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Cops & Robbers

Working undercover with armed robber Damien Broadbent, a masked Leo Flynn is forced to steal the proceeds of an illegal poker game at gunpoint—and the main players happen to be none other than Peter Church and Bryan Gray. Back at PHQ, Flynn comes clean to Church and hands back part of the haul (an expensive engagement ring) on one proviso—the cops can’t pressure Broadbent for their booty as it could blow his cover and put his life at risk. Church agrees, but when Anna Trukan finds the ring, she believes Church is offering his hand in marriage. Without the heart to tell her otherwise, and with Broadbent demanding that Flynn gets the ring back, Church is pulled from all sides.

Hammer Horror

While Flynn has his hands full trying to bust an elusive drug supplier, Church is busy trying to keep Anna’s departure from his life under wraps. But Angie knows her colleague well enough to sense something has gone astray. Before long, Church is fessing up to Angie that Anna has left him.

A Square Inside the Circle

Harris devises a novel plan to nab a high-profile gangster named Craig Levine that involves operative Chris going undercover into the world of female boxing. Everything appears to be going according to schedule—until the unit’s informant drops dead!

Family Ties

Angie and Harris face every parent’s nightmare when their son Josh falls victim to a child abduction ring.

The River Of No Return

Forming an alliance with super-seedy drug dealer Ed Cleaver, Harris uses his gift for languages to negotiate a huge heroin deal with members of a visiting Malaysian drug cartel. But is Harris getting in over his head when he accompanies Cleaver and his new associates to a brothel?

Brave New World

Church gets information from informant and paranoid conspiracy theorist Stevey Dawes that leads Undercover to the alarming discovery that someone is planning to build and detonate a dirty bomb. Their investigations are quickly hijacked by Federal Agents but when the Agents’ interrogation of suspect Jamil al RawiI turns to torture, Harris decides to investigate the source.

No Man’s Land

Church goes undercover in an attempt to recover historical artefacts stolen during the recent war in the Middle East. When his contact, a television journalist, is almost killed in a hit and run accident the trail leads back to the Shahuristan Consulate—where they have no jurisdiction. With some creative police work the Undercover team manage to infiltrate the consulate, where they discover that the Consul and his aide are raising money to fund a military coupe and overthrow the Shahuristan government. They have to move quickly to prevent a second attempt on the journalist’s life—and then work out how to bring two people claiming diplomatic immunity to justice. Meanwhile Angie tries to convince the battered wife of a drug dealer to inform on her husband but finds herself torn. If he goes to prison Angie’s informant must go into witness protection where she and her young son will face an uncertain future.

One More Chance

Angie has convinced a woman called Veronica Taylor to turn Crown witness against her drug dealing husband. But when the husband is found shot dead, with Veronica holding the smoking gun, Angie must face up to the fact that if she had remained on the job, rather than racing off to look after her son, the shooting might never have occurred. To make matters worse for Angie, there is a new detective in Homicide, a keen go-getter called Katherine who seems to have both Angie and Harris in her sights. When Katherine’s investigations begin to throw doubt on Veronica’s claim of shooting in self-defence, things begin to look much worse for both Veronica and Angie.

Break And Enter

Chris goes undercover with a gang of teenage burglars. But what should have been a simple case gets suddenly complicated when one of the gang, Slug, turns up dead. When the investigation focuses on Ian Bevan, a music publisher, Chris is threatened by a hitman and two corrupt Federal Police. Meanwhile, Harris’ attempts to charm Katherine Marks, the new Homicide detective, lead to an accusation of sexual harassment—and a surprising revelation.

House Of Mirrors

Harris plays it close to the bone when he goes undercover in a psychiatric clinic—as a patient. Inside, he targets Evelyn Ballantyne the unstable sister of a murder victim. The squad believe Evelyn may have killed her sister and is using the clinic as a means to evade the police. However, once on the inside Harris’s own mental illness makes him sympathetic to Evelyn and he is soon caught between caring for her and his responsibilities as a policeman. While he manages to identify several other targets he must battle homicide’s insistence that Evelyn is guilty. Finally he is forced to pursue another target, allowing Evelyn to stray from his care and into he arms of the true killer. Harris’ instincts come into play in the last moments when he nails the killer and upholds his duty as a police officer… but his attempts to save Evelyn from the darkness he knows so well flutters away as she steps into the unknown.

Roman Charity

His addiction to opium rapidly taking hold, Luke Harris is heading into extremely dangerous territory. And Church is about to uncover his boss’s dark secret. He learns that Harris’s supplier is manipulating Harris to keep himself out of jail. But Harris’s problems don’t end there. The undercover unit chief, who recently made the shock discovery that new Homicide detective Katherine Marks is his daughter, tries to make amends with Katherine.

Starlight Hotel

Three homeless men have been murdered, and Church goes undercover into the homeless community to track down the killer. Without the back-up of weapons or communication, Church submerges himself in this shadow world. But he quickly learns that murder might not be the only thing going on, someone is making what look like snuff movies, featuring the murdered homeless men.

The Complete Package

While investigating a major coke ring, Church is stunned to learn that his primary target Ethan Stein, is married to his old flame Anna Trukan. In private with Church, Anna claims she knows nothing of drugs and that her husband is a legitimate businessman, but her words are later proven false when she’s busted trying to bribe a customs official. Church turns up the pressure on Anna, demanding the details on Stein’s next shipment of coke. Anna agrees to cooperate, but when she meets Church to hand over the information, Stein arrives, armed and ready to kill. To Church’s disbelief, it appears that Anna has set him up.

The Contract

Church and Gray fake the death of a big time crook’s wife in order to nab him on conspiracy charges. But a spanner is thrown in the works when the crook misunderstands the situation and assumes that Gray has had sex with his wife before murdering her. The trouble then doubles when the crook realizes that Church is also involved and turns his weapon on Church to avenge his wife. Church is forced to arrest him and in an attempt to force the crook to admit who he is, they reveal that his wife is actually sleeping with his brother. The crook then insists that it is his brother who is the crook and the Undercovers set up for a sting. But it all goes to hell when the crook, still angry that someone is sleeping with his wife, produces a weapon and threatens to kill his brother.

Vanished

When a third young woman goes missing from a popular Fitzroy Hotel, homicide fear a serial killer is on the loose and call in undercover for help. Angie’s investigation leads her towards two genuine suspects, the hotel’s owner Benjamin Mortlock, and a sleazy cabbie who trawls for customers on the streets, Marrin Lussich. With no hard evidence turning up on either, new recruit Megan Walsh takes matters into her own hands, risking her own life in an attempt to bring down the killer.

Mea Culpa

Angie arrives home late one night to find her sister Sam, dying of a massive stab wound. Why she has been murdered in such a terrible way is a total mystery. Frustrated by the blinkered views of her colleagues, who see Sam as a hopeless junkie, Angie sets out on her own to clear her sister’s name and find her murderer. Assistance appears in the unlikely form of a federal agent, James, who says he was working with Sam on a case for Interpol. He tells Angie that Sam was involved in smuggling illegal diamonds for a ruthless arms dealer. Her head reeling, Angie no longer knows what, or who, to believe. Can she trust James? And, will she kill to avenge her sister’s death?

Past Lives

Chris discovers a heart of darkness when she searches for the murderer of an old friend. As she becomes entwined in the lives of the boy’s mates, she finds out the truth is more shocking than she imagined. In her efforts to catch the killer she unwittingly pushes the boys to revenge their dead mate. When she discovers their terrible secret she races against time to stop them committing a crime that will see them all locked away for good. In a game of good versus evil, the real problem for Chris is working out which is which.

I Am The Walrus

An investigation of a liquor store robbery takes an unexpected turn when one of the gang members claim they are being protected by “The Walrus”, a corrupt cop. Harris suspects that the Walrus is the Head of Armed Robbery, Geoff Skinner. When Megan Walsh reveals that Skinner is her old friend and mentor, Harris begins to suspect that she may tip Skinner off, and his suspicions are heightened when Megan starts asking him questions about the case after seducing him. Meanwhile Katherine suffers an extreme bipolar episode and Harris is forced to confront the fact that their relationship is at breaking point. Katherine leaves for a posting in WA, leaving Harris shattered.

Dream Machine

When Harris and Masters locate a massive quantity of cocaine in the boot on an imported U.S. Mustang, it looks like they’re on the verge of a huge arrest. But things go haywire when the importer of the vehicle, property developer David Cale, refuses to take possession of the vehicle due to a small rust problem. Suddenly Harris and Masters are left holding a whole lot of coke with no-one to bust. Masters soon pulls the pin on the operation leaving Church undercover in the importer’s garage without any back up. When the bad guys come calling looking for their cocaine, Church finds himself in a very sticky situation with no way out.

The Good Oil

Church has established himself as the muscle in a close-knit Italian crime family, prolific producers of methamphetamines. When the head of the family discovers that his son has been seen in the company of a cop, he takes the cop hostage and orders Church to kill him. Church is horrified to discover that the cop is Harris, and that Harris has been buying opium off the son. Church manages to fake the shooting, but the son soon tracks Harris down. As the Undercovers move in to bust the family, Harris is finally forced to make a choice between his addiction on one hand, and his career and family on the other.

Dirty Little Secrets

Chris convinces a young prostitute to give her information about a blackmail scam at a brothel. The client she names refuses to talk, and then the prostitute is found with her tongue cut out. Angie goes undercover in the brothel as a cleaner, and is surprised to discover that Reg Masters sees a dominatrix who works there. A mortified Masters agrees to go in wired and use his relationship to set up a cocaine buy with the owner, who is none other than Steve Wylie. Wylie is brought down, which leads Harris to consider the recent events surrounding the death of Wylie’s brother, who undercover believed to be a major player in the criminal world. Harris enlists Angie’s help to investigate his theory that Megan Walsh is corrupt. Church refuses to consider the possibility, and it soon becomes clear why—he and Megan are lovers. Harris is forced to offer proof of Megan’s treachery—she slept with him for information.

Being Josh Brisbane

While on a deep cover operation, Church is intercepted by a couple of thugs and thrown off a building. Waking in hospital with minor fractures and head trauma, Church discovers his memory has been completely wiped. He can’t remember his name, how he came to fall from the roof, or anything of his past. The only clue is his driver’s license, which names him as Josh Brisbane. Church soon learns Josh Brisbane is a gun for hire, contracted to take out underworld crime figure Nick Tascone. While his instincts tell him to cut and run, a confrontation with his target becomes inevitable as Tascone moves to finish the job of terminating his would-be assassin.

End Game

When Church misbehaves on a drug bust and is accused of corruption by an unnamed informant, he is investigated by Internal Affairs. The Undercover team unearth evidence that an IA cop is framing Church, but Harris orders them to draw a line under the investigation. Instead, he sends Megan to search Church’s house, where she finds stolen goods—damning evidence that Church is corrupt. Church admits his corruption to her and in turn she admits her own. Together, they devise a plan to rip off the drug bust cocaine and escape. When Church is arrested for possession of stolen goods he and Megan are forced to bring the coke deal forward. It is only when Harris arrives at the scene of the deal that Megan realises it’s a sting, and that Church is wearing a wire. She stares at Church in disbelief as she is arrested and taken away.

Random Harvest

Undercover works with Taskforce Domino to investigate a rash of gangland killings over drug territory. Detective Buzz Rutherford works with Undercover as the Taskforce liaison officer. Church and Flynn are undercover with rival families to try and identify the killers. What no-one has realised is that Detective Rutherford's role in all of this is not what it appears to be.

Hunting Ground

Angie goes undercover as the long lost daughter of contract killer William Franks. A notorious assassin, Franks hasn’t seen his daughter since she was a three year old and he was imprisoned for the murder of his wife. Though Angie initially has no qualms about such a deception, as she comes to know Franks she comes to believe that he’s not the monster she first thought. When evidence comes to light suggesting Undercover has been wrongly targeting Franks for an intended hit on anti-Islamic pop philosopher, it appears that Angie’s suspicions of Franks’ innocence may be true. It’s only at the eleventh hour, in a hostage situation, that Angie discovers Franks’ true, heartfelt purpose.

Year Of The Snake

An investigation of an illegal brothel that trades in sex slaves leads undercover to the case of a missing girl. She was kidnapped three years ago at the age of 15 and is presumed dead, but her mother knows she is alive. When the girl’s alleged kidnapper turns up dead the trail leads to a judge—the man who acquitted him twice, and the last man to speak to him on the night he died. Harris goes undercover at a gentlemen’s club and blackmails the judge over the phone call. When the judge agrees to pay for Harris’ silence Harris hypothesizes that the judge was in on the kidnapping. Sure enough, a search of his house reveals the girl hidden in the basement. There’s just one problem—the girl is suffering from Stockholm syndrome and has fallen in love with her captor.

Head On

After partying all night to celebrate passing her Constable exams, Chris is involved in a car smash which leaves a young boy permanently disabled.

The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

Harris's obsession with Angie's new partner spirals out of control when one of the undercover unit falls victim to the serial killer.

After The Fact

Convinced Sean Hunter is innocent of the attack on Sophie, Angie sets out to exonerate the man she loves and catch the real serial killer. She suspects Richard Kline, who blames Hunter for the suicide of his wife, a former patient of Hunter's. Chris goes undercover on Kline, which leads to the discovery of trophies from the previous killings on Kline's premises. Hunter is freed and an already off-centre Harris, realising he has lost the battle, slips into bipolar meltdown and is forcefully taken into emergency psychiatric care. As the current is administered to his temples we go out on Angie and Hunter happily making their wedding plans. As they tenderly embrace, the cold disregard on Hunter's face tells us that Angie has become victim of a very lethal deception.