Season 3
30 episodes · Feb 4, 1989
0/30 watched
Swipe a row to mark watched · long-press to mark up to there
- S3E1
Nine Tenths of the Law
Feb 4, 198945mMichael wrestles with the concept of possession after the discovery of Aboriginal remains creates a conflict of ownership between the state and the Indigenous community.
- S3E2
Freedom
Feb 11, 198946mMichael 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.
- S3E3
Those Who Can
Feb 18, 198947mFulvio learns that his teacher and idol isn't quite the perfect magistrate that he thought after he takes over when Michael falls ill.
- S3E4
Sense of Duty
Feb 25, 198946mThe courthouse becomes the centre of the fallout from a Secret Intelligence Agency training exercise.
- S3E5
One for the Road
Mar 10, 198946mGibson faces his past after a series of alcohol-related prosecutions force him to confront the reasons he gave up drinking.
- S3E6
Confessions
Mar 17, 198946mA series of sexual assaults has consequences for the courthouse when the police fit up suspects and Paulyne is attacked in her own home.
- S3E7
Horse Play
Mar 24, 198946mPauline 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.
- S3E8
Truth's a Dog
Mar 31, 198946mPaulyne 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.
- S3E9
The Great Divide
Apr 7, 198945mMichael, 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.
- S3E10
Quanity of Mercy
Apr 14, 198946mRafferty is confronted with the limitations of the law when it comes to dispensing justice.
- S3E11
Peace of Mind
Apr 21, 198946mThe 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.
- S3E12
Thursday the Twelfth
Apr 28, 198945mMichael takes responsibility for a foreign woman after she shows up on his doorstep.
- S3E13
Friends and Neighbours
May 5, 198946mA heatwave frays tempers at the courthouse when everyone arrives at work to find the air-conditioning broken.
- S3E14
The Fleet's In
May 12, 198946mThe personal and the professional converge for Flicker when the anti-nuclear group his son is involved in begins protesting the arrival of nuclear warships.
- S3E16
Crispin's Day
May 26, 198944mThe Bard comes into the courtroom when an elderly man reciting Shakespeare is arrested for busking without a licence.
- S3E17
Mum's the Word
Jun 2, 198945mMichael'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.
- S3E18
Brief Candles
Jun 9, 198945mAn 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.
- S3E19
The Deep End
Jun 16, 198945mNew 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.
- S3E20
A Matter of Circumstances
Jun 23, 198946mA journalist sets out to prove that corruption exists in Rafferty's court.
- S3E21
Waifs and Strays
Jun 30, 198945mLisa continues to have problems settling in, with her abrasive nature putting Michael offside.
- S3E22
The Beast
Jul 7, 198946mLisa begins to wonder whether evil does exist when she defends a sociopath.
- S3E23
Systems
Jul 14, 198946mThe entire courthouse struggles to cope when Michael is forced to decide whether a man accused of murder has a case to answer.
- S3E24
Those Who Can't
Jul 21, 198946mLisa 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.
- S3E25
Blood Relations
Jul 28, 198946mMichael's world is turned upside down after learning that he has a twenty-two year old daughter from a previous relationship.
- S3E26
Star Quality
Aug 4, 198945mFlicker'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.
- S3E27
Private Lives
Aug 11, 198945mMore 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.
- S3E28
You Can Never Tell
Aug 18, 198945mA criminal nicknamed 'The Hairy Bandit' is causing havoc and the courthouse is feeling the impact.
- S3E29
The Affair That Never Was
Aug 25, 198945mMichael's divorce from Joanne officially comes through, just as former Public Solicitor Paulyne Gray reappears in his life after a six month absence.
- S3E30
Curtains for Ringo
Sep 1, 198946mMichael 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.