Blue Heelers S05E23

The Dark Side

Episode 5.23 (193)
July 22, 1998
Written by David Allen
Directed by Russell Burton

Maggie and PJ find their relationship under pressure when a visiting detective is accused of murdering a petty crim and drug user. The dead man is a vital link in a case involving three missing police guns and the discovery of Ben Stewart crouched over his body leads inevitably to the conclusion that he is the murderer.

Ben makes no secret of his personal feelings for Maggie and turns to her for help in proving his accusers wrong. But while Maggie staunchly believes in Ben's innocence, PJ can only go on the evidence, which starts looking worse than ever when the murder weapon is found in the back of Ben's car. Maggie and PJ's opposing views about the case lead to conflict, each of them accusing the other of allowing their personal feeling to interfere with their professional judgement.

Maggie teams up with Ben to get to the bottom of things, leaving PJ distinctly on the outer. As Maggie and Ben investigate, they begin to realise all roads lead to Ben's bitter rival, a detective sergeant of the Homicide Squad, but while the truth gradually reveals itself, solid evidence is harder to come by and they must renew their efforts to get PJ on-side.

Guest Starring: Paul Bishop as Ben Stewart, Karen Davitt as Dr. Zoe Hamilton, Joe Petruzzi as Sergeant Peppy Romano, Peta Doodson as Acting Insp. Monica Draper, Fiona Walsh as Nola Budge, Michael Ellenford as Vince Allen, Paul Henry as John Lewis, Raymond Mow as Mac Sinclair, Scott Meneilly as Detective Green, Paul Collins as Detective Thurgood, James Smith as Kieran Budge

(encoded with Handbrake - Blue Heelers - from Complete Sixth Season DVD - the early years)

Duration: approximately 45 minutes
Aspect ratio: 4:3 standard
Audio: linear hi-fi/stereo
Size: 380MB
Video format: MPEG-4 (MP4)

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