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The Best Episodes of Blue Heelers

Every episode of Blue Heelers ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Blue Heelers!

Best episode
S4E5 Reports of Damage & Loss
9.453 votes
Worst episode
S9E32 Parenthood
5.814 votes
Top season
Season 13
8.3avg
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Blue Heelers Season 4 Episode 5 - Reports of Damage & Loss
    9.4/10(53 votes)

    S4:E5

    It's raining cats and dogs in Mount Thomas and Nick and Adam are overdue back from patrol. When they arrive they are drenched through and their uniforms are in tatters. The other Heelers have no idea of the extent of their trauma until Tom asks them to explain themselves and Adam bursts into tears. While Dash attempts to draw the story out of Adam, Nick disappears to change his uniform. However, shock has taken over and he withdraws into himself, making it difficult to find out the true story. Adam explains that it all began when they attempted to rescue a young girl from a flooded stormwater drain. While Nick held onto her and attempted to stop her from being dragged away, he sent Adam for help. However Adam soon found himself in the middle of a crisis of his own involving the girl's sister and wasn't able to get back in time. Piecing the story together, the Heelers discover that exhaustion wore Nick down and he eventually let go of the girl. Now back in the station, guilt and anger l

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Blue Heelers Season 7 Episode 2 - One More Day
    9.3/10(27 votes)

    S7:E2

    The Heelers are shocked to learn that Maggie has called off her engagement to PJ and is leaving Mt. Thomas for a new job in Melbourne. After the torching of her house, she seeks safety elsewhere and knows that it can only be through the witness protection program. But when her pick-up arrives, Maggie learns that her father has been abducted and her plans to reach safety are in jeopardy. When Maggie is shot by a mysterious assailant, PJ collapses in shock

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Blue Heelers Season 1 Episode 44 - Luck of The Draw
    9.0/10(47 votes)

    S1:E44

    Maggie's boyfriend is suspected of being on the take when a horse racing ring-in is discovered. An unexpected car accident hits the Heelers close to home.

    Director:Riccardo Pellizzeri
    Writer:Cassandra Carter

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  4. Blue Heelers Season 7 Episode 10 - Out of the Shadows
    9.2/10(21 votes)

    S7:E10

    PJ's quest to identify Maggie's killer accelerates when a mysterious man is pulled, alive, from a car wreck. He is missing from hospital when PJ and Ben discover a Mt Thomas man has been professionally killed. Is this the hitman who killed Maggie, and has come to finish off PJ, the man who won't let it rest? Against Tom's wishes, PJ offers himself as bait to lure the killer out of hiding. But his every move is predicted. It seems the killer is always one step ahead. But when the killer himself is gunned down in front of PJ, the evidence swings around to implicate an insider, another cop. In an unimaginable act of betrayal PJ finally comes face to face with his nemesis—Maggie's killer and her own brother, Mick Doyle. When the smoke has cleared, PJ and Pat Doyle can finally scatter Maggie's ashes over the land she loved.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Blue Heelers Season 7 Episode 3 - Aftermath
    9.1/10(21 votes)

    S7:E3

    PJ's frustration mounts when all the evidence of Maggie's murder points to him. He throws himself into the investigation but there is confusion over his recall of events. PJ believes it was a contract hit but his theories don't tally with the evidence. When the murder weapon isn't found and the Heelers discover PJ's gun is missing from the safe, Homicide turns to PJ for answers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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  6. Blue Heelers Season 5 Episode 1 - Secrets - Part 1
    8.9/10(32 votes)

    S5:E1

    Mt. Thomas station is full of secrets. Maggie and PJ have come back from holidays deeply in love but determined that no one, especially Tom, will find out about their new relationship. Meanwhile, Nick and Adam have intercepted Dash's Confirmation Certificate as a fully-fledged constable in order to have it framed for a special presentation, and Tom and Chris are conspiring to organise a surprise celebration for Dash's 20th birthday. Into this web of intrigue comes a very distressed Elly Winslow, asking for police protection because her ex-husband, Danny Hobson, has just been released from prison in Queensland where he was serving time for sexually molesting his own son, and she is terrified that he will come looking for them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Blue Heelers Season 11 Episode 27 - Checkmate
    8.9/10(32 votes)

    S11:E27

    The gruelling investigation of the attacks on the Mt. Thomas police continues, as Tom heads to Melbourne to investigate the man who sold the parts for the bomb. He links it to chemical dealer 'Doc' Parkinson, and is determined to prove that he provided the Baxters with supplies for both the bomb and the speed. Although Nick seems to be against this idea, he does join PJ and Amy - who everyone at the station is very impressed with - on another search of the Baxter property, during which time he plants listening devices in their home - which ultimately lead them to discover the truth. On a doorknock, Jonesy and Susie rescue an attractive woman named Donna from a rubbish skip she has been locked in, and Jonesy falls for her. That night at the pub, her former de facto lover hits him, and then claims that Donna took all his possessions, and is a con artist. Ben has been fawning over Susie a little too much, buying her expensive gifts, and she ultimately gives them back and leaves him unsure

    Director:Chris Adshead
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Blue Heelers Season 3 Episode 10 - An Act of Random Violence
    8.8/10(37 votes)

    S3:E10

    A violant prison escapee holds Wayne hostage, throwing the station into turmoil. But it isn't the hostage crisis that will be the most tragic event of the day...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Blue Heelers Season 12 Episode 34 - Bad Fortune
    9.0/10(18 votes)

    S12:E34

    Amy and Jonesy investigate when a recent lotto winner is found bashed and near death on a country road. They suspect his two gold-digging mates. What they don't expect is an admission that they were taking part in an assisted suicide. But what made the man with everything to live for want to die?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Blue Heelers Season 3 Episode 2 - Once Only Withdrawal - Part 2
    8.8/10(29 votes)

    S3:E2

    A siege has developed at the Mt. Thomas hospital. While the armed and desperate Nerida Davidson and Jason Bennett hold Maggie and Wayne on the inside, the rest of the Heelers lay in wait on the outside of the building. Meanwhile, bushfires ring the township making outside help a forlorn hope. The bandits' objective is to get their compatriot, Matt, out of the hospital and away, but this is not made any easier by his gradually worsening medical condition. When captured, Matt swallowed a handful of map pins in order to get to the hospital, a soft target from which he could be more easily rescued. The situation is further complicated by the presence of mother-to-be Augusta Torrini and her emotional, hot-blooded husband, Sergio. When Wayne bravely tries to overcome the bandits he ends up pistol whipped and chained to a hospital bed. Maggie, Dr. Zoe Hamilton and Nurse Tracy Mitchell play a dangerous game of bluff to try to and get Augusta to safety. Adam, meanwhile, comes up with some disco

    Director:Gary Conway
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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  11. Blue Heelers Season 5 Episode 41 - Rotten Apple - Part 2
    8.9/10(20 votes)

    S5:E41

    When a vital piece of evidence goes missing from the station, Tom has to face the unpleasant prospect that one of his team might be corrupt. As the accusations fly, Monica Draper arrives to conduct an investigation. Both Adam and Dash comes under scrutiny - both have a connection to the case and both had the means and opportunity. The stolen evidence, a videotape, incriminates Dash's ex-teacher - a woman who had a profound influence on Dash and convinced her to join the force.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Blue Heelers Season 11 Episode 38 - Tit for Tat
    9.0/10(16 votes)

    S11:E38

    Joss attempts to break things off with Fay Tudor but she doesn't agree. What he soon realises however, is that he is attempting to break off with her because he actually likes the relationship for once. Kelly is riding high after she gets payback on sleazy Sergeant Holland, but it isn't long before he is trying his old tricks on another young woman named Shayleen, who is only 15. Tarni Baxter returns to town, and Tom is certain that she is desperate for vengeance after Tom's arrest of her family. While he and Tarni square off, he arrests her boyfriend Ryan for possession of drugs, only Mark is suspicious that he planted the drugs himself. Tom arrives home that afternoon to find his dog, Digger, viciously murdered. Kelly realises that Roy is dangerous and makes a formal complaint to Tom, who agrees with her and suspends Roy, who then threatens him. The next day Tom's rental car is found on a deserted road, completely destroyed by fire - and with a charred body at the wheel.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Blue Heelers Season 13 Episode 11 - One Day More - Part 2
    8.8/10(25 votes)

    S13:E11

    Amy and Even are attempting an undercover operating when their cover is blown and Matt is almost shot. Tom is still battling with, and coming to terms with, his cancer and knows that he should be taking his time and renewing ties with his estranged family. He is distracted when disgraced former police-officer Adam Cooper arrives in Mount Thomas, as a photocopier technician. Cooper, who was dismissed by Tom for corruption, attempts to frame Tom and accuses him of illegally selling stolen firearms following the bombing of the former Mount Thomas police station; these are accusations that Inspector Falcon-Price is gleeful to hear and he readily accepts them and grants Cooper anything he desires. Tom also helps fellow cancer suffer, Gina, in her final days and Heelers are left to pick up the pieces. Alex and Amy must prepare for Tom's approaching case, which he seems to have no care for at all, and they are stretched to breaking point. After the accusations against Tom, the Inspector announces that the Mount Thomas station is to close and the Heelers start to find new jobs, facing the fact that they must leave Mount Thomas. Finally, Cooper's scheme is foiled, it is announced that the station is to remain open and the Inspector leaves, very disappointed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Blue Heelers Season 4 Episode 38 - The Big Picture
    8.9/10(19 votes)

    S4:E38

    PJ and Tom refuse to believe that Maggie could be leaking information to a suspected drug dealer. PJ is stymied, but before he and Tom can decide what to do, their boss, District Inspector Russell Falcon-Price, arrives demanding to know why they have not yet reported Maggie. He calls in Inspector Monica Draper, from Ethical Standards Division, who interviews Maggie—and promptly suspends her from duty. Still convinced of her innocence, PJ is frantic. When he can't get through to Maggie, he sends Tom, who is similarly unsuccessful. Maggie, it seems, just will not help herself. In stunned disbelief, the other Heelers continue with the business of trying to clean up the local hard drug scene—in spite of the previous night's failed raid on Shorty's nightclub. Nick and Dash observe young Kylie Bunton behaving suspiciously outside ‘the party palace'—another suspected drug dissemination point—and plan to mount a raid the next day. Unfortunately by then Kylie Bunton has gone missing. Her parent

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Blue Heelers Season 1 Episode 6 - Apprehended Violence
    8.6/10(56 votes)

    S1:E6

    ""You two city slickers, that's country policing for you"" A man shows up at the police station and confesses to murdering a his wife brother ten years ago. PJ interviews the man and asks him what makes him confess now. Roz and Wayne are assigned to look after a young girl. A man comes into the station claiming to be the girls father, the young girl Sally identifies him as her father, but Tom requires proof and the man refuses to identify himself. Nick clocks Roz driving at 19kms over the limit and issues her with a speeding ticket. She asks Wayne if he could have a word to Nick, otherwise Roz will lose her license and will be unable to do her mobile hairdressing business. A man comes into the station claiming to be the girls father, the young girl Sally identifies him as her father, but Tom requires proof and the man refuses to identify himself. Mrs Haughton turns up at the station and PJ tells her that her husband had made a full confession to the murder. She informs PJ that is not pos

    Director:Gary Conway
    Writers:Tony Morphett, Greg Haddrick

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  16. Blue Heelers Season 1 Episode 42 - The First Stone
    8.7/10(32 votes)

    S1:E42

    Nick is unwittingly involved in a murder investigation that could spell the end of his career when a drunk that Nick took home is found dead the next day.

    Director:Mark Piper
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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  17. Blue Heelers Season 2 Episode 35 - Tough Love
    8.7/10(32 votes)

    S2:E35

    Nick has to relive a nightmare in order to help Tom's daughter escape from one of her own. Members of a nearby commune are suspects in a string of burglaries.

    Director:Mark Piper
    Writer:Louise Crane-Bowes

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  18. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 24 - An Inspector Calls
    9.1/10(12 votes)

    S8:E24

    What do an alleged Peeping Tom, a trip wire in the National Park, a break and enter and a bashed truck driver have in common? When Inspector Falcon-Price joins the team for the day in a publicity stunt, he sets out partnering Jo for the day. After a series of incidents, he goes missing and it is Jo's responsibility to lead the others into combat...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Blue Heelers Season 10 Episode 11 - Love In
    9.0/10(14 votes)

    S10:E11

    Jo, Jonesy and Tom join some St Davids members, Rusty, Snr Sergeant Baines, and A sergeant, Kirsten (with who Rusty has had an affair) on a team building adventure weekend - a 'love in'. Done in classic flashback style, we initially see Ben in the sack with Inspector Falcon Price's wife Felicity. We next see FP accusing Jo of sabotaging equipment in an attempt to 'kill' him. As the episode progresses, the teams at the love in, all on first name bases, are picked. Jo being 'red' team leader, Rusty being 'blue'. A healty competition ensues with some in fighting within the blue team, consisting of Rusty, Jonesy and Snr Sergean Baines. Baines is ridiculed by Rusty when they have to cross a river, whilst Jonesy uoends the raft on which FP is floating. In typical flashback style we're taken initially to the crime as it happens, the lead up to the crime and then the investigation. At the same time, we see Ben attend his first AA meeting and a chance meeting with Mrs felecity Falcon Price. th

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Blue Heelers Season 3 Episode 42 - Dead and Alive
    8.8/10(21 votes)

    S3:E42

    Dash's family problems reach crisis point when her mother is admitted to a Melbourne hospital. She is in desperate need of a donor kidney to save her from certain death. But when advised of a possible donor Dash's joy is short-lived—the donor is her brother Ian who has been in a motor bike accident and is not expected to live.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Blue Heelers Season 6 Episode 24 - Behind the Badge
    8.9/10(16 votes)

    S6:E24

    An overnight trip to Melbourne turns stormy for Maggie and Chris when they stumble into an armed holdup at a service station. Prison escapees, the McKenzie brothers, are on the run when they confront Chris paying for petrol with Maggie's purse. Maggie returns from the bathroom and manages to raise the alarm but receives a bashing for her trouble. Tyrone starts to squeeze the trigger as the Heelers arrive, raised by the alarm. Maggie is overwhelmed with guilt and blames herself for the incident as she watches Chris breakdown, unable to cope. Maggie attempts to overcome her own trauma by throwing herself into the investigation. Under the watchful eye of Tom and PJ, she struggles to maintain her facade and stubbornly refuses to take time off in spite of a bad head injury. The only person privy to Maggie's distress is her father Pat who arrives as soon as he hears the news. Pat loves his daughter above all else but offers more cause for concern when Maggie realises he has a drinking pr

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Blue Heelers Season 2 Episode 23 - Paranoia - Part 2
    8.7/10(28 votes)

    S2:E23

    Tom Croydon is shot at the Imperial Hotel. The mood of paranoia among the Heelers intensifies as they set out to capture the prison escapees and avenge Tom's shooting.

    Director:Mark Piper
    Writer:Peter Gawler

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  23. Blue Heelers Season 3 Episode 11 - Unfinished Business
    8.7/10(28 votes)

    S3:E11

    The aftermath of Wayne's death sees each of the officers coming to terms with their grief. When a stolen watch implicates Wayne in a crime, the cops struggle to clear his name, and in doing so, find ways to pour out their feelings.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Blue Heelers Season 12 Episode 42 - Lost & Found
    9.0/10(12 votes)

    S12:E42

    Amy initiates a deadly game of cat and mouse with the accused doctor. Despite Jonesy's warnings, she accepts a lunch invitation only to discover the he has a son with Downs Syndrome and doesn't appear to be quite the monster she had imagined. Amy traces the boy's mother and uncovers the doctor's first victim, but just as she is about to put the doctor away, he again turns the table on her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Blue Heelers Season 11 Episode 26 - Life Goes On
    8.7/10(23 votes)

    S11:E26

    Tension is rife in Mt. Thomas. Joss and Kelly interrupt a girl who goes crazy in a store, and later find out that bad speed is being sold in the town. PJ and Nick are on bad terms over what they think of Tom's intentions, and Amy is just trying to get someone to let her help. Ben and Susie are acting professionally around each other, and Jonesy is annoyed about their dalliance. After clearing up the confusion about which Sergeant is for what (Ben is for Operations, Mark is for Administration), the DNA report comes back which concludes that Troy Baxter did meddle with Grace's car but, to prove he raped Grace, they must stop the funeral and take his body for DNA, which angers the Baxter family. Although it is proven that Troy did rape Grace, PJ begins to side with Nick that Tom may be overdoing it to suggest that the Baxters bombed the station. And - after Tom verbally assaults Barry Baxter - and suggests they are selling speed as well, PJ earnestly believes he has gone over the edge. In

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Reports of Damage & Loss" is the best rated episode of Blue Heelers. It scored 9.4/10 from 53 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on February 25, 1997. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "One More Day".

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