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The Trevanion family decide to make a fresh start and emigrate to South Africa to set up an animal reserve.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Wild at Heart Season 8 Episode 1 - Finale
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Finale

    S8:E1

    It's one year later at Leopards Den. Ed Lynch and Fiona have since left Leopards Den and Alice is back, but work demands and caring for baby Robert lead to tensions with Danny. Martin, the new neighbour at Mara, has his eye on Alice. Liv and Fatani are struggling; nobody likes Rosie's fiancé Dylan; and Dup receives a frightening medical prognosis. The family's cheetah Cassidy is poached, and tensions are high. Dup decides to use his remaining time to fix his ailing family by proving to Danny that his future son-in-law is worthy.

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  2. Wild at Heart Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode One
    7.6/10(68 votes)

    #2 - Episode One

    S1:E1

    Danny and Sarah set out to build a new life for themselves and their children amid the teeming wildlife of the African plains.

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  3. Wild at Heart Season 7 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    7.6/10(22 votes)

    #3 - Episode 2

    S7:E2

    Caroline, Liv and Charlotte return to South Africa with Danny. They are looking forward to seeing their new home, Clearwater Farm. After they find out that Du Plessis hasn’t done anything since Danny left, and the place is falling apart they are left feeling upset. Liv is happy to see Thabo again, but the feeling doesn’t seem to be reciprocated. Du Plessis believes that Danny killed their old enemy, Christian Peeters.

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  4. Wild at Heart Season 5 Episode 3 - Series 5, Episode 3
    7.8/10(24 votes)

    #4 - Series 5, Episode 3

    S5:E3

    Alice becomes increasingly torn between helping Rowan to rehabilitate a tiger at Mara and her own responsibilities at Leopard's Den. Danny's project to help township animals takes a disastrous turn when a pregnant cow develops complications. Du Plessis and Fatani agree to help with Rowan's beauty pageant

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  5. Wild at Heart Season 5 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    7.8/10(24 votes)

    #5 - Episode 6

    S5:E6

    Danny's attempts to help Alice settle into her new job at Mara backfire when a hyena goes on the rampage. With the life of an animal in the balance, Danny realises he must pull out all the stops if he is to salvage his relationship with Alice. Meanwhile, Alice discovers that Rowan and Vanessa have been seeing each other in secret. And a honeymooning couple face a charging wildebeest.

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  6. Wild at Heart Season 5 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    7.8/10(22 votes)

    #6 - Episode 7

    S5:E7

    With matters between him and Alice still tense, a distracted Danny makes a fatal mistake while treating a rare black leopard. When the big cat dies, its owner insists that Danny is investigated for malpractice. Hearing the bad news, Du Plessis decides to look into the matter in order to exonerate his friend. But things look bleak when Danny goes against his suspension to treat Jana and an official catches him out.

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  7. Wild at Heart Season 5 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    7.8/10(24 votes)

    #7 - Episode 10

    S5:E10

    When Du Plessis hears about Caroline's intention of buying them a retirement home he confesses to Olivia that he has given away all of their savings to his son. Will they be able to resolve the situation before the family find out? Danny and Alice's plan to give a home to a rare aardwolf backfires when they meet Vanessa's father - who refuses to take in charity cases. He goes on to make himself even more unpopular by buying Ekotto's land with the intention of turning it into a golf course.

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  8. Wild at Heart Season 6 Episode 6 - Series 6, Episode 6
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    #8 - Series 6, Episode 6

    S6:E6

    Danny investigates when the routine transportation of a tiger goes wrong, and finds Alice could be to blame for it's death. Meanwhile, DuPlessis resorts to desperate measures when the mining company says it wants to buy both Leopard's Den and Mara.

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  9. Wild at Heart Season 7 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    #9 - Episode 4

    S7:E4

    Danny and Ed release two cheetah brothers into the wild as their new partnership begins. Not all the members of the family are happy about the partnership though. Caroline is not happy with Danny’s having betrayed Du Plessis, and is completely against the idea of working with Ed. Caroline turns to Rosie for help, hoping that she’ll be able to talk some sense into her father. Danny and Du Plessis are still hiding the dark secret that Peeters’ body is buried on Leopard’s Den. Danny is pleased to see his daughter again, but she is upset at all the tension in the family. Rosie soon starts to believe though that Ed isn't as bad as Caroline thinks he is. Things end up getting worse when Du Plessis discovers a hyena digging at the grave site, and Ed thinks that it’d be the ideal place for their new quarantine pens.

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  10. Wild at Heart Season 6 Episode 4 - Series 6, Episode 4
    7.9/10(24 votes)

    #10 - Series 6, Episode 4

    S6:E4

    For his first big project as state vet, Danny oversees the relocation of an animal. However, Alice struggles running the vet clinic in his absence, and a traumatic, close encounter with a lion only makes her feel worse. Meanwhile, DuPlessis takes Caroline on a basic camping trip into the African wilderness to show her the 'real Africa', it backfires.

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  11. Wild at Heart Season 6 Episode 7 - Series 6, Episode 7
    7.9/10(23 votes)

    #11 - Series 6, Episode 7

    S6:E7

    When Pieters asks for their help in relocating a pair of hyenas, Danny and Alice are divided. Meanwhile, DuPlessis starts a one-man vandalism campaign against the mining company. However, when he's caught on camera he's fined and given a restraining order. But these aren't the only consequences of his actions.

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  12. Wild at Heart Season 7 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    7.9/10(21 votes)

    #12 - Episode 7

    S7:E7

    With Danny not around and Du Plessis doing his community service, Ed is left in charge of running the Endangered Species Project. Kim wants Ed to go for a drink with her, but after feeling flustered, he turns her down, immediately regretting his decision. Ed gets a second chance after Kim returns, worried about her lioness. Fatani tries to help Liv and Thabo with the animal census. Du Plessis and Ed end up discovering thst Kim is an animal smuggler.

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  13. Wild at Heart Season 7 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    7.9/10(21 votes)

    #13 - Episode 8

    S7:E8

    Danny and Ed are getting ready for a review with JLW, the pharmaceutical company that funded their Endangered Species Project. Ed and Rosie find two dead wildebeest calves and Ed wants Rosie to perform a post mortem on them. Fatani is frustrated by the fact that but Liv insists that they have to keep their relationship a secret. The review ends up being a success and their funding will continue and JLW even want to hold a PR event to hand over the next cheque. Ed is not happy after he discovers that Rosie’s made a huge mistake on the post mortem. Fiona Lynch shows up up and is revealed to be Ed’s wife. Ed explains to everyone that they separated after Fiona cheated on him. Fiona begins to think that Ed is seeing Rosie and shares her suspicions with Caroline.

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  14. Wild at Heart Season 7 Episode 9 - Episode 9
    7.9/10(21 votes)

    #14 - Episode 9

    S7:E9

    Having lost their funding, the family are in serious financial straits. Danny and Ed try to get an extension on their mortgage but are turned down. Ed manages to arrange an interview with Sienna, the owner of some rich breeding stables, and if they can secure the vet contract with her, it will help them out of their pediciment. Alice and the children are due to return soon and Danny can’t wait. Danny is shocked though when he speaks to Alice who is reluctant to return.

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  15. Wild at Heart Season 5 Episode 5 - Series 5, Episode 5
    8.0/10(24 votes)

    #15 - Series 5, Episode 5

    S5:E5

    Danny and Alice's plans for a romantic trip away are ruined when they come across a crash out in the bush. With an injured tourist on their hands and a lion on the loose, they are faced with a long, dark night ahead. Meanwhile, Du Plessis decides that it is time that Olivia learned some manners, but will his short, sharp technique do the job?

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  16. Wild at Heart Season 5 Episode 8 - Series 5, Episode 8
    8.0/10(24 votes)

    #16 - Series 5, Episode 8

    S5:E8

    Leopard’s Den’s residents go to an auction to purchase a giraffe after lions kill their own. However when Danny and Alice argue over a suitable replacement Danny falls into the arms of Vanessa. Meanwhile, a storm is approaching Leopard’s Den, so for safety reasons the family have to release some of the animals. When the storm hits, Charlotte and Danny come off the worst.

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  17. Wild at Heart Season 6 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    8.0/10(25 votes)

    #17 - Episode 1

    S6:E1

    New series. Danny's estranged father comes to the reserve with a secret that could blow the family apart. Meanwhile, Du Plessis is devastated when the lions under his care fall ill.

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  18. Wild at Heart Season 6 Episode 8 - Series 6, Episode 8
    8.0/10(26 votes)

    #18 - Series 6, Episode 8

    S6:E8

    As the court case between Pieters and Leopard's Den nears, Danny realises he may have to put aside his principles to save Leopard's Den. And Caroline takes matters into her hands when she decides to go undercover, applying for the job of Pieters' personal assistant at the mining company. She hopes she will find more about the company's plans. DuPlessis meanwhile, turns to sabotage to protect his home.

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  19. Wild at Heart Season 7 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    8.0/10(20 votes)

    #19 - Episode 6

    S7:E6

    With Danny in prison, accused of murdering Peeters, Du Plessis is determined to prove his innocence anyway he he can. After Du Plessis quizzes Ed about what he was doing the night of the murder, Ed says he was fast asleep and Du Plessis knows he’s lying. Fatani ends up finding evidence against Ed which is a letter of termination from the Big Five, signed by Peeters himself. Rosie is left to manage everything herself, to her increasing frustration. Caroline manages to secure an emergency hearing for Danny and he is granted bail. Du Plessis and Ed find Rosie following her disappearance and she has lost a lot of blood and is in a bad way. Danny hurries home to his injured daughter. Fatani discoverers cash and a flight ticket, which seems to confirm their suspicions of Ed. Du Plessis attempts to outline their theory to Danny, but he doesn’t want to hear it.

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  20. Wild at Heart Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode Three
    8.1/10(49 votes)

    #20 - Episode Three

    S1:E3

    The arrival of Evan and Olivia's father throws the family into turmoil. He is determined to take his kids back to England with him and threatens to go to court to get custody. Sarah is furious - he wasn't thinking of them when he left her for his secretary. Rosie can't hide her delight that they might all be going home, but when a drunken fight breaks out in a bar, she is rescued by Tate.

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  21. Wild at Heart Season 5 Episode 9 - Series 5, Episode 9
    8.1/10(23 votes)

    #21 - Series 5, Episode 9

    S5:E9

    There are dangerous consequences when Du Plessis ignores his heart condition and collapses while alone in the bush. Danny gets more than he bargained for when he has to deal with two rogue lions that are attacking the local cattle. Olivia and Caroline are finding it particularly hard as the anniversary of Sarah's death draws nearer.

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  22. Wild at Heart Season 6 Episode 3 - Series 6, Episode 3
    8.1/10(23 votes)

    #22 - Series 6, Episode 3

    S6:E3

    On his first day as state vet, Danny's investigation into an animal-smuggling ring surprises him when it leads him close to home. Meanwhile, Thabo is settling into life at Leopard's Den, but the arrival of his troublesome older brother leads him into a bit of trouble with the law, which tests his blossoming friendship with DuPlessis.

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  23. Wild at Heart Season 7 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    8.1/10(22 votes)

    #23 - Episode 3

    S7:E3

    Danny has been working on an upcoming pitch for an Endangered Species Project. A pharmaceutical company are wanting to fund an environmental project and he hopes that this grant money could see the family buy back Leopard’s Den and Mara. Danny and Du Plessis end up crashing their jeep on their way back from collecting a lion though. Caroline is really concerned when they fail to return in time for the meeting. Danny, Du Plessis and Caroline finally make it to meeting with the lion in tow after Caroline manages to find them. Danny and Du Plessis have concerns after they find out that Ed Lynch is involved. When the lion becomes distressed the meeting is forced to be cut short so that Danny can see to it. Caroline ends up becoming convinced that all hope is gone for reclaiming Leopard’s Den. As Danny and Ed operate on the lion, Ed gets a call from JLW asking for him to meet with the board again tomorrow and Danny learns they want to see him as well. JLW explain that they want Danny’s project, but they also want Ed’s business skills which will mean they have to work together.

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  24. Wild at Heart Season 7 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    8.1/10(22 votes)

    #24 - Episode 5

    S7:E5

    The family are still at odds and seperated after Caroline’s decision to move back to the old Clearwater house with Du Plessis. Rosie is determined to get everyone back together and plans a dinner party as a first step towards reconciliation. Du Plessis’ is shocked after he sees Peeters in town when he looks again though he has vanished. Du Plessis hopes that it is just his mind playing tricks on him, but after he sees Peeters again in the bar, he begins to think he’s being haunted and decides to go talk with Danny.

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  25. Wild at Heart Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode Four
    8.2/10(42 votes)

    #25 - Episode Four

    S1:E4

    Evan and Olivia run away after a series of rows, leaving Sarah to search for her children alone while Danny and Du Plessis go looking for a half-drugged lioness. While tracking the animal, they crash the truck - putting the warden in need of an emergency operation.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Finale" is the worst rated episode of "Wild at Heart". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/30/2012. This episode scored 7.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Episode One".