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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 Worst Episode
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    Rake Season 1 Episode 4 - R v Lorton
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - R v Lorton

    S1:E4

    Cleaver makes a spectacle of himself in front of Missy and David; and Cleaver and Wendy discover their son Fuzz is learning a lot more than English from his attractive young teacher.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Rake Season 1 Episode 5 - R v Chandler
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    #2 - R v Chandler

    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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  3. Rake Season 1 Episode 6 - R v Langhorn
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    #3 - R v Langhorn

    S1:E6

    Cleaver is roped into defending an old flame, and is in trouble in his tax case. But when Missy tells him she is marrying David, his world collapses.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Rake Season 1 Episode 7 - R v Tanner
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - R v Tanner

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Rake Season 1 Episode 8 - R v Corella
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - R v Corella

    S1:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Rake Season 2 Episode 2 - R v Fenton
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - R v Fenton

    S2:E2

    Cleaver is in the bad books with the Attorney General, while having to defend a slimy corporate thief as he sees an innocent client punished. And, best friend Barney now hates him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Rake Season 2 Episode 3 - R v Wooldridge & Anor
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - R v Wooldridge & Anor

    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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  8. Rake Season 2 Episode 4 - R v Floyd
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - R v Floyd

    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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  9. Rake Season 2 Episode 5 - R v Turner
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - R v Turner

    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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  10. Rake Season 2 Episode 6 - R v Alford
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - R v Alford

    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
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  11. Rake Season 2 Episode 7 - Greene v Hole
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Greene v Hole

    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
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  12. Rake Season 2 Episode 8 - R v Greene
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    #12 - R v Greene

    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
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  13. Rake Season 3 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Rake Season 4 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Rake Season 4 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Rake Season 4 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Rake Season 4 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Rake Season 4 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Rake Season 4 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Rake Season 4 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Rake Season 4 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Rake Season 3 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    4.8/10(5 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Rake Season 1 Episode 1 - R v Murray
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - R v Murray

    S1:E1

    Barrister Cleaver Greene's life continues to spiral out of control. As usual, he runs to Missy, a high class call girl who works at a brothel also frequented by Cleaver's friend, Attorney General, Joe Sandilands.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Rake Season 2 Episode 1 - R v Mohammed
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - R v Mohammed

    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
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  25. Rake Season 5 Episode 1 - Greene v The World
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Greene v The World

    S5:E1

    After taking up residency in Canberra as a Senator in Federal Parliament, Cleaver has old foes and new. A terrorist gas attack on New Parliament House causes the seat of government to move down the hill to its old home.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"R v Lorton" is the worst rated episode of "Rake". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/25/2010. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "R v Chandler".