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The Worst Episodes of Homicide

Every episode of Homicide ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Homicide!

Homicide was an Australian television police drama series The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victorian Police force and the various crimes...
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Worst Episodes Summary

"A Handful of Money" is the worst rated episode of "Homicide". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones and written by Sonia Borg, it aired on 10/27/1964. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Rosary".

  • A Handful of Money
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    #1 - A Handful of Money

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/27/1964

    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.

    Director: Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

    Writer: Sonia Borg

  • The Rosary
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    #2 - The Rosary

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/3/1964

    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.

    Director: Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

    Writer: Sonia Borg

  • The Knot
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    #3 - The Knot

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/10/1964

    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.

    Director: Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

    Writer: Phil Freedman

  • The Man in the Suede Jacket
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    #4 - The Man in the Suede Jacket

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/17/1964

    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.

    Director: Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

    Writer: Phil Freedman

  • Aunt Sally
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    #5 - Aunt Sally

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/24/1964

    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'.

    Director: Ian Jones, Alf Potter

    Writer: Enid Johns

  • The Scent of Death
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    #6 - The Scent of Death

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/1/1964

    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.

    Director: Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

    Writer: Della Foss-Paine

  • The Missing Letter
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    #7 - The Missing Letter

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/8/1964

    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.

    Director: Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

    Writer: Sonia Borg

  • The Silent Witness
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    #8 - The Silent Witness

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/15/1964

    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.

    Director: Bruce Ross-Smith, Ian Jones

    Writer: Enid Johns

  • Manhunt
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    #9 - Manhunt

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/2/1965

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Decimal Point
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    #10 - The Decimal Point

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/9/1965

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Aftermath
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    #11 - Aftermath

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/16/1965

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Business Is Business
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    #12 - Business Is Business

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/23/1965

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Skeleton
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    #13 - The Skeleton

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/2/1965

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Juveniles
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    #14 - The Juveniles

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 4/27/1965

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Motive for Two
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    #15 - Motive for Two

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 5/11/1965

    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.

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    Writer: N/A

  • Strange Cargo
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    #16 - Strange Cargo

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 5/18/1965

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dead on Two
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    #17 - Dead on Two

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 5/25/1965

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The White Mistress
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    #18 - The White Mistress

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 6/4/1965

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Violators
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    #19 - The Violators

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 6/15/1965

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Partners
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    #20 - The Partners

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 6/18/1965

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Brand
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    #21 - The Brand

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 6/25/1965

    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.

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    Writer: N/A

  • Ladies' Man
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    #22 - Ladies' Man

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 7/13/1965

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

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  • One Man Crime Wave
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    #23 - One Man Crime Wave

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 7/20/1965

    A series of apparently unrelated crimes appear to be the work of a careless amateur, until a discovery by an old tramp and a fatal bashing set detectives on a new line of inquiry.

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  • Forgotten Murderer
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    #24 - Forgotten Murderer

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 7/27/1965

    When prominent Melbourne solicitor Gerard Marquard is killed, detectives connect his death to the disappearance of a forged document. They concentrate on two suspects: one a well-known confidence trickster, the other a young German migrant.

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    Writer: N/A

  • Second Time Round
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    #25 - Second Time Round

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 8/3/1965

    The murder of a baccarat king leads to an arrest. The charged man has a watertight alibi, but wagging tongues and mistrust force the killer to strike again.

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