Wildside Season 2, Episode 1: Episode 1

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Episode 1

Bill and Nick are slowly rebuilding their relationship when Nick becomes a suspect in a break-and-enter and is questioned about his friend, Jack Reeves, who he knows is probably responsible, but is reluctant to give him up.

50 min

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Episode 2

A mentally disturbed man is arrested after a vicious hammer attack at a train station leaves another man dead.

50 min

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Episode 3

Bill and Charlie attend the aftermath of a bank robbery, from which the robber escaped with a hundred thousand dollars leaving a trail of trauma in his wake.

50 min

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Episode 4

Bill and Charlie investigate when the remains of a body are found buried in the foundation of a derelict house. The hands and teeth have been removed by the killer to reduce the chance of identification. Bill finally identifies the body only to discover that the serial bank robber he has been hunting has been using the identity of the mutilated body in the foundations.

50 min

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Episode 5

Cultural tension between gangs in an inner city high school reaches a boiling point when Bing Ling, a member of the Asian gang, is killed.

50 min

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Episode 6

Kate and Charlie find themselves in conflict in the lead up to the Coronial Inquest into her shooting of Gordy Gilmour. Bill tries to act as mediator between the two in an effort at re-establishing the 'team' they had before this incident but Kate feels detached from the Force as Charlie gives her the cold shoulder instead of support, making her feel like she's being unfairly judged for doing her job.

50 min

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Episode 7

Nadia brings her friend Holly to Maxine, claiming they were attacked by a man with a knife. Bill gets the whereabouts of the incident and follows it up with Charlie and Kate while Maxine takes Nadia to the hospital where Holly is rushed to surgery. Karen, Holly's mother, arrives just as the doctors give up on her daughter.

50 min

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Episode 8

After a young sex worker is found strangled and Vincent finds himself on the wrong side of the law. Vince thinks he's had a night to remember but things quickly turn sour when he finds himself neck-deep in murder and sex films. His main hope at getting through it all is a man by the name of Headnoises — a Wolf Crier for years.

50 min

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Episode 9

McCoy, Kate, and Charlie investigate the murder of the wife of a wealthy importer and identify the husband as a prime suspect.

50 min

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Episode 10

Confusion reigns as Vince receives his blood test results — these results force him to confront his father about his background, which also unravels secrets and deceptions. This revelation sends him on a quest to uncover his Aboriginal ancestry.

50 min

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Episode 11

The Crisis Centre is invaded when Vincent's replacement arrives. She is Louise Arden, a tough, slick lawyer who appears to come from a privileged background, who in her former practice, dealt with clients from the upper echelons of society. Louise seems to have come to the Centre with little social conscience or commitment, and Maxine is worried that the people who need her help most are going to take a back seat.

50 min

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Episode 12

On the way to work, Kate puts herself in danger by to responding solo to a report of an armed robbery which has ended with one of the offenders being shot by the shop owner.

50 min

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Episode 13

When the body of a girl is found buried in a park, an obsessive former client of Maxine's becomes the prime suspect. Meanwhile, Bill gets a postcard from Nick inviting him to come for a visit. Bill is pleasantly surprised when Maxine shows interest in going with him.

50 min

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Episode 14

Wilt Bolton's car yard has been broken into overnight and Wilt's $150,000 BMW is missing — along with the security guard who was supposed to be looking after it.

50 min

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Episode 15

Kate has raised with Charlie the question of marriage. In spite of his feelings for Kate, Charlie is freaked out by this. His anxiety is heightened considerably by The Mask investigation — his personal involvement in the hunt for a sexual psychopath who preys on young men.

50 min

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Episode 16

Kate is annoyed when Charlie releases her counterfeiting suspect, his friend and informant, prostitute Roxanne Tate, from custody without consulting her. On her way out of the station, Roxanne sees one of her main clients — a man she calls the Silver Medallist — better known to Charlie as Graham Holbeck, Kate's father.

50 min

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Episode 17

When a homeless man is found incinerated, Bill and Charlie investigate. The prime suspect is a patient of Maxine's, Alistair, who was seen by an intoxicated witness, earlier on the night he was killed.

50 min

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Episode 18

A million dollars worth of cocaine goes missing in a drugs bust and Bill is under pressure to get it back. Louise's friend, Natasha Lodans, reveals that she is pregnant and wanting to escape her violent and abusive marriage before having the child.

50 min

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Episode 19

Adi Asimovic knocks on Maxine's door in the middle of the night. His daughter Vildana has not returned home and he is frantic, hoping she is staying with Simone at Maxine's house. Realising both daughters are missing, Maxine plays a phone message back and hears an hysterical cry for help.

50 min

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Episode 20

A leading heart surgeon with links to a pharmaceutical company has been executed in his car. Bill McCoy and Charlie Coustos investigate the murder. Maxine and Louise try and save a house full of poor residents who are turfed out of their rented home to make room for property developer Brian Cleary's grand vision of a clean new city. War breaks out between the residents and the police, which culminates in a shoot-up of Central Police Station, which is blamed on the residents.

50 min