Water Rats: Season 3
Season 3 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 Water Rats Season 2.
- 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 3 Progress Shield
As Fast As You Can
Feb 9, 1998
Franks second ex-wife, Liz Robinson, seeks his help and protection from a blackmailer who has photos of her having cocaine snorted from her naked belly. Tayler Johnson and Gavin
The Gingerbread Man
Feb 9, 1998
frank and Rachel investigate when both Liz Robinson's husband Lioyd Menzies and the ransom of $ 1.000.000 disappear. Tommy Tavita becomes attached to a little boy, Buster who tri
For Old Time's Sake
Feb 16, 1998
Liz is almost run down in front of Frank, and fearing for her safety following her husbands murder in prison, he suggests that she stay with him. Tommy's relationship with Rhonda
One For the Social Workers
Feb 23, 1998
After Frank takes time off Rachel is stuck with Jack Christey trying to catch a rapist. Dave McCall and Tommy Tavita go on a rescue operation on the white water rapids.
Sympathy for the Devil
Mar 2, 1998
Goldie and Tavita investigates an arson attack on a boat which a teenage boy is found dead. The owner of the boat has a dubious affinity with young boys, but is he the culprit o
Bloody Kids
Mar 10, 1998
When Goldie and Tavita arrest Dave McCall's son and charge him with the supplying and trafficking of illegal drugs, the pressure of home and work life gets to Dave. A quantity of
Behind Closed Doors (1)
Mar 17, 1998
A woman claims her husband stabbed her and Frank and Goldie has to investigate the domestic dispute. After intervening in a dockside brawl, Tayler requests desk duty when she's u
The Long Haul
Mar 17, 1998
When Frank becomes caught in the middle of a siege, Goldie must use her negotiating skills to help him and the other hostages gain their freedom.
Die For Me
Mar 31, 1998
Goldie and Tavita investigates a serial murder, while Holloway is away in Melbourne for a job interview.
Old Dogs, Old Tricks
Apr 7, 1998
Holloway and Goldie investigate an extortion racket in Chinatown. Sykes and Hawker compete against each other in an 18th skiff race.
Run for the Money
Apr 14, 1998
When a diamond broker's wife gets kidnapped, Rachel and Helen finds out the incident bears striking resemblance to the disappearance of his first wife seven years earlier. Dave M
A Little Knowledge (1)
Apr 21, 1998
Frank poses as a criminal when he goes undercover in an attempt to uncover an armed robbery operation.
Double Play (2)
Apr 28, 1998
As the armed robbery gets closer, Holloway's undercover operation becomes more and more dangerous. Despite police's ongoing investigation, Les is granted bail and threatens to blow
Soft Target
May 5, 1998
Goldie investigates the disappearance of a young girl and the subsequent murder of the woman suspected of her kidnapping. Further complications set in when it is revealed that Te
Not Fade Away
May 12, 1998
frank gets pinned to the ground by armed robber Kiwi Dave, he holds a gun to his head and pulls the trigger, his near-death experience leads him on a one-man campaign and a journey
Romeo is Bleeding
May 19, 1998
Franks temporary replacement, Jack Christey, attempt to board a boat to apprehend a teenager who has been in an armed stand-off with the Water Police, the boy panics, and in the en
Heads or Tails
May 26, 1998
A man's severed head is found in a gym bag washed up on a beach and Goldstein and Christey has to investigate. Tavita and Sykes' pursuit of a young boy comes under scrutiny when
Mocha Fudge
Jun 2, 1998
Holloway catches his old copper mate in a drug dealing operation that uses an ice cream boat as a cover. Tavita, Sykes and McCall respond to a robbery at the wharves and winds up
Let the Dead
Jun 9, 1998
Chief inspector Jeff Hawker finds himself in the firing line when ballistic tests prove his gun was used to kill Vince Blake eight years ago. Goldie and Hawker work together to cle
Diminished Responsibility
Jun 16, 1998
The detectives apprehend a man responsible for the robbery of tourist groups, this leads into the investigation of illegal steroids at a local gym. After an accident pins a pregn
Watery Grave
Jun 23, 1998
Frank and Helen investigates when a well known environmental activist, Thea Ashwood, vanishes mysteriously. Meanwhile, Sykes investigates when a swimmer disappear mysteriously un
Six Hundred Clear A Week
Jun 30, 1998
Kiwi Dave escapes from prison and makes it his personal mission to make Frank's life a misery.
Untouchable
Jul 7, 1998
When judge Moreton is found bound and gagged wearing nothing but fishnets and a g-string, Frank is intrigued to discover his arch nemesis, Terry Madigan is involved.
Switchback
Jul 14, 1998
When a base-jumper's parachute fails and he plunges to his death, Jack Christey is sure his three friends filming the incident know more than they are letting on.
Somebody to Love
Jul 21, 1998
Sykes' hands are tied when his girlfriend is involved in a mysterious car accident.
Epiphany
Jul 28, 1998
Goldie becomes the obsession of a mentally unstable woman. Sarah is a young woman obsessed by religious omens and controlled by an equally unstable lover. When Goldie risks her
Honour Amongst Thieves (1)
Aug 4, 1998
Investigations into an armed holdup incriminate police when witnesses recount how bandits were disguised in police uniforms and escaped in a police car. Helen Blakemore comes und
Trust (2)
Aug 11, 1998
Frank Holloway is determined to clear Helen's name and nail Madigan for setting up the water police.
War Games (3)
Aug 18, 1998
Frank and Goldie are caught in the middle as the Madigan and Formica rivalry gets personal. The rekindled romance between Frank and undercover cop Louise Bradshaw is short-liv
Last Impressions (4)
Aug 25, 1998
As Frank's life hangs in the balance he is forced to rely on his arch nemesis, Madigan, to survive.
Old Bones
Sep 1, 1998
When a passenger liner arrives in Sydney Harbor, Goldie, McCall and Sykes all find themselves in deeper than they imagined.