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The Best Episodes of Water Rats

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The Best Episodes of Water Rats

Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001.

Seasons6

  1. Background image for And the Winner is...
    8.6/10(14 votes)

    #1 - And the Winner is...

    S6:E25

    Trying to prevent a full-scale turf war comes at a heavy price for the Rats.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Cats and Pigeons
    8.4/10(16 votes)

    #2 - Cats and Pigeons

    S6:E26

    In retaliation for two Rats, Jack Christey sets the cat amongst the pigeons with even more devastating results.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Broken English
    8.3/10(13 votes)

    #3 - Broken English

    S6:E11

    Hawker remains the professional police officer, even when he is targeted by a criminal. But when the vendetta involves his son, Hawker shows his true colours.

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    Director:Mark Piper
  4. Background image for The Removalist
    8.3/10(9 votes)

    #4 - The Removalist

    S6:E24

    The new boy at the Water Police, Gorgeous George Newhouse is making waves with the women, but Christey is not impressed.

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    Director:Unknown
  5. Background image for Bitter Legacy
    8.1/10(18 votes)

    #5 - Bitter Legacy

    S6:E17

    Alex and Mick race against time when someone is distributing guns that are rigged to explode when fired.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Bureaucracy Rules, OK?
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    #6 - Bureaucracy Rules, OK?

    S6:E23

    Alex and Mick investigate the case of a four year old boy found at the bottom of the harbor.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Final Chapter
    8.0/10(17 votes)

    #7 - Final Chapter

    S5:E26

    The Rats are caught off guard when they're ambushed on the harbor while transporting a wise-cracking prison inmate. When the getaway plans of the escapee and his girlfriend unravel, they take Christey and his daughter hostage.

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    Director:Lynn Hegarty
  9. Background image for The Long Run
    8.0/10(10 votes)

    #8 - The Long Run

    S6:E22

    Alex and Mick chase a triple killer through the streets of Sydney.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for True Believer
    7.9/10(16 votes)

    #9 - True Believer

    S5:E36

    Haunted by the brutal murder of a teenage girl, Alex puts her life on the line to identify the murderer; and Reilly wants to know where he stands with Alex.

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    Director:Lynn Hegarty
  11. Background image for Strike Out
    7.9/10(10 votes)

    #10 - Strike Out

    S6:E14

    Christey's daughter is given a brutal introduction to the realities of police work, while the death of a girl in a hit-and-run jet-ski accident causes disturbing memories to resurface for Alex.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Silent Running
    7.8/10(19 votes)

    #11 - Silent Running

    S5:E27

    Distraught father and hard-nosed detective battle for supremacy when Jack Christey tracks his daughter after she's taken hostage by a prisoner on the run.

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  13. Background image for Another Man's Poison
    7.8/10(12 votes)

    #12 - Another Man's Poison

    S6:E5

    A runaway yacht, a missing child and suspected multiple murders set Alex and Christey down the wrong path, where they uncover a plot to poison Sydney Harbour.

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    Director:Unknown
  14. Background image for Red Ice
    7.8/10(10 votes)

    #13 - Red Ice

    S6:E19

    After a shooting on a Harbour wharf, the Rats discover a love triangle of Russian immigrants and a Cold War in sunny Sydney.

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    Director:Unknown
  15. Background image for Jackpot
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #14 - Jackpot

    S6:E21

    Alex and Mick try to solve an old burglary and murder whilst battling a retired cop seeking redemption for years of humiliation.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Chinese Checkers
    7.7/10(15 votes)

    #15 - Chinese Checkers

    S5:E9

    ASIO enlists a couple of the Water Rats in a covert operation which causes Reilly to become the victim of an amorous spy and Sykes' love life gets him into very hot.

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    Director:Lynn Hegarty
  17. Background image for The Trouble With Gary
    7.7/10(16 votes)

    #16 - The Trouble With Gary

    S5:E10

    Jack and Alex are lead round the mulberry bush by a smart alec killer while the ASIO operation comes back to haunt Sykes and Reilly.

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    Director:Lynn Hegarty
  18. Background image for In the Blood
    7.7/10(15 votes)

    #17 - In the Blood

    S5:E23

    A drug importing deal goes horribly wrong when a small time crim tries to implicate a notorious crime identity; and, a young woman appears claiming to be Christey's daughter.

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  19. Background image for Odds On
    7.7/10(10 votes)

    #18 - Odds On

    S6:E6

    Christey is reacquainted with his estranged father and discovers he is involved in a dangerous scam.

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    Director:Mark Piper
  20. Background image for Hungry Bear Blues
    7.7/10(14 votes)

    #19 - Hungry Bear Blues

    S6:E8

    Knowing that a great job is coming her way, Blakemore resigns prematurely and takes the opportunity to tell everyone exactly what she thinks of them.

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    Director:Lynn Hegarty
  21. Background image for Family Matters
    7.7/10(11 votes)

    #20 - Family Matters

    S6:E20

    A young troubled boy places a wedge between Jack and his daughter, Sophie.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for A Day to Remember
    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #21 - A Day to Remember

    S5:E1

    The series resumes on a spectacular note with a helicopter crashing into an overcrowded pleasure boat. The fatality list is long but two survivors are trapped on the sinking craft unable to be moved. Meanwhile, on shore, Mary Coustas (without the Effie frightwig) is a troubled survivor and knows more than she is saying. There is a scramble for clues as the detectives Jack Christey and Alex St Clare track down the cause of the chopper's crash and ponder why the pilot has a bullet wound in his neck. It's a good yarn and the drama, as Tommy Tavita and his mates work to save the trapped souls, is tense.

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  23. Background image for Mozzie
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #22 - Mozzie

    S5:E20

    Alex undercover partner, and ex-lover comes back into her life after a series of death threats and she must take a hard look at the people she trusts.

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    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #23 - Reunion

    S5:E22

    A drug importing deal goes horribly wrong when a small time crim tries to implicate a notorious crime identity; and, a young woman appears claiming to be Christey's daughter.

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    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #24 - Loose Ends (2)

    S5:E25

    Two halves of a body don't add up for Reilly and Alex. Hawker discovers the reasons behind the murder of Annie's father.

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    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #25 - High Roller

    S6:E3

    Jack Christey's new relationship is tested when one of the Rats is taken by a serial killer.

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Best Episodes Summary

"And the Winner is..." is the best rated episode of "Water Rats". It scored 8.6/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/31/2001. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Cats and Pigeons".