8.7/1031 votesLoading...#1 - Episode 7
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/31/2014
Joan wrestles with the consequences of telling Annie the truth about her baby. Shirley is left with a seriously ill baby and no money when Johnny goes on the run from the police. Viv uncovers a disturbing secret about Matron.
Director: Grant Brown
Writer: Cathy Strickland
- 8.6/1028 votesLoading...
#2 - Episode 8
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/7/2014
Joan fears the worst when Annie kidnaps her baby back from the McNaughton family. Johnny makes a shocking sacrifice and Patricia's dreams for the future are shattered when her boyfriend finally visits Stanton House.
Director: Grant Brown
Writer: Tim Pye
- 8.5/1033 votesLoading...
#3 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/3/2014
Joan risks her career to help Annie get her baby back, unaware of the implications for Dr McNaughton. Patricia's mother visits from Melbourne and offers her daughter an early exit from Stanton House.
Director: Shirley Barrett
Writer: Sarah Lambert, Kym Goldsworthy
- 8.5/1022 votesLoading...
#4 - Episode 8
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 6/23/2015
In the season final, Joan makes a terrible choice to save her husband. Matron fights a desperate battle to keep Stanton House open. McNaughton makes a fateful decision that has a drastic impact on Joan and Jim’s future.
Director: Lynn-Maree Danzey
Writer: Tim Pye
- 8.5/1019 votesLoading...
#5 - Episode 1
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 5/2/2017
When Joan goes into early labour, the unorthodox new head of obstetrics is the only one who can help her. Matron has her hands full with three new pregnant girls in Stanton House.
Director: Geoff Bennett
Writer: Cathy Strickland
- 8.5/1017 votesLoading...
#6 - Episode 5
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 5/30/2017
Joan attempts to bury her grief by throwing herself back into work, but is it too soon? Meanwhile, Elena is torn between love and duty when the father of her child proposes marriage. Martha's first dinner party could end her marriage.
Director: Shannon Murphy
Writer: Vanessa Alexander
- 8.4/1020 votesLoading...
#7 - Episode 2
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/27/2016
Shirley fights to keep her job as Maggie learns the truth of their relationship, Joan uncovers McNaughton's part in Greg Mathieson's death, and Viv loses her twins all over again.
Director: Geoff Bennett
Writer: Tim Pye, Samantha Winston
8.4/1017 votesLoading...#8 - Episode 5
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 7/18/2016
In Vietnam, Viv finds herself holding her newly orphaned baby nephew. Joan confirms Eva is pregnant as Patty and Jim give in to their lust.
Director: Peter Andrikidis
Writer: Tim Pye
- 8.4/1015 votesLoading...
#9 - Episode 2
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 5/9/2017
Filled with grief after the death of her best friend Patty, Martha is determined to uncover the truth of Patty's final hours, and drags Viv along with her on a wild goose chase that ends in the last place Martha expected.
Director: Geoff Bennett
Writer: Christine McCourt
- 8.3/1032 votesLoading...
#10 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/10/2014
As Kings Cross is invaded by soldiers on rest and relaxation leave from the Vietnam War, Joan helps Viv track down her brother. After losing her baby, Annie's life spirals out of control until she is rescued by an unlikely guardian angel.
Director: Shirley Barrett
- 8.3/1031 votesLoading...
#11 - Episode 1
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 5/5/2015
Joan's new career as a doctor is threatened when she helps a pregnant teen. Viv's estranged mother tries to take control of her life. Annie learns a harsh lesson as a single mother in 1970s Kings Cross.
Director: Shawn Seet
Writer: Cathy Strickland
- 8.3/1022 votesLoading...
#12 - Episode 5
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 6/2/2015
The custody battle over Jim's baby becomes deadly serious. Joan receives a surprising proposal. Annie is deemed an unfit mother when her baby goes missing. Patricia has a life-changing encounter with some hippies.
Director: Geoff Bennett
Writer: Jane Allen
- 8.2/1038 votesLoading...
#13 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/17/2014
Kings Cross, 1969: An ambitious midwife returns from London to uncover a system of forced adoptions at the local hospital. A pregnant country girl, Viv, wakes to find she's been drugged by her parents and sent to a home for unwed mothers.
Director: Shawn Seet
Writer: Sarah Lambert
- 8.2/1031 votesLoading...
#14 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/24/2014
June 1969. As the world counts down to the first moon landing, Joan flirts with danger at the hospital and makes a powerful enemy. Annie returns home after giving up her baby, but realises her old life is gone forever.
Director: Shawn Seet
Writer: Tim Pye, Giula Sandler
- 8.2/1030 votesLoading...
#15 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/17/2014
Joan fights the hospital 'boys club' for her right to complete her medical degree. Johnny is arrested after an anti-war protest, while Shirley goes into premature labour. Annie gets the opportunity of a lifetime at a Kings Cross nightclub.
Director: Geoff Bennett
Writer: Sarah Lambert, Liz Doran
- 8.2/1028 votesLoading...
#16 - Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/24/2014
Joan's world is rocked when she uncovers the truth about Annie's baby. Shirley's affair with Johnny is exposed when her husband returns injured from Vietnam. Annie's singing career takes off when she appears on TV show Bandstand.
Director: Geoff Bennett
Writer: Tim Pye, Kym Goldsworthy
- 8.2/1025 votesLoading...
#17 - Episode 2
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 5/12/2015
Joan is obsessed with finding the father of Gail's baby. Viv finds an unlikely ally in Matron as she suffers through a difficult labour. Shirley receives a surprise telegram from Vietnam.
Director: Shawn Seet
Writer: Jane Allen
- 8.2/1021 votesLoading...
#18 - Episode 3
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 5/19/2015
Patricia refuses to sign adoption papers for her unborn baby, with tragic results. Joan gets closer to finding the family of Gail's orphaned baby. Matron's world is rocked when her biological son is released from prison. Martha is swept off her feet by an admirer.
Director: Shawn Seet
Writer: Tim Pye
8.2/1019 votesLoading...#19 - Episode 4
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 7/11/2016
As Joan struggles to admit her infertility to Jim, Annie faces the death of her father, but not before he encourages her to go to Vietnam as an entertainer.
Director: Mark Joffe
Writer: Cathy Strickland
8.2/1016 votesLoading...#20 - Episode 8
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 7/31/2016
Annie risks losing her unborn child when she is injured at an anti-war protest. Joan's career as a doctor hangs in the balance following her role in Eva's pregnancy. Shirley makes a life-changing decision to help Maggie keep her baby.
Director: Geoff Bennett
Writer: Tim Pye
- 8.1/1022 votesLoading...
#21 - Episode 4
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 5/26/2015
Joan finds herself in the middle of a violent custody battle over Gail's baby. Patricia faces a crisis when she travels to Melbourne to marry her Prince Charming. Martha is obsessed with seeing Queen Elizabeth during the 1970 royal tour.
Director: Geoff Bennett
Writer: Christine McCourt
- 8.1/1022 votesLoading...
#22 - Episode 7
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 6/16/2015
Martha’s reunion with her birth mother turns into a nightmare. Joan and Jim’s relationship is blown apart by a secret from her past. Annie is distraught to learn she is pregnant again.
Director: Lynn-Maree Danzey
Writer: Tim Pye, Tamara Asmar
8.1/1019 votesLoading...#23 - Episode 3
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/4/2016
Whilst being blackmailed by McNaughton's estranged wife, Joan rescues Maggie and other abused girls from Tarramar by agreeing to help Matron reopen her 'baby factory', Stanton House.
Director: Mark Joffe
Writer: Christine McCourt
8.1/1017 votesLoading...#24 - Episode 6
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 7/25/2016
While Viv is forced to leave her orphaned nephew behind in Vietnam, Joan is devastated when Jim does a runner to avoid jail - taking baby James with him.
Director: Peter Andrikidis
Writer: Cathy Strickland
- 8.1/1018 votesLoading...
#25 - Episode 7
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 7/25/2016
Joan is devastated when Jim does a runner to avoid jail, taking baby James with him.
Director: Geoff Bennett
Writer: Christine McCourt
The Best Episodes of Love Child
Every episode of Love Child ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Love Child!
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Genre:Drama
Network:Nine Network
Best Episodes Summary
"Episode 7" is the best rated episode of "Love Child". It scored 8.7/10 based on 31 votes. Directed by Grant Brown and written by Cathy Strickland, it aired on 3/31/2014. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 8".