Blue Heelers S06E32

Smoke Without Fire

Episode 6.32 (243)
Wednesday, September 15, 1999
Written by David Allen
Directed by Kevin Carlin

Tom joins Chris on a board of upstanding citizens preparing to set up the new community bank. However, his position is compromised when both he and Pat Doyle are named in a parliamentary committee investigating bent coppers. The Heelers rally round to support Tom but Jo finds herself on the outer when she suggests Tom might well have been on the take. Small gratuities, a little cash on the side — it was the way things were done back then. Though concerned for Tom, Maggie breathes a small sigh of relief. At least her father is retired and unlikely to suffer any fallout from the inquiry.

At first, Tom refuses to worry — his conscience is clear. But word spreads throughout the town and the bank board requests his immediate resignation. The citizens of Mt. Thomas have lost confidence in their Senior Sergeant.

After her contrary attitude to Tom's dilemma, Jo is left grappling for allies when her own friend, school teacher Selina Harvey, is accused of supplying dope to, and having a sexual encounter with, one of her students. Jo believes implicitly in Selina's innocence but verdicts of guilt are apportioned against Tom and Selina as the town's rumour mill takes hold.

Tom's worries multiply when he mistakenly believes the braid have set up an integrity test to reel him in and Inspector Falcon Price arrives to suggest he transfer to another station until the scandal settles. Tom's superiors believe he has no charges to answer but firmly planted seeds of distrust sprout throughout the town.

Maggie implores her father to stand up for Tom and publicly advocate his innocence, but Pat crumples in the face of his daughter's pure intentions and confesses it was not Tom who was on the take but himself. Maggie is rocked by the revelation. Her father was the reason she joined the force and now she learns he was knee-deep in graft.

Distraught by Maggie's angry withdrawal from him, Pat is compelled to clear Tom's name, and discovers a former colleague with a personal grudge who is determined to bring Tom down. Jo comes unstuck when her own investigations reveal that her new friend was recently transferred from another school for inappropriate behaviour.

Guest Starring: Dennis Miller as Pat Doyle, Neil Pigot as Inspector Falcon Price, Marie Trevor as Leila Clegg, Peter Aanensen as Merv Poole, Lisa Baumwol as Selina Harvey, Tom Budge as Evan Roberts, Brook Rowan as 'Rick' Rixton, Margot Knight as Stephanie Roberts, Bruce Carter as Derek Giles, David Lennie as Charlie Higgins

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

Duration: approximately 45 minutes
Aspect ratio: 4:3 standard
Audio: linear hi-fi/stereo
Size: 462MB
Video format: MPEG-4 (MP4)

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