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The Best Episodes of Blue Heelers Season 10

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 1 - Firebrands (1)
    7.4/10(11 votes)

    #1 - Firebrands (1)

    S10:E1

    There is a total fire ban. A frustrated PJ is seduced by Jo one night, while - in the other room - Ben gets progressively drunker. Later, as Jo and PJ lie awake, they smell smoke and realise the house is on fire. After rescuing Ben, they flee. While they recover at the hospital, Jonesy arrives and tells them that all their belongings are destroyed. Ben claims an intruder knocked him out, so an arson squad is called. Meanwhile, Tess and Jonesy fight over her new marriage to Dr. Carmichael. At the remains of their house, PJ finds a photo frame with Maggie in it, and pockets it but doesn't tell Jo. The arson squad discovers that it wasn't arson but a single candelabra - exactly what Ben had going. Another fire has broken out, possibly started from the fire at PJ's The 'hero' who entered PJ's house after the fire, Wayne Bayliss, is considered a suspect, particularly when a driptorch and a scrapbook of news articles on fires is found at his home. The fire gets progressively worse and Jo, Be

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  2. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 2 - Firebrands (2)
    8.4/10(10 votes)

    #2 - Firebrands (2)

    S10:E2

    Amongst those searching, Tess and PJ must admit their true feelings for Jonesy and Jo respectively. But even as the flames die down, there is trouble when Ben - who realises he may have caused the entire bushfire - promises that he has stopped drinking, even though it may not be true.

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  3. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 3 - In The Dog House
    8.3/10(9 votes)

    #3 - In The Dog House

    S10:E3

    Sabu, the family dog of Tom's family is accused of killing livestock. Tess takes the hard line impounding the dog. As per usual Jonesy questions Tess' stance, resulting in another D & M between the lovestruck, but unattainable pair. Tess revelas that as a child she had a dog...for merely a few weeks. From all magazine accounts Jonesy fronts Tess late one night in the station a gorgeous border collie pup in his arms.

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  4. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 4 - Excuses, Excuses
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #4 - Excuses, Excuses

    S10:E4

    Ben, out on patrol, pulls over Inspector Falcon-Price'ss wife. The media find out about the incident and the Inspector is not impressed. Tom has to deal with Compo Hayes who smashed into Tom's car. Tess's husband gets offered a job in Melbourne, and decides to take it. The road patrol uncovers a grisly homicide.

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  5. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 5 - Too Hard Basket
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #5 - Too Hard Basket

    S10:E5

    JO once again becomes involved with Sam Baxter, a troubled teen last seen in Those That Trespass.

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  6. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 6 - Fair Play
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #6 - Fair Play

    S10:E6

    Sam, safely ensconced in Jo's house and attending school regulary; well at least for the last few days, joins the school netball team. Trouble begins to brew when parents become upset about team plaements. The coach is bashed and the star player a vitim of a hit and run. During a match Sam deliberately trips another player who ends up with a broken nose. Jo insists Sam apologise, whish she does, but she also gets kicked off the team. Grace asks Sam to stay with her and Tom, she accepts. JO finds out through Tom, that PJ's opinion was asked. Jo fronts PJ, and they part on bad terms.

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  7. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 7 - The Sum of the Parts
    8.4/10(9 votes)

    #7 - The Sum of the Parts

    S10:E7

    Human remains are found in a shallow grave. As PJ and Jo are feduing yet again, Jonesy accompanies PJ, much to his delight. The other Heelers are called out, to assist in door knocks, Jo finds an old ladies body in a house opposite the grave site - she is convinced the two cases are connected. Whilst investigating the death of the old lady, a young boy is found intruding. Meantime PJ and Jonesy are investigating the case of the human remains, they find out the remains are those of a Mt Thomas woman who went missing 10 years prior. They question the boyfriend who finally admits that he killed her. However all is not as it seems, in searching his house, Jo finds a slip of paper with a phone number on it. The phone number belongs to the boy found in the old ladies house. There is a link after all. The young boy, is the son of the young dead woman, he was given to his 'mother', by the older dead woman, a midwife. The girl died in child birth, was buried by the midwife and her boyfriend

    Director:Richard Frankland
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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  8. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 8 - Bumps in the Night
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #8 - Bumps in the Night

    S10:E8

    Private Investigator Archie Garrett returns to Mount Thomas to find a petty thief stealing personal items from the patients at a new detox centre. Jo Parrish and PJ accidentally come across Archie when they notice a woman running through the grounds of the centre, fleeing from an imaginary demon. When detox patients claim they've a seen ghost rumours of a murder at Layton Hall in the 1800s just fuel the gossip. A determined Jo pushes PJ to continue investigating the mysterious happenings at the detox centre in order to get to the bottom of the ghost story.

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  9. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 9 - Trust Accounts
    8.6/10(9 votes)

    #9 - Trust Accounts

    S10:E9

    With Tess' husband now working at a Melbourne hospital, Jonesy deides it's his job to keep her, and her puppy (Puddles), company at night and turns up on her doorstep with a freshly caught fish dinner. All seems to be going well until he starts quizzing her about her ten-week marriage to Dr. Josh Carmichael. Tess' breathing gets more and more difficult and she collapses in his arms. At the hospital Jonesy is confused to find Josh on duty. Why would he be on duty in Mount Thomas when he's supposed to be in Melbourne? At the hospital Jonesy investigates what initially appears to be a simple bag snatch but it escalates into a more serious crime involving the theft of dangerous drugs… with Dr. Carmichael becoming a prime suspect. The case is made all the more disturbing by reports from patients who have reported being aware during surgery. Jonesy solves the crime… but is determined to get to the bottom of Dr. Carmichael's personal life—even if it means hurting the person he really cares ab

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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  10. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 10 - Out of Control
    8.5/10(9 votes)

    #10 - Out of Control

    S10:E10

    Everyone is gossipping about Tess' failed marriage after last week's discovery, but out on patrol, Jonesy defends Tess. Jonesy and Ben come across two 12-year-old boys chroming and attempt to help them kick the habit, only to discover that their home-life provides no help and takes it upon himself to save them. When one of the young boys dies, Ben can't cope with the loss and hits the bottle again.

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  11. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 11 - Love In
    9.0/10(11 votes)

    #11 - Love In

    S10:E11

    Jo, Jonesy and Tom join some St Davids members, Rusty, Snr Sergeant Baines, and A sergeant, Kirsten (with who Rusty has had an affair) on a team building adventure weekend - a 'love in'. Done in classic flashback style, we initially see Ben in the sack with Inspector Falcon Price's wife Felicity. We next see FP accusing Jo of sabotaging equipment in an attempt to 'kill' him. As the episode progresses, the teams at the love in, all on first name bases, are picked. Jo being 'red' team leader, Rusty being 'blue'. A healty competition ensues with some in fighting within the blue team, consisting of Rusty, Jonesy and Snr Sergean Baines. Baines is ridiculed by Rusty when they have to cross a river, whilst Jonesy uoends the raft on which FP is floating. In typical flashback style we're taken initially to the crime as it happens, the lead up to the crime and then the investigation. At the same time, we see Ben attend his first AA meeting and a chance meeting with Mrs felecity Falcon Price. th

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  12. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 12 - Black Out
    8.6/10(12 votes)

    #12 - Black Out

    S10:E12

    Against PJ's advice ben continues his affair with Felecity Falcon Price. It seems a night without electricity causes sparks to fly between the memebers of Mt thomas Station. PJ and Jo, seeming in the middle of nowheer are about to do the deed, at jo's insistance. Jonesy is more than happy, that the station is in darkenss whilst he is on duty with Tess. Being without phones can only be a good thing. As they are about to get closer, Tess drops a bombshell secret, (which isn't actually a secret to most BH fans).

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 13 - Where There's a Will
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #13 - Where There's a Will

    S10:E13

    Episode 389 May 07, 2003 Jonesy and Tess become involved in a suicide investigation of an elderly father with suspected brain cancer. It soon becomes a murder enquiry when PJ discovers bruises on the victim's face and an unregistered rifle. A family argument and the daughter's affair with the hired help leave PJ convinced of their connection to the crime. Jo confronts Ben regarding his affair with the inspector's wife. Jonesy corners Tess regarding her baby and their future together. The new doctor in town, performs the autopsy and PJ is struck by the Russian blonde's looks and accent.

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  14. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 14 - Father's Day - Part 1
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #14 - Father's Day - Part 1

    S10:E14

    Tess and Ben encounter a family custody dispute with a difference, when they meet a lesbian couple, Andrea and Natalie, their son Kai, and his father, Gethin, the sperm donor. Gethin has been refused access rights to his son, and when Natalie is knocked unconscious he is the natural suspect. Inspector Falcon-Price serves an intervention order on Gethin, who in turn threatens the Inspector's children. When the Inspector discovers his children missing the Heelers begin a search… but they find out more than the whereabouts of the children when they find Ben in bed with Felicity!

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  15. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 15 - Father's Day - Part 2
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #15 - Father's Day - Part 2

    S10:E15

    Following the Inspector's discovery the Heelers try to put out the fire. Ben is determined to move to Melbourne with Felicity and her two children, but PJ tries to talk some sense into him. Felicity spends the night at the watch house with Tess, while Jo spends the night at the Inspector's house and lets slip where Ben and Felicity met. When the kids are abducted by Gethin, posing as a detective, the Heelers set up an exchange—the Inspector's two children for Gethin's son Kai. The exchange goes wrong when Gethin panics and Ben risks his life to save young Katherine. But will it be enough to save his relationship with Felicity?

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  16. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 16 - Dream On
    7.0/10(11 votes)

    #16 - Dream On

    S10:E16

    As her pregnancy progresses, Tess starts dreaming vividly, until she is woken by Jonesy and he drags her down to a local jewellery shop which he claims has been burgled. Upon investigation they find the padlocked chain on the gate still intact. But when the owner discovers $20,000 worth of jewels missing their bad dream becomes reality. Jonesy soon finds himself in a difficult position when a former Det Sgt reveals who is responsible for the series of strange burglaries.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 17 - The Ties That Bind
    7.9/10(10 votes)

    #17 - The Ties That Bind

    S10:E17

    Young Sam Baxter is implicated when there is a burglary—at the telephone shop run by Sam's estranged mother Adele. After being open just one month the burglary will set Adele and her partner, Lachlan, back severely. Adele points the finger at Sam, much to Jo's horror. Sam's alibi is weak and when Lachlan is found unconscious, the victim of a hit and run, things become more complicated. Who ran him down and why? Could it have been Sam, jealous of her mother's relationship with him? When Adele is later found unconscious in her van, with the exhaust pumping into the cabin, it looks like she tried to kill herself. But why? Did she run down her boyfriend?

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 18 - Prince Charming
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    #18 - Prince Charming

    S10:E18

    Jo announces she's moving out of the house she shares with PJ and Ben and moving in with her new boyfriend! When a body is found by the railway line the investigation leads the Heelers to a local internet cafe, run by a waring husband and wife. They both remember seeing the dead woman just days earlier, an American who travelled to Australia to meet her ""Prince Charming"". The search soon begins for a cyber lover who may also be a murderer.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 19 - The New Perfect
    8.4/10(10 votes)

    #19 - The New Perfect

    S10:E19

    Jo Parrish is rarely at a loss for words, but the Mt Thomas constable is momentarily speechless when she meets her father Jeff's new girlfriend for the first time. You can't blame her. The woman, Shaylee Smith, is nearly the same age as she is! How can her father be dating her? What's more, Jo (Jane Allsop) is convinced her father's young lover is up to no good. ""As well as being very suspicious, Jo is also angry that her father (played by Bill Young) could possibly be having a sexual relationship with this young woman,"" Jane explains.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 20 - Playing With Fire
    8.6/10(13 votes)

    #20 - Playing With Fire

    S10:E20

    Jonesy pushes Tess to watch a birthing video and name her unborn child. A young man, Rory, suffering from Schizophrenia takes a strange liking to Tess, believing her to be an angel. When a fire starts in Rory's home both the father and son blame each other, but a series of strange fires point the finger of suspicious at the father - but why? Jonesy thinks Rory is just eccentric, but when Rory cracks its Tess who is most at risk.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 21 - A Bad Smell
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    #21 - A Bad Smell

    S10:E21

    Pam, a new female plumber in town, stirs up trouble with Mount Thomas' resident plumber, Charlie Clarke. Charlie mysteriously turns up at every job Pam is called to and tries to undercut her price—she accuses him of stalking and he accuses her of stealing his livelihood. Coincidentally when Chris Riley reports a foul smell at The Imperial and with just days before a big Rotary function at the hotel both plumbers turn up to fix the problem and a turf war erupts.

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  22. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 22 - A Knife for a Knife
    8.8/10(14 votes)

    #22 - A Knife for a Knife

    S10:E22

    Tom's teenage step-son, Daniel, finds a class mate stabbed in an alley, Jonesy and Tess are shocked to find the young victim had a knife. Daniel denies any knowledge of armed gangs, but his younger brother says otherwise. When the teenage stab victim goes missing from the hospital, Jonesy and Tess find the boys in a tense stand-off armed with knives. Tess tries to take control of the situation, but when one boy lunges in her direction Jonesy throws himself in between them and takes a knife in the torso.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 23 - A Better Mind
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    #23 - A Better Mind

    S10:E23

    Ben investigates the health of a baby boy reared by his widowed dad. The man is trying to treat the boy's fever with natural remedies, to the exclusion of conventional medicine, which outrages the police officer and leads to an eventual kidnapping.

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  24. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 24 - Thicker than Water
    8.3/10(12 votes)

    #24 - Thicker than Water

    S10:E24

    Jo and PJ discover the body of a young woman at the bottom of a cliff in a suspected suicide. PJ is surprised to find out that Marco Fiorelli, his new flatmate, not only knew the woman—but she worked for his father! PJ's investigations reveal Marco's father is wanted by the fraud squad for raising $15 million against non-existing assets and it seems like his debtors are closing in when they pay a visit to the house and kidnap Jo who they think is the key to reach Fiorelli. The threat to Jo's life makes PJ realise his true feelings for her. But will it be too late?

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 25 - Raging Hormones
    7.5/10(13 votes)

    #25 - Raging Hormones

    S10:E25

    Tess struggles to keep her emotions under control as her raging hormones give her a ""pregnancy brain"". When a pedantic husband tries to stop his pregnant wife playing squash, a scuffle breaks out between them and Tess arrests him for assault. Ben sides with the husband, and suggests they should try counselling, but Tess seems hell bent on arresting him. Tom feels that Tess' personal life and her pregnancy is affecting her professional decisions—and suggests Tess stand down from operational duties… but his suggestion only makes things worse… until Tess is confronted with a horrible reality.

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Season 10 Ratings Summary

"Firebrands (1)" is the best rated episode of "Blue Heelers" season 10. It scored 7.4/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/12/2003. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "Firebrands (2)".