Blue Heelers - Season 4 (1997)

Maggie and Nick pull up Charlie Clarke for talking on his mobile phone and are surprised to discover the caller on the other end is no other than the boss.

Nick and Adam are overdue back from patrol. When they arrive they are drenched and their uniforms are in tatters. The other Heelers have no idea of their trauma until Tom asks them to explain themselves and Adam bursts into tears.

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.

Chris is getting married and she has known her Irish fiancé for only two weeks. His son is getting into trouble at school, where another student, a Muslim girl, is being harassed by other kids at that school, which Nick is investigating.

A musician with angry lyrics, a club owner and an angry parent, then violence starts. Who truly is to blame for the ever increasing attacks where everyone is targeted? Just 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.

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.

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.

Two old gold miners state that two young gold miners are stealing their mine. Then a giant golden nugget is found. That's just the start of all the problems, in particular for two police officers.

With the golden nugget disappearance, so too are at least one of the young miners and two police officers. But its more serious than that, particularly for the two police officers that are trapped.

Vandalism at the graveyard upsets many but this will lead to another case of someone digging up graves as well for buried treasure. Tom doubts if Jed is innocent of the vandalism and PJ has to deal with an overly-helpful preacher.

A man returns home but does not receive a warm welcome from some quarters. With owning high powered guns and Nick on his side, this is going to get explosive as there are two children involved as well.

Dispute over a dead goat, some dangerous drugs that are harming people as well. Then Adam and Stacey are deciding on where to live.

The police are conducting random breath tests, but one case is to prove difficult for Dash and this will have deadly consequences. All this as Inspector Russell Falcon-Price makes his mark on Mount Thomas.

A baby has gone missing. As the mother's sanity is questioned, the police investigation is looking more like there was never really a baby, but Adam and Nick are investigating other leads that suggest something is going on.

Local farmer Jack Buckley wins Oz Lotto. The next day, however, Jack claims his winning ticket has been stolen, but PJ becomes skeptical because there is some doubt that the ticket ever existed.

An ex prostitute is prosecuting a man for rape after he beat and assaulted her, but as he gave money it makes for a harder case. Nick is also involved with the woman in question.

It's time for the annual "Make a Wish" Talent Quest and Nick has a vision for the Heelers - Mt. Thomas is about to enjoy the rustic poetry of Banjo Paterson in a way they'll never forget.

Maggie finds herself becoming personally involved when a Polish woman, Ivona, arrives at the police station, escorted by an irate taxi driver demanding payment.

Tom's other daughter, Susan, turns up after an accident and makes new friends but one of them has a dark past, which makes Tom very concerned. This involves the rest of the police, much to Susan's annoyance.

With Susan working at the school, a children's project and thefts bring missing valuables and suspects. The police have to go back and question everyone involved, including the kids. This brings Susan and Tom at odds again.

A young female mechanic and increasing practical jokes, start an investigation into more serious acts against more people working there. Adam's problems with Stacey are brought to the boil as she gets friendly with an old male friend.

Continuing the story at the garage, the police investigations are still ongoing. Monica Draper is here to investigate Adam's situation, which has gone from bad to worse. Its Dash who doesn't trust Stacey but can she discover the truth?

The Heelers are called to the site of a demonstration against a proposed resort development in Widgeree.

Two brothers go at it at their mother's funeral and this is only just the beginning. With livestock and farm goods sabotaged, it's only a matter of time before someone gets hurt. But why is this happening in the first place?

When Maggie and Dash go to inform the local wowser, Bert Cole, that his shop has been vandalised, they find him dead - and dressed in women's clothing. His house has also been burgled and his cause of death is unknown.

Nick gets bashed on the head and the Torrini's are having a baby - both go to hospital but that's only the start. Adam's career is in the balance and he is about to be sued on top of it all, but can Dash save the day?

When Nick stumbles onto the 3SD van broadcasting from the centre of Mt Thomas, the station is thrown into chaos. The disc jockey is discussing an apparent crime wave that is sweeping the town.

PJ investigates a series of car thefts from the supermarket parking lot. Each theft victim seems to have a similar description of a man that they saw loitering at the scene. Tom firmly believes that these are not isolated random thefts.

While Dash is lending some support to the devastated Chalmers family as they are being evicted from their farm by the bank, her good friend Sam Chalmers alleges that Jock Hennessey, the Bank Manager, has sexually assaulted her.

Is Tom going soft? That's what Chris and the Heelers think when he fails to reprimand a bunch of drunken louts. Even when they let a live snake go in the pub and make unsavoury advances towards Maggie and Dash.

What seems to be a case of petty theft turns into an investigation of a two-year-old kidnapping when a fingerprint found on a stolen figurine bought at a local car-boot sale actually matches one found on the ransom note.

The local jewellers is reportedly handling stolen goods but they have the paperwork and the owner is a friend of Tom's. Meanwhile, Maggie is unable to handle Robbie and his problem, so calls her father for backup.

During a routine school locker search for stolen money, the Heelers find a foil of heroin in a fourteen-year-old girl's locker. She says she was given it at a party and PJ immediately concludes it is a free sample.

PJ and Tom refuse to believe that Maggie is leaking information to a drug dealer. PJ is stymied, but before he and Tom can decide what to do, DI Russell Falcon-Price, arrives demanding to know why they have not yet reported her.

Compo Hayes is making a nuisance of himself with the police. Is he running an illegal book on gambling and why will no one admit to it? Maggie gets help for Robbie but can he stay the course?

With Remberance Day looming, someone has vandalised the war memorial where the commemorations are to take place.

Maggie is prosecuting a young shoplifter in the magistrate's court - a seventeen-year-old who has chosen to defend herself because Legal Aid has denied her funding on the grounds that she insisted on pleading not guilty.

Maggie is telling Dash of her recurring nightmare of a dark and angry horse when Robbie brings in his new employer, Doreen Jackson, and her father, Jim Jamieson, to report that one of his paintings has been stolen - a painting of a horse.