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The Sydney Water Police investigate a fatal bombing on a charter ferry while trying to locate other explosive devices that may still be located in the harbour. The Nemesis crew scrambles to recapture a murder suspect who escapes custody. Kevin Holloway, Frank's younger brother, joins Homicide and is partnered with Frank's good friend Knocker Harrison.

A man claiming to have the missing bomb takes hostages on a passenger ferry. Frank and Rachel stake out a yacht to catch a scantily clad burglar. A diver dismissed from duty dives the site of the ferry wreck to locate the fourth bomb in order to eliminate the hijackers threat. Frank's older brother Jimmy is released from prison two years after Frank put him away as part of a drug bust.

Dead in the Water (1)

A charter boat with children on board explodes. The water police speed to the rescue, but are too late to save a 13-year-old girl. The hunt is on for the arsonist responsible.

Dead in the Water (2)

An abandoned ship arrives in Sydney waters from Thailand. It's a Marie Celeste-style mystery - except for a dog on board, some scorched bones and a heap of ashy remains.

Ghost Ship

Tonight Goldie and Frank are looking for the Iron Man's murderer. the body of a champion Iron Man is found dead. The forensic examiner says he died of a heart attack, his body full of steroids. Frank's younger brother Kevin Holloway (Jeremy Callaghan) and ""Knocker"" Harrison :sists Goldie and Frank on the investigation.   Meanwhile, a rich businessman is arrested by the ""Nemesis"" crew for being drunk while in charge of a motor launch with a party of Koreans on board.   Helen's former lover, Julie Haynes, pays Helen an unexpected visit and asks Helen for a favour.

Iron Man

A load of Scotch has been stolen from the wharves and a night watchman killed. Tommy's father is embroiled in a row with a rival fishing family.

The water police investigate the death of a recreational diver and assume it was an accident, while the insurance company claims it was suicide.

Catch and Kill

Billy Pope's girlfriend is found murdered on the eve of giving evidence in a enquiry into police corruption. It's payback time for the Rispoli family whose lives were cut by the police.

Lie Down with Dogs

A Vietnamese family are the victims of a robbery and their son has been kidnapped. The search for the kidnappers is complicated by the fact that the US President is visiting Sydney and the Water Police are on full security alert

V.I.P.

Holloway is caught on film collecting an envelope containing a large amount of money that has been left in a waterfront warehouse. Internal Affairs accuse him of taking a bribe but Holloway explains that somebody has been leaving him envelopes all over town with tip-offs inside. This is the first time there has been money.

The Shaft

Rachel Goldstein and Frank Holloway investigate the disappearance of a teenage girl they believe has been murdered by her father. However, it is a race against time to find enough evidence to stop the man from leaving the country. Meanwhile the wife of the man who interviwed Clarke Webb on radio goes missing.

Death in the Family

The woman whose boyfriend Goldstein shot dead is released from jail on parole and keeps turning up wherever Goldie happens to be.   The boat crew takes too long to bring diving equipment to a sunken cruiser and two men are found dead.

Goldstein and Son

Kevin Holloway's car is found still with the keys in the ignition at The Gap - a notorious suicide spot.   Meanwhile Goldie is served with court papers seeking to cut off all access to her son David.

Kilo Hotel

As Chief Inspector Webb and Knocker Harrison continue investigating Kevin Holloway's disappearance, Frank is angry he ever allowed himself to believe his brother may have suicided. There's a grim discovery in the harbour of a number of body parts.   Jeff Hawker doesn't like the relationship between Cassidy and Watson, and offers Cassidy a job as supporting officer, on the condition that she ends her relationship with Watson.

The Jigsaw Man

Frank and Goldie are whisked to a warehouse being used in the ongoing investigation into Kevin Holloway's disappearance.   Goldie, Frank, Knocker and Brady search Pappas boat for narcotics. They suspect Pappas is involved in Kevin Holloway's disappearance.   The boat crew accompany the Sheriff to a cargo ship that has docked.

Bang Bang You're Dead

The body of a teenage boy is found in the boot of a car. There are similarities between this murder and that of another boy 13 months earlier. Holloway makes it his personal quest to find the killer, and he meets a beautiful crime scene officer, Caroline Cox (Mary Regan).   Goldie has been denied access to her son, David, for six months, and she does everything to get to see him.   Gavin Sykes (Brett Partridge) investigates a boat accident.

Black Water

A man is killed when a speed boat is deliberately driven into the back of his vessel. A friend who was with him at the time identifies the person responsible as a well-known crime figure and an old enemy of Frank's: Marty Miller (Peter Kowitz). Sykes takes part in a training course for police divers.   Goldie and Knocker seem to get along very well, and a vietnamese cleaner, Thong, is found dead at the Water Police headquarter.

Eyewitness

A hostage is taken and there is a high speed car chase : Marty Miller makes a final stand against Holloway.    Internal Affairs suspects Helen of selling information that led to an elderly woman's    death. The accusations against Helen makes things bad between her and her lover Anne Harvey

Payback

Frank is rushed to hospital after he is shot in an armed hold up. Chief Inspector Clarke Webb meets an old flame, Moira who gives interesting information about the robbers.    John Harrison confronts Goldie's ex-husband about giving Goldie access to her son.   Jeff Hawker investigates a boat accident.

Old Flame

Dave McCall is sympathetic towards the wife of a suspected serial   murderer...until Knocker gets proof that she was involved. Goldie tries to help a man found covered with blood hiding in a warehouse, only to find out he'll talk to no one but Holloway, who is still on sick leave.

Bad Blood

Inspector Webb is slow in coming forward with information on the death of Moira Randall as he doesn't want his affair with her uncovered. The Nemesis crew is kept busy by a group of drunken university students on Shark Island.   Hawker tells Helen that he will apply for the post as Chief Inspector if Webb has to leave. He's surprised when Helen says she also will apply for it.

Floater

Harrison and the divers are called in when the body of a boy is found in similar circumstances to the other murdered teens. The detectives wonder if they arrested the wrong man.

Missing

Holloway finds a new lead on Kevin's murder after a young robber is caught with Kevin's missing gun.

Police Issue 13519

Chris Kollias, the man Frank suspects of knowing more about his brother's death than he's saying, goes missing.   It seems Frank will be forced to give up trying to find out what really happened the night his brother was forced over The Gap.

Unfinished Business

Detectives discover two people who died of carbon monoxide poisoning, they suspect a connection to the activities of Asian gangs. Frank and Rachel gets help from an Asian crime specialist from Task Force Oak. Rachel and Knocker announce their engagement.

Respect

Attending a bushfire at a coastal national park, the Nemesis crew notice bloodied tracks in the sand and find a man digging a body in a shallow grave. Harrison is called in to negotiate with a potential suicide.

Frank and Brady investigates Harrison. Brady believes Harrison has something to do with the death of Kevin Holloway.

Wrecked

When Megan, an anonymous witness to Kevin's death is killed, Brady and Holloway search for other people who may have seen what happened.

Meanwhile, Goldie and Knocker investigate a murder in a park.   The Nemesis crew have to supervise a photo shoot for a world-famous model

Message from the Dead

Knocker is finally caught in his own deadly web. Frank informs Goldie of Knocker's involvement in Kevin's death but she refuses to believe him until Brady shows her the evidence.

Knocker

Back on deck after having shot her fiancÃ© 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.

Recalled to Duty

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.

Closed Circuit

When the owner of an Import/Export company is blown up by a bomb down at the wharves, the detectives have to find out who is responsible.

Frank wants to get better acquainted with the widow.

Fiona Cassidy leaves the Water Police.

Import / Export (1)

Frank's involvement with Jennifer Campbell who is suspected of her husband's murder deepens, despite warnings from Goldie.   Tension between Goldie and Frank is at boiling point.

The Water Police gets a new crew member: Tayler Johnson! She's a bit frustrated after her first day, as nobody seems to take any notice of her. And Sergeant Helen Blakemore is not very nice to her.

Jilted (2)

On a rain-swept early morning the detectives are called in to investigate when a distraught security guard shoots a robber escaping from the waterside warehouse.

Truth or Dare

Goldie and Frank go undercover in a restaurant to discover an extortionist's identification.

Give me Money

Goldie realises how little control parents have over the lives of their children when she and Frank investigate the death of a 22-year-old girl at a party.

End of the Line

A ferry with Tommy on board collides with a large fishing trawler. Tommy tries to control the panic, risking his own life to help passengers escape before the ferry sinks. After the ferry disaster, Tayler unknowingly hands robbery proceeds back to a thief, Sykes looks into the life of his double who was killed in the ferry crash, and Goldie and Holloway try to ascertain who was at fault in the accident.

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

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?

Sex Games

Terry gets caught in the middle of a conflict between her new love interest Brett, the owner of a water taxi company, and his older brother Liam, Who works for a rival company. A sixteen year old boy who is attempting to sail  is rescued by the Nemesis crew.

Eye for an Eye

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.

Goldie's Trip

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.

One Dead Rat

A psychic tells Hawker she had a ""vision"" about a missing girl, and detectives are reluctantly brought on the case. Rachel establishes a rapport with the psychic but Holloway is skeptical, is she genuine or is she just after the $10 000 reward money being offered by the girls parents? Rachel meets a new man-and creates a new career for herself.

The Messenger

After the Nemesis crew hear a gunshot on a yacht in the middle of the night, they find a badly injured woman who makes a garbled statement about ""the man in the moon"" before dying. Holloway and Rachel investigates the killer, a supposedly happily-married real estate agent who leads a double life. Tavitas relationship with an elderly couple ends in tragedy.

The Man in the Moon

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.

Stolen Time

When a quantity of fireworks has been stolen, Hawker finds out his own son was involved. Will he have to arrest his own son? After Sykes gets bashed and robbed he loses his self-confidence.   Frank gives Sykes a hard time before turning the other cheek.

Fireworks

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.

Shroud Lines

When a US Navy fleet cruises into Sydney Harbor over the Mardi Gras weekend the resources of the Water Police are stretched.   Rachel and Holloway joins the boat crew in trying to keep order on the harbor as a flotilla of fanatical environmental protesters hinder the Navy's arrival.    The weekend takes a violent turn when a teenager is found bashed in the Water Police car park. Livvy, the bar attendant, reveals she overheard five American sailors talking about harassing gays and a posse of off-duty Rats is organized to track them down.   Rachel is offered a job in the security business.

Hunting Season

The body of a Melbourne woman is found mutilated at Sydney Harbor, taking detectives Frank Holloway and Rachel Goldstein to Melbourne to investigate.    The womans sister and a shady King Street nightclub owner seems to know more than they are letting on.   A man pulled from the sea by the Nemesis crew claims his boat was struck by a cargo ship, sending him and his still missing wife overboard.

Blood Trail (1)

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.

Dead or Alive (2)

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.

All At Sea

A biker is gunned down in a harbor side park and Holloway, Tavita and Sykes has to investigate.   The dive team is kept busy when they find packages of drugs floating in the harbor.   Dave tries to ease a shaken constable Bailey back to work.

Retribution

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.

Smile (1)

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.

Deadfall (2)

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.

The Witness (3)

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.

The Cleaner (4)

Franks second ex-wife, Liz Robinson, seeks his help and protection from a blackmailer who has photos of her having cocaine snorted from her naked belly.   Tayler Johnson and Gavin Sykes have to deal with some prisoner escapee.

As Fast As You Can

frank and Rachel investigate when both Liz Robinson's husband Lioyd Menzies and the ransom of $ 1.000.000 disappear.   Tommy Tavita becomes attached to a little boy, Buster who tries to sail home to New Zealand

The Gingerbread Man

Liz is almost run down in front of Frank, and fearing for her safety following her husbands murder in prison, he suggests that she stay with him.   Tommy's relationship with Rhonda comes to a tragic end.

For Old Time's Sake

After Frank takes time off Rachel is stuck with Jack Christey trying to catch a rapist. Dave McCall and Tommy Tavita go on a rescue operation on the white water rapids.

One For the Social Workers

Goldie and Tavita investigates an arson attack on a boat which    a teenage boy is found dead. The owner of the boat has a dubious affinity with young boys, but is he the culprit or the victim?

Sympathy for the Devil

When Goldie and Tavita arrest Dave McCall's son and charge him with the supplying and trafficking of illegal drugs, the pressure of home and work life gets to Dave.   A quantity of explosives are used in an attempted bombing of the harbor tunnel.

Bloody Kids

A woman claims her husband stabbed her and Frank and Goldie has to investigate the domestic dispute.   After intervening in a dockside brawl, Tayler requests desk duty when she's unable to contain a suspect.

Behind Closed Doors (1)

When Frank becomes caught in the middle of a siege, Goldie must use her negotiating skills to help him and the other hostages gain their freedom.

The Long Haul

Goldie and Tavita investigates a serial murder, while Holloway is away in Melbourne for a job interview.

Die For Me

Holloway and Goldie investigate an extortion racket in Chinatown.    Sykes and Hawker compete against each other in an 18th skiff race.

Old Dogs, Old Tricks

When a diamond broker's wife gets kidnapped, Rachel and Helen finds out the incident bears striking resemblance to the disappearance of his first wife seven years earlier.   Dave McCall has to run the station in Hawker's absence, together with finding his runaway son and preventing his marriage from disintegrating.   Teen pop sensation Milkshake film their latest music video in the harbor and the water Police are assigned to keep away the media. Emma Woods joins the dive team.

Run for the Money

Frank poses as a criminal when he goes undercover in an attempt to uncover an armed robbery operation.

A Little Knowledge (1)

As the armed robbery gets closer, Holloway's undercover operation becomes more and more dangerous. Despite police's ongoing investigation, Les is granted bail and threatens to blow Frank and Louise's cover.   Frank is forced to act as the getaway driver during the robbery but a sudden change of plans throws off the police surveillance unit and places Frank's life in jeopardy.

Double Play (2)

Goldie investigates the disappearance of a young girl and the subsequent murder of the woman suspected of her kidnapping.   Further complications set in when it is revealed that Terry is the father of the missing girl.

Soft Target

frank gets pinned to the ground by armed robber Kiwi Dave, he holds a gun to his head and pulls the trigger, his near-death experience leads him on a one-man campaign and a journey of self-discovery.   Helen is promoted to the rank of Senior Sergeant.

Not Fade Away

Franks temporary replacement, Jack Christey, attempt to board a boat to apprehend a teenager who has been in an armed stand-off with the Water Police, the boy panics, and in the ensuing confusion both he and Tayler are shot.   Tayler's near fatal shooting prompts a reunion between    Helen and her estranged brother.

Romeo is Bleeding

A man's severed head is found in a gym bag washed up on a beach and Goldstein and Christey has to investigate.   Tavita and Sykes' pursuit of a young boy comes under scrutiny when the boy disappears after diving into the harbor in an attempt to avoid the officers.

Heads or Tails

Holloway catches his old copper mate in a drug dealing operation that uses an ice cream boat as a cover.   Tavita, Sykes and McCall respond to a robbery at the wharves and winds up in a bar brawl as they track down a number of stolen VCRs.

Mocha Fudge

Chief inspector Jeff Hawker finds himself in the firing line when ballistic tests prove his gun was used to kill Vince Blake eight years ago. Goldie and Hawker work together to clear his name.   Tavita finds himself in the middle of a dispute at the site of an archeological dig.

Let the Dead

The detectives apprehend a man responsible for the robbery of tourist groups, this leads into the investigation of illegal steroids at a local gym.   After an accident pins a pregnant woman's arm underneath a boat,   Goldie and the Nemesis crew have no choice but to deliver her baby underwater as the tide comes in and submerges the woman.

Diminished Responsibility

Frank and Helen investigates when a well known environmental activist, Thea Ashwood, vanishes mysteriously.   Meanwhile, Sykes investigates when a swimmer disappear mysteriously under a triathlon competition.

Watery Grave

Kiwi Dave escapes from prison and makes it his personal mission to make Frank's life a misery.

Six Hundred Clear A Week

When judge Moreton is found bound and gagged wearing nothing but fishnets and a g-string, Frank is intrigued to discover his arch nemesis, Terry Madigan is involved.

Untouchable

When a base-jumper's parachute fails and he plunges to    his death, Jack Christey is sure his three friends filming the incident know more than they are letting on.

Switchback

Sykes' hands are tied when his girlfriend is involved in a mysterious car accident.

Somebody to Love

Goldie becomes the obsession of a mentally unstable woman.   Sarah is a young woman obsessed by religious omens and controlled by an equally unstable lover.   When Goldie risks her life attempting to save Sarah, a bizarre string of events follow. It becomes apparent that Sarah is toying with Goldie's emotions, and is also involved in a murder being investigated by Goldie and Jack.   Tavita and Sykes investigate a fraudulent pet cremation contractor.

Epiphany

Investigations into an armed holdup incriminate police when witnesses recount how bandits were disguised in police uniforms and escaped in a police car.   Helen Blakemore comes under suspicion when it's revealed she is one of only two people who can access spare uniforms and she could do with extra cash after buying a new home.

Honour Amongst Thieves (1)

Frank Holloway is determined to clear Helen's name and nail Madigan for setting up the water police.

Trust (2)

Frank and Goldie are caught in the middle as the Madigan and Formica rivalry gets personal.   The rekindled romance between Frank and undercover cop    Louise Bradshaw is short-lived when Louise is gunned down when caught in a shoot-out between warring drug dealers.

War Games (3)

As Frank's life hangs in the balance he is forced to rely on his arch nemesis, Madigan, to survive.

Last Impressions (4)

When a passenger liner arrives in Sydney Harbor, Goldie, McCall and Sykes all find themselves in deeper than they imagined.

Old Bones

The Water Police are plagued by a series of hoaxes and it is up to Frank and Goldie to determine who and what they can trust.

Fair Cop

When a man is nailed to a tree by his neighbour, Holloway and Goldie discover his wife has vanished.

A Woman of Substance

When a homeless kid is trapped in a pylon in the harbour, the Water Police are horrified to discover a dead body floating in the water beside him. While Blakemore makes it her responsibility to ensure the homeless boy is taken care of, she begins to develop a relationship with the boy's lawyer, Gillian Swain. Meanwhile the Detectives unravel the mystery of the body found the pylon.

Double Blind

When a gender-specific piece of anatomy is washed up on the beach, Holloway and Goldie investigate.

Cut off Point

Helen's romance hots up. Meanwhile, crime, punishment, betrayal, retribution, suicide and family tragedy when Goldie and Holloway infiltrate a crime family operating an insurance scam on Sydney Harbour. When it all goes terribly wrong, the family is eventually torn apart - not so much by the police intervening, but by in-fighting, backstabbing and betrayal.

In the Family Way

A crooked grandmother, a fraudulent stockbroker and a water taxi driver who gets taken for a ride, all baffle the detectives. Meanwhile Blakemore's romance comes to an abrupt end.

Santiago: Rain 27

Holloway and Goldie's partnership is shaken when a third detective, Michael Reilly, is assigned to the Water Police.

End Game

The death of a friend and a forgotten dream prompt Frank Holloway to farewell the Rats.

Tomorrow Never Comes

The working relationship between Jack Christey and Goldie gets off to a rocky start. Already compromised by their past affair, further strain is added when Jack insists on taking the lead in a murder case involving an old acquaintance.

Goes with the Territory

Police constable Tayler Johnson becomes romantically involved with a cop on a diving course, but while out on a dive, he goes missing and Tayler realises how little she knows about him.

Fish out of Water

Michael Reilly and Goldie have to go undercover at a well-known swingers' haunt to coax a confession out of some murderers.

Good Times and Adventures

Detective Michael Reilly's friendship with madam Susie Abromovich results in them both being taken hostage by an armed robber.

Blood Relations

Gavin Sykes is taken hostage by a young man with a desire to be a cop for a day.

Dial C for Cop

The investigation into the suicide of a young man reveals a greater tragedy, a secret that will ultimately destroy the lives of all those involved.

Quad Squad

Jack Christey and Rachel Goldstein race to save two young girls whose lives are at stake when they inadvertently become caught up in a drug smuggling ring.

Unauthorised Entry

A grisly case hits home when Jeff Hawker's wife, Gail, becomes the target of a vicious serial rapist and killer.

Mother Love

Goldie faces every mother's worst nightmare when her son David becomes the victim of a brutal and vicious kidnapper.

The Best Seasons of Water Rats

The Best Seasons of Water Rats

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