The Force: Behind the Line

- Season 5

(2012)

Police find dangerous chemicals in a suburban bedroom. An axe-wielding young teenager terrifies a neighbourhood. A Darwin motorist has a lucky escape when he hits a palm tree and a concrete pole.

Specialist forces are called in after a gunman threatens a young family. Police are running out of time to find an old man who has been missing for several hours. A suspected drug dealer has an unusual list of contacts. A teenager pulled over for an expired licence is more worried about his father than the police officers.

Police conduct a relentless state-wide manhunt for a desperate and dangerous fugitive. A mystery woman has police baffled. A father of two discovers a home-made bomb in his own front yard.

A public takedown months in the planning could still go horribly wrong. A male driver finds himself in trouble even though his car is parked. Police in the Top End protect a multi-million dollar industry.

Police are called to a tense stand-off in the suburbs of Melbourne. Some spectators risk life and limb for a glimpse of history as the former HMAS Adelaide is scuttled. A 72 year old grandmother hides a secret.