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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Underbelly Season 6 Episode 6 - Squizzy Makes the Front Page
    5.0/10(34 votes)

    #1 - Squizzy Makes the Front Page

    S6:E6

    Squizzy kidnaps his girlfriend from witness protection. While still on the run from the police, Squizzy and Ida star in a big budget silent movie.

    Director:Karl Zwicky
    Writer:Adam Todd

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  2. Underbelly Season 6 Episode 1 - Squizzy Steps Out
    5.9/10(55 votes)

    #2 - Squizzy Steps Out

    S6:E1

    Squizzy makes a name for himself with a successful jewelry store robbery, but when he plans to hold up a bank manager, things don't go quite as smoothly.

    Director:David Caesar
    Writer:Felicity Packard

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  3. Underbelly Season 6 Episode 4 - Squizzy Breaks Some Hearts
    6.2/10(33 votes)

    #3 - Squizzy Breaks Some Hearts

    S6:E4

    Squizzy's gambling empire is threatened when rival Henry Stokes returns from exile. Tankbuster sends a deadly message to a nosey detective and Squizzy hosts the most lavish and debauched party the city has ever seen.

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:Jeff Truman

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  4. Underbelly Season 6 Episode 3 - Squizzy Takes Charge
    6.5/10(31 votes)

    #4 - Squizzy Takes Charge

    S6:E3

    Squizzy starts a deadly turf war and becomes the undisputed king of Melbourne's underworld. Dolly is heartbroken when Squizzy leaves her for a startstruck waitress.

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:Jeff Truman

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  5. Underbelly Season 6 Episode 7 - Squizzy Loses the Plot
    6.5/10(33 votes)

    #5 - Squizzy Loses the Plot

    S6:E7

    The old gang is reformed when Squizzy and Tankbuster bust Angus out of Pentridge Jail. Angus's new-found freedom is short lived when a botched armed robbery leads him straight to the hangman's noose.

    Director:Shawn Seet
    Writer:Adam Todd

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  6. Underbelly Season 6 Episode 8 - Squizzy Cooks a Goose
    6.5/10(34 votes)

    #6 - Squizzy Cooks a Goose

    S6:E8

    After being released from prison a broken man, Squizzy vows to turn over a new leaf. Squizzy's attempt to go straight is short lived when he goes into the cocaine business with his former enemy Long Harry.

    Director:Shawn Seet
    Writer:Peter Gawler

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  7. Underbelly Season 6 Episode 5 - Squizzy Tempts Fate
    6.8/10(32 votes)

    #7 - Squizzy Tempts Fate

    S6:E5

    Following the death of his baby girl, Squizzy begins to spin out of control. Squizzy rediscovers his mojo when he meets new love Ida Pender and they embark on a crime spree together.

    Director:Karl Zwicky
    Writer:Andy Muir

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  8. Underbelly Season 4 Episode 9 - The Crash
    6.9/10(43 votes)

    #8 - The Crash

    S4:E9

    Fresh out of prison, Kate Leigh puts a bounty on the heads of Tilly's husband, Big Jim Devine, and her chief henchman, Frank Green, as payback for the murder of Greg Gaffney and the razor attack on Bruce Higgs. In a pre-emptive reprisal Tilly vows to eliminate Kate's muscle before they eliminate hers. Meanwhile, Kate learns the truth about her son-in-law and is forced to take action that will drive her own daughter away.

    Director:Mat King
    Writer:Michaeley O'Brien

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  9. Underbelly Season 5 Episode 6 - Road to Nowhere
    6.9/10(40 votes)

    #9 - Road to Nowhere

    S5:E6

    Gary and Tim travel to Queensland in an attempt to stop an underworld execution. Undies goes into business for himself, with disastrous consequences. Newlywed Decker is drawn back into working for Anthony Perish.

    Director:Ian Watson
    Writer:Jeff Truman

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  10. Underbelly Season 4 Episode 11 - Jerusalem Revisited
    7.1/10(46 votes)

    #10 - Jerusalem Revisited

    S4:E11

    Tillys decision to visit London has dire consequences for her business and marriage. With Tilly in London, Kate moves to seize control of the drug trade. Fresh from prison, Guido is determined to become the Al Capone of Australia; and the police suspect they have a traitor in their ranks.

    Director:Shawn Seet
    Writer:Jeff Truman

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  11. Underbelly Season 5 Episode 5 - Troubleshooting
    7.1/10(39 votes)

    #11 - Troubleshooting

    S5:E5

    A car dealer's life becomes a nightmare when he befriends a charming new customer, Anthony Perish. Decker goes to extreme lengths to prove his loyalty to The Company. Camille comes face-to-face with Perish while undercover at the Mudgee vineyards.

    Director:Ian Watson
    Writer:Niki Aken

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  12. Underbelly Season 5 Episode 7 - Bang, Bang, Kill, Kill
    7.1/10(41 votes)

    #12 - Bang, Bang, Kill, Kill

    S5:E7

    Unaware he is under police surveillance, Decker juggles two different hit-man contracts with the impending birth of his baby. Police get a crucial breakthrough in the hunt for Anthony Perish. NOTE: ALREADY FIRST AIRED ON THE 17TH ACROSS HALF OF AUSTRALIA

    Director:Tony Tilse
    Writer:Jeff Truman

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  13. Underbelly Season 6 Episode 2 - Squizzy Puts One Over
    7.1/10(32 votes)

    #13 - Squizzy Puts One Over

    S6:E2

    To get off a murder charge, Squizzy and his boys will have to persuade a few witnesses. And what will he do with his freedom? Keep building his empire by getting in bed with Long Harry Slater.

    Director:David Caesar
    Writer:Felicity Packard

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  14. Underbelly Season 5 Episode 4 - Year of the Rooster
    7.2/10(40 votes)

    #14 - Year of the Rooster

    S5:E4

    When Strikeforce Tuno is disbanded, Gary devises a new strategy to solve the Falconer murder. The police finally track down Anthony Perish and arrest him, but Rooster proves more elusive than ever. Pam is stretched to breaking point with Gary.

    Director:David Caesar
    Writer:Peter Gawler

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  15. Underbelly Season 4 Episode 8 - A Big Shivoo
    7.3/10(42 votes)

    #15 - A Big Shivoo

    S4:E8

    Black Aggie strikes up a romance with Greg “the Gunman” Gaffney and gives-up prostitution. But she’s still dirty on Nellie for putting her out of work, so she fronts her with a cut-throat razor. Frank Green intervenes and gives Aggie thrice as many cuts and bruises than she started out with.

    Director:David Caesar
    Writer:Jeff Truman

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  16. Underbelly Season 3 Episode 2 - The Crucible
    7.4/10(68 votes)

    #16 - The Crucible

    S3:E2

    Corrupt detectives organise an elaborate drug "sting" for their own profit. Meanwhile, senior police fear rampant corruption could lead to a royal commission.

    Director:Tony Tilse
    Writer:Felicity Packard

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  17. Underbelly Season 4 Episode 7 - Tripe and Brains
    7.4/10(43 votes)

    #17 - Tripe and Brains

    S4:E7

    With Kate Leigh in prison, Tilly devises a radical new strategy for taking control of Razorhurst. Meanwhile, Wally faces an uphill battle to protect Kate's business and family interests while she is in prison. A dashing nightclub singer pledges his undying love to Nellie Cameron, with tragic results. And Black Aggie is publicly humiliated in a bar-room brawl with Nellie but finds love from an unlikely source.

    Director:David Caesar
    Writer:Jeff Truman

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  18. Underbelly Season 5 Episode 3 - The Loaded Dog
    7.4/10(43 votes)

    #18 - The Loaded Dog

    S5:E3

    The police have a major breakthrough on locating Anthony Perish after Frank agrees to go undercover. Perish arranges a chilling summit meeting with a bikie boss, and one of Perish's henchmen gets a lesson in obedience.

    Director:David Caesar
    Writer:Peter Gawler

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  19. Underbelly Season 1 Episode 1 - The Black Prince
    7.5/10(216 votes)

    #19 - The Black Prince

    S1:E1

    The Melbourne gangland wars start the night the gangster Alphonse Gangitano, "The Black Prince of Lygon Street", and one of the legendary Carlton Crew gang, murders a low-life crim named Greg Workman at a St Kilda party for the sheer hell of it. The charming gangster Alphonse gets away with the murder by convincing two witnesses not to testify but the killing sets the tone for the mayhem that will follow, and sets Alphonse himself on a path to self-destruction.

    Director:Tony Tilse
    Writer:Peter Gawler

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  20. Underbelly Season 4 Episode 4 - The Damage Done
    7.5/10(43 votes)

    #20 - The Damage Done

    S4:E4

    Furious over Tilly's decision to kill Norman Bruhn, Kate sparks an all-out war by recruiting Tilly's prostitutes to sell cocaine. Snowy Cutmore returns to Melbourne for a fateful showdown with crime boss Squizzy Taylor. Fresh from his first kill, Frank 'The Little Gunman' Green wins the ultimate prize — Nellie Cameron. But can he keep her?

    Director:Cherie Nowlan
    Writer:Felicity Packard

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  21. Underbelly Season 4 Episode 6 - Blood Alley
    7.5/10(44 votes)

    #21 - Blood Alley

    S4:E6

    The rivalry between Kate Leigh and Phil Jeffs reaches boiling point, leading to a legendary street battle between their rival gangs. Jeffs is determined to put Kate and Tilly out of business by poisoning their cocaine supply and slashing their workers. The police create Australia's first drug squad to fight the deadly cocaine epidemic, and Kate starts an affair with a sexy young gangster, angering her faithful lieutenant Wally.

    Director:Shawn Seet
    Writer:Michaeley O'Brien

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  22. Underbelly Season 1 Episode 4 - Cocksure
    7.6/10(123 votes)

    #22 - Cocksure

    S1:E4

    Carl Williams is caught red-handed whilst double-crossing the fearsome Moran brothers; the underworld is in an uproar over the mystery source of cheap drugs; a kidnap goes terribly wrong, from farce to disaster, when nobody wants to pay the victim's ransom, which only adds to the tension.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:Greg Haddrick

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  23. Underbelly Season 2 Episode 2 - Bad Habits
    7.6/10(74 votes)

    #23 - Bad Habits

    S2:E2

    Anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay makes deadly enemies with the Griffith mafia and corrupt NSW police. Melbourne crim Ray Chuck plans Australia's most audacious heist - the Great Bookie Robbery.

    Director:Ken Cameron
    Writer:Peter Gawler

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  24. Underbelly Season 4 Episode 2 - Whips and Scorpions
    7.6/10(55 votes)

    #24 - Whips and Scorpions

    S4:E2

    The true story of glamorous crime queens Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh, and their deadly battle to control Sydney's underworld in the 1920s.

    Director:Tony Tilse
    Writer:Peter Gawler

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  25. Underbelly Season 4 Episode 12 - Big Moves
    7.6/10(39 votes)

    #25 - Big Moves

    S4:E12

    Big Jim faces the noose over the attempted murder of his wife but at the 11th hour Tilly refuses to testify against her husband and the charges are dropped. The ultra-nationalist New Guard are proving such a danger to his government that Premier Jack Lang guarantees Bill Mackay the new title of NSW Police Commissioner if he can stamp them out. His wife having left him and taken the kids, Frank throws in his lot with Nellie and the pair try to escape Razorhurst for a new life in Queensland. Guido Calletti's ambitious plans to seize Kate's cocaine supply are forgotten when he and Frank clash over Nellie yet again.

    Director:Shawn Seet
    Writer:Michaeley O'Brien

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Squizzy Makes the Front Page" is the worst rated episode of "Underbelly". It scored 5/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Karl Zwicky and written by Adam Todd, it aired on 8/25/2013. This episode scored 0.9 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Squizzy Steps Out".