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Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional country town of Mount Thomas. Under the watchful eye of Tom

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 42 - Dreaming of a White Christmas
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S8:E42

    For a cop, Christmas can be the hardest time of the year. Jo can't wait to eat, drink and be merry with her nearest and dearest. Tess is determined that Hayley has her best Christmas ever.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Blue Heelers Season 9 Episode 32 - Parenthood
    5.8/10(14 votes)

    S9:E32

    Tom finds parenthood is no easier the second time around. First his younger stepson is injured in an anti-abortion rally, then the older one admits to having caused the pregnancy of a local girl. To cap it off, his daughter gets defensive because her flatmate is a suspect in the brutal attack of the local doctor, who is running a controversial women's clinic. Tom recognises that his elder stepson isn't a kid any more and an unexpected bond forms between them.

    Director:Esben Storm
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Blue Heelers Season 6 Episode 42 - Be Prepared
    6.7/10(16 votes)

    S6:E42

    With the turn of the millennium just weeks away, Inspector Falcon Price pulls an impromptu blackout at the station to test the Heelers' preparedness for potential Year 2000 problems. There can be no cause for alarm if the police force and emergency services are ready for every situation. Jack finds Gary Scully dangling in a net up a tree on the Janssen property, the victim of a crude but effective man trap and saves him. Ben's daughter Emma returns to the Watchhouse after a stint in hospital but her presence is a painful reminder for PJ of Ben and Maggie's vigil over Emma's sickbed. They make a picture perfect family. PJ tells Ben he can no longer stand in the way of Maggie's happiness and asks her to consider Ben as her future partner. Now Maggie must choose between her troublesome love for PJ and growing intimacy with Ben. The Heelers talk to the Jenssens about the mantrap and learn the family has been zealous in their Y2K preparations. The family expects the worst case scenari

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Blue Heelers Season 9 Episode 3 - If It ain't Hurtin'
    6.7/10(11 votes)

    S9:E3

    (from tv guide): Jonesy gets itchy feet when a hack wrestling troupe he once worked for comes to town. Meg, the owner, is an old flame and she makes her interest in Jonesy clear. The troupe is struggling to stay afloat and the theft of a valuable wrestling belt places their future under threat. Meg's plans for the troupe are unpopular with the older wrestlers. Did one of them steal the belt in an effort to protect their history? A pyrotechnics accident leaves one old wrestler badly burnt and Meg leans on Jonesy for support. Jonesy is disbelieving as evidence mounts against his old girlfriend. Would she risk someone's life to get her own way? Tess thinks so. As the troupe continues to splinter, Tess questions Jonesy's objectivity. Jonesy is torn when Meg asks him to leave the Force and join her and the troupe. Does he know her as well as he thought? Where is his future?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Blue Heelers Season 9 Episode 33 - Boys Will Be Boys
    6.7/10(14 votes)

    S9:E33

    Tess and Jonesy disagree about how to deal with a gang of troublesome teenage boys who seem to be beyond the reach of the law. The situation becomes complicated when a group of concerned citizens decides to take the law into their own hands. An injury to an old woman leads to retaliation with serious consequences for one of the youngsters. When Jonesy finally realises the source of Tess' intolerance, he helps her experience the childhood she never had.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Blue Heelers Season 11 Episode 3 - The Right Thing
    6.8/10(13 votes)

    S11:E3

    Rivalry runs rampant between Chris and her opponent in the lead up to council elections. The community is split over a decision to ban men from the pools for Muslim women-only swimming sessions.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Blue Heelers Season 12 Episode 39 - Slaying the Demons
    6.8/10(15 votes)

    S12:E39

    Matt's military past is revealed as he is investigated by his peers in relation to a murder, while Amy grudgingly notes Jonesy's potential as a detective. Meanwhile, suffering from post-traumatic stress, Kelly makes a serious error in judgement which leads to a harrowing showdown with her number one fan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Blue Heelers Season 3 Episode 38 - Buck Naked
    6.9/10(23 votes)

    S3:E38

    It's Halloween in Mt. Thomas, and when Dash and Adam are sent out to apprehend what they assume is a seasonal prank—a naked man. Dash is astonished to discover it is her brother Ian, the victim of his bucks party the night before. Ian's wedding is only two days away, and Dash is horrified to discover his fiance in bed with a German tourist. But Ian is prepared to overlook her indiscretion and ignore warnings from Dash. Can Dash change her brother's fate in time?

    Director:Gary Conway
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 16 - Dream On
    6.9/10(14 votes)

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Blue Heelers Season 2 Episode 11 - Stop for a Bite
    7.0/10(31 votes)

    S2:E11

    When a pub patron orders a pie and bites into a dead mouse, the Heelers investigate a food-contamination scare in Mount Thomas.

    Director:Karl Steinberg
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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  11. Blue Heelers Season 3 Episode 13 - Priorities
    7.0/10(25 votes)

    S3:E13

    Tom is sent away for some retraining, leaving the station seriously understaffed. Things go from bad to worse when the computer system goes down, an old man goes missing, and a young mother's car is stolen with her baby asleep in the back seat.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Blue Heelers Season 6 Episode 27 - The Deepest Cut
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    S6:E27

    Ben becomes the victim of anti-gay slurs when his hairdresser friend, Tony, arrives in town. Prejudice builds however, when Tony's popularity wilts the opposition and happy clients confide their closest secrets to him. Someone it seems, confided too much, and Ben finds Tony dead in the salon stabbed in the neck with a pair of scissors.

    Director:Kevin Carlin
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Blue Heelers Season 9 Episode 21 - Finders Keepers
    7.0/10(11 votes)

    S9:E21

    When the victim of a motor accident claims his good Samaritan is trying to kill him, and two local farmers who have lost their mother suddenly come into money and their life changes, Tess and Jonesy have to learn to work together again when a dangerous situation occurs. Meanwhile, Liz is endangered and PJ has to come to terms with how serious he is about her, but she decides to go back to Melbourne. However there is definitely some unfinished business between these two... And Jo studies for her upcoming Senior Constable exam, will she get it?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Blue Heelers Season 11 Episode 29 - Bring It On
    7.0/10(19 votes)

    S11:E29

    Jonesy finds his career on the line as he attempts to protect Donna, and so he is stunned when he learns that she is a call girl. When they are attacked by Theo, and Jonesy claims that Donna was abducted, Amy soon doubts his theory - thinking that Donna faked her abduction. Susie soon joins in on this theory, after Donna tells her that she has Jonesy now, and Susie can never have him back. Although Jonesy is allowed to return to work, and attempts to patch things up with the others, he is still seeing Donna - and is stunned when she tells him that a missing man named Hugo Allen was killed by Theo, and that Theo is actually a hired hitman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Blue Heelers Season 3 Episode 21 - The Kremin Factor
    7.1/10(29 votes)

    S3:E21

    The new probationary Constable, Dash McKinley, arrives in Mount Thomas much to Tom's annoyance and Adam's delight. Meanwhile, a young woman turns up to confront a wealthy family with the news that she is a long-lost daughter, returned from the dead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Peter Gawler

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  16. Blue Heelers Season 3 Episode 25 - Duty of Care
    7.1/10(22 votes)

    S3:E25

    Dash & Nick are called out to an old farmhouse where they discover a vandalised room, a terrified child and swinging from a light fitting, a dead lamb.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Blue Heelers Season 3 Episode 39 - Friendly Fire
    7.1/10(21 votes)

    S3:E39

    Nick is delighted when his old friend Gordy Muir turns up in Mt. Thomas to run a ""war games"" course for corporate clients, and thrilled when Gordy offers him a partnership in the new venture. But things quickly go sour when the observing senior partner of a law firm is injured during a mock ambush on the paint splat course, and the Heelers are called in to investigate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Blue Heelers Season 7 Episode 20 - A Little Faith
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    S7:E20

    Mt. Thomas's resident witch, Siobhan Kennedy is back in town. Her arrival coincides with rumours that someone is taking money for lifting curses on people in Mt. Thomas. Ben is horrified to discover that a pregnant women is paying someone so that she will bear a healthy child. At first he is convinced that Siobhan is dealing in the evil eye, but soon realises that she is worried as he is. But a prerequisite of faith is not to be questioned, so those who believe they are cursed will not help Ben in his enquiries. And if no-one lays a complaint, the police cannot proceed any further. Frustrated at every turn in his attempt to uncover what he believes to be a scam on women in highly stressed, emotional states, Ben must find alternative paths to the truth. In his quest, Ben must not only question his own belief systems, he must be prepared to welcome assistance from someone who throws those beliefs into further doubts. But the life of an unborn child is at stake, and Ben learns that blind

    Director:Esben Storm
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Blue Heelers Season 7 Episode 24 - Fair Go
    7.1/10(18 votes)

    S7:E24

    Relations between Tess and Jo are becoming more and more strained. Tom decides to give Jo a case of her own to run to prove herself and when a theft at a local factory is reported, it seems the perfect opportunity for Jo to save her skin and her career. But a straight forward theft turns into a professional nightmare and she finds herself possibly facing criminal charges

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Blue Heelers Season 9 Episode 34 - Deep Water
    7.1/10(12 votes)

    S9:E34

    Ben is coaching a school swimming team and is surprised when one of the girls, Chloe, develops a crush on him. That night he drives her home and she throws herself at him. When he arrives back at the station, her mother is filing a sexual assault charge against him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Blue Heelers Season 11 Episode 16 - The Cull
    7.1/10(17 votes)

    S11:E16

    Susie and Evan make the horrifying discovery of about 50 dead kangaroos, looking to have been ripped apart with an automatic rifle. As debates rage over whether or not to thin out kangaroo numbers, the farmer who owns the land where the dead roos were found comes under suspicion. He denies it and suggests a mate he served with in Vietnam might be responsible for it, thinking that slaughtering the kangaroos might send a message to not have a cull. As the Heelers dig deeper, it is discovered that a cache of weapons from Vietnam had been kept, but when they come to seize them, some turn up missing. Now the race is on to find the weapons and whoever might be holding them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Blue Heelers Season 2 Episode 27 - The Last Straw
    7.2/10(25 votes)

    S2:E27

    The Blue Heelers are embroiled in a bovine saga when a farmer's prize bull is shot dead. Meanwhile on the personal front, Adam realises that Chris is not remotely interested in him.

    Directors:Riccardo Pellizzeri, Richard Sarell
    Writer:Sue Hore

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  23. Blue Heelers Season 3 Episode 23 - The Principle of the Thing
    7.2/10(23 votes)

    S3:E23

    As the Heelers necessarily become involved with the discipline problems at the local high school, Tom realises that his own problems are nothing in comparison to the new school principal's.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Blue Heelers Season 3 Episode 33 - Winner Takes All
    7.2/10(22 votes)

    S3:E33

    A horse endurance race presents problems for the Heelers with both a sabateur and a thief on the loose. Dash and Maggie can't escape Johnny Kowalski's womanising and the team face PJ's return with mixed feelings.

    Director:Gary Conway
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Blue Heelers Season 5 Episode 27 - Little Monsters
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    S5:E27

    Mt. Thomas is in the grip of fear as a serial killer stalks the area. But as police from around the state work to bring the man down in an organised sting, Adam notices a bystander behaving strangely and, acting on his instincts, brings the man into custody. In one swift move Adam ends the manhunt and makes himself a hero. As the Heelers review the event, the discussion turns to the new technique of ""profiling."" Maggie has recently learnt about it in a seminar and Adam is fascinated with its capabilities. But Nick maintain that it was old-fashioned policing that had captured the killer the day before, and it'll be the same thing that catches another killer tomorrow. Adam's interest in the issue stays keen as he helps to investigate a quick succession of fires at the local primary school.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Dreaming of a White Christmas" is the worst rated episode of "Blue Heelers". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/28/2001. This episode scored 5.8 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Parenthood".