The Sweeney: 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 The Sweeney 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
Messenger of the Gods
Sep 7, 1978
Regan and Carter have a suspect in mind for the theft of a consignment of mercury, but he has an alibi.
Hard Men
Sep 14, 1978
Regan and Carter are reluctantly teamed up with a Scottish officer.
Drag Act
Sep 21, 1978
The Sweeney get incorrect information from informants, allowing a gang of villains to make off with some contraband alcohol.
Trust Red
Sep 28, 1978
After a criminal dies during a robbery, Regan and Carter can find no leads.
Nightmare
Oct 5, 1978
Regan's girlfriend has a nightmare that has similarities to a deadly incident.
Money, Money, Money
Oct 12, 1978
Regan and Carter try to catch a man trying to blackmail a pools winner about the part he played in a robbery.
The Bigger They Are
Oct 26, 1978
Regan discovers that successful people will stop at nothing to keep skeletons buried.
Feet of Clay
Nov 2, 1978
Regan is asked to help a criminal from his past, whose son has been kidnapped.
One of Your Own
Nov 9, 1978
Carter winds up behind bars in an attempt to solve a jewellery robbery.
Hearts and Minds
Nov 23, 1978
Regan and Carter get caught up in a plot to prevent a foreign head of state from getting his hands on an experimental drug to treat his heart condition.
Latin Lady
Nov 30, 1978
A rich gynaecologist is attacked by a gang of villains who rob him of his suitcase.
Victims
Dec 14, 1978
Carter discovers that an informant was involved in the shooting of a colleague.
Jack or Knave
Dec 28, 1978
Regan finds himself in deep trouble when an allegation of corruption is made by the Police Complaints Department. A security van is robbed, and a guard identifies one of the robber