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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.

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  1. 8.2/10(21 votes)

    #1 - The Cleaner (4)

    S2:E26

    After Holloway discovered who killed Sam Jones, decides to set himself up as bait in an attempt to catch the killer. Rachel has an important decision to make regarding her future when Michael proposes-her lover or her partner. Police boats Nemesis and Harpy respond when a fishing boat capsizes.

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  2. 8.0/10(17 votes)

    #2 - 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
  3. 7.9/10(17 votes)

    #3 - All At Sea

    S2:E21

    Rachel has difficulty adjusting to her new partner when Frank goes on an overseas attachment. Rachel and her new partner are thrown together to investigate a mysterious drowning. Constable Sam Bailey competes in a free dive competition.

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  4. 7.8/10(23 votes)

    #4 - One Dead Rat

    S2:E12

    Three convicts, including those who kidnapped and terrorized Rachel, make a dramatic escape from a prison van and try to make their getaway in a stolen boat on the Parramatta River. Tensions between Hawker and Blackmore escalate.

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  5. 7.8/10(17 votes)

    #5 - Smile (1)

    S2:E23

    Tony Brady from Internal Affairs investigates Frank after a petty criminal accuses Frank of assaulting him while in custody. A series of safe robberies in which evidence at the crime scenes points to inside jobs gets investigated by Frank and Rachel. Tayler and Tavita looks after two precocious children when their parents are arrested.

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  6. 7.8/10(18 votes)

    #6 - Deadfall (2)

    S2:E24

    Frank becomes the prime suspect when Sam Jones is murdered. Goldie and Holloway investigates the disappearance of a young barmaid, last seen alive by Tayler.

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  8. 7.8/10(19 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. 7.8/10(15 votes)

    #8 - 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
  10. 7.7/10(23 votes)

    #9 - Goldie's Trip

    S2:E11

    An old friend of Rachel calls her for help. She goes undercover as a drug courier, but when something goes terribly wrong and her cover is blown, the desperate drug dealers kidnap her at gun point.

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  11. 7.7/10(17 votes)

    #10 - Shroud Lines

    S2:E17

    Rachel and her new man, Michael Jeffries are guests at a wedding on ""the Bounty"". the romantic setting is shattered when a body falls from the sails. Rachel puts her relationship with Michael on the line when she puts aside her persona and turn professional in her detective role. Frank and Rachel tries to solve the mystery of the dead body. An extortionist claims the killing is part of a planned terrorist attack on the Australian tourism industry. Gavin tracks down the man who stole his car.

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  12. 7.7/10(15 votes)

    #11 - 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
  13. 7.7/10(16 votes)

    #12 - 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
  14. 7.7/10(15 votes)

    #13 - 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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  15. 7.6/10(24 votes)

    #14 - Recalled to Duty

    S2:E1

    Back on deck after having shot her fiancé corrupt copper, John ""Knocker"" Harrison dead, is Detective Rachel ""Goldie"" Goldstein, reacting snappily to being dubbed ""Gunner Goldstein"" by a colleague with an unhealthy interest in what it's like to kill someone. Dave McCall is at the receiving end of a spear from a sunken and booby-trapped car, loaded with stolen gold ingots. Goldie and Frank Holloway investigate a bouillion robbery. The ""Nemesis"" crew are looking after a prisoner, a former Olympic rowing champion.

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  16. 7.6/10(25 votes)

    #15 - Closed Circuit

    S2:E2

    A light plane crashes in Sydney Harbour and the divers have the task of pulling out the dead bodies.A gun-shy Goldie tries to come to terms with her problem.

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  17. 7.6/10(18 votes)

    #16 - Stolen Time

    S2:E15

    A young woman believed to be stalked by an admirer called ""Desperate Dave"" is reported missing. Tayler falls overboard when he, Sykes and Tavita tries to outwit a couple of bag snatchers, at Darling Harbor. Hawker finds out about Helen and Taylers relationship.

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  18. 7.6/10(18 votes)

    #17 - Dead or Alive (2)

    S2:E20

    The investigation into the death of Melissa Davies continues, but the stakes are raised with the knowledge that her son, Jordan, is still alive.The question is why would these men want the child? Fearing that Jordan may have witnessed her mothers murder, the detectives are desperate to find him before he is killed. An eager young journalist following the Nemesis crew is more interested in Tayler than his story, but Sykes s overly co-operative in what he tells the reporter about his colleagues.

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  19. 7.6/10(19 votes)

    #18 - The Witness (3)

    S2:E25

    Holloway is suspended from police duties when he gets charged with the murder of Sam Jones. Rachel gets help from her new partner, Sykes, when she sets out to clear his name. Rachel believes Frank is being set up by Melbourne crime figure Charlie Hayes to discredit him as a witness in Gary Travis' upcoming trial (from ep. 45 and 46). The boat crew deal with a pair of jet skiers whose antics are threatening endangered penguin species.

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  20. 7.6/10(15 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. 7.6/10(13 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. 7.6/10(15 votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. 7.6/10(15 votes)

    #22 - 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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  24. 7.5/10(22 votes)

    #23 - Sex Games

    S2:E9

    Terry jeopardizes his career when he falls into bed with Gina Downie, a woman he rescues when her dive into a shipwreck goes wrong. Terry believes their rendezvous to be just another one-night stand, but she has more sinister intentions which culminate in a near fatal attack on Terry. Frank and Rachel try to solve the puzzle of a woman found floating in the harbor. Was she murdered or did she commit suicide?

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  25. 7.5/10(14 votes)

    #24 - Play it Again

    S5:E6

    A former lover of Alex's becomes a suspect in a murder investigation and, after Helen Blakemore is forced to fire during an armed robbery, she finds her career on the line as Internal Affairs investigate.

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    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:John Banas
  26. 7.5/10(17 votes)

    #25 - Saltimbocca (1)

    S5:E11

    Detectives St Clare and Reilly investigate the murder of a restaurateur where their only witness is a ferocious dog.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Cleaner (4)" is the best rated episode of "Water Rats". It scored 8.2/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/4/1997. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Final Chapter".