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Rake Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2018 - 2018
Episode 1
Greene v The World
54 mins
Cleaver Greene is now a Senator and though his new position with more responsibilities and power, allow him an opportunity to make a difference, his habits from days gone past are hard to overcome. As the Senator reacts to his noisy neighbors in his special Cleaver like way, he adds new enemies to the already long list of haters. At supper with pregnant Missy, the Doc, and Nicole, an old foe lead him to question his platform to do nothing, and makes him want to make a positive difference. But his new found desire to make the world a better place, gets sidetracked by a visit from the Secretary of Defense from the US and the request to "party like it's 1999!"
Episode 2
Greene v The United States
53 mins
Incriminating multimedia and a missing US Defence Secretary puts Cleaver firmly in the sights of the US Secret Service as it comes to light that the suspected terrorist attack may have been caused by something much more benign. Awaking from the debauchery of the night before, Cleaver (Richard Roxburgh) is faced with an overdosed party goer and a missing US Defence Secretary, Linus Potemkin (Anthony LaPaglia), who, in the throes of the party, has taken a happy snap of his genitalia and sent it to several leaders of the free world. Assisted by his allegiant (if not Machiavellian) COMCAR driver Jakub (Jacek Koman), Cleaver is midway through getting medical assistance for one of the partiers, when the Secret Service abduct him to find out the whereabouts of the Defence Secretary. Framed for the sexting in a Secret Service cover up, Cleaver fights to clear his name, while the Prime Minister, Angela Sway (Helen Thomson) and Minister for Homeland Security Gareth Morrow (William McInnes) work to placate an increasingly hostile Asian Security delegation. Encouraged to get out of town for a while by Leader of the Government in the Senate (and Cal's half-brother) Joe McGregor (Mark Mitchinson), Cleaver joins the Primary Produce Sub- Committee, and he and his Chief of Staff Nicole (Kate Box) literally go on a milk run. Now a single mother, Nicole has enlisted her mother Maria (Marta Kaczmarek) to help her with childcare, using the Senatorial offices as a working creche. With Linus located and on his way to China, a deal is done to make incriminating multimedia disappear - just as it comes to light that the noxious gas explosion at New Parliament House was not a terrorist attack - but in fact a faulty flange causing a lethal mix of effluent and bleach to combust.
Episode 3
Evans v Greene
57 mins
After mislaying his suit at a fancy-dress party Cleaver is not only forced to do the walk of shame, but to speak to the House about banking - dressed as a zebra; and he becomes the prime suspect in an assassination attempt. After attending a fancy-dress party, Cleaver wakes in reporter Caitlin Farquhar's (Sara Wiseman) bed to discover that, not only has he mislaid his suit, he has lost his head. Forced to do the walk of shame through the streets of Canberra, Cleaver now has to speak in the House about banking - dressed as a zebra. With his Chief of Staff Nicole (Kate Box) frantically trying to find a correlation between banks and the national symbol of Botswana, in the Senate Cleaver names and shames a large investment bank and calls for a boycott. High on his perceived success, it's not until his account is closed and all banking facilities refused that Cleaver realises the ramifications of his speech and starts a line of credit with his COMCAR driver Jakub (Jacek Koman) to make ends meet - whilst also availing himself of all the free meals on offer to Parliamentarians. Meanwhile, Wendy (Caroline Brazier) is invited to Canberra to join a new mental health initiative at the personal behest of the Health Minister - something she is delighted to do to distance herself from the 'joys' of living with Missy (Adrienne Pickering) and her overzealous mothering of Winsome. When an assassination attempt is made on Senator Penny Evans (Jane Turner) as she's staging a protest against Cleaver, he becomes the prime suspect and is forced to do a deal with Gareth Morrow (William McInnes) to save his political career. And with the citizenship debacle claiming another resignation, Cleaver and Penny are pitted against each other to replace the Senate President. However, Cleaver falls for her masterful spin and then fails dismally in outing her as a bald-faced liar.
Episode 4
Gold and Greene v Red
55 mins
A new PM is sworn in on the eve of Anzac Day, and Cleaver is served with a summons in the defamation case Evans vs Greene ahead of a heated debate over the sell-off of the Aussie ice cream icon - the Oz Ripple. Out with the old and in with the new as yet another Prime Minister is sworn in on the eve of Anzac Day. Cleaver (Richard Roxburgh) receives more BuzzStay guests, just as he is being served with a summons in the defamation case: Evans vs Greene. With Penny Evans' (Jane Turner) approval ratings soaring as she leads the charge to save Aussie ice cream icon - The Oz Ripple - from Chinese ownership, Cleaver uses Nicole's (Kate Box) recollection of deeply personal memories as his own and causes an interoffice meltdown. However, David Potter (Matt Day) gets to the heart of the matter revealing that three ministers received 'gifts' in return for their support of the sale - resulting in one resignation and two others fighting to maintain their seats. Under the misapprehension she's to be Cleaver's new Press Secretary, Missy (Adrienne Pickering) and baby Winsome have moved to Canberra, and in with him, forcing Cleaver to move media advisor Frank (Jim Daly) not so much on, as up. Presenting a school science award, Cleaver becomes enamoured with the very intelligent and charming international climate science advocate Li-Ming Wu (Tasneem Roc), who is well out of his league. Meanwhile Cal (Damien Garvey) is fighting battles of his own as Caitlin Farquhar (Sara Wiseman) is appointed co-host of his show, whilst his wife Jane (Sonia Todd) is determined to fulfil her own political ambitions by filling a seat made vacant in the House. However, the new PM has his own ideas and offers Cal the seat - complete with ministerial portfolio.
Episode 5
Greene v Diaries
55 mins
There's another new Prime Minister - Indigenous Liberal Greg Peters has arisen to lead the country with his own agenda; just as there's panic in the Capital as ministerial diaries are to made public - and Cal's upstaged by a pig. It's a new week and a new Prime Minister - this time Indigenous Liberal Greg Peters (Tony Briggs) has come to the fore to lead the country - complete with his own agenda to right the errors of history in forming a treaty. With no shortage of people with personal problems, Wendy's (Caroline Brazier) practice is up and running, she's now seeing more than a few pollies - including David Potter (Matt Day). But with ministerial diaries now to be published, each of them has to come up with inventive ways to diaries their time - not least of all Cleaver (Richard Roxburgh). Meanwhile, desperate to get to a Souths NRL game Cleaver is trapped by a traffic accident which he bills as a meeting with emergency health care professionals. And then on arrival at the game Cleaver is cornered by a faintly familiar overzealous gaming producer and corporate box host Bevan Lee (Ewan Leslie), and in his haste to not miss a minute of the action, agrees to side with questionable policy, adding credence to the adage 'there's no such thing as a free lunch'. Whilst setting old records straight with the political media, Cal (Damien Garvey) is upstaged by a pig - potentially of his half-brother Joe's (Mark Mitchinson) doing. Discovering they're sworn enemies, Cleaver plays Cal and Joe against each other, but when Cal busts a group of politicians colluding over diary entries, he proves he is back to his old ways .
Episode 6
Greene v The Unflushables
56 mins
After a 21-week term Peters is out as PM and Morrow is in; Cleaver's own plumbing issues shed light on the true cause of the explosion at Parliament House; and an intended hit gone wrong results in a Senate resignation. After a short 21-week term Greg Peters (Tony Briggs) is out and Minister for Homeland Security, Gareth Morrow (William McInnes) is the new Prime Minister. Meanwhile, Cleaver (Richard Roxburgh) has more than he bargained for with his new BuzzStay guest - an octogenarian with the feminine wiles and sexual appetite of a twenty-year-old. When she makes an extraordinarily large deposit, there is a drainage Armageddon causing both an ambulance and a plumber to be called - ultimately leading to Cleaver discovering the true cause of the explosion at Parliament House. Immersing himself financially further with his cat-loving politically astute driver Jakub (Jacek Koman), roles are reversed with Cleaver now in the driver's seat. A Polish dinner takes on a life of its own, and Cleaver finds himself in bed with Nicole's (Kate Box) sister Nadia (Celia Pacquola) - and discovers a lot about Jakub and his various prowesses; and Nicole to her horror, discovers she is not her father's daughter. In her new job Wendy (Caroline Brazier) is inadvertently uncovering more than she ever wanted to know about those in government; whilst Cal (Damien Garvey) is told a few home truths about the painting he and his brother are fighting over, and then steals it. Despite an attempt to settle the Evans vs Greene defamation, it goes to court with Penny Evans (Jane Turner) up to her old tricks, so Roy (Michael Denkha) is employed to arrange a hit on Cleaver - When the shooting goes wrong, it's revealed that the hitman Col (Steve Le Marquand) can attest to the fact that Penny hired her own hit - forcing her to both drop the suit and resign from the Senate. When the Prime Minister realises he has crossed paths with Missy (Adrienne Pickering) in her former guise, he tries to buy her silence, but she deftly turns the tables and demands his.
Episode 7
Greene v Mid-Winter
57 mins
With war looming in the South China Sea, a cabinet reshuffle on the cards and the plumbers handled 'with extreme prejudice' - the move back to New Parliament House is now firmly on the agenda - but not before the Mid-Winter Ball, and a feud is buried for political gain. The move back to New Parliament House is now firmly on the agenda, and a monumental Government cover-up sees the plumbers handled with 'extreme prejudice'. When it comes to light that the Mid-Winter Ball venue is double booked with a wedding, Prime Minister Morrow (William McInnes) decrees that the political social event of the year takes precedence over all other bookings - without knowing that the wedding in question is for the Chinese Premier's cousin's son. In a bid to stave off an international incident and the threat of war, both events are to go ahead - side by side - When it becomes apparent that Frank (Jim Daly) has publicised Cleaver's (Richard Roxburgh) BuzzStay revenue stream in all the wrong places, Cleaver finally does what he should have done all along and sacks him - before going on the offensive and declaring it 'fake news'. But when Frank is found dead at a bus stop, Cleaver is greatly affected by the loneliness of his passing, and the even lonelier funeral - and rises with an impromptu heartfelt eulogy. With a cabinet reshuffle on the cards, factions rally until it becomes apparent that the two feuding brothers - Cal (Damien Garvey) and Joe (Mark Mitchinson) McGregor have to put their differences, (and a painting), aside and join forces in a bid to topple the Prime Minister - in the middle of the Mid-Winter festivities. Left to his own devices, Cleaver gate-crashes the Chinese wedding only to discover that the bride is his secret crush Li-Ming Wu (Tasneem Roc).
Episode 8
Greene v The Reckoning
58 mins
Morrow has been toppled and, aided and abetted by his half-brother Joe, Cal McGregor is now Prime Minister. Following an international incident and a monumental cover up, will the capitol implode whilst our heroes chose to explode? After 15 weeks in office, Gareth Morrow (William McInnes) has been toppled and, aided and abetted by his half-brother Joe (Mark Mitchinson), Cal McGregor (Damien Garvey) is now Prime Minister. Meanwhile, a stolen kiss with the bride of the Chinese Premier's cousin's son causes an international incident all of Cleaver's (Richard Roxburgh) doing. When Cleaver accidentally lets 'Princess' escape, a devastated Jakub (Jacek Koman) calls in Cleaver's now substantial debt or he loses a finger. Meanwhile, Cleaver is evicted with just an hour's notice for subletting his apartment - and with nowhere else to go, Missy (Adrienne Pickering) and Winsome turn up at Wendy's (Caroline Brazier) to find that Fuzz (Keegan Joyce) has returned from Silicon Valley after being dumped by his older lover and former boss Claudia. Arrested, Cleaver is charged with the fraudulent use of government property for personal financial gain as a result of Nicole's (Kate Box) mother's extremely successful creche. Cleaver enlightens David Potter (Matt Day) that sloppy maintenance was made to look like a terrorist attack for political purposes - information he can use in return for defending Cleaver in the creche case, with a reliable old enemy - Hunter (Miriam Margolyes) - to defend Nicole and her mother. With the sudden passing of the Chief Justice, Potter has added weight with the Judge (Chris Haywood), as he is not only chairing the Senate Committee looking into the cause of the explosion - but is also leading the Advisory Committee on Judicial appointments. Fearing Cleaver knows too much, Cal and Joe, together with Jack (Tasma Walton), hatch an explosive plan in a further cover up with 'extreme prejudice'. Is this curtains for Cleaver Greene?