City Homicide: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of City Homicide Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!
Jul 14, 2010
A routine homicide investigation for the crew turns into a defense of one of their own, when Det. Simon Joyner is put in the frame for murder.
Good Cop/Bad Cop
Jul 14, 2010
The suspect in an unsolved missing-child case comes to Nick when she finds herself being harassed by the child's mother.
Flight Risk
Jul 21, 2010
A young business woman is brutally raped and murdered in her own home. The prime suspect has a rock-solid alibi and will leave the country in 48 hours never to return. Homicide has
Protection
Jul 28, 2010
Two bodyguards fail to protect their charge and the consequences are fatal. A double homicide is the result. The team must work fast before the remaining bodyguard takes the law in
Ratters
Aug 4, 2010
The shocking death of coroner's driver Corey Mayer is compounded by the theft of the body he was transporting. Was his murder just collateral damage or was he the intended target?
Last Seen
Aug 11, 2010
New Year's Eve. A time for celebrations. Resolutions. And big mistakes. A young woman vanishes after partying with her friends and now, 18 months later, skeletal remains of the mis
No Smoke
Aug 18, 2010
The team investigate the death of alleged arsonist Rod Barrett. Detective Sparks - now the community officer for the area Barrett was found in - returns to Homicide and is paired w
In Harm's Way
Aug 25, 2010
Melbourne's streets are being terrorised by thugs committing crimes of random violence. Someone needs to take a stand. The police are valiantly fighting the fight. For victims of c
The Hit
Sep 1, 2010
Disgraced former cop Gary Beck is shot dead at his mother's funeral, and Superintendent Terry Jarvis was there to witness it. To solve this case Duncan will have to work closely wi
Just Desserts
Sep 8, 2010
Celebrity chef Sal Barbieri is murdered in his restaurant kitchen but the team find that he had a lot of enemies so a suspect will be hard to pin down.
Pirates
Sep 15, 2010
A couple of boys earns a little extra money making illegally copies of movies, which soon gets really dangerous business.
Tomato Can
Sep 22, 2010
An up-and-coming young boxer dies during a bout with a past-his-prime older boxer. An autopsy reveals that he was drugged, and the investigation reveals a number of people who want
Once Bitten
Sep 29, 2010
While off duty, Rhys interrupts the robbery of store and fails to catch the two suspects, but in the meantime, the owner of a neighboring business is murdered. Suspects include two
Twilight Zone
Oct 6, 2010
Retirement village resident Branko Budjiman is pushed down a flight of stairs in his wheelchair and kicked to death. His son and fiancee are suspects
Reunion
Oct 13, 2010
Jennifer and Nick are sent to investigate the murder of a young family, unaware they know the victims. Uncovering much more than mass murder, this investigation will shake the Homi
Undercover
Oct 20, 2010
Holed-up in a secret location, Detectives Jennifer Mapplethorpe and Nick Buchanan have been transformed into Trish and Wesley Claybourne, gun-runners for a terrorist organisation.
Gut Instinct
Oct 27, 2010
The murder of the wife of a jewellery store owner points to an inside job gone wrong. While the team search for answers, they must also contend with Sergeant Pete Copeland, an Arme
Killer Moves
Nov 3, 2010
Secrets from Allie's past come to light when she and Duncan investigate a murder linked to the world of Shotokan karate. Meanwhile, Jennifer starts to reconsider her romantic relat
Ties That Bind
Nov 10, 2010
Three gunshots shatter the austere silence of the Magistrate's court, killing a union standover man moments before he was to reveal his criminal accomplices.
Atonement
Nov 17, 2010
Allie and Rhys investigate the brutal death of a charity worker and as their investigation unfolds they discover a revenge motive stretching back over 25 years.
The Price of Love
Nov 24, 2010
A working girl is murdered. One guy, Vinnie, wanted her all to himself. Did he end her career, and her life?
Empowerment
Nov 24, 2010
A porn king is killed, and the team need to uncover whether his murder was an act of irony.
The Business of Fear
Feb 9, 2011
A shipyard worker is found dead at the docks. The investigation leads detectives to kidnapping and smuggling. Sgt Ryan requests a transfer to another division.
Secret Love
Feb 16, 2011
A young Muslim woman is found stabbed to death, but is her killer using religion as a justification or a scapegoat? Elsewhere, Rhys and Allie continue their relationship in defianc