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Firebrands (Part One)

Jo and PJ stir after a night of passion to find flames at their bedroom door. They escape out the window but Ben remains trapped inside, sending PJ back into the blaze to bring him out. When a series of bushfires begin to break out around Mount Thomas, investigators intensify their search for the arsonist believed responsible. Tempers soon flare as suspicions fall upon one of the men charged with protecting those in the fire's path.

Firebrands (Part Two)

When Jonesy and Jo go missing in the bushfires, Tess and PJ are forced to admit to one another their true feelings for each of their missing colleagues, but concern grows when only one of them returns safely. Finally coming to terms with his alcohol addiction, and it's role in causing the fire that burned PJ's house to the ground, Ben promises Tom and PJ he has stopped drinking.

In the Dog House

When a dog starts killing Charlie McKinley's sheep, all fingers point to Tom and Grace's family dog, Sabu. But Grace's son, Nelson, insists his best friend is innocent. Jonesy goes out of his way to help prove Sabu's innocence and he doesn't think Tess understands the relationship between Sabu and Nelson until she reveals she did have a dog—they were the best weeks of her childhood.

Excuses, Excuses

Inspector Falcon-Price orders a crack down on traffic offences and sends the Heelers out of patrol. But the Inspector changes his tune when Senior Constable Ben Stewart pulls over Felicity Falcon-Price—his wife—for momentarily crossing the dividing line. A contrite Ben toys with the Inspector and his wife over whether or not he will issue Felicity with a ticket, while the Inspector pressures him into dropping the matter. Ben insists Felicity comes to the station to but her case foward. When the press eventually find out the Inspector's wife has been caught out, the pressure is on Falcon-Price.
Meanwhile, a series of routine traffic stops lead to a puzzling discovery and a frustrating effort to gather evidence in what Ben is convinced is a homicide, but with no body and no clear evidence, proving foul play becomes difficult.
Josh is offered a job in Melbourne but Tess will not be joining him.
Sgt Croydon has to deal with Compo's excuses when he runs into Tom's car.

Too Hard Basket

When Jo apprehends a crook driving a getaway car, she instantly recognises her as Sam Baxter, a wayward local girl. Despite her history of getting into trouble, Jo believes Sam is basically a good kid—and goes out of her way to prove it. PJ disagrees and doesn't hold back his opinion. PJ and Jo continue to clash over Sam's character, and he seems to be proven right when the teenager continues to attract trouble.
Evan and Jo respond to a peeping tom call where they find the accused, Justin, a schizophrenic, is a patient at a Psychological Rehabilitaion Centre but the real source of trouble appears to be a vengeful neighbour intent on getting the centre to relocate. Matters only get more complicated when Justin is accused of a violent assault.

Fair Play

Jo is adamant that she is Sam's mate—not her mother. Then PJ reminds her that teenagers need more than mates. They need guidance and discipline. Jo and Ben are called to a fight at the high school and are surprised to find a father of one of the girls, has been brawling with the netball coach… it seems the parents take the game more seriously than the girls. When the coach is critically injured in a car accident after someone threw a brick at his car from a railway bridge the girl's father is an obvious suspect as she has now been dropped from the team—but would he take things this far?

The Sum of the Parts

Surveyors working on a vacant lot come across human remains in a shallow grave. When Jo discovers the body of an elderly woman in a nearby house, Jo believes the two deaths are related but her colleagues find nothing suspicious in the details of her death. Determined to prove PJ wrong and find a link between the two cases, Jo works single-handedly to connect the loose ends to help unravel the mysterious 16 year old murder.

Trust Accounts

With Tess' husband now working at a Melbourne hospital, Jonesy deides it's his job to keep her, and her puppy (Puddles), company at night and turns up on her doorstep with a freshly caught fish dinner. All seems to be going well until he starts quizzing her about her ten-week marriage to Dr. Josh Carmichael. Tess' breathing gets more and more difficult and she collapses in his arms. At the hospital Jonesy is confused to find Josh on duty. Why would he be on duty in Mount Thomas when he's supposed to be in Melbourne? At the hospital Jonesy investigates what initially appears to be a simple bag snatch but it escalates into a more serious crime involving the theft of dangerous drugs… with Dr. Carmichael becoming a prime suspect. The case is made all the more disturbing by reports from patients who have reported being aware during surgery. Jonesy solves the crime… but is determined to get to the bottom of Dr. Carmichael's personal life—even if it means hurting the person he really cares about.

Bumps in the Night

Private Investigator Archie Garrett returns to Mount Thomas to find a petty thief stealing personal items from the patients at a new detox centre. Jo Parrish and PJ come across Archie when they stop to lend aid a hysterical woman running through the grounds of the centre, fleeing from an imaginary demon. When detox patients claim they've a seen ghost, rumours of a murder at Layton Hall in the 1800s just fuel the gossip. A determined Jo pushes PJ to continue investigating the mysterious happenings at the detox centre in order to get to the bottom of the ghost story.

Out Of Control

Tess' colleagues are keeping busy gossiping about her failed marriage to Josh, but while out on patrol, Evan is quick to defend her when Ben criticises her for making bad decisions in her life. When Evan and Ben come across two 12-year-old boys getting high by inhaling solvents from aerosole cans, they try to help them kick the habit, only to discover that their home-life provides no help, so Ben takes it upon himself to save them. When one of the young boys dies, Ben can't cope with the loss and hits the bottle again.

Love In

Divisional Inspector Russell Falcon-Price is adamant someone "made a deliberate attempt on my life" during an adventure weekend away with some of the Heelers—and he points the finger squarely at Constable Jo Parrish. Jo's colleagues have their doubts about his claim but once the investigation gets rolling, Jo's practical jokes against the Inspector coupled with questionable behaviour by everyone involved on the adventure weekend, seems to indicate that perhaps Russell's suspicions were right—but just not about the person responsible. Meanwhile back in Mount Thomas, Ben attends his first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting where he bumps into Mrs. Felicity Falcon-Price, to whom he issued a traffic infringement notice several weeks ago. After they get over their initial embarrassment at seeing each other there, Felicity invites Ben back for coffee.

Black Out

PJ and Jo check out an art exhibition of impressionist works worth millions of dollars at the old town hall. With private security the art is supposedly safe, but PJ becomes suspicious when he spots a familiar face—career criminal, Terry Reardon. Ben ignores his better judgment and continues his affair with Felicity. After many phone messages from her estranged husband, Josh, Tess finally answers his phone call only to discover that someone from the hospital has told him about her positive pregnancy test… but who is the father?

Where There's A Will

Jonesy and Tess become involved in a suicide investigation of an elderly father with suspected brain cancer. It soon becomes a murder enquiry when PJ discovers bruises on the victim's face and an unregistered rifle. A family argument and the daughter's affair with the hired help leave PJ convinced of their connection to the crime. Jo confronts Ben regarding his affair with the inspector's wife. Jonesy corners Tess regarding her baby and their future together. The new doctor in town, performs the autopsy and PJ is struck by the Russian blonde's looks and accent.

Father's Day (Part One)

Tess and Ben encounter a family custody dispute with a difference, when they meet a lesbian couple, Andrea and Natalie, their son Kai, and his father, Gethin, the sperm donor. Gethin has been refused access rights to his son, and when Natalie is knocked unconscious he is the natural suspect. Inspector Falcon-Price serves an intervention order on Gethin, who in turn threatens the Inspector's children. When the Inspector discovers his children missing the Heelers begin a search… but they find out more than the whereabouts of the children when they find Ben in bed with Felicity!

Father's Day (Part Two)

Following the Inspector's discovery the Heelers try to put out the fire. Ben is determined to move to Melbourne with Felicity and her two children, but PJ tries to talk some sense into him. Felicity spends the night at the watch house with Tess, while Jo spends the night at the Inspector's house and lets slip where Ben and Felicity met. When the kids are abducted by Gethin, posing as a detective, the Heelers set up an exchange—the Inspector's two children for Gethin's son Kai. The exchange goes wrong when Gethin panics and Ben risks his life to save young Katherine. But will it be enough to save his relationship with Felicity?

Dream On

As her pregnancy progresses, Tess starts dreaming vividly, until she is woken by Jonesy and he drags her down to a local jewellery shop which he claims has been burgled. Upon investigation they find the padlocked chain on the gate still intact. But when the owner discovers $20,000 worth of jewels missing their bad dream becomes reality. Jonesy soon finds himself in a difficult position when a former Det Sgt reveals who is responsible for the series of strange burglaries.

The Ties That Bind

Young Sam Baxter is implicated when there is a burglary—at the telephone shop run by Sam's estranged mother Adele. After being open just one month the burglary will set Adele and her partner, Lachlan, back severely. Adele points the finger at Sam, much to Jo's horror. Sam's alibi is weak and when Lachlan is found unconscious, the victim of a hit and run, things become more complicated. Who ran him down and why? Could it have been Sam, jealous of her mother's relationship with him? When Adele is later found unconscious in her van, with the exhaust pumping into the cabin, it looks like she tried to kill herself. But why? Did she run down her boyfriend?

Prince Charming

Jo announces she's moving out of the house she shares with PJ and Ben and moving in with her new boyfriend! When a body is found by the railway line the investigation leads the Heelers to a local internet cafe, run by a waring husband and wife. They both remember seeing the dead woman just days earlier, an American who travelled to Australia to meet her "Prince Charming". The search soon begins for a cyber lover who may also be a murderer.

The New Perfect

Jo finds out her dad Jeff has a new girlfriend, Shaylee, and she is very very young. She is instantly mortified that her father is carrying on with another woman, especially one her own age! The office at Jeff's winery has been ransacked, the computer and money stolen and although he and Jo's mum, Bev, are talking divorce he dismisses Tess' suggestion that Bev is to blame. Jo becomes suspicious of Shaylee and follows her to a large pokie venue… where she hands over a large amount of cash. Jo is determined to prove Shaylee's affections for her father are fake and enlists the help of Jonesy in her quest. Can her parents be reunited even if it means proving her father is a middle-aged fool in love?

Playing with Fire

Jonesy pushes Tess to watch a birthing video and name her unborn child. A young man, Rory, suffering from Schizophrenia takes a strange liking to Tess, believing her to be an angel. When a fire starts in Rory's home both the father and son blame each other, but a series of strange fires point the finger of suspicious at the father—but why? Jonesy thinks Rory is just eccentric, but when Rory cracks its Tess who is most at risk

A Bad Smell

Pam, a new female plumber in town, stirs up trouble with Mount Thomas' resident plumber, Charlie Clarke. Charlie mysteriously turns up at every job Pam is called to and tries to undercut her price—she accuses him of stalking and he accuses her of stealing his livelihood. Coincidentally when Chris Riley reports a foul smell at The Imperial and with just days before a big Rotary function at the hotel both plumbers turn up to fix the problem and a turf war erupts.

A Knife for A Knife

Tom's teenage step-son, Daniel, finds a class mate stabbed in an alley, Jonesy and Tess are shocked to find the young victim had a knife. Daniel denies any knowledge of armed gangs, but his younger brother says otherwise. When the teenage stab victim goes missing from the hospital, Jonesy and Tess find the boys in a tense stand-off armed with knives. Tess tries to take control of the situation, but when one boy lunges in her direction Jonesy throws himself in between them and takes a knife in the torso.

A Better Mind

Ben investigates the health of a baby boy reared by his widowed dad. The man is trying to treat the boy's fever with natural remedies, to the exclusion of conventional medicine, which outrages the police officer and leads to an eventual kidnapping.

Thicker Than Water

Jo and PJ discover the body of a young woman at the bottom of a cliff in a suspected suicide. PJ is surprised to find out that Marco Fiorelli, his new flatmate, not only knew the woman—but she worked for his father! PJ's investigations reveal Marco's father is wanted by the fraud squad for raising $15 million against non-existing assets and it seems like his debtors are closing in when they pay a visit to the house and kidnap Jo who they think is the key to reach Fiorelli. The threat to Jo's life makes PJ realise his true feelings for her. But will it be too late?

Raging Hormones

Tess struggles to keep her emotions under control as her raging hormones give her a "pregnancy brain". When a pedantic husband tries to stop his pregnant wife playing squash, a scuffle breaks out between them and Tess arrests him for assault. Ben sides with the husband, and suggests they should try counselling, but Tess seems hell bent on arresting him. Tom feels that Tess' personal life and her pregnancy is affecting her professional decisions—and suggests Tess stand down from operational duties… but his suggestion only makes things worse… until Tess is confronted with a horrible reality.

A Blind Eye

A French documentary maker in town to film country policing captures all the intricacies and conflicts when the Heelers are forced to investigate one of their own. In a series of flashbacks, the Frenchman's video footage reveals the truth behind Widgeree's Senior Constable Ian Goss' suspected cover-up of a crime, as it's being investigated by internal affairs.

Chocolate Sardines

Ben has joined the Salvation Army, much to the amusement of his colleagues. They are certain it's only because he fancies the new captain, Marissa, but Ben denies it. He sets out to impress her but his courting attempts are thwarted when an investigation keeps leading to some of her favourite welfare recipients. When a young boy's guinea pig goes missing, Ben sees it as an opportunity to show his softer side. He ropes Jonesy into helping. Eventually, their hunt leads to the missing pet—and also the shoplifters. But will Ben's efforts be enough to convince to go on a date with him?

Too Good To Be True, Part 1

Tess is delighted when her sister Bridie turns up in town with a good job and a new boyfriend, but Jonesy has to work hard to overcome an instinctive dislike. The Heelers are baffled when a man confesses to murdering a young woman, but they can't find her body. Bridie flirts with Jonesy, causing escalating aggression from the boyfriend, who takes it out on Bridie, then staggers into the hospital with a stab wound. Meanwhile the young woman is found, but says she's been raped. When the Heelers go to question the boyfriend and the young woman, they discover both have disappeared from the hospital—along with Jonesy, who was supposed to be guarding them. And then an hysterical Bridie leads them to her boyfriend's bloody dead body.

Too Good To Be True, Part 2

Bridie accuses Jonesy of murder, but makes the mistake of manufacturing evidence against him. When she is found out, suspicion naturally falls on her, and she is arrested. But Tess is convinced of her innocence, and persuades a rather reluctant Jonesy to help her find the real killer. Ironically Tess' efforts to exonerate her sister of murder reveal that she is involved in a far more despicable crime—she has been running a brothel staffed by sex-slaves. Tess is forced to make an emotional choice, finally accepting her sister for who she really is.

Every Man And His Ute

Jo's life is saved by a mysterious stranger after she is left choking on her seatbelt after she is run off the road. When she learns her benefactor may have done a drive-by shooting, she refuses to accept it, but the truth is hard to find, partly because of her faulty memory of the events, and partly because of the confusion caused by a light blue ute, which has been involved in a series of crimes, from the drive-by shooting, to running her off the road, to an armed robbery of the Juicy Rooster. Unfortunately the ute's owner has an alibi for at least one of these crimes, and PJ is forced to believe his explanation that his ute was stolen. But by who, and why?

Motherhood

Tess is surprised to discover that her in-laws, are the couple who stopped to help a hit and run victim; they are equally surprised to discover she is pregnant. As Tess tries to stop Evan and Tom fussing about her headaches and blurred vision, PJ begins to suspect the hit and run victim was injured by something far more personal than a vehicle. While PJ and Jo meet the man's wife and teenaged son and try to piece together what happened, Tess' mother-in-law reveals herself as a gynaecologist and diagnoses Tess with Pre-Eclampsia—a potentially life- threatening condition for her and her baby.

A New Life

Jo takes a single mother, Cherry, under her wing when she arrives in Mt Thomas searching for Ryan, the father of her baby, who disappeared shortly after she announced she was pregnant. She has since been suspected of his murder and is anxious to clear her name. Ryan now has a new girlfriend, and has once again mysteriously disappeared shortly after his new girlfriend announced her pregnancy too. The Heelers think they have a serial absconder on their hands.

The Lowest of the Low

It is Constable Susie Raynor's first day in Mt Thomas and as she is being given the guided tour, she recognises a released paedophile who has moved into a house opposite a primary school. Ben is appalled, and makes sure he warns the community, but the man Donald Heinz asserts both his innocence and his civil rights, causing much community division and leading Tom to question his decision to appoint Ben as Acting Sergeant. Then a young girl goes missing and the man is accused of abducting her.

Safety Last

Jonesy wonders if Susie's caution on the job is cowardice, but when he chases an armed escapee into the National Park and comes across a dead body, it's Susie who takes his call for assistance.

Out of the Blue

Ben finds his tolerance tested when his 16-year-old daughter Maddy turns up at a seedy Mt Thomas nightclub with her "muso" boyfriend Kyle having run away from her mother and siblings in Perth. Ben's worst fears are confirmed by a teenage girl's story of being drugged and raped at the nightclub. Further investigation incriminates Kyle, outraging Maddy who accuses Ben of victimising the love of her life. Maddy puts herself in extreme danger trying to prove Kyle's innocence. It comes down to a race against time… can Ben get to Maddy before the rapist? Just as Marissa is certain that Ben is breaking off their romance because of her strict religious beliefs he stuns her by proposing!

Good and Evil

Ben is concerned his daughter Maddy is taking up with a 'weirdo' kid to spite him over breaking up her previous relationship, and tries to push her towards a more suitable boy. However, his judgement is challenged when both boys become implicated for theft and fraud.

Losing the Road

Constable Susie Raynor is deeply concerned when she learns that the grieving father and brother of the boy who was killed in the same road accident that left her husband, Brad, a paraplegic have moved to Mount Thomas. While Brad is sure she is overreacting, Susie can't shake the suspicion that the men are out for revenge.

What Goes Around

Susie has found her husband, Brad, a job at a local call centre but is distressed to find that it's the work place from hell. When the boss accuses the union organiser of sabotage, Brad is persuaded to play detective and soon suspects the centre is linked to illegal activities.

Contamination

Ben buys his basketball team pork rolls from a local takeaway shop and is devastated when they all come down with food poisoning. But what appears to be a simple case for the health inspector turns into something else when racism and prejudice rear their ugly heads.

Dirty Cheaters

Senior Constable Ben Stewart has never made any secret of his desire to be promoted to sergeant. But to his immense frustration, every time it appears he's about to nab the position, it gets snatched from right under his nose. Now it seems as though poor Ben will miss again because of his old nemesis, Inspector Russell "Rusty" Falcon-Price. Tom discovers the Mt. Thomas High School principal has been viciously assaulted and when his stepson says he was offered a black market VCE exam paper, the Heelers suspect exam theft may have been a motive for the attack—that is until they start probing into the principal's dysfunctional family.

Sexual Healing

Susie and Brad visit a psychologist to help with their sexual problems, however dubious professional practices lead to Brad moving out. Meanwhile Ben is on top of the world after been made Sergeant and setting a date for his wedding, but his life is about to take a turn for the worse when he is forced to draw his gun, to shoot to kill.