
Water Rats (1996)
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Sophie Heathcote as Senior Constable Fiona Cassidy
Episodes 30
Dead in the Water (1)
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.
Read MoreDead in the Water (2)
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.
Read MoreGhost Ship
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.
Read MoreIron Man
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.
Read MoreCatch and Kill
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.
Read MoreLie Down with Dogs
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.
Read MoreThe Shaft
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.
Read MoreDeath in the Family
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.
Read MoreGoldstein and Son
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.
Read MoreKilo Hotel
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.
Read MoreThe Jigsaw Man
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.
Read MoreBang Bang You're Dead
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.
Read MoreBlack Water
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.
Read MoreEyewitness
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.
Read MorePayback
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
Read MoreOld Flame
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.
Read MoreBad Blood
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.
Read MoreFloater
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.
Read MorePolice Issue 13519
Holloway finds a new lead on Kevin's murder after a young robber is caught with Kevin's missing gun.
Read MoreUnfinished Business
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.
Read MoreWrecked
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.
Read MoreMessage from the Dead
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
Read MoreRecalled to Duty
Back on deck after having shot her fiancé 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.
Read MoreClosed Circuit
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.
Read MoreImport / Export (1)
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.
Read MoreJilted (2)
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.
Read MoreTruth or Dare
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.
Read MoreGive me Money
Goldie and Frank go undercover in a restaurant to discover an extortionist's identification.
Read MoreEnd of the Line
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.
Read MoreWrong Place, Wrong Time
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.
Read MoreSex Games
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?
Read MoreEye for an Eye
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.
Read MoreGoldie's Trip
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.
Read MoreOne Dead Rat
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.
Read MoreThe Messenger
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.
Read MoreThe Man in the Moon
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.
Read MoreStolen Time
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.
Read MoreShroud Lines
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.
Read MoreHunting Season
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.
Read MoreBlood Trail (1)
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.
Read MoreDead or Alive (2)
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.
Read MoreAll At Sea
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.
Read MoreRetribution
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.
Read MoreSmile (1)
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.
Read MoreDeadfall (2)
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.
Read MoreThe Witness (3)
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.
Read MoreThe Cleaner (4)
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.
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