The Best Episodes of Water Rats Season 5

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.7/10(16 votes)

   #1 - A Day to Remember

   S5:E12/22/2000

   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.

   Director:Peter Andrikidis

   Writer:Denise Morgan

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   Director:Peter Andrikidis

   Writer:Denise Morgan
2. 

   7.5/10(14 votes)

   #2 - Obsession (1)

   S5:E22/29/2000

   A torched yacht, two bodies, two men missing. Who is dead, who is alive and who did it?

   Director:Peter Andrikidis

   Writer:Bill Searle

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   Director:Peter Andrikidis

   Writer:Bill Searle
3. 

   7.4/10(14 votes)

   #3 - Pay the Piper (2)

   S5:E33/7/2000

   Christey's gun is stolen from his house. An ex-con is found, shot dead by a police revolver and Christey is set up as the prime suspect for murder.

   Director:Chris Martin-Jones

   Writer:Deborah Parsons

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   Director:Chris Martin-Jones

   Writer:Deborah Parsons
4. 

   7.5/10(13 votes)

   #4 - Charlie's Pride (3)

   S5:E43/14/2000

   A power struggle within Charlie Driscoll's crime empire makes Christey a marked man.

   Director:Chris Martin-Jones

   Writer:Margaret Morgan

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   Director:Chris Martin-Jones

   Writer:Margaret Morgan
5. 

   7.0/10(13 votes)

   #5 - Got a Light?

   S5:E53/21/2000

   Alex's belief in the innocence of a serial arsonist leads her close to a fiery death.

   Director:Russell Burton

   Writer:Michael Miller

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   Director:Russell Burton

   Writer:Michael Miller
6. 

   7.6/10(14 votes)

   #6 - Play it Again

   S5:E63/28/2000

   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.

   Director:Geoff Bennett

   Writer:John Banas

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   Director:Geoff Bennett

   Writer:John Banas
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   7.0/10(13 votes)

   #7 - A Split Second

   S5:E73/28/2000

   Alex deals with the consequences of sleeping with Matthew Grierson, as the protest against the Marina development continues. Blakemore's career is in jeopardy when she is investigated by Internal Affairs.

   Director:Geoff Bennett

   Writer:John Banas

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   Director:Geoff Bennett

   Writer:John Banas
8. 

   7.6/10(20 votes)

   #8 - Able to Leap Tall Buildings

   S5:E84/4/2000

   The detectives are devastated when their scepticism about a woman's paranoid claims lead to a tragic killing.

   Director:Russell Burton

   Writer:Margaret Wilson

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   Director:Russell Burton

   Writer:Margaret Wilson
9. 

   7.8/10(15 votes)

   #9 - Chinese Checkers

   S5:E94/11/2000

   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.

   Director:Lynn Hegarty

   Writer:Peter Gawler

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   Director:Lynn Hegarty

   Writer:Peter Gawler
10. 

    7.7/10(16 votes)

    #10 - The Trouble With Gary

    S5:E104/18/2000

    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.

    Director:Lynn Hegarty

    Writer:Peter Gawler

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    Director:Lynn Hegarty

    Writer:Peter Gawler
11. 

    7.4/10(17 votes)

    #11 - Saltimbocca (1)

    S5:E115/2/2000

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

    Director:Geoff Bennett

    Writer:Graeme Koetsveld

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    Director:Geoff Bennett

    Writer:Graeme Koetsveld
12. 

    6.9/10(14 votes)

    #12 - Jump in the Mouth (2)

    S5:E125/9/2000

    Alex and Mick must stift through a maze of suspects and motives to solve the murder of Cosimo Luvece.

    Director:Geoff Bennett

    Writer:Graeme Koetsveld

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    Director:Geoff Bennett

    Writer:Graeme Koetsveld
13. 

    6.5/10(13 votes)

    #13 - Pinchgut

    S5:E135/16/2000

    Christey feels responsible when a grieving woman, who's brother was killed in an armed robbery, takes the law into her own hands and holds him and a suspect hostage.

    Director:Russell Burton

    Writer:Grant Fraser

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    Director:Russell Burton

    Writer:Grant Fraser
14. 

    7.4/10(14 votes)

    #14 - Mummy Dearest

    S5:E145/23/2000

    Quinn and the Water Police are devastated when a young woman dies at the station; and, the detectives search for a kidnapped six year old girl.

    Director:Russell Burton

    Writer:Kristen Dunphy

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    Director:Russell Burton

    Writer:Kristen Dunphy
15. 

    7.5/10(14 votes)

    #15 - Two of a Kind

    S5:E155/30/2000

    Reilly's life is on the line when he backs a street kid suspected of murder.

    Director:Raymond Quint

    Writer:Denise Morgan

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    Director:Raymond Quint

    Writer:Denise Morgan
16. 

    7.5/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Lazarus

    S5:E166/6/2000

    While recovering from a gunshot wound, Reilly finds his missing wheelchair occupied by a mummified body.

    Director:Raymond Quint

    Writer:Ted Roberts

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    Director:Raymond Quint

    Writer:Ted Roberts
17. 

    7.4/10(13 votes)

    #17 - Heavy Metal

    S5:E176/13/2000

    Quinn's attraction to a young woman lands him in hot water during a murder investigation.

    Director:Geoff Bennett

    Writer:Grant Fraser

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    Director:Geoff Bennett

    Writer:Grant Fraser
18. 

    7.4/10(14 votes)

    #18 - Low Blows

    S5:E186/20/2000

    Alex personal life throws her off balance leaving Christey and Reilly to solve the brutal slaying of a security guard.

    Director:Russell Burton

    Writer:Andrew Kelly

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    Director:Russell Burton

    Writer:Andrew Kelly
19. 

    6.9/10(13 votes)

    #19 - One Good Turn

    S5:E196/27/2000

    What appears to be a simple mugging of a homeless woman, leads the Water Police into a confusing murder case and a threat on Alex's life.

    Director:Geoff Bennett

    Writer:Denise Morgan

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    Director:Geoff Bennett

    Writer:Denise Morgan
20. 

    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #20 - Mozzie

    S5:E207/4/2000

    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.

    Director:Geoff Bennett

    Writer:Margaret Wilson

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    Director:Geoff Bennett

    Writer:Margaret Wilson
21. 

    7.1/10(14 votes)

    #21 - Tangled Web

    S5:E217/11/2000

    A murder investigation leads Alex, Christey and Reilly to explore on-line relationships; and, Sykes dreams of becoming a detective.

    Director:Russell Burton

    Writer:Margaret Morgan

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    Director:Russell Burton

    Writer:Margaret Morgan
22. 

    7.7/10(15 votes)

    #22 - Reunion

    S5:E227/25/2000

    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.

    Director:Chris Martin-Jones

    Writer:Tony Morphett

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    Director:Chris Martin-Jones

    Writer:Tony Morphett
23. 

    7.8/10(15 votes)

    #23 - In the Blood

    S5:E237/25/2000

    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.

    Director:Chris Martin-Jones

    Writer:John Banas

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    Director:Chris Martin-Jones

    Writer:John Banas
24. 

    7.4/10(17 votes)

    #24 - Family Ties (1)

    S5:E248/1/2000

    Hawker becomes an unwitting accomplice to murder when he tries to help a friend; and, a young street kid becomes the prime suspect when his pregnant girlfriend is found murdered.

    Director:Raymond Quint

    Writer:Deborah Parsons

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    Director:Raymond Quint

    Writer:Deborah Parsons
25. 

    7.7/10(15 votes)

    #25 - Loose Ends (2)

    S5:E258/8/2000

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

    Director:Raymond Quint

    Writer:Deborah Parsons

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    Director:Raymond Quint

    Writer:Deborah Parsons