![]() Meggie takes Luke to court for custody of Dane. Meggie decides she can never return to Luke, but Luke declares he only returned for Dane, whom he thinks is his son. When Meggie resists, Luke strikes her, causing her to miscarry. Luke demands Meggie move with him immediately to a ramshackle cabin on the farm he purchased, just to get Meggie away from Ralph. After Ralph uses some of Mary Carson's estate money to send a young orphan to America, the church "punishes" him by forcing him to return to Drogheda to guard the church's bequeathed property and to convince the Australian government to accept more refugees.įather Ralph arrives in Australia unannounced and Luke is not pleased to see him. He has been using his church in Rome as a haven for Jewish war refugees. Meggie, lonely, in need of a man to run the ranch and to be a father for her children, reluctantly takes Luke back, and she becomes pregnant once again.įather Ralph de Bricassart ( Richard Chamberlain) decides to become a full-time priest to fulfill his deep love for God. One day, Meggie's estranged husband, Luke, arrives on Drogheda and begs forgiveness. To make matters worse, a two-year drought has struck the area. It is ten years after the birth of Dane, and Meghann "Meggie" O'Neill (Amanda Donohoe) is forced to run Drogheda basically on her own, since all her brothers went off to fight in World War II. ![]() These years are unaccounted for in both the original 1983 ABC miniseries and the novel. Adapted from the 1977 novel The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough, it tells the story of the nineteen years between Dane's birth and Ralph's return to Australia. The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years is a 1996 CBS miniseries directed by Kevin James Dobson.
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