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The Best Episodes of Rake

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...

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    8.9/10(130 votes)

    #1 - Episode 8

    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?

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    8.6/10(110 votes)

    #2 - Episode 5

    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.

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    8.6/10(114 votes)

    #3 - Episode 6

    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.

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    8.6/10(104 votes)

    #4 - Episode 4

    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.

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    8.6/10(98 votes)

    #5 - Episode 5

    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.

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    8.6/10(114 votes)

    #6 - Episode 8

    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.

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    8.5/10(106 votes)

    #7 - Episode 7

    S3:E7

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

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    8.5/10(122 votes)

    #8 - Episode 2

    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.

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    8.5/10(98 votes)

    #9 - Episode 6

    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.

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    8.4/10(126 votes)

    #10 - Episode 1

    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.

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    8.4/10(103 votes)

    #11 - Episode 7

    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.

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    8.3/10(127 votes)

    #12 - Episode 3

    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.

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    8.3/10(108 votes)

    #13 - Episode 3

    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.

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    8.2/10(147 votes)

    #14 - Episode 1

    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.

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    8.2/10(137 votes)

    #15 - Episode 2

    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.

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    8.2/10(109 votes)

    #16 - Episode 4

    S3:E4

    A murder brings Felicity back into Cleaver's life. He knows he needs Barney, despite everything that's happening in Barney's life; and he can't say goodbye to Wendy or Missy.

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  18. Background image for R v Dana
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - R v Dana

    S1:E3

    Cleaver defends a chef who is being tried for bigamy, while trying to deal with his guilt over sleeping with Barney's wife Scarlet.

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    7.6/10(79 votes)

    #18 - Greene v The Unflushables

    S5:E6

    After a 21-week term Peters is out as PM and Morrow is in; Cleaver's own plumbing issues shed light on the true cause of the explosion at Parliament House; and an intended hit gone wrong results in a Senate resignation.

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  20. Background image for Greene v Mid-Winter
    7.6/10(75 votes)

    #19 - Greene v Mid-Winter

    S5:E7

    War is looming in the South China Sea; a cabinet reshuffle is on the cards, and the plumbers handled! The move back to New Parliament House is on, but not before the Mid-Winter Ball; and a feud is buried for political gain.

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  21. Background image for Greene v The Reckoning
    7.6/10(103 votes)

    #20 - Greene v The Reckoning

    S5:E8

    Morrow has been toppled, aided and abetted by his half-brother Joe, Cal McGregor is now PM. Following an international incident and a monumental cover up, will the capitol implode whilst our heroes chose to explode?

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  22. Background image for Greene v Diaries
    7.3/10(81 votes)

    #21 - Greene v Diaries

    S5:E5

    It's a new week and a new Prime Minister. Indigenous Liberal Greg Peters has come to the fore to lead the country with his own agenda; just as there's panic in the Capital as ministerial diaries are to be published.

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  23. Background image for Gold and Greene v Red
    7.2/10(85 votes)

    #22 - Gold and Greene v Red

    S5:E4

    A new PM is sworn in on the eve of Anzac Day, and Cleaver is served with a summons in the defamation case Evans vs Greene ahead of a heated debate over the sell-off of the Aussie ice cream icon - the Oz Ripple.

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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - R v Marx

    S1:E2

    Cleaver sees his 'Missy' out on the arm of his nemesis David Potter; and is hoodwinked into defending a scheming woman.

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  25. Background image for Evans v Greene
    7.0/10(99 votes)

    #24 - Evans v Greene

    S5:E3

    After mislaying his suit at a fancy-dress party Cleaver is not only forced to do the walk of shame, but to speak to the house... dressed as a zebra; and he becomes the prime suspect in an assassination attempt.

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  26. Background image for Greene v The United States
    6.6/10(121 votes)

    #25 - Greene v The United States

    S5:E2

    Incriminating multimedia and a missing US Defence Secretary puts Cleaver firmly in the sights of the Secret Service as it comes to light that the suspected terrorist attack may have been caused by something much more benign.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 8" is the best rated episode of "Rake". It scored 8.9/10 based on 130 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/30/2014. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 5".