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Water Rats

Season 4 · 32 episodes · Feb 16, 1999

  1. Episode 1

    Fair Cop

    Feb 16, 1999

    The Water Police are plagued by a series of hoaxes and it is up to Frank and Goldie to determine who and what they can trust.

  2. Episode 2

    A Woman of Substance

    Feb 23, 1999

    When a man is nailed to a tree by his neighbour, Holloway and Goldie discover his wife has vanished.

  3. Episode 3

    Double Blind

    Mar 2, 1999

    When a homeless kid is trapped in a pylon in the harbour, the Water Police are horrified to discover a dead body floating in the water beside him. While Blakemore makes it her responsibility to ensure the homeless boy is taken care of, she begins to develop a relationship with the boy's lawyer, Gillian Swain. Meanwhile the Detectives unravel the mystery of the body found the pylon.

  4. Episode 4

    Cut off Point

    Mar 9, 1999

    When a gender-specific piece of anatomy is washed up on the beach, Holloway and Goldie investigate.

  5. Episode 5

    In the Family Way

    Mar 16, 1999

    Helen's romance hots up. Meanwhile, crime, punishment, betrayal, retribution, suicide and family tragedy when Goldie and Holloway infiltrate a crime family operating an insurance scam on Sydney Harbour. When it all goes terribly wrong, the family is eventually torn apart - not so much by the police intervening, but by in-fighting, backstabbing and betrayal.

  6. Episode 6

    Santiago: Rain 27

    Mar 23, 1999

    A crooked grandmother, a fraudulent stockbroker and a water taxi driver who gets taken for a ride, all baffle the detectives. Meanwhile Blakemore's romance comes to an abrupt end.

  7. Episode 7

    End Game

    Apr 6, 1999

    Holloway and Goldie's partnership is shaken when a third detective, Michael Reilly, is assigned to the Water Police.

  8. Episode 8

    Tomorrow Never Comes

    Apr 13, 1999

    The death of a friend and a forgotten dream prompt Frank Holloway to farewell the Rats.

  9. Episode 9

    Goes with the Territory

    Apr 20, 1999

    The working relationship between Jack Christey and Goldie gets off to a rocky start. Already compromised by their past affair, further strain is added when Jack insists on taking the lead in a murder case involving an old acquaintance.

  10. Episode 10

    Fish out of Water

    Apr 27, 1999

    Police constable Tayler Johnson becomes romantically involved with a cop on a diving course, but while out on a dive, he goes missing and Tayler realises how little she knows about him.

  11. Episode 11

    Good Times and Adventures

    May 4, 1999

    Michael Reilly and Goldie have to go undercover at a well-known swingers' haunt to coax a confession out of some murderers.

  12. Episode 12

    Blood Relations

    May 11, 1999

    Detective Michael Reilly's friendship with madam Susie Abromovich results in them both being taken hostage by an armed robber.

  13. Episode 13

    Dial C for Cop

    May 18, 1999

    Gavin Sykes is taken hostage by a young man with a desire to be a cop for a day.

  14. Episode 14

    Quad Squad

    May 18, 1999

    The investigation into the suicide of a young man reveals a greater tragedy, a secret that will ultimately destroy the lives of all those involved.

  15. Episode 15

    Unauthorised Entry

    Jun 1, 1999

    Jack Christey and Rachel Goldstein race to save two young girls whose lives are at stake when they inadvertently become caught up in a drug smuggling ring.

  16. Episode 16

    Mother Love

    Jun 8, 1999

    A grisly case hits home when Jeff Hawker's wife, Gail, becomes the target of a vicious serial rapist and killer.

  17. Episode 17

    I'm Home

    Jun 15, 1999

    Goldie faces every mother's worst nightmare when her son David becomes the victim of a brutal and vicious kidnapper.

  18. Episode 18

    The Drill

    Jun 22, 1999

    A burning body is found floating on a sail board in the harbour; Jack Christey recognises the work of a killer who is still in jail; did Christey convict the wrong man?

  19. Episode 19

    Green Light

    Jun 29, 1999

    A spate of armed hold-ups have Goldie and Jack chasing a robber dressed like a cowboy from the wild west.

  20. Episode 20

    Red Light

    Jul 6, 1999

    Our two Aussie heroes, Rachel Goldstein and Jack Christey, investigate the theft of valuable art work from a harbourside property owned by a once famous madam, Sadie the Scissors.

  21. Episode 21

    Can't Buy Me Love

    Jul 20, 1999

    While investigating the murder of a thief an his missing haul of black opals, Goldie and Christey stumble upon an unexpected love triangle.

  22. Episode 22

    Free as a Bird

    Jul 27, 1999

    When a young boy's dead body is found, Goldie and Jack have to prove who is responsible before an enraged local community exacts their own just on the main suspect.

  23. Episode 23

    Dangerous Encounters

    Aug 3, 1999

    Goldie and Jack are kidnapped and hunted like animals by a murderer who sees his victims as prey.

  24. Episode 24

    Force of Habit

    Aug 10, 1999

    Investigating the murder of a wealthy businessman and the apparent kidnap of his second wife, Jeff Hawker is reacquainted with a woman he once loved but lost to another man.

  25. Episode 25

    Shark Bait

    Aug 17, 1999

    When a man is taken by a shark in the harbour, the water police uncover a complex web of embezzlement, a faked death, underworld connections and a bizarre betrayal.

  26. Episode 26

    A Day at the Office

    Aug 31, 1999

    What starts as another ordinary day at the office ends in the death of a Goldie a much loved rat.

  27. Episode 27

    Kaddish

    Sep 7, 1999

    The surviving Rats swear revenge for their fallen comrade!

  28. Episode 28

    For Love or Money

    Sep 14, 1999

    Jack believes he has discovered the identity of Goldie's killer, but his only clue may just slip through his fingers.

  29. Episode 29

    Helter Skelter

    Sep 21, 1999

    Jack hands in his badge and turns vigilante in order to find Goldie's killer.

  30. Episode 30

    Friend or Foe

    Sep 28, 1999

    Friendships are tested when Mick Reilly's best mate becomes embroiled in a murder investigation.

  31. Episode 31

    Mr. Medium

    Oct 5, 1999

    Jack is forced into a deal with undercover cops when Detective Alex St Clare joins the rats and there is a conflict of interest in a murder investigation.

  32. Episode 32

    New Kid on the Block

    Oct 12, 1999

    Jack fights to save the life of an undercover cop, Alex St Clare whom he suspects is emotionally involved with her target.