NaN/100 votes#1 - Nine Tenths of the Law
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/4/1989
Michael wrestles with the concept of possession after the discovery of Aboriginal remains creates a conflict of ownership between the state and the Indigenous community.
Director: Kevin James Dobson
Writer: Tim Gooding
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#2 - Freedom
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 2/11/1989
Michael is caught between a rock and a hard place when he is forced to decide the fate of a young boy whose doctors believe is sick, but whose parents are refusing further tests on religious grounds.
Director: Mike Smith
Writer: John Upton
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#3 - Those Who Can
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 2/18/1989
Fulvio learns that his teacher and idol isn't quite the perfect magistrate that he thought after he takes over when Michael falls ill.
Director: Graham Thorburn
Writer: David Allen
- NaN/100 votes
#4 - Sense of Duty
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 2/25/1989
The courthouse becomes the centre of the fallout from a Secret Intelligence Agency training exercise.
Director: Kevin James Dobson
Writer: Chris Roache
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - One for the Road
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 3/10/1989
Gibson faces his past after a series of alcohol-related prosecutions force him to confront the reasons he gave up drinking.
Director: Mike Smith
Writer: Nicholas Langton
- NaN/100 votes
#6 - Confessions
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 3/17/1989
A series of sexual assaults has consequences for the courthouse when the police fit up suspects and Paulyne is attacked in her own home.
Director: Graham Thorburn
Writer: David Marsh
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#7 - Horse Play
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 3/24/1989
Pauline finds that her personal life is mirroring her professional life when her former lover Gavin reappears and announces that he is getting married, just as she is defending a woman who refuses to accept that her marriage is over.
Director: Mike Smith
Writer: David Allen, Chris Peacock
- NaN/100 votes
#8 - Truth's a Dog
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 3/31/1989
Paulyne accuses an insurance company of racism when they report a Lebanese man to the police after he claims his precious rings were stolen just days after taking out a policy.
Director: Graham Thorburn
Writer: Justin Fleming
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#9 - The Great Divide
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 4/7/1989
Michael, Paulyne and Gibson find their ethics challenged when they deal with a man accused of raping his wife; however, it soon becomes apparent to all that the case is far more sinister than they ever could have imagined.
Director: Graham Thorburn
Writer: Sue Castrique
- NaN/100 votes
#10 - Quanity of Mercy
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 4/14/1989
Rafferty is confronted with the limitations of the law when it comes to dispensing justice.
Director: Mike Smith
Writer: David Allen
- NaN/100 votes
#11 - Peace of Mind
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 4/21/1989
The courthouse finds itself becoming caught up in the deadly web of a cult. Michael is shocked when he goes on an early morning run and discovers the body of a young woman washed up on the beach.
Director: Mike Smith
Writer: Nicholas Langton
- NaN/100 votes
#12 - Thursday the Twelfth
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 4/28/1989
Michael takes responsibility for a foreign woman after she shows up on his doorstep.
Director: Mike Smith
Writer: Christopher Lee
- NaN/100 votes
#13 - Friends and Neighbours
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 5/5/1989
A heatwave frays tempers at the courthouse when everyone arrives at work to find the air-conditioning broken.
Director: Graham Thorburn
Writer: David Allen
- NaN/100 votes
#14 - The Fleet's In
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 5/12/1989
The personal and the professional converge for Flicker when the anti-nuclear group his son is involved in begins protesting the arrival of nuclear warships.
Director: Graham Thorburn
Writer: Tim Gooding
- NaN/100 votes
#15 - Family
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 5/19/1989
Rafferty's 6-year-old son goes missing.
Director: Kevin James Dobson
Writer: John Upton
- NaN/100 votes
#16 - Crispin's Day
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 5/26/1989
The Bard comes into the courtroom when an elderly man reciting Shakespeare is arrested for busking without a licence.
Director: Riccardo Pellizzeri
Writer: Michael Cove
- NaN/100 votes
#17 - Mum's the Word
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 6/2/1989
Michael's hopes of reuniting with his estranged wife are dashed when Joanne reveals that she has come to visit to end their relationship, and then their son falls ill.
Director: Riccardo Pellizzeri
Writer: David Marsh
- NaN/100 votes
#18 - Brief Candles
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 6/9/1989
An unexpected tragedy forces Paulyne to re-evaluate her life; meanwhile she struggles to remain objective while defending a man accused of manslaughter over the death of a pedestrian.
Director: Graham Thorburn
Writer: Nicholas Langton
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#19 - The Deep End
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 6/16/1989
New Legal Aid solicitor Lisa Blake starts work at the courthouse; however, she soon finds herself coming into conflict with Michael when she grandstands in the courtroom, then fails to fully prepare a case in mitigation for a defendant.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Cove
- NaN/100 votes
#20 - A Matter of Circumstances
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 6/23/1989
A journalist sets out to prove that corruption exists in Rafferty's court.
Director: Riccardo Pellizzeri
Writer: Sue Castrique
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - Waifs and Strays
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 6/30/1989
Lisa continues to have problems settling in, with her abrasive nature putting Michael offside.
Director: Riccardo Pellizzeri
Writer: David Allen
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - The Beast
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 7/7/1989
Lisa begins to wonder whether evil does exist when she defends a sociopath.
Director: Graham Thorburn
Writer: Nicholas Langton
- NaN/100 votes
#23 - Systems
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 7/14/1989
The entire courthouse struggles to cope when Michael is forced to decide whether a man accused of murder has a case to answer.
Director: Graham Thorburn
Writer: John Upton
- NaN/100 votes
#24 - Those Who Can't
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 7/21/1989
Lisa defends a young man who seems to be heading for the same life of crime as his father once did, but she refuses to believe Ray Brown's claims that the father's intentions are anything but honourable.
Director: Riccardo Pellizzeri
Writer: Chris Roache
- NaN/100 votes
#25 - Blood Relations
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 7/28/1989
Michael's world is turned upside down after learning that he has a twenty-two year old daughter from a previous relationship.
Director: Riccardo Pellizzeri
Writer: Nicholas Langton
The Best Episodes of Rafferty's Rules Season 3
Every episode of Rafferty's Rules Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Rafferty's Rules Season 3!
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Network:Seven Network
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Nine Tenths of the Law" is the best rated episode of "Rafferty's Rules" season 3. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Kevin James Dobson and written by Tim Gooding, it aired on 2/4/1989. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Freedom".