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8 Episodes 2014 - 2014
Episode 1
55 mins
Cleaver Greene languishes in prison surrounded by enemies - Cal McGregor, Col and the Corella brothers, but also friends. Many former colleagues from Macquarie Street and the bench are also guests of Her Majesty courtesy of corruption scandals. His cell-mate Mal fancies himself as more than a friend. A convicted murderer, he watches Cleaver's back - constantly. Cleaver even gets appearance work before the kangaroo court that metes out prison justice. But he needs all his cunning and a dose of luck to avoid assaults, protect his friends and find a way to outwit an appeals bench deliberately selected to keep him locked away forever. Cleaver might not be so keen on freedom if he knew what was happening in the outside world. Wendy has plans underway to finally move on from Cleaver and start a new life with Roger, whose sports medicine practice is thriving. Fuzz is making plans with his deeply Christian girlfriend Tara that will take him a long way from his father both physically and morally. Scarlet has taken over Cleaver's clients along with his assistant, Nicole, despite her being the mother of Barney's love child. Scarlet, Barney and Nicole have formed an uneasy menage, locked together by a challenge in Barney's life that would rock Cleaver to the core - if he knew. Scarlet and David are torn between love for each other and duties that make their affair impossible. David's tenuous grip on opposition leadership could not survive exposure, and he is the only thing standing between media and mining magnate Tikki Wendon and her monstrous casino slated for prime harbourside land. However, Tikki has an insurance plan involving a weak government, an aggressive merchant bank and former Attorney General, Cal McGregor as soon as he gets out of prison. Cleaver is better off not knowing Missy's biopic is about to hit cinema screens with a surprise casting choice. Nor discover Kirsty Corella's plans for him, or just how much trouble can be caused by a pair of coke-fuelled rogue traders, or a sexy drug and alcohol counsellor, or a Medicare scammer with a plate of special muffins. If Cleaver knew the avalanche of disasters set to fall on his nearest and dearest, he would probably prefer to stay inside.
Episode 2
54 mins
Armed with secret knowledge learned in prison Cleaver outsmarts the hanging judges on his appeal-bench, but life outside isn't all 'Vogue Living'. He is a legal pariah, jobless, homeless and phoneless, and while he has been inside, his world has been sliding towards chaos.
Episode 3
56 mins
Luck can turn on the toss of a coin. The humiliation of Missy's film (with a famous actor as Cleaver) leads to a drug-fuelled casino binge with young traders Horny and Paul, and enough winnings to buy a share in a restaurant. At Malcolm's funeral Cleaver meets Mal's sister Felicity, a honey blonde with an acid wit; and baulks at being Scarlet's junior in the case of a gambling-addicted client.
Episode 4
57 mins
The seemingly random murder of a security guard at Tikki Wendon Enterprises brings Felicity back into Cleaver's life. However, if her friends are not the world's least competent murderers, they are definitely the least co-operative defendants. Cleaver knows he needs Barney, despite everything that's happening in Barney's life; and he can't say goodbye to Wendy or Missy.
Episode 5
54 mins
One man's meat is another man's misery. Cleaver (played by Richard Roxburgh) is retained for a low rent tawdry sex offence. Royal Commissions that have decimated David's (Matt Day) front bench mean that even barrel-bottom Cleaver Greene is getting briefs.
Episode 6
54 mins
Cleaver (played by Richard Roxburgh) is determined to win Felicity's (Jane Allsop) heart, but God has other ideas; wickedly nasty ideas that see Cleaver subjected to perhaps the worst relay race of humiliations he has ever faced. Roger (Martin Sacks) bans Cleaver from Wendy's (Caroline Brazer), and Fuzz (Keegan Joyce)has returned with a Congolese wife, a Cleaveresque attitude, and (according to the AFP) a suitcase full of stolen blood diamonds.
Episode 7
53 mins
Siege veteran Cleaver leads Wendy, Fuzz and Prue out of Roger's hostage crisis, but is accidentally shot in the buttock. The emergency at least brings Felicity and Missy to his side and the baton is passed.
Episode 8
57 mins
Something is seriously awry in Cleaver's world. His practice is booming. Barney is thriving. Kirsty has bought him out of the restaurant and he is falling deeply in love with Felicity who, despite herself, seems to reciprocate.