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13 Episodes 2011 - 2011
Episode 1
44 mins
It was the 1920s, Sydney, Australia and the gutters were running with blood as the underworld exploded in violence. Vice in the harbour city was dominated by two powerful women - Tilly Devine, a sharp-tongued cockney who ran a chain of 40 brothels, and her bitter rival Kate Leigh, an Aussie battler who'd built an empire out of sly grog, thieving and cocaine. But there was only room for one woman at the top.
Episode 2
43 mins
The true story of glamorous crime queens Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh, and their deadly battle to control Sydney's underworld in the 1920s.
Episode 3
44 mins
Sid 'Kicker' Kelly recovers from the vicious knife attack but refuses to talk to Detective Bill Mackay, preferring to work his own brutal brand of street justice on Norman and Razor Jack. Tilly, Kate and Phil hold a war council to stop Norman and restore order to Sydney.
Episode 4
43 mins
Furious over Tilly's decision to kill Norman Bruhn, Kate sparks an all-out war by recruiting Tilly's prostitutes to sell cocaine. Snowy Cutmore returns to Melbourne for a fateful showdown with crime boss Squizzy Taylor. Fresh from his first kill, Frank 'The Little Gunman' Green wins the ultimate prize - Nellie Cameron. But can he keep her?
Episode 5
43 mins
Phil Jeffs faces the hangman's noose for a scandalous crime that has all of Razorhurst guessing.
Episode 6
43 mins
The rivalry between Kate Leigh and Phil Jeffs reaches boiling point, leading to a legendary street battle between their rival gangs. Jeffs is determined to put Kate and Tilly out of business by poisoning their cocaine supply and slashing their workers. The police create Australia's first drug squad to fight the deadly cocaine epidemic, and Kate starts an affair with a sexy young gangster, angering her faithful lieutenant Wally.
Episode 7
43 mins
With Kate Leigh in prison, Tilly devises a radical new strategy for taking control of Razorhurst. Meanwhile, Wally faces an uphill battle to protect Kate's business and family interests while she is in prison. Dashing nightclub singer Eric Connolly pledges his undying love to Nellie Cameron, with tragic results. Black Aggie is publicly humiliated in a bar-room brawl with Nellie but finds love from an unlikely source.
Episode 8
43 mins
Black Aggie strikes up a romance with Greg "the Gunman" Gaffney and gives-up prostitution. But she's still dirty on Nellie for putting her out of work, so she fronts her with a cut-throat razor. Frank Green intervenes and gives Aggie thrice as many cuts and bruises than she started out with. Greg Gaffney swears that he'll kill Frank Green in revenge, but when he gets the chance he only manages to shoot Green in the shoulder. Because Gaffney is Kate Leigh's man and Green is on Tilly's side, Wally Tomlinson is anxious to avoid a gang war. But Gaffney is intent on finishing the job. He makes for the Devine mansion in Maroubra where Green's hiding out, but what follows is not a stand-off between the two gunmen of Darlinghurst. Instead, Big Jim steps up and kills Greg Gaffney with his .303 rifle. Tilly figures, what better time to prove they're number one than when they're already ahead? So Frank Green recruits all the muscle he can find and Wally and the rest of Kate's boys have no choice but to answer their call. The bloody battle between Kate and Tilly's men became known as the Kellett St riot. Bruce Higgs ends up with more scars than Frankenstein and leaves Razorhurst for good, meaning Kate's lost not one but two men from her side. Big Jim gets off the Gaffney murder charge, but the celebrations in the Devine camp are short-lived; no sooner than Tilly tells Jim that they're having a baby, she miscarries.
Episode 9
45 mins
Fresh out of prison, Kate Leigh puts a bounty on the heads of Tilly's husband, Big Jim Devine, and her chief henchman, Frank Green, as payback for the murder of Greg Gaffney and the razor attack on Bruce Higgs. In a pre-emptive reprisal Tilly vows to eliminate Kate's muscle before they eliminate hers. Meanwhile, Kate learns the truth about her son-in-law and is forced to take action that will drive her own daughter away.
Episode 10
43 mins
Charged with Barney Dalton's murder, Frank Green enters Long Bay Gaol to find rival Guido Calletti serving time as well, and the traditional fisticuffs over Nellie Cameron ensue. Back in Razorhurst, Wally Tomlinson recovers from his bullet wounds and is discharged from hospital, still determined to testify against Frank Green, no matter how hard Kate Leigh tries to persuade him otherwise. Meanwhile, Big Jim is desperate to hide his cowardice from the rest of Razorhurst, and Kate shoots to kill when she is the victim of a home invasion. At her lowest ebb, Kate receives an unexpected tonic when Eileen and new granddaughter Charlotte return to the Riley Street fold.
Episode 11
43 mins
Tilly's decision to visit London has dire consequences for her business and marriage. With Tilly in London, Kate moves to seize control of the drug trade.
Episode 12
45 mins
Big Jim faces the noose over the attempted murder of his wife but at the 11th hour Tilly refuses to testify against her husband and the charges are dropped. The ultra-nationalist New Guard are proving such a danger to his government that Premier Jack Lang guarantees Bill Mackay the new title of NSW Police Commissioner if he can stamp them out. His wife having left him and taken the kids, Frank throws in his lot with Nellie and the pair try to escape Razorhurst for a new life in Queensland. Guido Calletti's ambitious plans to seize Kate's cocaine supply are forgotten when he and Frank clash over Nellie yet again.
Episode 13
50 mins
After a decade of gang warfare, Kate and Tilly have their final showdown. Phil Jeffs returns from exile and vows to drive Kate Leigh out of business. Frank and Guido fight to the death over the love of Nellie Cameron, and Razorhurst celebrates the grand opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.