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The Best Episodes of Water Rats Season 5

Every episode of Water Rats Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Water Rats Season 5!

The Best Episodes of Water Rats Season 5

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

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  1. 8.0/10(17 votes)

    #1 - Final Chapter

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    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
  2. 7.8/10(19 votes)

    #2 - Silent Running

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    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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  3. 7.8/10(15 votes)

    #3 - True Believer

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    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
  4. 7.7/10(15 votes)

    #4 - Chinese Checkers

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    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
  5. 7.7/10(16 votes)

    #5 - The Trouble With Gary

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    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
  6. 7.7/10(15 votes)

    #6 - In the Blood

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    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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  8. 7.6/10(15 votes)

    #7 - A Day to Remember

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    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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  9. 7.6/10(13 votes)

    #8 - Mozzie

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    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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  10. 7.6/10(15 votes)

    #9 - Reunion

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    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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  11. 7.6/10(15 votes)

    #10 - Loose Ends (2)

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    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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  12. 7.5/10(14 votes)

    #11 - Play it Again

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    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
  13. 7.5/10(17 votes)

    #12 - Saltimbocca (1)

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    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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  14. 7.5/10(15 votes)

    #13 - With A Vengeance

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    S5:E28

    When constable Matthew Quinn takes the law into his own hands, he ends up in trouble with his girlfriend, local cops and Hawker; and, Christey, Alex and Reilly face quandry when they track a young woman on the run.

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  15. 7.5/10(16 votes)

    #14 - We Could be Heroes

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    S5:E29

    When a retiring cop is bashed and tied naked to a wharf, Christey sets out on a mission to recover his dignity. Further investigations reveals the police officer's attacker is picking his victims from the local newspaper; and Reilly asks Alex out on a date.

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  16. 7.5/10(14 votes)

    #15 - Bye Bye Charlie

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    S5:E34

    Wheelchair bound Charlie Driscoll makes her last great dash for freedom and Jack Christey is determined to stop her.

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  17. 7.4/10(14 votes)

    #16 - Obsession (1)

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    S5:E2

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

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  18. 7.4/10(14 votes)

    #17 - Pay the Piper (2)

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    S5:E3

    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.

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  19. 7.4/10(13 votes)

    #18 - Charlie's Pride (3)

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    S5:E4

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

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  20. 7.4/10(20 votes)

    #19 - Able to Leap Tall Buildings

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    S5:E8

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

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  21. 7.4/10(14 votes)

    #20 - Mummy Dearest

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    S5:E14

    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.

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  22. 7.4/10(14 votes)

    #21 - Two of a Kind

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    S5:E15

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

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  23. 7.4/10(13 votes)

    #22 - Lazarus

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    S5:E16

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

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    Director:Raymond Quint
  24. 7.4/10(14 votes)

    #23 - Low Blows

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    S5:E18

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

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  25. 7.4/10(17 votes)

    #24 - Family Ties (1)

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    S5:E24

    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.

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  26. 7.4/10(14 votes)

    #25 - Remember This

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    S5:E30

    When a young man is shot dead in a boatshed, Christey's overzealous actions causes the boatshed floor to collapse sending the body and any evidence into the harbor. When an ex-lover re-enters Reilly's life asking for his help. Christey accuses Alex of being jealous.

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Final Chapter" is the best rated episode of "Water Rats" season 5. It scored 8/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by Lynn Hegarty and written by Peter Neale, it aired on 8/15/2000. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Silent Running".