Blue Heelers (season 4)

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Blue Heelers - Season 4
Country of origin Flag of Australia Australia
Network Seven Network
Original run 10 February 1997 – 25 November 1997
No. of episodes 42
DVD release date April 6, 2006 (11-disc boxset)
Previous season Season 3
Next season Season 5
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The fourth season of the Australian police-drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 10 February 1997 and aired on Tuesday nights at 8:30 PM. The 42-episode season concluded 25 November, 1997.

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[edit] Season Synopsis

The fourth season ran for 42 episodes. The 1997 Season was the highest rating for the show; was the number one show on Australian Television for that year: Averaging a mammoth 2,441,000 in the five cities for the year, screening 8.30 Tuesday nights. Storylines included:

  • "Mad Cow Disease" coming to Mt. Thomas and Maggie nearly losing her life,
  • Adam confessing his unrequited love for Dash,
  • Chris's niece Leonie marrying Clancy Freeman and them beginning a family together,
  • Nick and Zoe growing closer,
  • Chris's Irish fiancee being murdered
  • the marriage of Adam to Stacey Norse (Kate Atkinson) and Stacey's miscarriage of the baby Adam thought to be his,
  • The introduction of two popular recurring characters: Jeremy Kewley as less-than-helpful reporter Tony Timms, and Neil Pigot as Inspector Russell "Rusty" Falcon-Price,
  • Chris becoming politically minded and running for local council,
  • Tom's daughter Susan's struggle to take up a posting at the school after her troubled past,
  • Adam facing the fact that his wife had lied and cheated on him,
  • Maggie attempting to protect her drug-addicted brother from the law,
  • Luke Darcy, PJ's nemesis, attempting to ruin his life once and for all,
  • The attraction of Tom to local solicitor Sally Downie (Catherine Wilkin),
  • and the sexual tension being consummated between PJ and Maggie, leading to them finally starting a secret relationship.

Two of the most popular episodes remain the two-parter "Gold" and "Fool's Gold", in which PJ and Maggie are trapped down a mine shaft and release their sexual tension. In the episode, "Fool For Love", Jane Allsop guest starred. She impressed the producers so much that they would later invite her back to the show in a main role as Jo Parrish.

Notable guest actors this season included Anne Phelan, Stefan Dennis, Vincent Gil, Alan Dale, Peta Brady, Brett Climo, Wendy Strehlow, Fiona Corke and Lesley Baker.

[edit] Episodes

# # Title Director(s) Writer(s) Original airdate (Aust.)
1 129 "Mad Dogs and Englishmen"  Director's Names Writer's Names 10 February 1997
The inhabitants of Mt. Thomas have a suspected outbreak of "Mad Cow Disease" and people do not seem to be coping, especially when they suspect it was Mad Cow Disease that tragically killed Gina and threatens to take Maggie's life. 
2 130 "Under Siege"  Director's Names Writer's Names 10 February 1997
Nick, having been left in charge of the station, is trapped in the station with Adam and Dash with no way of outside contact while P.J is searching for a way to save Maggie's life. 
3 131 "Working Lunch"  Director's Names Writer's Names 11 February 1997
 
4 132 "Immaculate Misconception"  Director's Names Writer's Names 18 February 1997
Clancy is accused of rape. 
5 133 "Reports of Damage and Loss"  Director's Names Writer's Names 25 February 1997
The weather is terrible, it is pouring rain and Mt. Thomas are suffering thunderstorms they have rarely seen, nobody would want to be outside in this weather; unfortunately their are children out and Nick and Adam are sent to save them. But, when Nick and Adam arrive back at the station hours later to fill out a Report of Damage and Loss, they are cold, soaking wet and both have broken spirits. 
6 134 "Fowl Play"  Director's Names Writer's Names 4 March 1997
 
7 135 "The Luck of the Irish"  Director's Names Writer's Names 11 March 1997
Chris' new love is found murdered in the cemetery. 
8 136 "Bloodstained Angels"  Director's Names Writer's Names 18 March 1997
 
9 137 "Charity Begins At Home"  Director's Names Writer's Names 8 April 1997
 
10 138 "Fool For Love"  Director's Names Writer's Names 15 April 1997
Adam and Stacey wed. 
11 139 "The Last Night"  Director's Names Writer's Names 22 April 1997
 
12 140 "Gold"  Director's Names Writer's Names 29 April 1997
Maggie and P.J, in one of Blue Heelers' most popular episodes, find themselves trapped underground in a collapsed mineshaft and find themselves thinking, 'Will we make it out alive?' 
13 141 "Fool's Gold"  Director's Names Writer's Names 6 May 1997
The question of whether Maggie and P.J will make it out alive plagues Mt. Thomas. 
14 142 "Grave Matters"  Director's Names Writer's Names 13 May 1997
The headstone of Tom's late wife, Nell, is vandilised. 
15 143 "Loose Cannons"  Director's Names Writer's Names 20 May 1997
Tom and Nick fall out when a professional shooter attempts to reconcile with his wife. 
16 144 "Lean on Me"  Director's Names Writer's Names 27 May 1997
Amphetamines are being home-made in Mt Thomas - with tragic consequences. 
17 145 "Random Breath"  Director's Names Writer's Names 3 June 1997
Dash is accused of illegally waving her new boyfriend through a breath test station and finds herself in hot water with the new inspector. 
18 146 "Close Encounters"  Director's Names Writer's Names 10 June 1997
A baby disappears in suspicious cirumstances, but only Adam believes the mother's story. 
19 147 "Buckley's Chance"  Director's Names Writer's Names 17 June 1997
An Oz Lotto ticket goes mission and Adam's wife suffers a miscarriage. 
20 148 "No Means No"  Director's Names Writer's Names 24 June 1997
Nick helps an ex-prostitute rape victim. 
21 149 "Poetic Justice"  Director's Names Writer's Names 1 July 1997
 
22 150 "Left In Trust"  Director's Names Writer's Names 8 July 1997
Maggie befriends a Polish woman who is looking for her missing exchange student daughter. 
23 151 "Sick Puppy"  Director's Names Writer's Names 15 July 1997
 
24 152 "Sisterly Love"  Director's Names Writer's Names 22 July 1997
 
25 153 "Can't Take a Joke"  Director's Names Writer's Names 29 July 1997
 
26 154 "Every Contact Leaves Its Trace"  Director's Names Writer's Names 5 August 1997
 
27 155 "Playing Games"  Director's Names Writer's Names 12 August 1997
 
28 156 "Counting Chickens"  Director's Names Writer's Names 19 August 1997
 
29 157 "Drag Line"  Director's Names Writer's Names 26 August 1997
 
30 158 "Closing Ranks"  Director's Names Writer's Names 2 September 1997
 
31 159 "Off the Air"  Director's Names Writer's Names 9 September 1997
 
32 160 "The Scarecrow"  Director's Names Writer's Names 16 September 1997
Maggie's brother, Robbie, returns. 
33 161 "Safe as Houses"  Director's Names Writer's Names 23 September 1997
 
34 162 "Our Patch"  Director's Names Writer's Names 30 September 1997
Tom seems to be going soft on a group of drunks. 
35 163 "The All Seeing Eye"  Director's Names Writer's Names 7 October 1997
Maggie discovers her brother, Robbie, is still using drugs. 
36 164 "Playing Possum"  Director's Names Writer's Names 14 October 1997
Couls Maggie really be shifting evidence? 
37 165 "Collateral Damage"  Director's Names Writer's Names 21 October 1997
 
38 166 "The Big Picture"  Director's Names Writer's Names 28 October 1997
 
39 167 "Settlement Postponed"  Director's Names Writer's Names 4 November 1997
 
40 168 "Containing the Rage"  Director's Names Writer's Names 11 November 1997
Dash's friend returns, with a past with a truck load of secrets. 
41 169 "The Civil Dead"  Director's Names Writer's Names 18 November 1997
Luke Darcy returns. 
42 170 "Possession"  Director's Names Writer's Names 25 November 1997
Maggie and P.J finally get together. Maggie makes the heartbreaking choice to turn her brother in. 

[edit] DVD Release

The Complete Fourth Season: Part 1
Set Details Special Features
  • 23 Episodes (1035 Mins.)
  • 6-Disc Set
  • Episodes 97 - 119
  • Full Frame
  • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
  • Slipcase Packaging
  • Photo Gallery
Release Dates
Flag of Australia Australia
April 6, 2006
The Complete Fourth Season: Part 2
Set Details Special Features
  • 20 Episodes (900 Mins.)
  • Episodes 120 - 139
  • 5-Disc Set
  • Full Frame
  • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
  • Slipcase Packaging
  • Photo Gallery
Release Dates
Flag of Australia Australia
April 6, 2006
The Complete Fourth Season
Set Details Special Features
  • 43 Episodes (1935 Mins.)
  • 11-Disc Set
  • Episodes 97 - 139
  • Full Frame
  • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
  • Slipcase Packaging
  • Photo Gallery
Release Dates
Flag of Australia Australia
April 6, 2006

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