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Season 31989

Season 3

February 4, 1989
30
Episodes
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1989
Year

Cast

John Wood
John Wood
Michael Rafferty
Arky Michael
Arky Michael
Fulvio Frangellomini

Episodes

30 episodes
Season 3
Nine Tenths of the Law

Nine Tenths of the Law

Feb 4, 198945m0 votes
Director: Kevin James Dobson

Michael wrestles with the concept of possession after the discovery of Aboriginal remains creates a conflict of ownership between the state and the Indigenous community.

16 guest stars
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Freedom

Freedom

Feb 11, 198946m0 votes
Director: Mike Smith

Michael is caught between a rock and a hard place when he is forced to decide the fate of a young boy whose doctors believe is sick, but whose parents are refusing further tests on religious grounds.

20 guest stars
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Those Who Can

Those Who Can

Feb 18, 198947m0 votes
Director: Graham Thorburn

Fulvio learns that his teacher and idol isn't quite the perfect magistrate that he thought after he takes over when Michael falls ill.

8 guest stars
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Sense of Duty

Sense of Duty

Feb 25, 198946m0 votes
Director: Kevin James Dobson

The courthouse becomes the centre of the fallout from a Secret Intelligence Agency training exercise.

15 guest stars
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One for the Road

One for the Road

Mar 10, 198946m0 votes
Director: Mike Smith

Gibson faces his past after a series of alcohol-related prosecutions force him to confront the reasons he gave up drinking.

16 guest stars
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Confessions

Confessions

Mar 17, 198946m0 votes
Director: Graham Thorburn

A series of sexual assaults has consequences for the courthouse when the police fit up suspects and Paulyne is attacked in her own home.

11 guest stars
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Horse Play

Horse Play

Mar 24, 198946m0 votes
Director: Mike Smith

Pauline finds that her personal life is mirroring her professional life when her former lover Gavin reappears and announces that he is getting married, just as she is defending a woman who refuses to accept that her marriage is over.

15 guest stars
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Truth's a Dog

Truth's a Dog

Mar 31, 198946m0 votes
Director: Graham Thorburn

Paulyne accuses an insurance company of racism when they report a Lebanese man to the police after he claims his precious rings were stolen just days after taking out a policy.

12 guest stars
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The Great Divide

The Great Divide

Apr 7, 198945m0 votes
Director: Graham Thorburn

Michael, Paulyne and Gibson find their ethics challenged when they deal with a man accused of raping his wife; however, it soon becomes apparent to all that the case is far more sinister than they ever could have imagined.

15 guest stars
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Quanity of Mercy

Quanity of Mercy

Apr 14, 198946m0 votes
Director: Mike Smith

Rafferty is confronted with the limitations of the law when it comes to dispensing justice.

14 guest stars
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Peace of Mind

Peace of Mind

Apr 21, 198946m0 votes
Director: Mike Smith

The courthouse finds itself becoming caught up in the deadly web of a cult. Michael is shocked when he goes on an early morning run and discovers the body of a young woman washed up on the beach.

14 guest stars
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Thursday the Twelfth

Thursday the Twelfth

Apr 28, 198945m0 votes
Director: Mike Smith

Michael takes responsibility for a foreign woman after she shows up on his doorstep.

16 guest stars
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Friends and Neighbours

Friends and Neighbours

May 5, 198946m0 votes
Director: Graham Thorburn

A heatwave frays tempers at the courthouse when everyone arrives at work to find the air-conditioning broken.

10 guest stars
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The Fleet's In

The Fleet's In

May 12, 198946m0 votes
Director: Graham Thorburn

The personal and the professional converge for Flicker when the anti-nuclear group his son is involved in begins protesting the arrival of nuclear warships.

13 guest stars
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Family

Family

May 19, 198946m0 votes
Director: Kevin James Dobson

Rafferty's 6-year-old son goes missing.

13 guest stars
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Crispin's Day

Crispin's Day

May 26, 198944m0 votes
Director: Riccardo Pellizzeri

The Bard comes into the courtroom when an elderly man reciting Shakespeare is arrested for busking without a licence.

15 guest stars
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Mum's the Word

Mum's the Word

Jun 2, 198945m0 votes
Director: Riccardo Pellizzeri

Michael's hopes of reuniting with his estranged wife are dashed when Joanne reveals that she has come to visit to end their relationship, and then their son falls ill.

15 guest stars
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Brief Candles

Brief Candles

Jun 9, 198945m0 votes
Director: Graham Thorburn

An unexpected tragedy forces Paulyne to re-evaluate her life; meanwhile she struggles to remain objective while defending a man accused of manslaughter over the death of a pedestrian.

15 guest stars
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The Deep End

The Deep End

Jun 16, 198945m0 votes

New Legal Aid solicitor Lisa Blake starts work at the courthouse; however, she soon finds herself coming into conflict with Michael when she grandstands in the courtroom, then fails to fully prepare a case in mitigation for a defendant.

12 guest stars
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A Matter of Circumstances

A Matter of Circumstances

Jun 23, 198946m0 votes
Director: Riccardo Pellizzeri

A journalist sets out to prove that corruption exists in Rafferty's court.

11 guest stars
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Waifs and Strays

Waifs and Strays

Jun 30, 198945m0 votes
Director: Riccardo Pellizzeri

Lisa continues to have problems settling in, with her abrasive nature putting Michael offside.

15 guest stars
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The Beast

The Beast

Jul 7, 198946m0 votes
Director: Graham Thorburn

Lisa begins to wonder whether evil does exist when she defends a sociopath.

23 guest stars
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Systems

Systems

Jul 14, 198946m0 votes
Director: Graham Thorburn

The entire courthouse struggles to cope when Michael is forced to decide whether a man accused of murder has a case to answer.

11 guest stars
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Those Who Can't

Those Who Can't

Jul 21, 198946m0 votes
Director: Riccardo Pellizzeri

Lisa defends a young man who seems to be heading for the same life of crime as his father once did, but she refuses to believe Ray Brown's claims that the father's intentions are anything but honourable.

13 guest stars
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Blood Relations

Blood Relations

Jul 28, 198946m0 votes
Director: Riccardo Pellizzeri

Michael's world is turned upside down after learning that he has a twenty-two year old daughter from a previous relationship.

16 guest stars
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Star Quality

Star Quality

Aug 4, 198945m0 votes
Director: Riccardo Pellizzeri

Flicker's prosecution against a young policeman who has broken the law is complicated when he begins to recognise that something even more suspicious is going on.

17 guest stars
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Private Lives

Private Lives

Aug 11, 198945m0 votes
Director: Graham Thorburn

More than one life is on the line after a former children's television performer is charged with propositioning young boys for sex in the changing rooms of a local swimming pool.

9 guest stars
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You Can Never Tell

You Can Never Tell

Aug 18, 198945m0 votes
Director: Graham Thorburn

A criminal nicknamed 'The Hairy Bandit' is causing havoc and the courthouse is feeling the impact.

23 guest stars
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The Affair That Never Was

The Affair That Never Was

Aug 25, 198945m0 votes

Michael's divorce from Joanne officially comes through, just as former Public Solicitor Paulyne Gray reappears in his life after a six month absence.

11 guest stars
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Curtains for Ringo

Curtains for Ringo

Sep 1, 198946m0 votes
Director: Graham Thorburn

Michael considers his attitudes towards both politics and rural life after his cousin comes to the city, having now been elected to Parliament and holding very different opinions to Michael.

21 guest stars
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