Blue Heelers

With one of their own gone, the police are in shock and everyone handles it differently. Then the wife turns up and a police funeral is out of the question, which makes the grieving process worse for the Mount Thomas police force. The discovery of a stolen watch among Wayne's possessions forces the Heelers to clear their dead colleague's name.

Stories of fathers, daughters, and family. As Maggie turns 25, the whole Doyle family turns up to celebrate. Meanwhile, a local drug problem will spill over that no one sees coming. And Tom is in for a surprise.

Stories of two cars, two babies and Gary, who wants to join the police force but is sent away by Inspector Faulkner, who doesn't understand the needs of country policing and fills in for Tom when he is sent away for training, leaving the station understaffed. Things go from bad to worse - the computer system goes down, an old man goes missing, and a car is stolen with a sleeping baby inside.

Wayne's replacement finally arrives in Mt Thomas, just in time to help the Heelers deal with a rodeo cowboy who seems to be sending his young son out to steal for him. Tom anxiously awaits the birth of his first grandchild.

The spate of burglaries take a sinister turn as the wife of an ex-police sergeant is assaulted badly and PJ and Jack Woodley are at odds over how to handle this case of an elderly police widow.

When a shearing competition goes horribly wrong, PJ starts his own investigation and his results lead him to the conclusion that his new partner, Jack, planted evidence. Meanwhile, someone is watering the alcohol bottles at the pub and Tom is pushing Anna to name her baby.

Maggie is set to prosecute the Dean Crocker case, but PJ has doubts about the investigation because he and the new detective sergeant are not getting on. PJ does his own investigation into sergeant which brings him into conflict with the rest of his colleagues. But is he onto something? Meanwhile, Adam and Jack investigate a series of pump thefts.

An art judging contest by a snooty guest judge and his antics at the Mt. Thomas Festival of the Arts cause headaches for Tom and Chris. Nick attempts to break down the fence between two feuding neighbors whose dispute is not shared by their children.

There's been a murder and Maggie had run into the victim the night before. The residents where she died, seem indifferent to the murdered woman's sad demise. Meanwhile, Adam deals with a complaint from a high school principal about the circulation of pornographic material in the area.

Adam succumbs to the stress of the job when he and Nick discover the body of a teenage boy who died during a drunken dare. Chris is thinking of renovating the pub, this brings her into conflict with all her staff and things are going to go from bad to worse - her staff at the pub go on strike. Nick runs in the election for the Police Association.

The new Probationary Constable, Dash McKinley, arrives, much to Tom's annoyance and Adam's delight. Meanwhile, an old case of a 3-year-old who disappeared in the bush 18 years earlier resurfaces when a young woman turns up to confront a wealthy family, claiming that she is the long-lost daughter returned from the dead. The Heelers are faced with finding a solution to a crime from the past.

Clancy and his mum have an accident, but there is more to it than meets the eye and Tom is faced with a dilemma. With policing and luck, the truth will reveal itself.

As the Heelers necessarily become involved with the discipline problems at the local high school, Tom realizes that his own problems are nothing in comparison to those of the new school principal. Maggie hires a tutor after she is disappointed with her exam results.

PJ and Maggie must examine the events of the past to solve an allegation of child abuse when a woman accuses her father and unleashes her childhood memories. The evidence is convincing, but the police have to keep an objective eye, as the young woman can't control her emotions. Dash and Adam work to identify an assault suspect with no clues other than a blind man's description of the offender.

Dash and Nick are called out to an old farmhouse where they discover a vandalized room, a terrified child, and swinging from a light fitting... a dead lamb. There are then plenty of suspects, to the most serious incident of all. Despite earning a commendation for her actions, Dash's behavior continues to antagonize Tom.

Maggie's deepening relationship with her university tutor creates sparks with PJ as they investigate the disappearance of a young ballet dancer. The police officers have to find out why and how she died and Dash questions if she could have done more.

Tom suspects an itinerant water dowser of being responsible for a series of bashings, the latest which has put a paraplegic farmer in hospital. Little does Tom know, however, that the stranger is the father of Anna's baby who has been searching for him and Anna across the country. Tom is caught in the middle and then the baby goes missing. Meanwhile, Adam makes a sacrifice for charity.

Nick is surprised by Dash's unprofessional behavior at the scene of a fatal accident, only to later learn that both victims were friends of hers. She insists she can cope with the trauma, but Nick feels there is more to it. When he does some investigating into Dash's history, he discovers a secret. Meanwhile, PJ investigates Maggie's tutor, Roman, and finds out he's married.

Nick and Adam are called out when a group of wild-eyed religious bigots attacks the home and property of full-time hairdresser and part-time witch, Siobhan Kennedy. PJ spills the beans about Roman but an investigation into the death of a clergyman's daughter leads Maggie to wonder how much he really knows.

As Tom accepts the possibility that his daughter is gone for good, he starts looking to get his baby grandson into a nursery. When he thinks he's found a suitable crèche, injuries start occurring to toddlers there, and the staff becomes the main focus. PJ is on holiday, so Detective Johnny Kowlaski comes in as a temporary replacement, but he will have an effect on Dash and Adam very quickly.

5,000 liters of wine goes missing worth $100,000. How was it done and what has local Charlie Drake got to do with it? The new detective Johnny Kowalski makes moves on Maggie, whilst Tom is looking for a carer for his grandson, with unexpected results.

Intent on buying a car but short on cash, Dash turns to Chris' new gaming machines then gets carried away by her winning streak, putting pressure on her friendship with Adam. The Heelers investigate a domestic burglary. Meanwhile, Maggie and Dash spread a rumor about Detective Johnny Kowalski to pay him back for abuse and use of the local single women.

Horses are being threatened in a local race and Detective Kowalski gets involved with a suspect and Tom sees this as going a step too far. Dash and Maggie can't escape Johnny Kowalski's womanizing and the team face PJ's return with mixed feelings

PJ is too busy for an apology from Maggie after a toddler calls the station and says his mother won't wake up. His baby sister is also there and is running a fever. While PJ talks to the child, the rest of the Heelers work to try and determine his identity and location using what little information they have. But can they get to them, before the abusive boyfriend gets back?

Dash and Adam wreck the hard drive of the computer at the station while playing a computer game. They have the system quietly repaired locally and are anxious that Tom doesn't find out, but glitches soon appear, which seems to be connected to a puzzling series of break-ins Maggie and PJ are investigating.

A local bully is released from prison which stirs up painful memories for Dash. He has no respect for the police or women, except his mother. But his mother is getting bashed by her husband and her boyfriend who live in the same house. If that wasn't complicated enough, all three men are going at it with each other with Mrs. Darcy caught in the middle, and this will only end badly.

When a young mother of two is killed, a videotape of the incident appears that PJ cold-bloodedly shot her in the back. PJ faces questioning but the worst attention is that of a tabloid journalist, Paul Carson. Maggie can see that PJ is having a harder time than he lets on, so she decides to help clear his name in the media.

It's Halloween in Mt. Thomas and when Dash and Adam are sent out to apprehend what they assume is a seasonal prank, a naked man painted blue, Dash is astonished to discover it is her brother Ian. Ian's wedding is only two days away and Dash is horrified to discover his fiancée in bed with a German tourist. What will Dash do about what she has seen and heard?

Nick is delighted when his old friend Gordy Muir turns up in Mt. Thomas to run a stress management "war games" course for corporate clients and thrilled when Gordy offers him a partnership in the new venture. But things quickly go sour when the observing senior partner of a law firm is injured during a mock ambush on the paintball course, and the Heelers are called in to investigate.

As the court has to decide on whether the earlier shooting of Mrs. Darcy was lawful, a determined prosecutor quizzes all Mount Thomas police officers involved. They seem to help the prosecution more than helping one of their own, so it's not looking good at all for one of them. PJ suffers a crisis of confidence and only Maggie stands between him and professional ruin.

The favorite in the Miss Mt Thomas contest tells the Heelers she is being stalked, then mysteriously disappears while under the protection of Dash and Nick. With a photographer and local hunk as suspects, as well as the contestant herself, who is doing it and why? Incidents get more serious and the police have to investigate what exactly is going on and who the guilty party is.

Dash's mother is in desperate need of a donor's kidney to save her from certain death. But when a kidney is made available, Dash's joy is short-lived - a nasty criminal gets taken into custody and vanishes with a hostage, a car with the kidney inside, which is viable for only a few hours. It will be up to Dash to save it, but she is in a very dangerous position.

Panic sweeps Mt. Thomas when an outbreak of a rare animal disease begins to kill humans. When Maggie suddenly collapses, PJ is desperate not to let the disease, which has already claimed two lives, take his beloved Maggie. Nick's reign as Acting Sergeant is rapidly turning into a nightmare as he deals with Keith Purvis and a mob of panic-stricken farmers.

As more people become sick and die, rabies is now blamed and the English family's dog is under threat. The police station is blocked and besieged with Keith Purvis instigating the trouble from outside and cutting off everyone inside with no way of communicating with the outside world. Nick's command of this situation will be fully tested. What is to blame for people getting sick?

Dash discovers that her penchant for gossip may very well get her, and other people, into hot water when she and Adam overhear the Shire President, Roger Payne, having lunch with a woman who is definitely not his wife. Tom is telling everyone to relax and breathe, as part of his new relaxing regime.

Leonie is pregnant and her father is upset and angry and wants justice. But what is really going on and who is the father? All evidence seems to point to Clancy. Meanwhile, the police station toilets are blocked up and this brings plumber Charlie Drake, who will become yet another suspect.

It's raining cats and dogs in Mt Thomas and Nick and Adam are overdue back from patrol. When they arrive they are drenched through and their uniforms are in tatters. The other Heelers have no idea of the extent of their trauma until Tom asks them to explain themselves and Adam bursts into tears. While Dash attempts to draw the story out of Adam, Nick disappears to change his uniform.

Duck hunters and wildlife protection activists clash and someone gets shot. Nick is astonished to discover that the shooter of a young protester at the opening of the duck season is none other than his sometime admirer, Dr. Zoe Hamilton. She, of course, claims it was an accident, explaining that the chief protester grabbed her gun just as she was aiming at a duck.

There are mixed reactions among the Heelers to Chris' sudden wedding announcement. Tom feels that she's rushing into things, a sentiment echoed by Chris' cousin, Dominic, who doesn't approve of Sean, sure that he's just trying to cash in on the Imperial's lucrative business. As Tom does a little digging into Sean's past, he discovers there's no record of him, or his son, entering Australia.

Responding to a complaint from a concerned parent about his underage son being in a local pub, Maggie and Dash are on hand when a young woman emerges, screaming and covered in blood. Who truly is to blame for the ever increasing attacks where everyone is targeted? Who are the criminals and who are the innocent parties?

Nick and Adam are surprised when their call to a domestic dispute turns out to be at a Salvation Army women's meeting. They discover a young mother, Joanne Mason, has accused her husband Andrew of deliberately pushing her out of their car. He claims it was an accident, but Joanne announces she's going to leave him anyway. But the husband just won't take it as an answer.

Adam and Dash are called to a disturbance to find a lonely farmer banging at the door of what turns out to be a dating agency. Investigations reveal the farmer has paid a fortune to the agency without ever having had a date, but his fear of exposure and humiliation make him reluctant to lay an official complaint. Adam is getting married. It's a bit fast, but his friends and colleagues are there.

Dash and Adam respond to a report of vandalism at the train yards and discover a couple of young offenders - one so fleet of foot that he's even faster than Dash. She thinks she knows the boy, Jed Russell, and discovers that Jed's been living with his father, Jim. When seemingly uncaring Jim gets involved, its Tom who recognizes a fellow Vietnam veteran who is still suffering from that war.