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Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! / Good Cop/Bad Cop

Episode 4.01 & 4.02 (55 & 56)
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Ratings: 0.936 million viewers (12th)
Series Producer: MaryAnne Carroll
Written by John Hugginson and John Banas
Screenplay by Michaeley O'Brien
Directed by Richard Jasek

In a gripping two-hour murder mystery, a routine homicide investigation for the crew turns into a defence of one of their own, when Det. Simon Joyner is put in the frame for murder. A suburban drive-by shooting leads the detectives into the midst of a race war between a collection of rival activist groups. The suspect in an unsolved missing-child case comes to Nick when she finds herself being harrassed by the child's mother.

Starring: Shane Bourne, John Adam, Nadine Garner, Daniel MacPherson, Aaron Pedersen, Damien Richardson, Nadia Townsend, and Noni Hazlehurst

Special Guest: David Field as Terry Jarvis
With: Georgie Parker as DSS Susan Blake, Tasma Walton as Claudia Leigh, Genevieve Morris as Ronnie Lafferty, Andy McPhee as Harvey Pullman, Damien Bodie as Ben Corrigan, Nicholas Brown as Sanjay Roshan, Paul Reichstein as Eric Duffy, Philip Hayden as Tim Stanton, Erin Dewar as Michelle Brady, Reef Ireland as Damon Haynes; Val Lehman as Dorothy Denzel, Jacob Allan as Dave Trilby, Rebekah Stone as Sharnie Pullman, Eloise Mignon as Layla Pullman; Cameron Nugent as Paul Winston, Louse Crawford as Karen Hatzic, Nick Jamieson as Todd Croft, et al

Notes: series 4 is filming from February 15 - November 12, 2010. Credits by observation, may contain errors. Access image galleries for each episode by clicking on the accompanying image.

Flight Risk

Episode 4.03 (57)
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Ratings: 0.808 million viewers (16th)
Written by John Hugginson and John Banas
Directed by Kevin Carlin

A young business woman is brutally raped and murdered in her own home. The prime suspect has a rock-solid alibi and will leave the country in 48 hours never to return. Homicide has two days to build a case and break an alibi before a killer slips through their fingers. Will Claudia Leigh's psychological approach force him to come clean? Or will her mind games backfire in a way she never imagined?

Special Guest: David Field as Terry Jarvis
With: Martin Sacks as Daniel Worthington, Tasma Walton as Claudia Leigh, Nikki Coghill as Mrs Worthington, Genevieve Morris as Ronnie Lafferty, Felix Nobis as Asst. Comm. Warner, Melinda Butel as Gabriella Cromby; Meredith Penman as Emma Treadgold, Nick Jamieson as Todd Croft, ? as Lawrence Bradshaw, ? as Jade Worthington, ? as Selina Morgan, ? as Zoe Fulton, et al

Protection

Episode 4.04 (58)
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Ratings: 0.911 million viewers (17th)
Written by John Hugginson and John Banas
Directed by Kevin Carlin

When two bodyguards fail to protect their charge the consequences are fatal. A double homicide, bringing down both the target and one of his protectors. The team must work fast before the remaining bodyguard takes the law into his own hands.

Double-crossing criminals, South American coffee, the Witness Protection Program... and Superintendent Gary Beck. What's the connection? Finding the link is the only chance Homicide will have to solve this crime. But do they have enough information or is the killer's misdirection sending them on the wrong track?

Special Guest: David Field as Terry Jarvis
With: Ken Radley as Supt. Gary Beck, Genevieve Morris as Ronnie Lafferty, Nick Jamieson as Todd Croft, Robert Jago as Cameron Dayton, Gerard Kennedy as Ralph Druitt, Pippa Black as Emilie Rigby, Mike Smith as Grant Rigby, Adam Murphy as Travis Druitt, Pippa Koster as Rigby Baby, Glen Hancox as Marco Mitchem, Ian Rooney as Howard Forbes/Craig McNamara [sic], Meredith Penman as Emma Treadgold [uncredited]

Ratters

Episode 4.05 (59)
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Ratings: 0.923 million viewers (16th)
Written by John Hugginson and John Banas
Screenplay by Alix Beane
Directed by Jet Wilkinson

The shocking death of coroner's driver Corey Mayer is compounded by the theft of the body he was transporting. Was his murder just collateral damage or was he the intended target?

Motives are plentiful. Did a nursing home steal a body to cover-up the neglect of its patients? Could the body have been taken as part of a black market organ-trading ring? Or was Corey's vicious killing a direct consequence of his gambling debt — and the shameful crimes he committed to pay it off?

The strict rules at the Morgue should prevent any tampering with the bodies. But Homicide have seen enough horror to know that people will do anything if the price is high enough. Nick Buchanan's natural scepticism means he refuses to accept evidence at face value and so he and Jennifer Mapplethorpe must bend the rules to pursue an unlikely killer.

Special Guest: David Field as Terry Jarvis
With: Genevieve Morris as Ronnie Lafferty, Katherine Tonkin as Wanda Mills, Luke Ryan as Gideon Addison, Matt Quartermaine as Hamish Gilchrist, Sally McDonald as Maddison Yeats, Robert Menzies as James Boyd, Tom Gutteridge as Damien Sanders, Robyn Arthur as Stella Natoli, Scott Bowie as Hugh Lavington, Adam Morgan as Ant Rackham, Paul Blackwell as Don Hamilton, Adrian Auld as Corey Mayer, Josie Noviello as Judy Foley, Perri Cummings as Francine Sanders, Peter Cole as Jonas Wesseli, Isabel Harkensee as Violet Natoli

Last Seen

Episode 4.06 (60)
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Ratings: 1.009 million viewers (15th)
Written by John Hugginson and John Banas
Directed by Jet Wilkinson

New Year's Eve. A time for celebrations. Resolutions. And big mistakes. A young woman vanishes after partying with her friends and now, 18 months later, skeletal remains of the missing girl are found. Is the killer a stalker, a sexual predator or a loved one?

At the skeleton's discovery, Allie Kingston instantly makes the connection to the case doggedly pursued by her former mentor. Defying protocol she tells him about the find, earning her a dressing-down from her superiors. But the reprimand is worth it if it means solving the case. Can Allie succeed where her mentor failed?

This high-profile disappearance has resonated with the public. The team re-traces her steps on that fateful night, but the passage of time has degraded evidence and memories. Does this explain the hazy recollections of the people she intercepted or is one of them a killer?

Special Guest: David Field as Terry Jarvis
With: Tasma Walton as Claudia Leigh, Genevieve Morris as Ronnie Lafferty, Meredith Penman as Emma Treadgold, Gregory Ross as Det Roy Delaney, Nick Jamieson as Todd Croft, James Lawson as Mervyn Bancroft, Nell Feeney as Kitty Bancroft, Ben Geurens as Sean Eden, Toby Schmitz as Adrian Farrell, Eliza Taylor as Melissa Standish, Jonathon Mahon as Jimy Eden, Mark Constable as Mikey Kendall, Rachel Echols as Louise Boulton, Ashleigh Hoult as Naomi Bancrift, Lydia Klimek as Mrs Farrell, Paul Todd as Reporter, Sarah Oldmeadow as Journalist, Robert Shook as Photograher

No Smoke

Episode 4.07 (61)
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 (8.30pm)
Ratings: 0.948 million viewers (15th)
Written by John Hugginson and John Banas
Screenplay by Jeff Truman
Directed by Pino Amenta

When a suspected arsonist of an apartment block is brutally hanged, it seems an obvious act of retribution, an old-fashioned lynching. All the survivors wanted him dead. But which one did it? Or did they act in concert? And what if he wasn't the firebug? Did a furious lynch mob kill the wrong man?

Special Guest: David Field as Terry Jarvis
With: Marshall Napier as Wilton Sparkes, Nick Jamieson as Todd Croft, Luke Ryan as Gideon Addison, Gary Files as Wally Chubb, Christopher Brown as Leonard Besser, Kerri-Anne Baker as Sandra Beam, Grant Cartwright as Mitch Chubb, Cameron McKenzie as Rhys Cooney, Andrew Martin as Rod Barrett, Rebecca MacAuley as Serena Flynn, Barry Hall as Baz

In Harm's Way

Episode 4.08 (62)
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 (9.30pm)
Ratings: 0.762 million viewers (23rd)
Written by John Hugginson and John Banas
Directed by Pino Amenta

Melbourne's streets are being terrorised by thugs committing crimes of random violence. Someone needs to take a stand. The police, under constant attack from the media, are valiantly fighting the fight. For victims of crime, it's not good enough. But is vigilantism the answer?

When a number of known violent offenders are coldly gunned down, it looks like a vengeful predator has taken the law into his own hands. But figuring out the motive doesn't necessarily mean figuring out the culprit and our team will have their work cut out for them to catch this killer.

When evidence points to the families of the victims of known violent offenders as principal suspects the case becomes particularly tough for Detective Buchanan, who despite himself starts to empathise with a killer.

Special Guest: David Field as Terry Jarvis
With: Tasma Walton as Claudia Leigh, Genevieve Morris as Ronnie Lafferty, John Waters as William Clegg, Marg Downey as Jane Clegg, Meredith Penman as Emma Treadgold, Luke Ryan as Gideon Addison, Ross Daniels as Ivan Bosnich, Katherine Tonkin as Wanda Mills, Aljin Abella as Anh Dang Ha, Kane McNay as Beau Roberts, Michael Veitch as Scott Myers, Matt Markinson as Talk Back Host, Anita Smith as Eleni Demitriou, Stephen Loez as Christos Demitriou, Fani Coustas as Grandmother Demitriou, Kerrie-Anne Baker as Sandra Beam, Rick Lindner as Ashley Carey, Stephen Mahy as Andrew Ryde, Toan Minh Phoung as Tran Huong, Rithy Dourng as Lee Nguyen

The Hit

Episode 4.09 (63)
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Ratings: 0.747 million viewers (20th)
Story by John Hugginson and John Banas
Screenplay by Mia Tolhurst
Directed by Nicholas Bufalo

Disgraced former cop Gary Beck is shot dead at his mother's funeral, and Superintendent Terry Jarvis was there to watch it in living colour. To solve this case Duncan will have to work closely with Jarvis, but past antagonisms may compromise Jarvis' safety when Duncan is assigned the task of protecting him from a killer. Will Duncan be able to put the past behind him and defend the man responsible for the death of his fiancée?

Special Guest: David Field as Terry Jarvis
With: Ken Radley as Gary Beck, Rhondda Findleton as Francesca Hayward, Saskia Post as Gloria Beck, Joe Clements as Randall Finister, Justin Lekmann as Dion Lehman, Suzie Stapleton as Marnie Rogers, Nick Jamieson as Senior Constable Todd Croft, Morgan Evans as Leo Bastoni, Craig Millar as Prisoner #1

Note: this episode introduces changes to the opening titles to provide clearer writing credits.

Just Desserts

Episode 4.10 (64)
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
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Written by
Directed by

To be a talented head chef is to be a modern celebrity. Everyone wants to be you, wants to love you, wants to kill you. When a famous head chef gets the chop, Homicide is faced with his melted corpse and a smorgasbord of suspects. This was not murder in cold blood. It was an angry, passionate, hate-fuelled act. This murderer knew their victim. But that doesn't narrow down the suspect pool; this star chef had a queue of people eager to take him down.

With: Camille Keenan as Carmel Shatner.

Note: Ryan O'Kane joins the cast as DSC Rhys Levitt

Pirates

Episode 4.11 (65)
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
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Directed by

Pirating DVDs isn't hurting anyone, right? Try telling that to the private detective murdered to stop him investigating a piracy ring. Using teenagers to sell the product keeps the kingpins of the trade well sheltered from the cops. Pulling the wool over their parents' eyes is one thing, but will these kids run into trouble trying to protect their bosses in the face of a murder investigation? Jennifer becomes close to two boys who've been making some extra cash by selling the latest releases. Can she keep them safe long enough to catch a killer?

With: Chris Pang as Phong Lam

Tomato Can

Episode 4.12 (66)
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
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Directed by

A K.O. turns into a D.O.A when up-and-coming boxer Curtis 'The Kid' Conlon suffers a blow in the ring that sends him to his death. Everyone wanted a chunk of The Kid's potential, so who would kill the golden goose? The team will have to adjust as a new Sergeant walks into Homicide. But this superior officer is no stranger to them. Matt Ryan has just gone up a step on the police ladder. His appointment is set to change the relationship between long-standing colleagues and mates.

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