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26 Episodes 1997 - 1997
Episode 1
43 mins
Back on the job after having shot her fiancé, corrupt copper John "Knocker" Harrison dead, is Detective Rachel Goldstein, reacting snappily to being dubbed "Gunner Goldstein" by a colleague with an unhealthy interest in what it's like to kill someone. Dave McCall is at the receiving end of a spear from a booby-trapped sunken car loaded with stolen gold ingots. Goldie and Holloway investigate the bullion robbery while the Nemesis crew is assigned to supervise the training of a former Olympic rower turned prison inmate.
Episode 2
42 mins
When a light plane crashes in Sydney Harbour the divers have the task of pulling out the passengers while Frank and Rachel investigate the pilot. A gun-shy Goldie tries to come to terms with her demons. With Paul Mercurio as Les Johnson, Kym Wilson as Amanda White, Andrew James Mead as Garth Morris, Chris Parker as Marie Vincent, Bill Rutherford as Airport Official, Tove Petterson as Melanie Shields.
Episode 3
43 mins
When the owner of a shipping company is killed by a bomb down on the waterfront, the detectives are assigned to find out who is responsible. But feelings between Holloway and Goldie sour when he becomes involved with the wife of the dead man. Holloway insists she's a grieving widow, but the woman is on Goldie's list as a suspect. After failing to resuscitate a baby, Fiona resigns from the service deciding she is unable to trust her instincts following the discovery of the identity of the person responsible for the baby's death.
Episode 4
44 mins
Holloway's involvement with Jennifer Campbell, a suspect in her husband's murder, increases despite warnings from Goldie. Holloway becomes a target himself, but is he being threatened by the bomber, or from the Melbourne Detective obsessed with Jennifer himself? Holloway is forced to learn a bitter truth: that people are not necessarily what they seem. Hawker provides comfort to a woman who believes her soon-to-be ex-husband has sailed off with their son. New constable Tayler Johnson can't make inroads with her coworkers.
Episode 5
42 mins
Early on a rain-swept morning, the detectives are called out to a waterside warehouse where a distraught security guard has shot an escaping robber. The robber turns out to be a friend of Dave McCall who is d etermined to prove the guard a liar. Working alongside Superintendent Sarah Franklin, Hawker attempts to disprove negligence on the part of the Water Police in their handling of the search for two lost boaters.
Episode 6
43 mins
When a bomb goes off inside a waterfront restaurant, it is discovered the owners are being blackmailed. The detectives go undercover in the restaurant to try and learn who the extortionist is and it is Holloway who is given the task of delivering the bag of cash. In a tense operation, he criss-crosses the Harbour following the extortionist's instructions before making the final drop-off. But the extortionist is smarter than anyone thought and his capture isn't going to be simple. Tayler gets her first taste of action on the water before being relegated back to desk duty by Sergeant Blakemore.
Episode 7
44 mins
Goldie realises how little control parents have over the lives of their children when she and Holloway investigate the death of a 22-year-old girl at a party. Christina Lambert collapsed from a drug overdose at a fashion party, but why was this girl, who her friends deny was a drug user, taking amphetamines? It is up to Goldie and Holloway to find the answer and put a stop to any more deaths.
Episode 8
44 mins
As Tavita takes an early morning ferry ride to work, the ferry collides with a large fishing trawler. Tommy tries to control the panic, risking his own life to help passengers escape before the ferry sinks. In the aftermath of the disaster, Tayler unknowingly hands robbery proceeds back to a thief while Sykes looks into the life of his double who was killed in the crash and Goldie and Holloway try to ascertain who was at fault in the accident.
Episode 9
44 mins
Terry jeopardizes his career when he falls into bed with Gina Downie, a woman he rescues when her dive into a shipwreck goes wrong. Terry believes their rendezvous to be just another one-night stand, but she has more sinister intentions which culminate in a near fatal attack on Terry. Frank and Rachel try to solve the puzzle of a woman found floating in the harbor. Was she murdered or did she commit suicide?
Episode 10
42 mins
Tayler falls for the handsome Brett Boyce, an operator of a water taxi company, but becomes entangled in the conflict between Brett and his older brother Liam, who works for a rival business. The Nemesis crew are called upon to rescue a sixteen-year-old boy who is attempting to sail around the continent.
Episode 11
43 mins
Holloway tries to shift his relationship with Goldie to a more a personal footing, but his efforts are thwarted when an old friend calls her for help. Goldie goes undercover as a drug courier aboard an incoming yacht from Thailand but things go terribly wrong when her cover is blown and the desperate drug dealers kidnap her at gun point.
Episode 12
43 mins
Beneath its surface exists a playground for the murky underworld, a place of illicit rubbish dumps. pollution hazards, the remnants of huge drug hauls, and a graveyard of bodies from years of suicides, accidents and murders. That's the world of the WATER RATS, and elite bunch of 70 brave men and women guarding the harbour against all the elements that threaten to foul the blue waters. With the breathtaking actions stunts, thrilling races against time, chases across both waves and wharves, intrigue mystery, triumphs, heartbreak, love, lust and laughter, WATER RATS is a compelling drama from Southern Star and the Nine Network.
Episode 13
43 mins
A psychic tells Hawker she had a ""vision"" about a missing girl, and detectives are reluctantly brought on the case. Rachel establishes a rapport with the psychic but Holloway is skeptical, is she genuine or is she just after the $10 000 reward money being offered by the girls parents? Rachel meets a new man-and creates a new career for herself.
Episode 14
44 mins
The Nemesis crew hear gunshots coming from inside a yacht in the dead of night. Boarding the yacht they find a bloodbath; two dead bodies and a badly injured woman who makes a garbled statement about "the man in the moon" before dying. Holloway and Goldie investigate the shooter, a supposedly happily-married real estate agent who in fact, is leading a double life. Tavita's friendship with an elderly couple ends in tragedy.
Episode 15
44 mins
The detectives are called in to investigate when a young woman believed to have been stalked by an admirer called "Desperate Dave" is reported missing. Sykes, Tayler and Tavita attempt to outwit a couple of bag snatchers at Darling Harbour but their pursuit is halted when Tayler falls overboard. Hawker stumbles upon Helen and Tayler's relation when he confronts them after hearing rumours that the pair are involved intimately.
Episode 16
44 mins
The Water Police are called to a robbery scene where a quantity of fireworks were stolen off a barge. Just as they arrive at the scene, an explosion sends the owner and his assistant flying. As it turns out, one of the school kids seen running from the barge is Hawker's son. Will a policeman have to arrest his own son? Sykes loses his self-confidence when he is bashed and robbed. Frank gives Sykes a hard time before turning the other cheek.
Episode 17
44 mins
Rachel and her new man, Michael Jeffries are guests at a wedding on ""the Bounty"". the romantic setting is shattered when a body falls from the sails. Rachel puts her relationship with Michael on the line when she puts aside her persona and turn professional in her detective role. Frank and Rachel tries to solve the mystery of the dead body. An extortionist claims the killing is part of a planned terrorist attack on the Australian tourism industry. Gavin tracks down the man who stole his car.
Episode 18
44 mins
When a US Navy fleet cruises into Sydney Harbor over the Mardi Gras weekend the resources of the Water Police are stretched. Rachel and Holloway joins the boat crew in trying to keep order on the harbor as a flotilla of fanatical environmental protesters hinder the Navy's arrival. The weekend takes a violent turn when a teenager is found bashed in the Water Police car park. Livvy, the bar attendant, reveals she overheard five American sailors talking about harassing gays and a posse of off-duty Rats is organized to track them down. Rachel is offered a job in the security business.
Episode 19
43 mins
The body of a Melbourne woman is found mutilated at Sydney Harbor, taking detectives Frank Holloway and Rachel Goldstein to Melbourne to investigate. The womans sister and a shady King Street nightclub owner seems to know more than they are letting on. A man pulled from the sea by the Nemesis crew claims his boat was struck by a cargo ship, sending him and his still missing wife overboard.
Episode 20
44 mins
The investigation into the death of Melissa Davies continues, but the stakes are raised with the knowledge that her son, Jordan, is still alive.The question is why would these men want the child? Fearing that Jordan may have witnessed her mothers murder, the detectives are desperate to find him before he is killed. An eager young journalist following the Nemesis crew is more interested in Tayler than his story, but Sykes s overly co-operative in what he tells the reporter about his colleagues.
Episode 21
44 mins
In this episode, Rachel has difficulty adjusting to her new partner when Frank goes on an overseas attachment. Rachel and her new partner are thrown together to investigate a mysterious drowning. Constable Sam Bailey competes in a free dive competition.
Episode 22
44 mins
in this episode, a biker is gunned down in a harbor side park and Holloway, Tavita and Sykes has to investigate. The dive team is kept busy when they find packages of drugs floating in the harbor. Dave tries to ease a shaken constable Bailey back to work.
Episode 23
43 mins
Frank is investigated by Tony Brady of Internal Affairs after petty a criminal taken to the station for questioning accuses Frank of assaulting him while in custody. Rachel and Frank investigate a series of safe robberies in which evidence at the crime scenes all points to inside jobs. Taylor and Tavita find themselves looking after two precocious children when their parents are arrested.
Episode 24
43 mins
When Sam Jones is found murdered, Frank immediately becomes the prime suspect. Goldie and Holloway investigate the disappearance of a young barmaid last seen alive by Tayler in the company of her cab driver. With John Adam as Michael Jeffries, Kelly Dale as Sam Bailey, Blazey Best as Livvy Eaton, Richard Healy as Inspector Brady, Scott Salter as Det. Snr. Constable O'Brien, Michael Denka as Terry Brown, Taylor Owens as Mrs. Eaton, Ben Tari as Danny Blair, Judith Chaplin as Gloria, Jeremy Ball as Tarquin Patrick, John Walton as Police Diver,
Episode 25
43 mins
Holloway is charged with the murder of Sam Jones and suspended from police duties. Meanwhile, Goldie sets out to clear his name with a bit of help from her new partner - Sykes. Believing Frank is being set up by Melbourne crime figure Charlie Hayes to discredit him as a witness in Gary Travis's upcoming trial [see eps 45 and 46], Goldie sets out to locate Ronny Jefferson, a witness to the Melissa Davies murder, and the only other person whose evidence can convict Travis. Hearing Ronny relate a recent near fatal accident, Goldie places him in protective custody. The boat crew deal with a pair of jetskiers whose antics are threatening an endangered penguin species.
Episode 26
44 mins
Having discovered who killed Sam Jones, Holloway decides to set himself up as bait in an attempt to catch the killer. Goldie has an important decision to make regarding her future when Michael proposes - her lover or her partner. Police boats Nemesis and Harpy respond when a fishing boat capsizes.