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The Best Episodes of Rake

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Cleaver Greene is not about politics or morality or even justice. Cleaver Greene is about the law. And it is his passion for the law that drives him to use his formidable intelligence to defend

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Rake Season 3 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    8.9/10(139 votes)

    S3:E8

    Something is seriously awry in Cleaver's world. His practice is booming. Barney is thriving. And he is falling in love with Felicity. But does fate have some nasty surprises in store?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Rake Season 2 Episode 8 - R v Greene
    8.7/10(138 votes)

    S2:E8

    Cleaver is charged with manslaughter; his journalist girlfriend betrays him; and Kirsty wants his debt paid in full. His strategy is to have Cal McGregor upgrade the charge to murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Rake Season 3 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    8.7/10(118 votes)

    S3:E5

    Cleaver is retained for a low rent tawdry sex offence, but the Royal Commissions that have decimated David's front bench mean that even barrel-bottom Cleaver Greene is getting lots of briefs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Rake Season 4 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    8.7/10(120 votes)

    S4:E8

    Cleaver considers a career change but David throws a spanner in the works. Cleaver's determined to win Wendy back, but Jack is scheming to get rid of him for good. Will it work? Fuzz has some surprising news.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Rake Season 2 Episode 1 - R v Mohammed
    8.6/10(170 votes)

    S2:E1

    We re-discover Cleaver in the back of a limo with a woman he really, really shouldn't be with. When her husband finds out, he resolves to make it his life's work to destroy our hapless hero.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Rake Season 2 Episode 4 - R v Floyd
    8.6/10(144 votes)

    S2:E4

    Missy and fiancé Joshua Floyd are Australia's most newsworthy couple; but luckily for Cleaver, when his woes are at their worst, he's given the case of the decade.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Rake Season 3 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    8.6/10(122 votes)

    S3:E6

    Roger bans Cleaver from Wendy's, and Fuzz has returned with a Congolese wife, a Cleaveresque attitude, and (according to the AFP) a suitcase full of stolen blood diamonds.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Rake Season 4 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    8.6/10(112 votes)

    S4:E4

    Thompson has Cleaver in the frame for drug trafficking, but Wendy comes to the rescue. David is desperate to save his relationship with Scarlet, and Nicole is scrolling through her ex-husband posts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Rake Season 2 Episode 3 - R v Wooldridge & Anor
    8.5/10(159 votes)

    S2:E3

    Missy's book about her life as a prostitute has caused a sensation, and she's engaged. Meanwhile, Cleaver is faced with gambling debts, his psychopathic client, and David Potter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Rake Season 3 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    8.5/10(115 votes)

    S3:E7

    Siege veteran Cleaver leads Wendy, Fuzz and Prue out of Roger's hostage crisis, but is accidentally shot in the buttock.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Rake Season 4 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    8.5/10(130 votes)

    S4:E2

    Cleaver's been hiding out in the country posing as a writer, but his cover's blown when Barney appears on Australian Story, complete with images of his best friend. It isn't long before Thompson's goons arrive on the scene.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Rake Season 4 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    8.5/10(105 votes)

    S4:E5

    Barney & Cleaver are back on speaking terms and share a case; Cleaver rescues Missy who's been enjoying a cocaine-hazed few days with Cal McGregor, and appeals to Wendy's better nature to take her in.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Rake Season 4 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    8.5/10(105 votes)

    S4:E6

    Cleaver defends David and Barney sees it as a betrayal; Fuzz gets Missy drugs and then she seduces him. Wendy has a date with an old flame; and a free David announces he's standing for the Senate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Rake Season 1 Episode 5 - R v Chandler
    8.4/10(196 votes)

    S1:E5

    Cleaver's friend Dr. Bruce Chandler finds himself in hot water; but on the home front Cleaver's life is also spiralling out of control.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Rake Season 2 Episode 5 - R v Turner
    8.4/10(134 votes)

    S2:E5

    Cleaver defends Missy for murder, while Scarlet inadvertently, through an indiscretion with David, gives Cal the ammunition he needs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Rake Season 2 Episode 6 - R v Alford
    8.4/10(134 votes)

    S2:E6

    Cleaver and Barney are defending a man accused of severing his neighbour's penis. Barney and Nicole's affair continues, while Scarlet and David are firmly on Cal McGregor's hook.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Rake Season 4 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    8.4/10(134 votes)

    S4:E1

    Cleaver's descent to earth lands him straight into the clutches of a one-time mentor and now powerful criminal on the run, Edgar Thompson. Meanwhile Barney is adrift above the Pacific.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Rake Season 4 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    8.4/10(114 votes)

    S4:E3

    Wendy reluctantly takes Cleaver in when he's evicted, while Barney is reeling from the costs of his rescue. David and Scarlet's romance is slowly being scuttled by her children; and Missy is desperate for drugs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Rake Season 1 Episode 8 - R v Corella
    8.3/10(153 votes)

    S1:E8

    Cleaver defends Mick Corella on a murder charge; and David finds out about Missy's past.

    Director:Jessica Hobbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Rake Season 2 Episode 7 - Greene v Hole
    8.3/10(128 votes)

    S2:E7

    Red and David's affair is front page news; Missy decides she wants marriage and children; Cleaver is facing the consequences of the dark path he trod to recover his father's estate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Rake Season 3 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    8.3/10(145 votes)

    S3:E2

    Cleaver outsmarts the appeals judges, but life outside is not good. He is a legal pariah, jobless, homeless and phoneless, and while he has been inside, his world has been sliding towards chaos.

    Director:Jessica Hobbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Rake Season 3 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    8.3/10(133 votes)

    S3:E3

    At Malcolm's funeral Cleaver meets Mal's sister Felicity, a honey blonde with an acid wit; and baulks at being Scarlet's junior in the case of a gambling-addicted client.

    Director:Jonathan Teplitzky
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Rake Season 4 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    8.3/10(108 votes)

    S4:E7

    After David's acquittal Cleaver and Nicole worry about Barney, but then Cleaver gets himself disbarred and Wendy kicks him out. But Jack is determined to get him out of Wendy's life forever.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Rake Season 1 Episode 7 - R v Tanner
    8.2/10(154 votes)

    S1:E7

    Joe Sandilands' suicide leaves Cleaver, Barney, Missy, Scarlet and Wendy reeling; while Missy's secret life is about to be revealed when she tricks Cleaver into defending her brother.

    Director:Jessica Hobbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Rake Season 3 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    8.2/10(155 votes)

    S3:E1

    Cleaver Greene languishes in prison surrounded by enemies and friends. Many former colleagues from Macquarie St and the bench are also inside, courtesy of corruption scandals.

    Director:Jessica Hobbs
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 8" is the best rated episode of "Rake". It scored 8.9/10 based on 139 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/30/2014. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "R v Greene".