitement and the surprising aspects of their job, fully aware of the possible danger of their profession. It is the excitement they don't want to let go of, even though they could have earned four times their salary in a jumbo jet cockpit. Even though they are very different the employees have one thin in common: They love to fly.
The over class girl, Lauren Allen (Alexandra Fowler), looses her dear father. This changes things drastically in her so far protected way of life. It seems that her father's business empire is ruined. The only thing left for Lauren is the unsuccessful Airline Company Big Sky Aviation.
Lauren is not used to having to earn her living on her own. Not running an airline either. It just so happens she leaves her jet set life in New York City to Australia to try to make Big Sky profitable.
Lauren gets the impression that Big Sky is a gang of cowboys without respect. One of them is the 22 year old Scotty Gibbs (Martin Henderson) that can get out of trouble just by turning on his charm. Jimbo James (Rhys Muldoon) is a first class pilot with a very laid back attitude. He is very easily distracted and messy, but never the less very attractive. Many times the "Italian" Lexie Ciani (Lisa Baumwol) get sick and tired of them both, but tolerates it all as long as she can fly. She quit a promising pilot education at the university, but has never regretted it.
On the ground the pilots receive their valuable support from Shay McWilliam (Robyn Cruze), an energetic 20-year-old. She is the one that puts everybody's thoughts into words. She's also the only one that gets excited by the new owner of Big Sky. Therefore she is the one who tries to help Lauren understand everything there is to know about running an almost bankrupt company. At the same time Shay warns her new boss that there is no day that is not alike.
This is something Lauren experiences already the first day in her new job, when she is taken hostage by a group of drug dealers.
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Chief pilot Chris Manning (Gary Sweet) is not very happy the day the elegantly dressed heir shows up in the company's run down head quarters. The first thing Lauren does is to fire the alcoholic boss, Barney, and take charge. This is the beginning of an always turbulent, and never boring relationship between Chris and Lauren; tow strong willed and very different personalities.
Jimbo get in huge trouble. Neither faithfulness nor trustworthiness is Jimbo's strong side. It all starts when ex-girlfriend Stacey take revenge by sending her brothers to get back the money Jimbo owes her. As always he believes he can get away with it somehow, but this time he is wrong! At last Jimbo has to come up with the money somehow, and when he over the radio hears that a Russian satellite has crashed and there is a reward for the one that can locate it. Jimbo sees the chance. In the hunt for the satellite, he gets competition from a man named Ray. What neither the know is that the satellite is radioactive. They are suddenly in a very dangerous situation.
Chief pilot Chris Manning starts fighting with his ex-wife Robbie (Roxanne Wilson) about custody of their two children. She accuses him of using her and breaking agreements. He gets another view of things of his own situation when he gets in the line of fire in a family drama. Chris flies out into the outback with Lexie the pick up a farmer and his two small children. It turns out that the children's grandfather has a court order to take care of the kids. An argument between the two ends in a shooting, with the children as scared whiteness. Soon Chris and Lexie are hostages in their own plane.
Lauren is doing her best to get the economy in balance in Big Sky, while she tries to calm the unsatisfied employees that threatens to take over the company. Thank goodness the pilots care so much for their job that they don't let their dissatisfaction disturb their line of work. Jimbo gets an interesting trip when a pregnant passenger starts getting contractions three weeks early. Also Chris' routine flight turn out to change into something else. He picks up a prisoner, and mid air the prisoner's guard starts suffering from food poisoning. The contact with the police is important to Big Sky, and Chris agrees on taking the prisoner to jail on his own. The two of them becomes friends, and Chris decides to give the man a night to remember before the prisoner goes back into the jail cell.
Scotty tries to cheer up a depressed friend. Scotty is not the one who thinks too much before he does something. When his best friend Shane is duped by his fiansee right befor their wedding, Scotty won't let Shane stay at home sorrowing. Scotty brings his freind on his first ever parachuting. The debut goes well, and Scotty can see that the wedding is forgotten. It is during their next jump the catastrophe happens.
The owner of Big Sky, Lauren, has a turbulant relationship with the chief pilot Chris. In this episode they have to spend one night together, rather involuntarily. A friend of Lauren, the businessman Sir Douglas Oglivie, is considering an investmet in Big Sky. Chris is not to impressed by "rich people," but agrees on a conversation with Oglivie. On their way they are surprised by a storm. They have to land, and stay overnight in the plane. The next morning Lauren get a chance to show her attitudes when they meet an poor farmer the needs help.
Chris agrees at once when his ex-wife Robbie asks for help. She is scared of her life of a man that have had a threatening behaviour after she broke up with him. Chris' need to protect awakes when he moves back into the house he once shared with Robbie.The second night they end up in the same bed, and Chris starts hoping they will find back to eachother again. But has there been something happened that shows things will work out better the second time around?
Chirs finds out that his son Jack (Joshua Smith) has problems at school. The boy is difficult and angry, but he denies that something is wrong. This makes Chris worried. Because of Jacks behaviour, Chris have to pick him up at school. Therefore Jack has to spen the rest of the day with his father at work. Because of boredom, jack strats exploring the airport, and ends up hiding in a plane. When the plane chrashes out in the outback, Jack get more excitement than he wanted.
Chris flies out in the outback to get a coffin, after two sweet old ladies lost their brother. When he comes back to Big Sky Base, he finds out that the coffin is empty! Chris have to og back to find out what happened, and thisng start happening. Maybe the ols ladies are not that sweet after all?
When Jimbo meet Claire he believes he finally have met the woman of his dreams. The young lady is adores hot air balloons, just like Jombo.
