Alex hits pay dirt when a disgruntled boyfriend of a now, high-ranking government minister slips the scoop of the year under Alex's door; sexually explicit photos of the minister in her younger years.
Newly reinstated editor Howard Evans sends Alex to interview big time director Gordon Lynch about his new Ned Kelly film. While he's with Gordon, the editor would also like Alex to expose Gordon's rumoured unsavoury auditioning practices.
Sam and Bob's relationship is heating up and Sam is pressuring Alex to move out. With Rita's mum Gay staying with Rita, Alex's options are limited and he finds himself on Dr James' doorstep.
Publicist Hope Van Der Boom organises for Alex to do a puff piece on highly volatile actor Lachlan Reid after an audio of Reid berating the sound recordist was secretly leaked online.
When the editor buys salacious text messages between married Australian cricket captain Mark Hardy and Indian national Chandrika Patel, he puts Alex on the case to find Chandrika and get an exclusive for the paper.
To promote the new season of the television reality show 'Life in a Bubble', publicist Trudy March has invited Alex along with four other journalists to spend the night in the Bubble House - a secure compound with cameras everywhere.
When hot-tempered celebrity chef Brad Gordon publicly humiliates Alex's new girlfriend, fellow journalist Marion Jackson, Alex wants to take him down. Gordon, a married man, is rumoured to be a serial philanderer.