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Rafferty's Rules

 (1987)

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Season 4  
Guilty
Episode 30 - 8-31-1990
Michael is consumed by guilt after he hits a man with his car; however he starts to wonder if maybe there are deeper issues at play when he seeks guidance on how to deal with his feelings.
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Guilty
Unaccompanied Bark
Episode 29 - 8-24-1990
An elderly journalist is arrested for shoplifting.
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Unaccompanied Bark
Best and Brightest
Episode 28 - 8-17-1990
Michael is reunited with an old classmate in the lead-up to a school reunion; however, he is left wondering if they've come very far at all since the schoolyard.
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Best and Brightest
Punch Ups
Episode 27 - 8-10-1990
A prominent radio host has been charged with brawling. Michael is faced with the consequences of his judgements when he sentences a man accused of assault, only to later learn that the man's employer has sacked him.
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Up, Up and Away
Episode 26 - 8-03-1990
Lisa is charmed by a client accused of appropriating money from elderly women; however, Michael and Flicker cause conflict when they question her judgement.
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Up Up and Away
The Sea, the Sea
Episode 25 - 7-27-1990
Michael and Flicker befriend the beachcomber and poet, Snowy White; however, their admiration is crushed when it begins to appear that Snowy may be guilty of murder.
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Lost Empires
Episode 24 - 7-20-1990
Lisa fights to save an Indian couple who are facing deportation, only to discover that the collapse of the British Empire means that they have no real home to go back to.
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Lost Empires
In Custody
Episode 23 - 7-13-1990
Lisa assists a young woman whose boyfriend has been arrested; however, she is horrified when she learns that he has been detained without charge and suspects that the police are fitting him up because he is Aboriginal.
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In Custody
Many Happy Returns
Episode 22 - 7-06-1990
A convicted criminal whose ex-wife is about to marry a police officer comes before the court accused of assault.
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Many Happy Returns
Free of Passion
Episode 21 - 6-29-1990
Flicker finds himself at the crossroads of a major life decision after he falls in love with a young female Constable, but his excitement at finding new love may see him lose it all.
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Free of Passion
Consciousness Raising
Episode 20 - 6-22-1990
The feminist movement comes to the courthouse when a prominent feminist runs a group of pigs through the shop of a man accused of sexual harassment.
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Consciousness Raising
Lies
Episode 19 - 6-15-1990
Lisa is drawn to an attractive young lawyer; however, she is forced into an ethical dilemma when his personal life unravels.
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Lies
A Fair Day's Work
Episode 18 - 6-08-1990
A man seeks Lisa's help when he is sacked after complaining about the work conditions; however, she soon finds herself defending him when he assaults his former boss.
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A Fair Days Work
Driven to It
Episode 17 - 6-01-1990
An act of vandalism by the member of an animal rights group leaves Michael becoming emotionally involved with the accused's mother.
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Home Again Kathleen
Episode 16 - 5-25-1990
Michael, Flicker and Lisa are dragged into a murky political world when they discover that the conflict between the British and the Irish is alive and well in Sydney.
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Home Again Kathleen
Blood, Sweat and Paycheques
Episode 15 - 5-18-1990
Fulvio and Sandra's marriage comes close to breaking point after Sandra is arrested for shoplifting.
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Blood Sweat and Paycheques
Whistling in the Dark
Episode 14 - 5-11-1990
Flicker finds himself wandering into a murky world of corruption when he prosecutes a case against a police officer who has broken the law and where the key witness is a serial whistleblower.
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Whistling in the Dark
Whatever Gets You Through the Night
Episode 13 - 5-04-1990
Lisa is drawn into an organisation known as Life Force after a man is arrested for break and enter and assault.
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Whatever Gets You Through the Night
Funny Peculiar
Episode 12 - 4-27-1990
Flicker confronts his own prejudices when he prosecutes a case involving the assault of a female impersonator; however, it is Michael who finds himself at the centre of a controversy after the verdict is given.
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On the Barricades
Episode 11 - 4-20-1990
Michael revisits his past as a university radical and conscientious objector when he is forced to decide the fate of a man who he once protested alongside.
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The Book of Love
Episode 10 - 4-13-1990
Lisa defends a singer who has beaten his wife, but her personal involvement in the case is made more difficult when he brings a gun into the courthouse.
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The Book of Love
Home
Episode 9 - 4-06-1990
Flicker and Lisa find themselves dealing with a particularly challenging court case when a girl alleges that she was raped by her father four years earlier.
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Home
One Consideration With Another
Episode 8 - 3-30-1990
Racial tensions erupt when two Asian men are accused of murder, while Michael questions his capacity as a magistrate after an act of leniency has dire consequences.
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One Consideration With Another
Politburo
Episode 7 - 3-23-1990
Flicker is horrified after he discovers just what conditions are faced by those in the police cells awaiting trial.
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Politburo
One for Us
Episode 6 - 3-16-1990
Rafferty decides to expose a Chilean military attaché following charges for torturing political dissidents in Chile.
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One for Us
Out of Line
Episode 5 - 3-09-1990
Lisa finds herself at odds with her colleagues when she defends an anti-nuclear activist whose family and the police are determined to have detained for his own safety.
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Out of Line
In For a Penny
Episode 4 - 3-02-1990
Michael is drawn into the world of a struggling young family after he witnesses a woman being hit by a car.
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In For a Penny
The Plague
Episode 3 - 2-23-1990
Lisa confronts the prejudices of society when she defends a man with AIDS who has committed an armed robbery in order to ensure his wife's future following his death.
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The Plague
That Old Black Magic
Episode 2 - 2-16-1990
Michael begins to wonder if someone is trying to put a spell on him after a number of suspicious run-ins with a member of a religious commune.
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That Old Black Magic
Security
Episode 1 - 2-09-1990
Michael sees the law from another perspective after he becomes the key witness in Flicker's prosecution against an arsonist.
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Security
Season 3  
Curtains for Ringo
Episode 30 - 9-01-1989
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.
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The Affair That Never Was
Episode 29 - 8-25-1989
Michael's divorce from Joanne officially comes through, just as former Public Solicitor Paulyne Gray reappears in his life after a six month absence.
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The Affair That Never Was
You Can Never Tell
Episode 28 - 8-18-1989
A criminal nicknamed 'The Hairy Bandit' is causing havoc and the courthouse is feeling the impact.
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You Can Never Tell
Private Lives
Episode 27 - 8-11-1989
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.
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Private Lives
Star Quality
Episode 26 - 8-04-1989
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.
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Star Quality
Blood Relations
Episode 25 - 7-28-1989
Michael's world is turned upside down after learning that he has a twenty-two year old daughter from a previous relationship.
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Blood Relations
Those Who Can't
Episode 24 - 7-21-1989
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.
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Those Who Cant
Systems
Episode 23 - 7-14-1989
The entire courthouse struggles to cope when Michael is forced to decide whether a man accused of murder has a case to answer.
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Systems
The Beast
Episode 22 - 7-07-1989
Lisa begins to wonder whether evil does exist when she defends a sociopath.
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The Beast
Waifs and Strays
Episode 21 - 6-30-1989
Lisa continues to have problems settling in, with her abrasive nature putting Michael offside.
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Waifs and Strays
A Matter of Circumstances
Episode 20 - 6-23-1989
A journalist sets out to prove that corruption exists in Rafferty's court.
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A Matter of Circumstances
The Deep End
Episode 19 - 6-16-1989
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.
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The Deep End
Brief Candles
Episode 18 - 6-09-1989
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.
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Brief Candles
Mum's the Word
Episode 17 - 6-02-1989
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.
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Mums the Word
Crispin's Day
Episode 16 - 5-26-1989
The Bard comes into the courtroom when an elderly man reciting Shakespeare is arrested for busking without a licence.
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Crispins Day
Family
Episode 15 - 5-19-1989
Rafferty's 6-year-old son goes missing.
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Family
The Fleet's In
Episode 14 - 5-12-1989
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.
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The Fleets In
Friends and Neighbours
Episode 13 - 5-05-1989
A heatwave frays tempers at the courthouse when everyone arrives at work to find the air-conditioning broken.
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Friends and Neighbours
Thursday the Twelfth
Episode 12 - 4-28-1989
Michael takes responsibility for a foreign woman after she shows up on his doorstep.
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Thursday the Twelfth
Peace of Mind
Episode 11 - 4-21-1989
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.
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Peace of Mind
Quanity of Mercy
Episode 10 - 4-14-1989
Rafferty is confronted with the limitations of the law when it comes to dispensing justice.
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Quanity of Mercy
The Great Divide
Episode 9 - 4-07-1989
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.
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The Great Divide
Truth's a Dog
Episode 8 - 3-31-1989
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.
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Truths a Dog
Horse Play
Episode 7 - 3-24-1989
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.
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Horse Play
Confessions
Episode 6 - 3-17-1989
A series of sexual assaults has consequences for the courthouse when the police fit up suspects and Paulyne is attacked in her own home.
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Confessions
One for the Road
Episode 5 - 3-10-1989
Gibson faces his past after a series of alcohol-related prosecutions force him to confront the reasons he gave up drinking.
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One for the Road
Sense of Duty
Episode 4 - 2-25-1989
The courthouse becomes the centre of the fallout from a Secret Intelligence Agency training exercise.
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Sense of Duty
Those Who Can
Episode 3 - 2-18-1989
Fulvio learns that his teacher and idol isn't quite the perfect magistrate that he thought after he takes over when Michael falls ill.
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Those Who Can
Freedom
Episode 2 - 2-11-1989
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.
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Freedom
Nine Tenths of the Law
Episode 1 - 2-04-1989
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.
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Nine Tenths of the Law
Season 2  
Freedom of Choice
Episode 11 - 5-21-1988
Rafferty, embroiled in what local papers call "the punk drug squatters assault case", faces a housing crisis of his own and deals with the by-products of a cashless society: credit card junkies.
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Freedom of Choice
The Hit
Episode 10 - 5-14-1988
The police are called in to protect Rafferty when he starts receiving threats.
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The Hit
Out of the Past
Episode 9 - 5-07-1988
Rafferty is confronted by the past when his older brother visits him.
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Out of the Past
Prejudice and Pride
Episode 8 - 4-30-1988
Rafferty gets involved in a case of racial prejudice.
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Prejudice and Pride
Solidarity
Episode 7 - 4-23-1988
Rafferty is confronted by a case involving vandalism on a building site.
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Solidarity
Suspicious Minds
Episode 6 - 4-16-1988
Rafferty's court is thrown into turmoil by a mysterious thief in Rafferty's office.
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Suspicious Minds
Dark Side of the Moon
Episode 5 - 4-09-1988
There is an uneasy atmosphere around Rafferty's court when Flicker returns.
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Dark Side of the Moon
Kids
Episode 4 - 4-02-1988
Rafferty confronts painful parallels at home when his kids arrive out of the blue.
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Kids
Make My Day
Episode 3 - 3-26-1988
Double standards are apparent in a case that comes before Rafferty.
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Make My Day
To the Whistle
Episode 2 - 3-19-1988
Flicker's replacement finds he has to play it by Rafferty's rules.
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To the Whistle
Time Out
Episode 1 - 3-12-1988
Work pressures get to much for Paulyne and a love affair seems the answer.
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Time Out
Season 1  
Public Image
Episode 15 - 5-21-1987
Rafferty realises that the media makes innocent people look like monsters.
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Public Image
Rafferty and the Rough Diamond
Episode 14 - 5-14-1987
Rafferty finds that people and things are not always as they seem.
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Rafferty and the Rough Diamond
Invasion of Privacy
Episode 13 - 5-07-1987
Rafferty's cases reflect people invading other people's privacy.
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Invasion of Privacy
Stray Cat
Episode 12 - 4-30-1987
A young drifter comes before Rafferty's court for being in possession of a cat skin.
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Stray Cat
Sticks
Episode 11 - 4-23-1987
Rafferty investigates what appears to be an accidental death by drowning.
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Sticks
Mates and Brothers
Episode 10 - 4-16-1987
An Italian father and his brother plant a bomb in Rafferty's chambers.
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Mates and Brothers
Reason to Believe
Episode 9 - 4-09-1987
A young prostitute decides to defend herself against a soliciting charge.
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Reason to Believe
Looking Good
Episode 8 - 4-02-1987
Rafferty hears two cases about people's desire to look good.
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Looking Good
Sin with Gold
Episode 7 - 3-26-1987
Rafferty has no choice but to dismiss a big drug case.
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Sin with Gold
Rafferty and the Srangers Among Us
Episode 6 - 3-19-1987
Rafferty feels alone with his recent move to the city.
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Rafferty and the Srangers Among Us
The Women
Episode 5 - 3-12-1987
Rafferty is forced to examine his attitude towards women.
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The Women
The Free Life
Episode 4 - 3-05-1987
Rafferty is angry when a drugs case he was listed to deal with is suddenly moved to another court and confronts the Chief Magistrate about the matter.
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The Free Life
Truth to Tell
Episode 3 - 2-26-1987
Rafferty deals with a young prostitute and U.S. government officials apply to extradite one of their citizens.
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Truth to Tell
Win Some, Lose Some
Episode 2 - 2-19-1987
Rafferty's estranged wife Joanne arrives in Sydney to discuss a few things and he is anxious. Meanwhile, Paulyne has a crisis of conscience when she has to act for a man in an assault case.
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Win Some Lose Some
Pilot
Episode 1 - 2-12-1987
Michael Aloysius Rafferty starts his new job as Stipendiary Magistrate of Manly Local Court.
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Pilot
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