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City Homicide Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 2010 - 2011
Episode 1
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!
43 mins
Simon is called before the Ethical Standards Department to answer charges on the serious injury of Sergio Mendez. Simon beats the charge eventually but his past comes back to haunt him when Harvey Pullman, a previous suspect, identifies Simon as the man who threatened him and he is subsequently suspended by DSS Blake. Later, Simon is found standing over the body of Harvey Pullman - he panics and calls Stanley. Meanwhile, the team investigate a drive-by shooting which kills an innocent bystander and investigate the original target - an engineering student at TAFE who has links to racist groups.
Episode 2
Good Cop, Bad Cop
43 mins
Stanley co-leads the investigation into Harvey Pullman's death alongside DSS Blake who has her own agenda against Simon. When Blake produces a witness who can put Simon at the murder scene it looks like Simon will be charged with murder unless the team can find another motive fast. Meanwhile, Nick is drawn back into an unsolved missing child case and begins to do another investigation into the circumstances of the child's disappearance.
Episode 3
Flight Risk
60 mins
The team investigate the rape and murder of a female executive but find their hands tied when they identify a suspect, Daniel Worthington, but who is due to leave Australia to take up an executive post in Kuwait in 48 hours. With time running out and all attempts failing in trying to catch him out Claudia puts herself in Worthington's path to bait him with near drastic consequences. Meanwhile, Bernice is promoted to Commander of Crime Division.
Episode 4
Protection
60 mins
The team investigate the execution of a reclusive figure and one of his two bodyguards and find a link to witness protection. But the surviving bodyguard is on a mission to find out who killed his friend and the team must find the killer before he does. Meanwhile, Matt and Emma's relationship becomes difficult and Matt refuses to deal with it.
Episode 5
Ratters
43 mins
The team investigate the death of a mortuary assistant and the disappearance of the body the mortuary van was carrying and discover a scan known as "ratting" where valuable items are stolen from the dead and fenced. Is this the reason why the young assistant was killed or was it something else he was involved in?
Episode 6
Last Seen
44 mins
The team investigate the discovery of the decomposed body of Naomi Bancroft nearly two years after her disappearance. Allie takes a personal interest in the case as her former mentor was the lead investigator on the case at the time of Naomi's disappearance. But the new investigation takes a number of twists and turns before it turns up a stalker of Naomi's who may hold a key to her killer. Meanwhile, Matt becomes frustrated at being asked by Emma to give up his job and move to France with her.
Episode 7
No Smoke
43 mins
When a suspected arsonist of an apartment block is brutally hanged, it seems an obvious act of retribution, an old-fashioned lynching. All the survivors wanted him dead. But which one did it? Or did they act in concert? And what if he wasn't the firebug? Did a furious lynch mob kill the wrong man?
Episode 8
In Harm's Way
43 mins
The team go on the trail of a vengeful father who has gone vigilante on thugs who got off with light sentences after the murder of his son. It comes to a stand-off between him, his son's killer and Detective Buchanan. Meanwhile, Emma and Matt split up after she decides to take a new promotion in France.
Episode 9
The Hit
43 mins
Disgraced former cop Gary Beck is executed at his mother's funeral but the subsequent follow-up investigation points to the intended target as Terry Jarvis. Terry is given round the clock surveillance after another attempt is made on his life. Duncan is given part of the surveillance but will he be able to protect Jarvis effectively due his past conflict with him over this deceased wife Claire.
Episode 10
Just Desserts
42 mins
To be a talented head chef is to be a modern celebrity. Everyone wants to be you, wants to love you, wants to kill you. When a famous head chef gets the chop, Homicide is faced with his melted corpse and a smorgasbord of suspects. This was not murder in cold blood. It was an angry, passionate, hate-fuelled act. This murderer knew their victim. But that doesn't narrow down the suspect pool; this star chef had a queue of people eager to take him down. Detective Senior Constable Rhys Levitt is young, confident, highly intelligent and has just joined Homicide. Rhys doesn't really need to be a team player to get the job done. But that's not how this crew works. To Jennifer's irritation, she cops the short straw in breaking this newbie in.
Episode 11
Pirates
42 mins
Pirating DVDs isn't hurting anyone, right? Try telling that to the private detective murdered to stop him investigating a piracy ring. Using teenagers to sell the product keeps the kingpins of the trade well sheltered from the cops. Pulling the wool over their parents' eyes is one thing, but will these kids run into trouble trying to protect their bosses in the face of a murder investigation? Jennifer becomes close to two boys who've been making some extra cash by selling the latest releases. Can she keep them safe long enough to catch a killer?
Episode 12
Tomato Can
42 mins
A K.O. turns into a D.O.A when up-and-coming boxer Curtis 'The Kid' Conlon suffers a blow in the ring that sends him to his death. Everyone wanted a chunk of The Kid's potential, so who would kill the golden goose? The team will have to adjust as a new Sergeant walks into Homicide. But this superior officer is no stranger to them. Matt Ryan has just gone up a step on the police ladder. His appointment is set to change the relationship between long-standing colleagues and mates.
Episode 13
Once Bitten
41 mins
In the right place at the right time? Maybe not. Off duty, Rhys Levitt is a witness to a robbery and chases after one of the fleeing suspects. Things turn nasty when Rhys is attacked and bitten by the young thug. This slip-up could cost Rhys his career and maybe even his life.
Episode 14
Twilight Zone
42 mins
Beaconslea Retirement Home: where residents can enjoy their twilight years in restful harmony. But this home is anything but retiring, with sexual trysts, sworn enemies and family feuds creating multiple motivations for the brutal murder of a resident: tossed down a flight of stairs and kicked to death. While Matt is familiar with the realities of elderly living via his father, this is Allie's first glimpse of a depressing future. But will her newly formed bond to one of the residents soften her stance? Meanwhile, Jennifer and Nick are forced to deal with an unexpected reminder of their secret past.
Episode 15
Reunion
42 mins
Jennifer and Nick are sent to investigate the murder of a young family, unaware they know the victims. Uncovering much more than mass murder, this investigation will shake the Homicide team to its very core.
Episode 16
Undercover
41 mins
Holed-up in a secret location, Detectives Jennifer Mapplethorpe and Nick Buchanan have been transformed into Trish and Wesley Claybourne, gun-runners for a terrorist organisation.
Episode 17
Gut Instinct
42 mins
The murder of the wife of a jewellery store owner points to an inside job gone wrong. And while the team search for an employee on the run, they must also contend with Sergeant Pete Copeland, an Armed Robbery cop who is used to doing whatever he likes - brute force and all - to get the results he wants. Rhys comes up with a left-of-centre theory that, to Matt's frustration, Rhys presented to Waverley before the rest of the team. And Pete Copeland's style of policing puts Matt and Jennifer's friendship to the test.
Episode 18
Killer Moves
42 mins
When a young woman is fatally mowed down by an out-of-control car, it's thought to be a tragic accident - the driver having apparently died behind the wheel. But as evidence suggest the driver was dead hours before the accident, Allie and Duncan find themselves investigating a mysterious double homicide. As the mystery deepens tensions rise between our own detectives. Even Duncan is starting to question Matt's leadership style. Rhys questions Allie's intense and almost punishing martial arts obsession and uncovers a secret from her past.
Episode 19
Ties That Bind
42 mins
Three gunshots shatter the Magistrate's Court, killing a union standover man moments before he was to reveal his criminal accomplices. For Duncan, this case will cause him to reach further back into his past than he has ever dared venture before.
Episode 20
Atonement
43 mins
Allie and Rhys investigate the brutal death of a charity worker and as their investigation unfolds they discover a revenge motive stretching back over 25 years. Meanwhile, Stanley tries to make a traffic violation go away for his daughter Stephanie but the arresting officer doesn't make things easy for him.
Episode 21
The Price of Love
42 mins
Jennifer has to make some important decisions, both professionally and personally, as the team investigates the savage murder of a beautiful young woman who can barely be identified. The case intensifies as the team meet an unusual suspect. Could greed have been this woman's killer?
Episode 22
Empowerment
42 mins
The strangling murder of a porn king is streamed on his own porn site. He left behind a trail of bitter former porn stars, as well as moralists on missions to shut him down. Is his murder an act of irony, to humiliate this man as he humiliated the women he photographed? Or is there a porn-addicted stalker out there? As the themes of female empowerment and sexual politics play out through the case, a surprise romance in the team of detectives threatens to destabilise Bernice Waverley's relationship with her nephew.
Episode 23
The Business of Fear
42 mins
A worker found impaled on a forklift leads the detectives to investigate illegal activities on the waterfront. Meanwhile, Matt struggles to rise to what could be his last challenge in the job. With David Field as Terry Jarvis, Nick Tate as Ted Mangus, Gary Waddell as Bruno Lilley, Marnie Reece-Wilmore as Bridget Mangus, Lee Mason as Justin Mangus, Daniel Purdy as Anthony Scanlon, Luke Ryan as Gideon Addison, Tim Sullivan as Keith Healey [sic], Shane Nagle as Bob Lee, Ruby Bouhadana as Shelley Mangus, Reg Roordink as Merv Mason, Scott Parmeter as Superintendent Moyle; Stunts: Roy Edmund, Chris Weir, Nicole McDonald, Szumai Anderson, Russell Allan.
Episode 24
Secret Love
42 mins
A young Muslim Woman is found dead in a park with mysterious numbers written on her forehead. Detectives have several suspects all with motive and opportunity, but the case is complicated by religion, arranged marriages, and traditions. Ally and Rhys's relationship is discovered at the office and leads Bernice to make an ultimatum.
