The essential episodes of Mile High
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Mile High — each pick states its reason.
- 01
In the opening episode, new recruit Marco joins Fresh! and has the most disastrous first day, possibly ending his career before it's even started. Emma discovers on the eve of her wedding that her ex-lover, First Officer John Bryson has returned after a six month absence, throwing her into turmoil. And cheeky chancer Jason hooks up with gorgeous passenger Chrissie, only to discover that she is transporting her dead husband's ashes back to Spain.
- 02
Material girl KC thinks she has finally landed her dream date, but she is in for a rude awakening. Marco keeps his job, and is developing a secret passion that could prove dangerous.
- 03
A near miss throws the crew into chaos. While Jason becomes afraid of flying, Leanne ends up in bed with John. Marco also acts on his desire and ends up in bed with Janis.
- 04
KC can't resist humiliating Janis after she is caught on camera with her skirt round her waist
- 05
Emma's world falls apart when she realises she is craving more than just John. KC also has man trouble, and Will decides to play it straight when a documentary being filmed on board of fresh threatens to expose Wills ""closeted"" sexuality to his parents, who are still unaware of his blatantly gay lifestyle.
- 06
KC falls into bed with a businessman who turns out to be Marco's father, who has a mild heart attack during sex. Marco finds out and moves out of KC's place to live with his parents again. Janis tells Marco she's pregnant, and decides to have an abortion much to Marco's dismay
- 07
After a botched Botox injection, Will is in no mood to party, but it's his birthday and the gang go out to celebrate. As they do so, Jason finds himself in life-threatening trouble. Also, Emma and KC find out about Janis' secret past profession as a high flying hooker and as a result Janis purposely lets Emma's affair with John slip to her husband.
- 08
Emma's marriage crumbles, which drives her to attempt at taking her own life, and travelling royalty is the catalyst for an explosive showdown at the Fresh! PR do as Marco winds up in bed with the Fiancee of a royal heir who is travelling with Fresh! Meanwhile K.C enjoys the company of this foreign man who invites her to his place, but a group of men who want some dirt on the millionaire pay K.C to do some dirty work, exposing him. This goes pear-shaped however, as K.C takes some pills and falls asleep. More drama goes down as a high-on-cocaine Emma makes a fool out of herself as she barges in on a conference and reveals Janis' romps with a co-worker, an act which ends both of their jobs at Fresh! As Janis is leaving - supposedly for good, Marco tells her about his feelings for her in a last ditch attempt to win her back, but she leaves regardless. Will meanwhile tries to share some passion with a male co-worker in the toilets, but he can't enjoy himself because he realises that he is
- 09
Lehann is arrested and charged with drug smuggling. Will, Gary the gay lawyer and Charlotte comfort her. The police search her mother?s house and scare Louis. She decides that Marvin is to blame and trashes his office. Charlotte realises that Jack is responsible for the drugs and chases after him when she realises that he has run away to Milan to be with Lucy. Marco is stuck down en route with Croker, and Janis. He tries to keep them apart, sets the fire alarm off and goes up in a Cessna. Slow decompression makes the homeward flight uncomfortable.
- 10
Former Goldstar member Lorna makes her Mile High debut this week as she takes her first flight with Fresh Europe. Bright, bubbly and perma-tanned she's en route to celebrate her boyfriend Frank's 30th birthday in Malaga. His present, an enormous, specially-commissioned portrait that defies description, and even leaves Will dumbstruck, is stored in the hold. Her surprise arrival on Frank's boat ends in tears. Not the only thing in the hold, there's a howling which can be heard inside the aircraft. The owners of a Chihuahua called Billy, fearing for his life, threaten mutiny unless the plane diverts. The possible diversion is one of a number of disasters to befall Captain Dan Peterson. With both Captain Croker and Captain Peterson having been rostered for the same flight they decide the hierarchy on the toss of a coin and Croker finds himself 'acting down' as First Officer. Croker revels in the problems Dan has to face, leading Dan to try to undermine Croker another way ….. using Janis.
- 11
Lehann's first experience of a first class longhaul flight goes awry when Rachel's husband Mike unexpectedly boards the plane. Lehann and Captain Dan Peterson pretend to be a couple in order to prevent any suspicion about Rachel and the captain, but things take a turn for the worse when Mike, promising to entertain the four of them during the stopover, initiates a duck-hunting trip out in the Canadian wilderness. Back at home, new flat mate Susie has a secret passion for all things 'airline'. A cleaner at the airport she harbours a fantasy that one day she'll become a hallowed member of crew …… but will she get found out? Meanwhile Marco opens his heart to Susie, but not girlfriend Poppy, and reveals his secret ambition. Mike is played by East Enders' name, Billy Geraghty. A wealthy and successful businessman he has suspicions about his wife and Captain Dan Peterson, whose pilot training he funded. On filming in Spain with Emma Jane Portch, who plays Rachel: ""Emma's been fantastic - sh
- 12
Captain Croker meets two young women in the airport, supposedly crew for a competitor, who then end up on his flight to Nice. Flattered by the attention they give him, he woos them with champagne. When they then ask to see the cockpit he obliges thinking as ever of what might be in it for him. He ends up getting a lot more than he bargained for and sets in motion a whole turn of events that effect not just him but the whole crew. The victim of a newspaper sting, and with careers on the line, Croker will rue the day he ever set eyes on Phoebe and Jilly. In turn Janis has to face up to what the Captain is really like, and Marco's decision breaks Poppy's heart. Meanwhile an unaccompanied minor leaves something behind on Lehann's flight which leads to accusations of anti-social behaviour and poor hygiene on the part of several passengers. Moonlight, a hippy, is blamed, as is single mum Terri, but neither is to blame for the terrible smell. Helen Lederer makes her disgust clear as a passeng
- 13
Will returns to head office, full of new-management speak, courtesy of the training course he's been sent on to prepare him for his new position. A flash car, office and his own secretary have done nothing to minimise the contempt he still feels for certain senior staff. His radical solution, aimed at both annihilating those he personally dislikes, and at the same time achieving his targets for cost-cutting and redundancies, comes back to haunt him as his old foe prove they are unwilling to go without a fight. Meanwhile Poppy reeling from the tragic death of her brother in episode 17, finds escape from her loss in a hedonistic and trust-fund-rich passenger, Geneveve, who wants to party hard and needs some friends to accompany her. Poppy goes on a big night out but hits the ground hard the next day. Ed whom she blames for Jack's death anxiously looks on.
- 14
Will's being punished and gets stuck on the flight with the mail. But things look up when he spots sacks full of money on board.
- 15
Captain Croker's ex looks to old faces to exact her revenge on the philandering pilot. And Will's awaiting test results that could change his life.
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