Rafferty's Rules Season 3, Episode 20: A Matter of Circumstances

1

Nine Tenths of the Law

Michael wrestles with the concept of possession after the discovery of Aboriginal remains creates a conflict of ownership between the state and the Indigenous community.

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2

Freedom

Michael 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.

46 min

3

Those Who Can

Fulvio learns that his teacher and idol isn't quite the perfect magistrate that he thought after he takes over when Michael falls ill.

47 min

4

Sense of Duty

The courthouse becomes the centre of the fallout from a Secret Intelligence Agency training exercise.

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5

One for the Road

Gibson faces his past after a series of alcohol-related prosecutions force him to confront the reasons he gave up drinking.

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6

Confessions

A series of sexual assaults has consequences for the courthouse when the police fit up suspects and Paulyne is attacked in her own home.

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7

Horse Play

Pauline 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.

46 min

8

Truth's a Dog

Paulyne 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.

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9

The Great Divide

Michael, 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.

45 min

10

Quanity of Mercy

Rafferty is confronted with the limitations of the law when it comes to dispensing justice.

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11

Peace of Mind

The 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.

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12

Thursday the Twelfth

Michael takes responsibility for a foreign woman after she shows up on his doorstep.

45 min

13

Friends and Neighbours

A heatwave frays tempers at the courthouse when everyone arrives at work to find the air-conditioning broken.

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14

The Fleet's In

The personal and the professional converge for Flicker when the anti-nuclear group his son is involved in begins protesting the arrival of nuclear warships.

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15

Family

Rafferty's 6-year-old son goes missing.

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16

Crispin's Day

The Bard comes into the courtroom when an elderly man reciting Shakespeare is arrested for busking without a licence.

44 min

17

Mum's the Word

Michael'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.

45 min

18

Brief Candles

An 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.

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19

The Deep End

New 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.

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20

A Matter of Circumstances

A journalist sets out to prove that corruption exists in Rafferty's court.

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21

Waifs and Strays

Lisa continues to have problems settling in, with her abrasive nature putting Michael offside.

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22

The Beast

Lisa begins to wonder whether evil does exist when she defends a sociopath.

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23

Systems

The entire courthouse struggles to cope when Michael is forced to decide whether a man accused of murder has a case to answer.

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24

Those Who Can't

Lisa 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.

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25

Blood Relations

Michael's world is turned upside down after learning that he has a twenty-two year old daughter from a previous relationship.

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26

Star Quality

Flicker'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.

45 min

27

Private Lives

More 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.

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28

You Can Never Tell

A criminal nicknamed 'The Hairy Bandit' is causing havoc and the courthouse is feeling the impact.

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29

The Affair That Never Was

Michael's divorce from Joanne officially comes through, just as former Public Solicitor Paulyne Gray reappears in his life after a six month absence.

45 min

30

Curtains for Ringo

Michael 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.

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