Water Rats - Season 4
1 - Fair Cop
Air Date: February 16, 1999
The Water Police are plagued by a series of hoaxes and it is up to Frank and Goldie to determine who and what they can trust.
2 - A Woman of Substance
Air Date: February 23, 1999
When a man is nailed to a tree by his neighbour, Holloway and Goldie discover his wife has vanished.
3 - Double Blind
Air Date: March 2, 1999
When a homeless kid is trapped in a pylon in the harbour, the Water Police are horrified to discover a dead body floating in the water beside him. While Blakemore makes it her responsibility to ensure the homeless boy is taken care of, she begins to develop a relationship with the boy's lawyer, Gillian Swain. Meanwhile the Detectives unravel the mystery of the body found the pylon.
4 - Cut off Point
Air Date: March 9, 1999
When a gender-specific piece of anatomy is washed up on the beach, Holloway and Goldie investigate.
5 - In the Family Way
Air Date: March 16, 1999
Helen's romance hots up. Meanwhile, crime, punishment, betrayal, retribution, suicide and family tragedy when Goldie and Holloway infiltrate a crime family operating an insurance scam on Sydney Harbour. When it all goes terribly wrong, the family is eventually torn apart - not so much by the police intervening, but by in-fighting, backstabbing and betrayal.
6 - Santiago: Rain 27
Air Date: March 23, 1999
A crooked grandmother, a fraudulent stockbroker and a water taxi driver who gets taken for a ride, all baffle the detectives. Meanwhile Blakemore's romance comes to an abrupt end.
7 - End Game
Air Date: April 6, 1999
Holloway and Goldie's partnership is shaken when a third detective, Michael Reilly, is assigned to the Water Police.
8 - Tomorrow Never Comes
Air Date: April 13, 1999
The death of a friend and a forgotten dream prompt Frank Holloway to farewell the Rats.
9 - Goes with the Territory
Air Date: April 20, 1999
The working relationship between Jack Christey and Goldie gets off to a rocky start. Already compromised by their past affair, further strain is added when Jack insists on taking the lead in a murder case involving an old acquaintance.
10 - Fish out of Water
Air Date: April 27, 1999
Police constable Tayler Johnson becomes romantically involved with a cop on a diving course, but while out on a dive, he goes missing and Tayler realises how little she knows about him.
11 - Good Times and Adventures
Air Date: May 4, 1999
Michael Reilly and Goldie have to go undercover at a well-known swingers' haunt to coax a confession out of some murderers.
12 - Blood Relations
Air Date: May 11, 1999
Detective Michael Reilly's friendship with madam Susie Abromovich results in them both being taken hostage by an armed robber.
13 - Dial C for Cop
Air Date: May 18, 1999
Gavin Sykes is taken hostage by a young man with a desire to be a cop for a day.
14 - Quad Squad
Air Date: May 18, 1999
The investigation into the suicide of a young man reveals a greater tragedy, a secret that will ultimately destroy the lives of all those involved.
15 - Unauthorised Entry
Air Date: June 1, 1999
Jack Christey and Rachel Goldstein race to save two young girls whose lives are at stake when they inadvertently become caught up in a drug smuggling ring.
16 - Mother Love
Air Date: June 8, 1999
A grisly case hits home when Jeff Hawker's wife, Gail, becomes the target of a vicious serial rapist and killer.
17 - I'm Home
Air Date: June 15, 1999
Goldie faces every mother's worst nightmare when her son David becomes the victim of a brutal and vicious kidnapper.
18 - The Drill
Air Date: June 22, 1999
A burning body is found floating on a sail board in the harbour; Jack Christey recognises the work of a killer who is still in jail; did Christey convict the wrong man?
19 - Green Light
Air Date: June 29, 1999
A spate of armed hold-ups have Goldie and Jack chasing a robber dressed like a cowboy from the wild west.
20 - Red Light
Air Date: July 6, 1999
Our two Aussie heroes, Rachel Goldstein and Jack Christey, investigate the theft of valuable art work from a harbourside property owned by a once famous madam, Sadie the Scissors.
21 - Can't Buy Me Love
Air Date: July 20, 1999
While investigating the murder of a thief an his missing haul of black opals, Goldie and Christey stumble upon an unexpected love triangle.
22 - Free as a Bird
Air Date: July 27, 1999
When a young boy's dead body is found, Goldie and Jack have to prove who is responsible before an enraged local community exacts their own just on the main suspect.
23 - Dangerous Encounters
Air Date: August 3, 1999
Goldie and Jack are kidnapped and hunted like animals by a murderer who sees his victims as prey.
24 - Force of Habit
Air Date: August 10, 1999
Investigating the murder of a wealthy businessman and the apparent kidnap of his second wife, Jeff Hawker is reacquainted with a woman he once loved but lost to another man.
25 - Shark Bait
Air Date: August 17, 1999
When a man is taken by a shark in the harbour, the water police uncover a complex web of embezzlement, a faked death, underworld connections and a bizarre betrayal.
26 - A Day at the Office
Air Date: August 31, 1999
What starts as another ordinary day at the office ends in the death of a Goldie a much loved rat.
27 - Kaddish
Air Date: September 7, 1999
The surviving Rats swear revenge for their fallen comrade!
28 - For Love or Money
Air Date: September 14, 1999
Jack believes he has discovered the identity of Goldie's killer, but his only clue may just slip through his fingers.
29 - Helter Skelter
Air Date: September 21, 1999
Jack hands in his badge and turns vigilante in order to find Goldie's killer.
30 - Friend or Foe
Air Date: September 28, 1999
Friendships are tested when Mick Reilly's best mate becomes embroiled in a murder investigation.
31 - Mr. Medium
Air Date: October 5, 1999
Jack is forced into a deal with undercover cops when Detective Alex St Clare joins the rats and there is a conflict of interest in a murder investigation.
32 - New Kid on the Block
Air Date: October 12, 1999
Jack fights to save the life of an undercover cop, Alex St Clare whom he suspects is emotionally involved with her target.