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Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the Seven Network. Rafferty's Rules was one of the first programs undertaken by the Seven Network's then new in-house drama unit, going into production in May 1985 as "a 15-part courtroom drama". The program had started out as a pilot episode, recorded in early 1984 with the actor Chris Haywood in the lead role. When the pilot episode was remounted later in 1984, Chris Haywood wasn't available and the lead role was re-cast to John Wood. This second recording was eventually broadcast as the program's first episode.
Episode 30 : Curtains for Ringo
September. 01,1989
Michael considers his attitudes towards both politics and rural life after his cousin comes to the city, having now been elected to Parliament and holding very different opinions to Michael.
Episode 29 : The Affair That Never Was
August. 25,1989
Michael's divorce from Joanne officially comes through, just as former Public Solicitor Paulyne Gray reappears in his life after a six month absence.
Episode 28 : You Can Never Tell
August. 18,1989
A criminal nicknamed 'The Hairy Bandit' is causing havoc and the courthouse is feeling the impact.
Episode 27 : Private Lives
August. 11,1989
More than one life is on the line after a former children's television performer is charged with propositioning young boys for sex in the changing rooms of a local swimming pool.
Episode 26 : Star Quality
August. 04,1989
Flicker's prosecution against a young policeman who has broken the law is complicated when he begins to recognise that something even more suspicious is going on.
Episode 25 : Blood Relations
July. 28,1989
Michael's world is turned upside down after learning that he has a twenty-two year old daughter from a previous relationship.
Episode 24 : Those Who Can't
July. 21,1989
Lisa defends a young man who seems to be heading for the same life of crime as his father once did, but she refuses to believe Ray Brown's claims that the father's intentions are anything but honourable.
Episode 23 : Systems
July. 14,1989
The entire courthouse struggles to cope when Michael is forced to decide whether a man accused of murder has a case to answer.
Episode 22 : The Beast
July. 07,1989
Lisa begins to wonder whether evil does exist when she defends a sociopath.
Episode 21 : Waifs and Strays
June. 30,1989
Lisa continues to have problems settling in, with her abrasive nature putting Michael offside.
Episode 20 : A Matter of Circumstances
June. 23,1989
A journalist sets out to prove that corruption exists in Rafferty's court.
Episode 19 : The Deep End
June. 16,1989
New Legal Aid solicitor Lisa Blake starts work at the courthouse; however, she soon finds herself coming into conflict with Michael when she grandstands in the courtroom, then fails to fully prepare a case in mitigation for a defendant.
Episode 18 : Brief Candles
June. 09,1989
An unexpected tragedy forces Paulyne to re-evaluate her life; meanwhile she struggles to remain objective while defending a man accused of manslaughter over the death of a pedestrian.
Episode 17 : Mum's the Word
June. 02,1989
Michael's hopes of reuniting with his estranged wife are dashed when Joanne reveals that she has come to visit to end their relationship, and then their son falls ill.
Episode 16 : Crispin's Day
May. 26,1989
The Bard comes into the courtroom when an elderly man reciting Shakespeare is arrested for busking without a licence.
Episode 15 : Family
May. 19,1989
Rafferty's 6-year-old son goes missing.
Episode 14 : The Fleet's In
May. 12,1989
The personal and the professional converge for Flicker when the anti-nuclear group his son is involved in begins protesting the arrival of nuclear warships.
Episode 13 : Friends and Neighbours
May. 05,1989
A heatwave frays tempers at the courthouse when everyone arrives at work to find the air-conditioning broken.
Episode 12 : Thursday the Twelfth
April. 28,1989
Michael takes responsibility for a foreign woman after she shows up on his doorstep.
Episode 11 : Peace of Mind
April. 21,1989
The courthouse finds itself becoming caught up in the deadly web of a cult. Michael is shocked when he goes on an early morning run and discovers the body of a young woman washed up on the beach.
Episode 10 : Quanity of Mercy
April. 14,1989
Rafferty is confronted with the limitations of the law when it comes to dispensing justice.
Episode 9 : The Great Divide
April. 07,1989
Michael, Paulyne and Gibson find their ethics challenged when they deal with a man accused of raping his wife; however, it soon becomes apparent to all that the case is far more sinister than they ever could have imagined.
Episode 8 : Truth's a Dog
March. 31,1989
Paulyne accuses an insurance company of racism when they report a Lebanese man to the police after he claims his precious rings were stolen just days after taking out a policy.
Episode 7 : Horse Play
March. 24,1989
Pauline finds that her personal life is mirroring her professional life when her former lover Gavin reappears and announces that he is getting married, just as she is defending a woman who refuses to accept that her marriage is over.
Episode 6 : Confessions
March. 17,1989
A series of sexual assaults has consequences for the courthouse when the police fit up suspects and Paulyne is attacked in her own home.
Episode 5 : One for the Road
March. 10,1989
Gibson faces his past after a series of alcohol-related prosecutions force him to confront the reasons he gave up drinking.
Episode 4 : Sense of Duty
February. 25,1989
The courthouse becomes the centre of the fallout from a Secret Intelligence Agency training exercise.
Episode 3 : Those Who Can
February. 18,1989
Fulvio learns that his teacher and idol isn't quite the perfect magistrate that he thought after he takes over when Michael falls ill.
Episode 2 : Freedom
February. 11,1989
Michael is caught between a rock and a hard place when he is forced to decide the fate of a young boy whose doctors believe is sick, but whose parents are refusing further tests on religious grounds.
Episode 1 : Nine Tenths of the Law
February. 04,1989
Michael wrestles with the concept of possession after the discovery of Aboriginal remains creates a conflict of ownership between the state and the Indigenous community.
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