Blue Heelers

Maggie takes on the responsibility of Assistant Crown Prosecutor in the high-profile murder trial of a Filipino woman charged with the brutal murder of her husband, a "good charitable bloke" who portrayed Santa every year at the RSL. The case seems like an open-and-shut win for the prosecution… but is it?

Dr. Zoe Hamilton' fears are realised when a woman suffering from Motor Neurone Disease is found dead. Her family's past pleas for her to be euthanised, which Zoe relayed to the police, make Zoe sure it was not the disease that finally ended her suffering.The Heelers begin an investigation into the death but everyone seems to have an alibi. The answers are closer than they think.

Strange things are happening in the Eventide retirement home. Valuables are going missing, one resident is found dead under mysterious circumstances, and another endangers the lives of the others when he hallucinates after smoking marijuana. Are the two teenagers doing Community Service behind all the trouble?

A visiting troupe of boxers at the annual Mt Thomas Show causes headaches for the Heelers with brawling and a rash of pick-pocketing incidents. The boxers and their matriarchal manager, Bonnie Crossing, aren't the easiest people to get along with, or the most helpful. The Heelers just have to sit it out till the troupes move on. But it isn't that simple.

"Mr. Lucky", is Enzo Fiorelli, a charming, charismatic, and successful con man. Several years ago he defrauded most of Mt. Thomas' Italian community for everything they had, destroying their lives, ruining businesses, and leaving a trail of grief and outrage. Now released from jail, he inexplicably walked out of the Witness Protection program, blowing his cover forever.

Sally Downie, the woman in Tom's life, has been abducted and the Heelers suspect the same two violent criminals who are holding hostage the daughter of local con man Enzo Fiorelli. But when the girl escapes, the Heelers realise they may have misread the situation. Sally is still in danger and Tom must lead a desperate search to save her life.

Adam and Dash find Tony Timms, intrepid reporter for the Mt. Thomas Gazette, dazed and injured on the riverbank while they are investigating a reported explosion. Tony is eager to recover his camera but he won't say who attacked him or why he was there - but promises his story will "rock Mt Thomas to its very foundations."

Dash is befriended by a stray dog, but when she brings it back to the station, it tries to attack Nick and generally causes havoc. When Tom orders her to send it to the pound, Dash defies him, becoming almost obsessively defensive of the animal. Could this attitude have something to do with the news she has just received about her medical condition?

Tom is faced with a dilemma when a mother asks him to protect her son, a convicted felon who is back home after an early release. The boy was responsible for the particularly cowardly armed robbery of a local real estate office which traumatised the owner's wife so much that she later committed suicide. Her husband seems a reasonable man, but could he be harbouring feelings of revenge?

PJ is pressuring Maggie to get out of her date with Ben Stewart as they are driving along the road from the local tip, when they notice a car that has run off the road. As they radio for an ambulance, they discover the real cause of the accident - the driver has a bullet through his head. Ben is immediately interested, convinced the unknown gun seller from last week may have been involved.

When Maggie and PJ are called to a wealthy grazier's to investigate a wool theft they are greeted by a mob of naked sheep instead of the empty wool shed they expected to find. The grazier points the finger at an ex-shearer and old-time rival, but Maggie and PJ discover he is not the only person with reason to dislike the grazier.

Maggie and PJ find their relationship under pressure when a visiting detective is accused of murdering a petty crim and drug user. The dead man is a vital link in a case involving three missing police guns and the discovery of Ben Stewart crouched over his body leads inevitably to the conclusion that he is the murderer.

Nick questions his ability to continue in the Police when he is duped by a sexual abuse case, and then makes a bad call in another related case when a woman asks for an Intervention Order against her ex-boyfriend, but Nick merely asks the man to stay away from her.

Tom and Chris' longstanding friendship is put in jeopardy when Chris finds a fifty-year-old journal in the cellar of the Imperial. The journal appears to have been owned by a young woman and Chris discovers that it is the true account of a romance gone wrong ending in murder. Chris brings the journal to Tom, asking him to discover the identity of the murderer and bring them to justice.

The Heelers are puzzled when PJ starts behaving strangely after a married couple, Janet and Kevin Shaw, is brought back to the station following a violent domestic. Maggie is especially worried, as it begins to look very much as though PJ is having an affair with the wife, a nurse at the local hospital. But what this woman really wants is PJ's help in breaking some bad news to her husband.

Mt. Thomas is in the grip of fear as a serial killer stalks the area. But as police from around the state work to bring the man down in an organised sting, Adam notices a bystander behaving strangely and, acting on his instincts, is able to take the armed man into custody. In one swift move Adam ends the manhunt and makes himself a hero.

Ben Stewart returns to a permanent posting in Mt. Thomas having been demoted to Senior Constable for punching Detective Romano. Tom, already displeased his station is being used as a "Siberia for erring detectives", is skepitical Ben can adjust to life as a humble uniform officer keeping the peace in a small country town but Ben assures him he is up to it.

Maggie has convinced PJ to join her in investing in a land deal but when they arrive at the solicitor's office to collect the papers they find the solicitor dead. He has a gunshot wound to the head, a gun in his hand, and a note on his computer which reads, "I'm sorry I failed you all". It seems undeniable that the solicitor has committed suicide.

Nick is awakened in the middle of the night by a drunken tour operator who reports that one of his clients has gone missing in the National Park. The Heelers question the woman's husband and their pregnant friend, but they say the woman fell behind during an evening bushwalk and just… disappeared.

A spate of false security alarms is keeping the Heelers on their toes. Tom is becoming increasingly frustrated with the owner of the alarm company, Roland Halliday, and his inefficiencies - if the Heelers are constantly being called to false alarms they will have little time left to pursue real crimes.

Ben fights for the life of a suicidal teenager who has been in trouble with the law too many times. Ben believes that the boy's crimes, like the suicide attempt, are really cries for help and when the Heelers find him in a terrifying situation with his estranged father, Ben realises that the boy's life rests in his hands.

While out on patrol Nick decides to give Ben the experience of one of Mt. Thomas's many fine restaurants - the Demirs' kebab shop. They walk in on a dispute between the owners and are shocked to learn that the conflict is over the arranged marriage of their seventeen-year-old daughter, Deniz.

When Ben and Dash visit a farm to enquire about a spate of thefts in the district, they discover that those pillars of the community, the Frasers, are involved in a violent argument. Ben tries to resolve the dispute between father and son but is hampered by the Frasers' belief that what happens in the family should stay in the family.

Chris Riley finds herself the target of big business when a representative of a large development group comes to town. He wants to demolish the Imperial and replace it with a huge shopping mall and is offering a very generous sum of money to have his way. Chris has her reservations but will the financial reward be too much for her to ignore?