NaN/100 votes#1 - Security
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 2/9/1990
Michael sees the law from another perspective after he becomes the key witness in Flicker's prosecution against an arsonist.
Director: Kevin James Dobson, Robert Bruning
Writer: Tim Gooding
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#2 - That Old Black Magic
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 2/16/1990
Michael begins to wonder if someone is trying to put a spell on him after a number of suspicious run-ins with a member of a religious commune.
Director: Kevin James Dobson
Writer: David Allen
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#3 - The Plague
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 2/23/1990
Lisa confronts the prejudices of society when she defends a man with AIDS who has committed an armed robbery in order to ensure his wife's future following his death.
Director: Karl Zwicky
Writer: Nicholas Langton
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#4 - In For a Penny
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 3/2/1990
Michael is drawn into the world of a struggling young family after he witnesses a woman being hit by a car.
Director: Mark Piper
Writer: John Upton
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#5 - Out of Line
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 3/9/1990
Lisa finds herself at odds with her colleagues when she defends an anti-nuclear activist whose family and the police are determined to have detained for his own safety.
Director: Alister Smart
Writer: Sue Castrique
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#6 - One for Us
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 3/16/1990
Rafferty decides to expose a Chilean military attaché following charges for torturing political dissidents in Chile.
Director: Alister Smart
Writer: Michael Cove
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#7 - Politburo
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 3/23/1990
Flicker is horrified after he discovers just what conditions are faced by those in the police cells awaiting trial.
Director: Kevin James Dobson
Writer: Chris Roache
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#8 - One Consideration With Another
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 3/30/1990
Racial tensions erupt when two Asian men are accused of murder, while Michael questions his capacity as a magistrate after an act of leniency has dire consequences.
Director: Marcus Cole
Writer: Michael Cove
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#9 - Home
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 4/6/1990
Flicker and Lisa find themselves dealing with a particularly challenging court case when a girl alleges that she was raped by her father four years earlier.
Director: Mike Smith
Writer: John Upton
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#10 - The Book of Love
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 4/13/1990
Lisa defends a singer who has beaten his wife, but her personal involvement in the case is made more difficult when he brings a gun into the courthouse.
Director: Mike Smith
Writer: Johanna Pigott
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#11 - On the Barricades
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 4/20/1990
Michael revisits his past as a university radical and conscientious objector when he is forced to decide the fate of a man who he once protested alongside.
Director: Kevin James Dobson
Writer: Gordon Graham
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#12 - Funny Peculiar
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 4/27/1990
Flicker confronts his own prejudices when he prosecutes a case involving the assault of a female impersonator; however, it is Michael who finds himself at the centre of a controversy after the verdict is given.
Director: Marcus Cole
Writer: David Allen
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#13 - Whatever Gets You Through the Night
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 5/4/1990
Lisa is drawn into an organisation known as Life Force after a man is arrested for break and enter and assault.
Director: Geoffrey Nottage
Writer: Steve Wright
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#14 - Whistling in the Dark
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 5/11/1990
Flicker finds himself wandering into a murky world of corruption when he prosecutes a case against a police officer who has broken the law and where the key witness is a serial whistleblower.
Director: Geoffrey Nottage
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#15 - Blood, Sweat and Paycheques
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 5/18/1990
Fulvio and Sandra's marriage comes close to breaking point after Sandra is arrested for shoplifting.
Director: Chris Adshead
Writer: John Upton
- NaN/100 votes
#16 - Home Again Kathleen
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 5/25/1990
Michael, Flicker and Lisa are dragged into a murky political world when they discover that the conflict between the British and the Irish is alive and well in Sydney.
Director: Chris Adshead
Writer: David Allen
- NaN/100 votes
#17 - Driven to It
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 6/1/1990
An act of vandalism by the member of an animal rights group leaves Michael becoming emotionally involved with the accused's mother.
Director: Marcus Cole
Writer: Tim Gooding
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#18 - A Fair Day's Work
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 6/8/1990
A man seeks Lisa's help when he is sacked after complaining about the work conditions; however, she soon finds herself defending him when he assaults his former boss.
Director: Marcus Cole
Writer: Michael Cove
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#19 - Lies
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 6/15/1990
Lisa is drawn to an attractive young lawyer; however, she is forced into an ethical dilemma when his personal life unravels.
Director: Geoffrey Nottage
Writer: Johanna Pigott
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#20 - Consciousness Raising
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 6/22/1990
The feminist movement comes to the courthouse when a prominent feminist runs a group of pigs through the shop of a man accused of sexual harassment.
Director: Mark Piper
Writer: Gordon Graham
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#21 - Free of Passion
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 6/29/1990
Flicker finds himself at the crossroads of a major life decision after he falls in love with a young female Constable, but his excitement at finding new love may see him lose it all.
Director: Alister Smart
Writer: Chris Roache
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - Many Happy Returns
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 7/6/1990
A convicted criminal whose ex-wife is about to marry a police officer comes before the court accused of assault.
Director: Mark Piper
Writer: John Upton
- NaN/100 votes
#23 - In Custody
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 7/13/1990
Lisa assists a young woman whose boyfriend has been arrested; however, she is horrified when she learns that he has been detained without charge and suspects that the police are fitting him up because he is Aboriginal.
Director: Alister Smart
Writer: Nicholas Langton
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#24 - Lost Empires
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 7/20/1990
Lisa fights to save an Indian couple who are facing deportation, only to discover that the collapse of the British Empire means that they have no real home to go back to.
Director: Geoffrey Nottage
Writer: David Allen
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#25 - The Sea, the Sea
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 7/27/1990
Michael and Flicker befriend the beachcomber and poet, Snowy White; however, their admiration is crushed when it begins to appear that Snowy may be guilty of murder.
Director: Catherine Millar
Writer: Tim Gooding
The Best Episodes of Rafferty's Rules Season 4
Every episode of Rafferty's Rules Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Rafferty's Rules Season 4!
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Network:Seven Network
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Security" is the best rated episode of "Rafferty's Rules" season 4. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Kevin James Dobson, Robert Bruning and written by Tim Gooding, it aired on 2/9/1990. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "That Old Black Magic".