Season 3

1989 · 30 episodes

Episodes

1Nine Tenths of the LawMichael wrestles with the concept of possession after the discovery of Aboriginal remains creates a conflict of ownership between the state and the Indigenous community.
2FreedomMichael 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.
3Those Who CanFulvio learns that his teacher and idol isn't quite the perfect magistrate that he thought after he takes over when Michael falls ill.
4Sense of DutyThe courthouse becomes the centre of the fallout from a Secret Intelligence Agency training exercise.
5One for the RoadGibson faces his past after a series of alcohol-related prosecutions force him to confront the reasons he gave up drinking.
6ConfessionsA series of sexual assaults has consequences for the courthouse when the police fit up suspects and Paulyne is attacked in her own home.
7Horse PlayPauline 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.
8Truth's a DogPaulyne 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.
9The Great DivideMichael, 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.
10Quanity of MercyRafferty is confronted with the limitations of the law when it comes to dispensing justice.
11Peace of MindThe 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.
12Thursday the TwelfthMichael takes responsibility for a foreign woman after she shows up on his doorstep.
13Friends and NeighboursA heatwave frays tempers at the courthouse when everyone arrives at work to find the air-conditioning broken.
14The Fleet's InThe personal and the professional converge for Flicker when the anti-nuclear group his son is involved in begins protesting the arrival of nuclear warships.
15FamilyRafferty's 6-year-old son goes missing.
16Crispin's DayThe Bard comes into the courtroom when an elderly man reciting Shakespeare is arrested for busking without a licence.
17Mum's the WordMichael'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.
18Brief CandlesAn 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.
19The Deep EndNew 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.
20A Matter of CircumstancesA journalist sets out to prove that corruption exists in Rafferty's court.
21Waifs and StraysLisa continues to have problems settling in, with her abrasive nature putting Michael offside.
22The BeastLisa begins to wonder whether evil does exist when she defends a sociopath.
23SystemsThe entire courthouse struggles to cope when Michael is forced to decide whether a man accused of murder has a case to answer.
24Those Who Can'tLisa 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.
25Blood RelationsMichael's world is turned upside down after learning that he has a twenty-two year old daughter from a previous relationship.
26Star QualityFlicker'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.
27Private LivesMore 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.
28You Can Never TellA criminal nicknamed 'The Hairy Bandit' is causing havoc and the courthouse is feeling the impact.
29The Affair That Never WasMichael's divorce from Joanne officially comes through, just as former Public Solicitor Paulyne Gray reappears in his life after a six month absence.
30Curtains for RingoMichael 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.