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City Homicide Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
18 Episodes 2009 - 2009
Episode 1
The Money Shot
42 mins
Tabloid photographer Dale Williamson is shot to death after witnessing and photographing a murder. Duncan comes back to work. When Duncan and Simon go to inform the wife she is in labor and Duncan delivers the baby. Williamson's agent and solicitor is attacked while looking for the photographs.
Episode 2
Meet and Greet
43 mins
There's new blood in the State Police's most distinguished department. Meet DSC Allie Kingston. A fast thinking, fast acting, no nonsense cop. But not everyone's impressed. A man is violently raped and stabbed to death. Clues lead to a dating agency he'd signed up with. Could one of these seeking singles be scoping out more than true love? Homicide's latest recruit will be put to the test as the team track a lonely-hearts killer. Going pace-for-pace with Simon, Allie hits the ground running. But when you act first and think later, you're bound to ruffle a few feathers.
Episode 3
Chop Shop
43 mins
A teen car booster is bashed, shot and dumped in an empty lot. Is it simply a case of him stealing the wrong car? When his associate is found with key evidence linked to a constable's murder, the team realise they could have more than a coincidence on their hands. While Homicide delves into a subculture of car boosting and vehicle re-birthing, they also face interference from Serious Crime's Detective Superintendent Gary Beck. He's a copper cleared of past corruption charges, but Matt's not convinced he's squeaky clean.
Episode 4
The First Stone
44 mins
A missing toddler. A despondent taskforce. A case handed over to Homicide when all hope is lost. This is no longer a lost babe they're searching for. This is now a murder investigation. A set of circumstances that seems to insist that we draw certain conclusions. We mustn't do that. We have to remain open to all possibilities. Two young boys are seen leading a toddler away. They want to play rough, see what happens, until it's all too late. A police force and the general public left with a terrible sense of déjà vu. The challenge for the team is sorting through the white lies, the pre-conceptions and a lack of reliable witnesses. No matter what, they can't and won't jump to conclusions. Even if this does feel like history repeating.
Episode 5
Thai Take Away
46 mins
Derek Hislop. A harmless, lonely guy willing to do anything for the right girl. So why would someone go to the extremes of torturing him to death - with a branding iron? What did he do for love and why did it cost him his life? Homicide is drawn into the dark world of sex-slave trading, where intimidation guarantees silence. When Derek's girlfriend is found beaten, bound and gagged, the team must break through the circle of fear to uncover the cruel hand behind the scenes. The return of journalist Kim Charlton causes tension between new guy DSC Nick Buchanan and Matt. Journos and cops have different motives when seeking the truth, and certainly different methods. Nick sides with Kim when she proposes a risky plan, but will her strategy put more lives in danger?
Episode 6
The Confession
42 mins
Has Stanley Wolfe always been a good cop? Somehow this by the book Senior Sergeant is connected to the deaths of three people. The team want to stand by their Sarge but what isn't he telling them? A double homicide. A husband shot dead. A wife using her last breath to relay an important clue. As the team work fast for a break, DSS Wolfe comes to realise he isn't entirely impartial. He knows the victims and the accused. Needing time to figure out his next move, Stanley enlists newest members Nick and Allie to do an under-the-table investigation, causing friction amongst the team. What information is Stanley covering up? What has he spent seventeen years trying to forget?
Episode 7
Little Big Man
45 mins
A disgraced jockey ends his life with a bullet. Was the shame of cheating too much, or is this more than a simple suicide? Odds on where there's horse racing and illegal activities, there's Homicide's old foe Max McKenzie. Could this be the team's chance to finally put him away?
Episode 8
Time of Your Life
45 mins
Backpackers. Kids who've shed their skin of responsibility and embraced the hedonistic life. Each of them wanting to become someone different, do something different, but does that mean forgetting the value of human life? Did one of these reckless travellers go too far and become a killer? Interpersonal relationships in the team are tested as Detective Superintendent Bernice Waverley returns to Homicide and asserts herself, particularly over new girl, Allie Kingston. Matt on the other hand discovers a personal link to the case, upping the ante to find the killer fast.
Episode 9
Diggers
46 mins
An old Digger bashed to death. Was it a burglary gone wrong? In a community populated by haves and have-nots, could this pensioner have been the unlucky target of a desperate thief? But who would stoop so low to kill a pensioner just for a few valuables? Or maybe someone else is out to gain from this war hero's fall? When a second burglary and death occur in the same suburb, Homicide examines the connections and discovers a community shrouded in secrets and lies. A tip-off points the finger at a junkie, but just how desperate is this kid to pay for his addiction? Homicide find themselves under great pressure to solve these cases. And as they start to question the blurred line between self-defence, murder and self-preservation, they realise there's more to these two deaths than meets the eye.
Episode 10
Blood Trail
45 mins
Homicide is running an investigation where they have to track corpses, suspects, and the lives of victims unknown. When they discover the identities of the victims, could it simply be a case of wrong place/wrong time?
Episode 11
Hot House
46 mins
A 14-year-old maths genius plus a murdered maths tutor equals a complicated crime that has Homicide reaching for the textbooks. Mysterious equations scrawled across the victim's body pose a question that only the killer can answer. Maths whiz Liam Neades is sheltered from a normal childhood, but does that make him a killer? When his estranged older sister turns out to have a unique connection to the victim, suspicion falls on the family. Until a second murder presents the team with a whole new problem to solve. With Liam's upbringing touching a nerve, Allie struggles to stay objective. As her anger towards the family increases, so does Waverley's frustration with the detective's choices.
Episode 12
Baker's Dozen
46 mins
What initially seemed like unrelated disappearances has now landed in Homicide's lap after a potential connection is spotted by Missing Persons Detective Victoria Oakley. Digging deeper into the missing women's lives, Homicide uncovers conflicting evidence that could make or break the case.
Episode 13
Smokescreen
46 mins
A dramatic confession on live television. A violent and professional shooting of a truck driver in broad daylight. When Homicide gets drawn into the world of dirty tobacco, it's going to be a hard slog to smoke out the true players. The illegal importation and distribution of tobacco is big business and those responsible will do whatever it takes to keep the money pouring in. Teaming up with Customs Agent Jack Ferguson, the crew confront hitmen, dodgy truck operators and reluctant witnesses to solve this crime. Customs and Homicide haven't always got along but Jarvis' long-standing friendship with Ferguson will ensure a smooth collaboration this time around. However, the reunion digs up some unresolved pain for tough guy Jarvis. Meanwhile, Duncan proposes a risky plan to flush out the hitmen and nail the person responsible for two deaths.
Episode 14
Mission Statement
44 mins
The Homicide team look into the hit-and-run death of Yvette Simpson after a person comes forward some weeks later and says that she was intentionally hit by the car. The case leads them to the police union and a subsequent investigation by the public standards committee which brings Bernice back in contact with Michael Mellor who brought corruption charges before her previously. Can they work together to find Yvette's killer?
Episode 15
Dead Weight
45 mins
Tabitha Mailer tried everything to lose weight. Her latest effort was Easyshake - a quick fix that became a quick kill when she swallowed a laced dosage. Her violent and unnecessary death leads Homicide to a small Health Food Store with a big problem. Society has long preyed on the hopes and insecurities of overweight women, but what if your loved ones are making a profit from your pain? A con man has found a way to exploit the vulnerabilities of these women but has he stooped to murder to cover his tracks? Homicide's investigation soon expands to incorporate weight-loss groups, disgruntled employees and spurned women. With money and self-image at the heart of the case, there's sure to be passion behind the murder - but is it anger or love driving the killer?
Episode 16
Big Bang Theory
44 mins
A bomb blast rips through an ATM, destroying a crowded shopping strip and taking the lives of three innocents. Are they collateral damage in a heist gone wrong? Or has this messy act been designed with a specific target in mind? The victims are a Credit Union employee who made some bad financial calls, the wife of a crim and an unknown baby. Three unrelated strangers, resulting in an endless trail of suspects. Careless thieves are the obvious perps in these unnecessary deaths. But something isn't adding up, and the team struggles to deduce intent and motive. The bombing investigation must be put aside by Duncan and Matt when they are pulled onto another Homicide. A John Doe, brutally asphyxiated and stuffed into a bag. So badly decomposed that not even fingerprints can be found. Finding an identity for the victim is the first step but will this raise more questions than it answers?
Episode 17
In Wolf's Clothing
46 mins
A frantic 000 call. Two masked men have ripped through a suburban home, searching for something, shooting the father and raping the mother, with their six-year-old son the only witness. The mother refuses to tell Homicide anything useful, leaving the young child, who communicates mainly by way of his toy monkey Alfie, the only reliable witness. But when Social Services refuses to let Homicide interrogate him, the case is looking pretty useless. Extensive photos of the pair may bring the truth to the table. The mother was lying about something, it seems. Was she raped? Did her son really see the shooting? And who really did kill her husband? Lies surround her, but can DSC Mapplethorpe solve this case on fact, not lies?
Episode 18
Whistleblower
43 mins
After discovering that Simon didn't sign his gun into the gun safe before he went on holiday Bernice asks Claudia to do a covert investigation on Simon to check his stability on the job. Meanwhile, the team investigate the death and dumping of a council worker in a submerged car and find links to a housing estate on contaminated soil and a private investigator who was silenced. The investigation leads Simon to be suspended after the alleged culprit falls from his building.
