Water Rats

- Season 1

(1996)

The Sydney Water Police investigate a fatal bombing on a charter ferry while at the same time trying to locate other explosive devices that may still be located in the harbour.

A man claiming to have the missing bomb takes hostages on a passenger ferry. Frank and Rachel stake out a yacht to catch a scantily clad burglar.

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.

Homicide is called in to assist the detectives in their investigation of the death of an Iron Man competitor whose shark-ravaged body was found washed up on a beach.

The Water Police become embroiled in a feud between Tommy's father and a rival fishing family when the Nemesis is forced to cut the nets of a fishing boat stuck in a shipping lane.

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.

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 Water Police are on full security alert

Holloway is caught on film collecting an envelope containing a large amount of money that has been left in a waterfront warehouse.

A seemingly routine drug raid on a cruiser turns up a bracelet that brings Detectives Goldstein and Holloway into the investigation of the disappearance of a young Turkish schoolgirl.

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 a sunken cruiser and two men are found dead.

Frank Holloway's brother Kevin is listed as a missing person when his car is found abandoned.

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.

A drug raid on the boat of Jim Pappas, the chief suspect in Kevin's death, ends with Pappas being shot and killed by Knocker.

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 the killer.

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 and an old enemy of Frank's:

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 woman's death.

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.

Dave McCall is sympathetic towards the wife of a suspected serial murderer...until Knocker gets proof that she was involved.

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.

Police question an earlier arrest when authorities recover the body of a boy who appears to have been killed by a man already imprisoned for similar murders.

Holloway finds a new lead on Kevin's murder after a young robber is caught with Kevin's missing gun.

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 happened the night his brother was forced over The Gap.

Detectives discover two people who died of carbon monoxide poisoning, they suspect a connection to the activities of Asian gangs.

Attending a bush fire 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.

When Megan, an anonymous witness to Kevin's death is killed, Brady and Holloway search for other people who may have seen what happened.

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.