7.7/1020 votes#1 - As Fast As You Can
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/9/1998
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: N/A
Writer: Tony Morphett
- 7.2/1016 votes
#2 - The Gingerbread Man
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 2/9/1998
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: N/A
Writer: Tony Morphett
- 7.8/1018 votes
#3 - For Old Time's Sake
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 2/16/1998
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1016 votes
#4 - One For the Social Workers
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 2/23/1998
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1013 votes
#5 - Sympathy for the Devil
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 3/2/1998
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: N/A
Writer: Peter Gawler
- 8.1/1022 votes
#6 - Bloody Kids
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 3/10/1998
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: N/A
- 6.5/1015 votes
#7 - Behind Closed Doors (1)
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 3/17/1998
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1018 votes
#8 - The Long Haul
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 3/17/1998
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1016 votes
#9 - Die For Me
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 3/31/1998
Goldie and Tavita investigates a serial murder, while Holloway is away in Melbourne for a job interview.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1015 votes
#10 - Old Dogs, Old Tricks
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 4/7/1998
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
- 7.2/1014 votes
#11 - Run for the Money
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 4/14/1998
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1017 votes
#12 - A Little Knowledge (1)
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 4/21/1998
Frank poses as a criminal when he goes undercover in an attempt to uncover an armed robbery operation.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1016 votes
#13 - Double Play (2)
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 4/28/1998
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1018 votes
#14 - Soft Target
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 5/5/1998
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1015 votes
#15 - Not Fade Away
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 5/12/1998
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: N/A
Writer: Peter Gawler
- 6.2/1021 votes
#16 - Romeo is Bleeding
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 5/19/1998
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1019 votes
#17 - Heads or Tails
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 5/26/1998
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1015 votes
#18 - Mocha Fudge
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 6/2/1998
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1017 votes
#19 - Let the Dead
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 6/9/1998
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: N/A
Writer: Tony Morphett
- 7.5/1019 votes
#20 - Diminished Responsibility
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 6/16/1998
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: N/A
Writer: Grant McAloon
- 6.7/1015 votes
#21 - Watery Grave
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 6/23/1998
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1015 votes
#22 - Six Hundred Clear A Week
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 6/30/1998
Kiwi Dave escapes from prison and makes it his personal mission to make Frank's life a misery.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Gawler
- 7.0/1017 votes
#23 - Untouchable
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 7/7/1998
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1015 votes
#24 - Switchback
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 7/14/1998
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: N/A
Writer: Tony Morphett
- 7.1/1016 votes
#25 - Somebody to Love
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 7/21/1998
Sykes' hands are tied when his girlfriend is involved in a mysterious car accident.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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!
Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001.
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:Nine Network
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"As Fast As You Can" is the best rated episode of "Water Rats" season 3. It scored 7.7/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Tony Morphett, it aired on 2/9/1998. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Gingerbread Man".