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The Best Episodes of Homicide

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Homicide was an Australian television police drama series The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victorian Police force and the various crimes and cases the detectives are called upon to investigate. Many

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Homicide Season 1 Episode 1 - The Stunt
    6.4/10(8 votes)

    #1 - The Stunt

    S1:E1

    A group of students stage a mock bank hold-up to publicise a charity. When the students' leader is shot dead by a bank guard, Homicide detectives have to establish whether the guard was acting within his duty or recklessly; a complication is that jealousy in the group caused the student to be 'set up' for the shooting.

    Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones
    Writers:Phil Freedman, Ian Jones

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  2. Homicide Season 2 Episode 1 - The Hook
    5.2/10(6 votes)

    #2 - The Hook

    S2:E1

    A man dies a violent death aboard a boat at dawn. Although there is an eye-witness, he claims he was too far away to identify the killer, and the Homicide detectives have some fast thinking to do as they pursue their suspects around the confusing world of the waterfront.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Homicide Season 7 Episode 2 - Just a Bit of Fluff
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Just a Bit of Fluff

    S7:E2

    Returning home from a date, Lynn Preston is kidnapped, her boyfriend is knocked unconscious, and a ransom note is left for her parents demanding $100,000 for the girl's release.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Homicide Season 1 Episode 2 - A Handful of Money
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - A Handful of Money

    S1:E2

    An old couple who run a milk bar in an inner suburb are found brutally murdered. A young man is charged, and confesses, but Det. Sgt. Bronson's doubts about his guilt still complicate the issue, and bring he and Insp. Connolly into conflict.

    Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones
    Writer:Sonia Borg

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  5. Homicide Season 1 Episode 3 - The Rosary
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - The Rosary

    S1:E3

    For three days, a cottage in the Dandenong Ranges provides a perfect honeymoon hideaway. But then the young bride is brutally slain, and Homicide detectives find themselves investigating bigamy as well as murder.

    Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones
    Writer:Sonia Borg

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  6. Homicide Season 1 Episode 4 - The Knot
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - The Knot

    S1:E4

    An unidentified young woman is murdered in a park, the second such occurrence, and Homicide detectives have to race against time to prevent a third killing.

    Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones
    Writer:Phil Freedman

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  7. Homicide Season 1 Episode 5 - The Man in the Suede Jacket
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - The Man in the Suede Jacket

    S1:E5

    Nancy Tate is kidnapped by two men, taken to a lonely spot and murdered. A search begins for a mysterious eye-witness wearing a cap and a suede jacket.

    Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones
    Writer:Phil Freedman

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  8. Homicide Season 1 Episode 6 - Aunt Sally
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Aunt Sally

    S1:E6

    A clerk is shot when two masked men hold up a factory and steal a $10,000 payroll. Homicide detectives have no real leads, and must rely on information from an informer, Sgt. Bronson's 'Aunt Sally'.

    Directors:Alf Potter, Ian Jones
    Writer:Enid Johns

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  9. Homicide Season 1 Episode 7 - The Scent of Death
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - The Scent of Death

    S1:E7

    A body is discovered in a railway box-car at the Jolimont railway yards, from where a young boy has also gone missing. Police dogs are called in to track down the killer, a young man who has killed his father with an iron bar during an argument, and fled with the only witness - the missing boy.

    Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones
    Writer:Della Foss-Paine

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  10. Homicide Season 1 Episode 8 - The Missing Letter
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - The Missing Letter

    S1:E8

    Edward Heywood is reported missing, and three weeks later his body is recovered from the Yarra River. Two anonymous letters - death threats - provide the Homicide detectives with an important clue. The man's wife, Katarina, had many lovers, and when she reports her sister-in-law Norma has suicided, one of her lovers, Rogowski, makes a false confession.

    Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones
    Writer:Sonia Borg

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  11. Homicide Season 1 Episode 9 - The Silent Witness
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - The Silent Witness

    S1:E9

    When an attractive young girl is murdered, it doesn't take long for the Homicide detectives to identify her killer; but they have a tense time gathering sufficient evidence to bring him to trial, aware that before they can complete their case he may well kill again.

    Directors:Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones
    Writer:Enid Johns

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  12. Homicide Season 2 Episode 2 - Manhunt
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Manhunt

    S2:E2

    When William Nelson blows up the car of a business acquaintance, killing him, he is quickly brought to justice, and sentenced to serve a life sentence for murder. However, Nelson is cunning and resourceful, and escapes from custody – and it is not only his freedom he wants, but a chance to even up the score against the main prosecution witness.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Homicide Season 2 Episode 3 - The Decimal Point
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - The Decimal Point

    S2:E3

    A convict who has broken out of jail is murdered at the rendezvous with an accomplice, and Det. Sgt. Bronson suspects that there is a connection between his death and an unsolved robbery committed five years earlier.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Homicide Season 2 Episode 4 - Aftermath
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Aftermath

    S2:E4

    Retired Inspector Bob Fenton, former chief of the Homicide squad, is fatally stabbed and his body left in the driveway of the home of Insp. Connolly. Fenton appears to have been the victim of revenge, and Connolly realises that he could be the next target.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Homicide Season 2 Episode 5 - Business Is Business
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Business Is Business

    S2:E5

    A business colleague of Douglas Hadrion, knowing he has a weak heart, succeeds after several attempts in causing his death by inducing a heart attack.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Homicide Season 2 Episode 6 - The Skeleton
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - The Skeleton

    S2:E6

    A body found floating in Port Phillip Bay is identified as that of gambler George Duff. He has been shot. Homicide detectives are surprised when their investigations reveal that Duff was married to the headmistress of a leading girl's school.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Homicide Season 2 Episode 7 - The Juveniles
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - The Juveniles

    S2:E7

    A water skier is murdered when she takes a tumble and the speed boat bears down on her. Police soon find a connection between a baby sitting agency, a group of juvenile delinquent motor cyclists and a series of burglaries.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Homicide Season 2 Episode 8 - Motive for Two
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Motive for Two

    S2:E8

    Catherine Leonardson has a wealthy husband who has taken second place to the other men in her life. Tension in their home turns to murder, and detectives find evidence making two men look equally guilty.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Homicide Season 2 Episode 9 - Strange Cargo
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Strange Cargo

    S2:E9

    An ingenious plot to steal a consignment of diamonds leads to murder, and detectives are baffled as to who the culprits are - until they turn their attention to a number of large crates recently delivered to a factory.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Homicide Season 2 Episode 10 - Dead on Two
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Dead on Two

    S2:E10

    Two criminals kidnap a doctor in order to treat a wounded man who was injured during a gunfight in which another man was killed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Homicide Season 2 Episode 11 - The White Mistress
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - The White Mistress

    S2:E11

    The Homicide squad has help from the Forensic division when investigating the death of a woman who had apparently ceased to exist a year before being killed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Homicide Season 2 Episode 12 - The Violators
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - The Violators

    S2:E12

    Matters are complicated for the police when a young girl shirks from the publicity she fears will result if she makes known the full story of her abduction and gang rape, following the revenge which was meted out to her assailants.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Homicide Season 2 Episode 13 - The Partners
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - The Partners

    S2:E13

    A man found dead in a burnt out car at the foot of a cliff is presumed to be the owner, James Bannister. But further evidence points to Bannister still being alive, and detectives gradually unravel an insurance fraud which ends in another murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Homicide Season 2 Episode 14 - The Brand
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - The Brand

    S2:E14

    When Homicide detectives probe the underworld to investigate the murder of a prostitute, they find the dead girl's friends and accomplices all fear for their own lives. Their investigations are complicated by an obvious crank with a passion for reforming people.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Homicide Season 2 Episode 15 - Ladies' Man
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Ladies' Man

    S2:E15

    When con-man Hal Dunstan gets over-confident, a chance encounter with a prowler in a graveyard triggers more than he can cope with.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Stunt" is the best rated episode of "Homicide". It scored 6.4/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones and written by Phil Freedman, Ian Jones, it aired on 10/20/1964. This episode scored 1.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Hook".