Storylines were hastily wrapped up and in the final episodes (403 and 404), the remaining characters were placed in life-threatening and cliff-hanger situations: Jo-Jo (Kelley Abbey) battled the attentions of a sleazy loan-shark; Ernie (Vic Rooney) was electrocuted in the cellar of "Patchett's Pacific" knocking him out, sparking a huge fire which then traps Elly (Diane Craig), Laura (Antoinette Byron) and Sally (Joanna Lockwood) as they try to rescue him; as the burning pub is evacuated, Jack (Andrew Williams) and Sam (Simon Baker) try in vein to rescue everyone trapped in the cellar; meanwhile, Max (Bruce Samazan), Nikki (Melissa Tkautz), Alice (Marianne Howard) and Bonnie (Melissa Bell) are all lost in the outback when recently hospitalized Bonnie suddenly has a relapse and slips back into a coma.