MDA

MDA

2002 3 Seasons 56 Episodes ⭐ 7.0 Drama

MDA is an Australian television series that aired between 2002 and 2005 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It concerned the day-to-day operation of legal firm MDA, which specialised in medical defence.

MDA is an Australian television series that aired between 2002 and 2005 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It concerned the day-to-day operation of legal firm MDA, which specialised in medical defence.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Damage Control

Ella Davis' long time friend Olga Stiles, an obstetrician, is facing charges in the Supreme Court for contributing to th

EP 2

Fire and Rain

Ella must get to the bottom of a tragic case in which an elderly man dies inexplicably, while the young doctor on duty i

EP 3

Truth or Dare

When a GP is caught having sex with a beautiful blonde patient in his surgery, Ella must make a decision about whether M

EP 4

The Certainty

A young mum is suing her doctor after losing the sight in her good eye following surgery on the other. Is the surgeon to

EP 5

A Spoonful of Sugar

Deanna Raye, a very recent gender reassignment patient is rushed into Dr Ella Davis' hospital Emergency Department after

EP 6

Damned If You Do, Damned If...

Smooth, plausible psychiatrist Dr Oliver Maudsen is up before the Medical Practitioners Board on a charge of sexual misc

EP 7

When it Rains, it Pours

Ella calls on the services of a long lost love Paul Bennett, a romance from Uni days to provide an Expert Opinion in the

EP 8

Bowels, Bosch And The Whole Damn Thing

Ella becomes increasingly ambivalent about fighting a case against the mother of twin boys, one of whom has spina bifida

EP 9

One Small Step

Happy represents Dr Wendy Rossi at the Coronial Inquest into the patient who accidentally died at her hands in ICU. Jami

EP 10

Quid Pro Quo

Caitlin and Jamie are in conflict when they represent a young anaesthetist, whom Caitlin is sure is not what he seems.

EP 11

Break it Gently

All on the one night: As Ella and Tony deal with one emergency after another at St Albans Hospital, Layla makes her firs

EP 12

Minder Games

Ella persuades Richard to defend Wendy Rossi and takes on the case of neurosurgeon Dr Phil Jacobs, whose brain-damaged p

EP 13

Human Error

Happy represents Ella and Tony at the Coronial Inquiry, discovering that Sam, Layla's med student boyfriend, witnessed t

EP 14

The Hippocratic Oath

The MDA team have the strange experience of barracking for Richard Savage as he defends Dr Wendy Rossi against a charge

EP 15

Love You to Death

MDA and Richard Savage actually work together to sort out an angry and guilty young man, who is desperate to blame a pal

EP 16

Rites of Passage

Richard goes up against MDA, representing a model and dancer who claims her breast enhancement looks unnatural. A countr

EP 17

Eye of the Beholder

As Happy is pre-occupied searching the city for his estranged son Jason, Caitlin takes over the breast enhancement case

EP 18

Fight or Flight

Ella and the MDA team must move fast when the case of young mother Debbie Shanahan, dying of cancer, is brought forward.

EP 19

Win; Win, Lose; Lose

Ella (Kerry Armstrong) must play medical fact against a tough judge and enormous public sympathy when the Debbie Shanaha

EP 20

Scylla And Charybdis

Jamie (Angus Grant) is dismayed when a very depressed Wendy Rossi (Daniela Farinacci), back in town for her Medical Boar

EP 21

Line Ball

As Ella and Tony wait for the verdict in the negligence case against them, MDA receives a class action writ from 72 of t

EP 22

Divine Intervention

Ella must talk inexperienced nurses in a remote rural area through life-saving procedures by phone. She and Caitlin clas

EP 1

Eternity

The MDA team must deal with the painful aftermath of the attempted murder of Ella, Jamie and Tony. Despite eight hours i

EP 2

Chinese Walls

Caitlin tackles her first brief at Kato & Pittman: a potential million-dollar claim from an apparently permanently injur

EP 3

Precious Little

Ella and Happy face a hard fight defending a doctor who trusted a pathology report and thus missed a cancer in a nine-ye

EP 4

A Time and a Place

Richard and Caitlin represent a nun who has had a complete mastectomy of a perfectly healthy breast. Happy and Amanda de

EP 5

Aftershocks

Ella, unhappy at Happy and Amanda's legal tactics over representing a deceased MDA member, tells Happy that she's been o

EP 6

Taking it on the Chin

Surgeon Simon Lloyd has his first day as a case manager at MDA, as Ella sadly packs up to leave. Layla prepares a farewe

EP 7

Paved with Good Intentions

Layla tries to help an old school friend whose sister is brain damaged after a pethidine overdose. Before long, Happy an

EP 8

A Bird in the Hand

Layla feels helpless, guilty and then angry as the pethidine overdose case heads for court and a "victim friendly" judge

EP 9

Crossing the Line

The press takes an interest as Happy and Amanda gear up for an appeal hearing in the Supreme Court. On the plaintiff’s

EP 10

A Closer Walk

Richard’s in the middle of a tough mediation when his larrikin Dad arrives from retirement in Tasmania to tell Richard

EP 11

A Reasonable Passion

The group of doctors suing MDA now personalise their grievances and attack Happy in the media. But Happy fights back—w

EP 12

Judgement Day

Happy and Simon are dismayed when the MDA Board refuses to indemnify a neurosurgeon for experimental spinal surgery. Whi

EP 13

St. Crispin's Day

Happy Henderson has a very busy day. Negotiating with Richard Savage to contain a potentially huge damages claim, Happy

EP 14

The Samaritan Kind

Simon Lloyd is very taken with an attractive GP, who amputated a farmer's arm to save him from a burning truck. But is s

EP 15

All Care, No Responsibility

Happy Henderson is trapped into representing a rude and egotistical surgeon, suspected of euthanasia, at a coronial inqu

EP 16

Caveat Medicus

Happy Henderson's ordeal at the coronial inquest continues, but cracks appear in his surgeon client's facade. To Happy's

EP 17

Second Bite

Happy's son Jason tells Happy he's seeing a psychiatrist and wants Happy to come to his next therapy session.

EP 18

Conflict of Interest

Happy is amazed and dismayed when his son's psychiatrist is accused of sexual misconduct.

EP 19

Bigger Fish to Fry

Richard Savage is determined to secure the biggest damages claim in Australian history when he represents a top tennis s

EP 20

Without Prejudice

Simon and Amanda represent a well-meaning GP whose teenage anorexic patient died under his experimental treatment.

EP 21

Pas de Deux

Ella becomes involved with an unqualified and anarchic Russian doctor Mikhail Voronin.

EP 22

Memento Mori

Richard turns to Happy for help when his old mentor, whom he is representing, threatens to expose his sometimes dubious

EP 1

Second Chance: Part 1

A charismatic, brilliant geneticist, Professor Robyn Masterson approaches MDA to get indemnity for a daring medical expe

EP 2

Second Chance: Part 2

Julia Delvecchio is concerned that the break-in at the lab has compromised the team's work, but Robyn is determined it w

EP 3

Second Chance: Part 3

Convinced that there is much more to Julia's story than she let on, Amanda again raises her doubts over Professor Robyn

EP 4

Second Chance: Part 4

In the final chapter of MDA: Second Chance, Happy is forced to make a decision that threatens both Robyn's career and Be

EP 5

Departure Lounge: Part 1

In Departure Lounge, Vince Colosimo stars as an anaesthetist whose suspicions are raised by the high rate of infant deat

EP 6

Departure Lounge: Part 2

Dr Morello doesn't know where to turn in this week's episode of MDA: Departure Lounge. Ted Walsh, recovering from his su

EP 7

Departure Lounge: Part 3

Concerned that Andrew's hospital commitments are too onerous for him to also serve MDA's needs, Happy recalls Jamie from

EP 8

Departure Lounge: Part 4

In the final episode of Departure Lounge, Happy announces that Andrew will have to contribute a large amount towards the

EP 9

A Human Cost: Part 1

A dedicated intern at an outer suburban hospital, struggles to clear her name when she is accused of incompetence.

EP 10

A Human Cost: Part 2

Things seem to be going from bad to worse for Dr Liz Gibson as the Health Review Board launches a new inquiry into her c

EP 11

A Human Cost: Part 3

Following the death of patient Fiona Murphy, the press launch an attack against the staff of Prospect Valley Hospital, i

EP 12

A Human Cost: Part 4

In the final episode of MDA, Happy is hospitalised after his heart attack and Dr Liz Gibson again has to front the Healt

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