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The Best Episodes of Water Rats Season 3

Every episode of Water Rats Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Water Rats Season 3!

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Water Rats Season 3 Episode 1 - As Fast As You Can
    7.8/10(21 votes)

    #1 - As Fast As You Can

    S3:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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  2. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 2 - The Gingerbread Man
    7.2/10(16 votes)

    #2 - The Gingerbread Man

    S3:E2

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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  3. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 3 - For Old Time's Sake
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    #3 - For Old Time's Sake

    S3:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 4 - One For the Social Workers
    7.7/10(16 votes)

    #4 - One For the Social Workers

    S3:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 5 - Sympathy for the Devil
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #5 - Sympathy for the Devil

    S3:E5

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Peter Gawler

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  6. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 6 - Bloody Kids
    7.7/10(24 votes)

    #6 - Bloody Kids

    S3:E6

    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.

    Director:David Caesar
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 7 - Behind Closed Doors (1)
    6.5/10(16 votes)

    #7 - Behind Closed Doors (1)

    S3:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 8 - The Long Haul
    7.5/10(18 votes)

    #8 - The Long Haul

    S3:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 9 - Die For Me
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #9 - Die For Me

    S3:E9

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 10 - Old Dogs, Old Tricks
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    #10 - Old Dogs, Old Tricks

    S3:E10

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

    Director:Chris Langman
    Writer:Michael Miller

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  11. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 11 - Run for the Money
    7.2/10(15 votes)

    #11 - Run for the Money

    S3:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 12 - A Little Knowledge (1)
    7.6/10(17 votes)

    #12 - A Little Knowledge (1)

    S3:E12

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 13 - Double Play (2)
    7.7/10(16 votes)

    #13 - Double Play (2)

    S3:E13

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 14 - Soft Target
    6.7/10(17 votes)

    #14 - Soft Target

    S3:E14

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 15 - Not Fade Away
    6.9/10(15 votes)

    #15 - Not Fade Away

    S3:E15

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Peter Gawler

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  16. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 16 - Romeo is Bleeding
    5.7/10(22 votes)

    #16 - Romeo is Bleeding

    S3:E16

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 17 - Heads or Tails
    7.4/10(19 votes)

    #17 - Heads or Tails

    S3:E17

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 18 - Mocha Fudge
    7.2/10(15 votes)

    #18 - Mocha Fudge

    S3:E18

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 19 - Let the Dead
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #19 - Let the Dead

    S3:E19

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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  20. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 20 - Diminished Responsibility
    7.5/10(19 votes)

    #20 - Diminished Responsibility

    S3:E20

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Grant McAloon

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  21. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 21 - Watery Grave
    6.8/10(15 votes)

    #21 - Watery Grave

    S3:E21

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 22 - Six Hundred Clear A Week
    7.5/10(15 votes)

    #22 - Six Hundred Clear A Week

    S3:E22

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Peter Gawler

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  23. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 23 - Untouchable
    7.2/10(16 votes)

    #23 - Untouchable

    S3:E23

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 24 - Switchback
    7.5/10(15 votes)

    #24 - Switchback

    S3:E24

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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  25. Water Rats Season 3 Episode 25 - Somebody to Love
    7.2/10(15 votes)

    #25 - Somebody to Love

    S3:E25

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"As Fast As You Can" is the best rated episode of "Water Rats" season 3. It scored 7.8/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Tony Morphett, it aired on 2/9/1998. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "The Gingerbread Man".