Episode guide
Water Rats: Season 1
26 episodes · premiered Feb 12, 1996
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- Episode 1: Dead in the Water (1) Feb 12, 1996 · 45m 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…
- Episode 2: Dead in the Water (2) Feb 12, 1996 · 47m 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.
- Episode 3: Ghost Ship Feb 19, 1996 · 44m 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.
- Episode 4: Iron Man Feb 26, 1996 · 45m 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…
- Episode 5: Catch and Kill Mar 18, 1996 · 45m 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…
- Episode 6: Lie Down with Dogs Mar 25, 1996 · 45m 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.
- Episode 7: V.I.P. Mar 31, 1996 · 44m A Vietnamese family are the victims of a robbery and their son has been kidnapped. The search for the kidnappers is complicated by the fact that the US President is visiting Sydney and the…
- Episode 8: The Shaft Apr 7, 1996 · 44m 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…
- Episode 9: Death in the Family Apr 14, 1996 · 45m 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…
- Episode 10: Goldstein and Son Apr 21, 1996 · 44m 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…
- Episode 11: Kilo Hotel Apr 28, 1996 · 44m 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…
- Episode 12: The Jigsaw Man May 5, 1996 · 44m 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…
- Episode 13: Bang Bang You're Dead May 12, 1996 · 44m 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…
- Episode 14: Black Water May 20, 1996 · 1h 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…
- Episode 15: Eyewitness May 27, 1996 · 1h 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…
- Episode 16: Payback Jun 3, 1996 · 1h 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…
- Episode 17: Old Flame Jun 10, 1996 · 1h 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…
- Episode 18: Bad Blood Jun 17, 1996 · 1h 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…
- Episode 19: Floater Jul 1, 1996 · 1h 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…
- Episode 20: Missing Jul 8, 1996 · 1h Harrison and the divers are called in when the body of a boy is found in similar circumstances to the other murdered teens. The detectives wonder if they arrested the wrong man.
- Episode 21: Police Issue 13519 Jul 15, 1996 · 1h Holloway finds a new lead on Kevin's murder after a young robber is caught with Kevin's missing gun.
- Episode 22: Unfinished Business Jul 22, 1996 · 1h 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…
- Episode 23: Respect Jul 29, 1996 · 1h Detectives discover two people who died of carbon monoxide poisoning, they suspect a connection to the activities of Asian gangs. Frank and Rachel gets help from an Asian crime specialist…
- Episode 24: Wrecked Aug 5, 1996 · 1h 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…
- Episode 25: Message from the Dead Aug 12, 1996 · 1h 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…
- Episode 26: Knocker Aug 19, 1996 · 1h Knocker is finally caught in his own deadly web. Frank informs Goldie of Knocker's involvement in Kevin's death but she refuses to believe him until Brady shows her the evidence.