Water Rats

(1996)

Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001.

Seasons

177

Episodes

Ended

Status

February 12, 1996

First Aired

Networks: Nine Network

Genres: Crime, Drama

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Season 1

26 episodes • 1996

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Dead in the Water (1)	Feb 12, 1996
2	Dead in the Water (2)	Feb 12, 1996
3	Ghost Ship	Feb 19, 1996
4	Iron Man	Feb 26, 1996
5	Catch and Kill	Mar 18, 1996
6	Lie Down with Dogs	Mar 25, 1996
7	V.I.P.	Mar 31, 1996
8	The Shaft	Apr 7, 1996
9	Death in the Family	Apr 14, 1996
10	Goldstein and Son	Apr 21, 1996
11	Kilo Hotel	Apr 28, 1996
12	The Jigsaw Man	May 5, 1996
13	Bang Bang You're Dead	May 12, 1996
14	Black Water	May 20, 1996
15	Eyewitness	May 27, 1996
16	Payback	Jun 3, 1996
17	Old Flame	Jun 10, 1996
18	Bad Blood	Jun 17, 1996
19	Floater	Jul 1, 1996
20	Missing	Jul 8, 1996
21	Police Issue 13519	Jul 15, 1996
22	Unfinished Business	Jul 22, 1996
23	Respect	Jul 29, 1996
24	Wrecked	Aug 5, 1996
25	Message from the Dead	Aug 12, 1996
26	Knocker	Aug 19, 1996

Season 2

26 episodes • 1997

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Recalled to Duty	Feb 10, 1997
2	Closed Circuit	Feb 17, 1997
3	Import / Export (1)	Feb 17, 1997
4	Jilted (2)	Mar 3, 1997
5	Truth or Dare	Mar 10, 1997
6	Give me Money	Mar 17, 1997
7	End of the Line	Mar 24, 1997
8	Wrong Place, Wrong Time	Mar 31, 1997
9	Sex Games	Apr 7, 1997
10	Eye for an Eye	Apr 14, 1997
11	Goldie's Trip	Apr 21, 1997
12	One Dead Rat	Apr 28, 1997
13	The Messenger	May 5, 1997
14	The Man in the Moon	May 12, 1997
15	Stolen Time	May 19, 1997
16	Fireworks	May 26, 1997
17	Shroud Lines	Jun 2, 1997
18	Hunting Season	Jun 9, 1997
19	Blood Trail (1)	Jun 16, 1997
20	Dead or Alive (2)	Jun 23, 1997
21	All At Sea	Jun 30, 1997
22	Retribution	Jul 7, 1997
23	Smile (1)	Jul 14, 1997
24	Deadfall (2)	Jul 21, 1997
25	The Witness (3)	Jul 28, 1997
26	The Cleaner (4)	Aug 4, 1997

Season 3

31 episodes • 1998

#	Episode	Air Date
1	As Fast As You Can	Feb 9, 1998
2	The Gingerbread Man	Feb 9, 1998
3	For Old Time's Sake	Feb 16, 1998
4	One For the Social Workers	Feb 23, 1998
5	Sympathy for the Devil	Mar 2, 1998
6	Bloody Kids	Mar 10, 1998
7	Behind Closed Doors (1)	Mar 17, 1998
8	The Long Haul	Mar 17, 1998
9	Die For Me	Mar 31, 1998
10	Old Dogs, Old Tricks	Apr 7, 1998
11	Run for the Money	Apr 14, 1998
12	A Little Knowledge (1)	Apr 21, 1998
13	Double Play (2)	Apr 28, 1998
14	Soft Target	May 5, 1998
15	Not Fade Away	May 12, 1998
16	Romeo is Bleeding	May 19, 1998
17	Heads or Tails	May 26, 1998
18	Mocha Fudge	Jun 2, 1998
19	Let the Dead	Jun 9, 1998
20	Diminished Responsibility	Jun 16, 1998
21	Watery Grave	Jun 23, 1998
22	Six Hundred Clear A Week	Jun 30, 1998
23	Untouchable	Jul 7, 1998
24	Switchback	Jul 14, 1998
25	Somebody to Love	Jul 21, 1998
26	Epiphany	Jul 28, 1998
27	Honour Amongst Thieves (1)	Aug 4, 1998
28	Trust (2)	Aug 11, 1998
29	War Games (3)	Aug 18, 1998
30	Last Impressions (4)	Aug 25, 1998
31	Old Bones	Sep 1, 1998

Season 4

32 episodes • 1999

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Fair Cop	Feb 16, 1999
2	A Woman of Substance	Feb 23, 1999
3	Double Blind	Mar 2, 1999
4	Cut off Point	Mar 9, 1999
5	In the Family Way	Mar 16, 1999
6	Santiago: Rain 27	Mar 23, 1999
7	End Game	Apr 6, 1999
8	Tomorrow Never Comes	Apr 13, 1999
9	Goes with the Territory	Apr 20, 1999
10	Fish out of Water	Apr 27, 1999
11	Good Times and Adventures	May 4, 1999
12	Blood Relations	May 11, 1999
13	Dial C for Cop	May 18, 1999
14	Quad Squad	May 18, 1999
15	Unauthorised Entry	Jun 1, 1999
16	Mother Love	Jun 8, 1999
17	I'm Home	Jun 15, 1999
18	The Drill	Jun 22, 1999
19	Green Light	Jun 29, 1999
20	Red Light	Jul 6, 1999
21	Can't Buy Me Love	Jul 20, 1999
22	Free as a Bird	Jul 27, 1999
23	Dangerous Encounters	Aug 3, 1999
24	Force of Habit	Aug 10, 1999
25	Shark Bait	Aug 17, 1999
26	A Day at the Office	Aug 31, 1999
27	Kaddish	Sep 7, 1999
28	For Love or Money	Sep 14, 1999
29	Helter Skelter	Sep 21, 1999
30	Friend or Foe	Sep 28, 1999
31	Mr. Medium	Oct 5, 1999
32	New Kid on the Block	Oct 12, 1999

Season 5

36 episodes • 2000

#	Episode	Air Date
1	A Day to Remember	Feb 22, 2000
2	Obsession (1)	Feb 29, 2000
3	Pay the Piper (2)	Mar 7, 2000
4	Charlie's Pride (3)	Mar 14, 2000
5	Got a Light?	Mar 21, 2000
6	Play it Again	Mar 28, 2000
7	A Split Second	Mar 28, 2000
8	Able to Leap Tall Buildings	Apr 4, 2000
9	Chinese Checkers	Apr 11, 2000
10	The Trouble With Gary	Apr 18, 2000
11	Saltimbocca (1)	May 2, 2000
12	Jump in the Mouth (2)	May 9, 2000
13	Pinchgut	May 16, 2000
14	Mummy Dearest	May 23, 2000
15	Two of a Kind	May 30, 2000
16	Lazarus	Jun 6, 2000
17	Heavy Metal	Jun 13, 2000
18	Low Blows	Jun 20, 2000
19	One Good Turn	Jun 27, 2000
20	Mozzie	Jul 4, 2000
21	Tangled Web	Jul 11, 2000
22	Reunion	Jul 25, 2000
23	In the Blood	Jul 25, 2000
24	Family Ties (1)	Aug 1, 2000
25	Loose Ends (2)	Aug 8, 2000
26	Final Chapter	Aug 15, 2000
27	Silent Running	Aug 22, 2000
28	With A Vengeance	Aug 29, 2000
29	We Could be Heroes	Sep 5, 2000
30	Remember This	Oct 3, 2000
31	Vigilante	Oct 10, 2000
32	Tribes	Oct 17, 2000
33	The Last Hurrah	Oct 24, 2000
34	Bye Bye Charlie	Oct 31, 2000
35	Family Values	Nov 7, 2000
36	True Believer	Nov 14, 2000

Season 6

26 episodes • 2001

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Domino	Feb 6, 2001
2	It Happened One Night	Feb 13, 2001
3	High Roller	Feb 20, 2001
4	Shadow Man	Feb 27, 2001
5	Another Man's Poison	Mar 6, 2001
6	Odds On	Mar 13, 2001
7	Mates Rates	Mar 20, 2001
8	Hungry Bear Blues	Mar 27, 2001
9	The Thin Edge	Apr 10, 2001
10	The Player	Apr 17, 2001
11	Broken English	Apr 24, 2001
12	Line of Duty	May 1, 2001
13	True Blue	May 8, 2001
14	Strike Out	May 15, 2001
15	The Devil You Know	May 22, 2001
16	The Marrying Kind	May 29, 2001
17	Bitter Legacy	Jun 5, 2001
18	Robbo's Ghost	Jun 12, 2001
19	Red Ice	Jun 19, 2001
20	Family Matters	Jun 26, 2001
21	Jackpot	Jul 3, 2001
22	The Long Run	Jul 10, 2001
23	Bureaucracy Rules, OK?	Jul 17, 2001
24	The Removalist	Jul 24, 2001
25	And the Winner is...	Jul 31, 2001
26	Cats and Pigeons	Aug 7, 2001

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Toni Scanlan

Helen Blakemore

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