Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001.
Water Rats (Season 4)
Fair Cop (Episode 1)
Writer: Amanda Higgs
Air date: 1999-02-16
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
A Woman of Substance (Episode 2)
Writer: Denise Morgan
Air date: 1999-02-23
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: When a man is nailed to a tree by his neighbour, Holloway and Goldie discover his wife has vanished.
Double Blind (Episode 3)
Writer: Tim Pye
Air date: 1999-03-02
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Cut off Point (Episode 4)
Writer: Chris McCourt
Air date: 1999-03-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: When a gender-specific piece of anatomy is washed up on the beach, Holloway and Goldie investigate.
In the Family Way (Episode 5)
Writer: Tony Morphett
Air date: 1999-03-16
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Santiago: Rain 27 (Episode 6)
Writer: Andrew Kelly
Air date: 1999-03-23
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
End Game (Episode 7)
Writer: Tim Pye
Air date: 1999-04-06
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Holloway and Goldie's partnership is shaken when a third detective, Michael Reilly, is assigned to the Water Police.
Tomorrow Never Comes (Episode 8)
Writer: Ted Roberts
Air date: 1999-04-13
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: The death of a friend and a forgotten dream prompt Frank Holloway to farewell the Rats.
Goes with the Territory (Episode 9)
Writer: Anne Brooksbank
Air date: 1999-04-20
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Fish out of Water (Episode 10)
Writer: Adam Todd
Air date: 1999-04-27
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Good Times and Adventures (Episode 11)
Writer: Margaret Wilson
Air date: 1999-05-04
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Michael Reilly and Goldie have to go undercover at a well-known swingers' haunt to coax a confession out of some murderers.
Blood Relations (Episode 12)
Writer: Chris Hawkshaw
Air date: 1999-05-11
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Detective Michael Reilly's friendship with madam Susie Abromovich results in them both being taken hostage by an armed robber.
Dial C for Cop (Episode 13)
Writer: Tim Pye
Air date: 1999-05-18
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Gavin Sykes is taken hostage by a young man with a desire to be a cop for a day.
Quad Squad (Episode 14)
Writer: Ray Harding
Air date: 1999-05-18
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Unauthorised Entry (Episode 15)
Writer: Anne Brooksbank
Air date: 1999-06-01
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Mother Love (Episode 16)
Writer: Denise Morgan
Air date: 1999-06-08
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A grisly case hits home when Jeff Hawker's wife, Gail, becomes the target of a vicious serial rapist and killer.
I'm Home (Episode 17)
Writer: Tony Morphett
Air date: 1999-06-15
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Goldie faces every mother's worst nightmare when her son David becomes the victim of a brutal and vicious kidnapper.
The Drill (Episode 18)
Writer: Tony Morphett
Air date: 1999-06-22
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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?
Green Light (Episode 19)
Writer: Peter Gawler
Air date: 1999-06-29
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A spate of armed hold-ups have Goldie and Jack chasing a robber dressed like a cowboy from the wild west.
Red Light (Episode 20)
Writer: Peter Gawler
Air date: 1999-07-06
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Can't Buy Me Love (Episode 21)
Writer: Alexa Wyatt
Air date: 1999-07-20
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: While investigating the murder of a thief an his missing haul of black opals, Goldie and Christey stumble upon an unexpected love triangle.
Free as a Bird (Episode 22)
Writer: Margaret Morgan
Air date: 1999-07-27
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Dangerous Encounters (Episode 23)
Writer: Denise Morgan
Air date: 1999-08-03
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Goldie and Jack are kidnapped and hunted like animals by a murderer who sees his victims as prey.
Force of Habit (Episode 24)
Writer: Andrew Kelly
Air date: 1999-08-10
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Shark Bait (Episode 25)
Writer: Michael Miller
Air date: 1999-08-17
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
A Day at the Office (Episode 26)
Writer: John Banas
Air date: 1999-08-31
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: What starts as another ordinary day at the office ends in the death of a Goldie a much loved rat.
Kaddish (Episode 27)
Writer: John Banas
Air date: 1999-09-07
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: The surviving Rats swear revenge for their fallen comrade!
For Love or Money (Episode 28)
Writer: Tim Pye
Air date: 1999-09-14
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Jack believes he has discovered the identity of Goldie's killer, but his only clue may just slip through his fingers.
Helter Skelter (Episode 29)
Writer: Tim Pye
Air date: 1999-09-21
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Jack hands in his badge and turns vigilante in order to find Goldie's killer.
Friend or Foe (Episode 30)
Writer: Elizabeth Packett
Air date: 1999-09-28
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Friendships are tested when Mick Reilly's best mate becomes embroiled in a murder investigation.
Mr. Medium (Episode 31)
Writer: Tony Morphett
Air date: 1999-10-05
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
New Kid on the Block (Episode 32)
Writer: Tony Morphett
Air date: 1999-10-12
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Jack fights to save the life of an undercover cop, Alex St Clare whom he suspects is emotionally involved with her target.

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