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The Best Episodes of Blue Heelers Season 8

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    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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  2. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 16 - A Friend Indeed
    8.8/10(16 votes)

    S8:E16

    Constables Jo Parrish and Jack Lawson answer a call to attend a gang of youths drinking in a park. When the duo arrives, they find two girls involved in an altercation. Jo decides it would be best to let the kids go, but when one of the girls is reported missing the next day, Jo's leniency is called into question.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 19 - Falling: Part 2
    8.7/10(12 votes)

    S8:E19

    Urged on in his vengeful mission by the death of a schoolgirl from a bad dose of ecstacy, Jack becomes desperate to prove Brad is guilty. Tess can only watch in horror as he oversteps the line. Jack finally wears down a student found dealing, and gets the statement he's been waiting for—one that puts the blame firmly on Brad. But his maverick actions lead Jack to a decision that will change his life forever - he kills Brad and is arrested for murder, to Tess' dismay

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 18 - Falling: Part 1
    8.6/10(12 votes)

    S8:E18

    Brad Eckhardt killed a high school student with a bad batch of ecstasy. Having served his time, Brad is back in town to nurse his sick mother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 23 - Baby Love
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    S8:E23

    Jonesy's preconceptions about the sanctity of parenthood are challenged when he befriends a young mother in trouble. When Jonesy and Tess discover an abandoned new born baby their investigations lead to a local schoolgirl who is in denial and swears there is no baby. Jonesy earns her trust and she confides in him that she was raped. When questioning reveals one suspect's violent tendencies, Jonesy convinces the young girl to make a statement and also urges her to reconsider giving up the baby.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 29 - Poisoned Fruit - Part 2
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    S8:E29

    After the death of his father, Jonesy will risk everything to avenge him. An investigation leads to a man who Jonesy believes killed his father.Commander Jones, Evan's adoptive father, stops the investigation and Evan is torn as to what to do next. Jonesy discovers a cover up as he fights to reveal Les Anderson as the murderer of his natural father. His adoptive father, the Commander Reg Jones, withheld information from the inquest into the death. Why? Was he trying to protect Jonesy or did he conspire with Les Anderson to cover up a murder? As Jonesy fights to discover the truth, the Commander's reputation is placed against the wall. Have his protective instincts allowed a murderer to walk free? Can Jonesy stop another man's life from being ruined at the hands of Les Anderson?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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  7. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 31 - Copping the Flak
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    S8:E31

    Ben and Jonesy's essential differences complicate their search for a young child responsible for throwing rocks at passing cars. They disagree when their investigation leads them to an assaulted teenage boy who refuses to name his attacker. Ben and Jonesy discover that the stone throwing child is the stepbrother of the assault victim and is medicated for A.D.D. Family complications are exposed when his medication is stolen. Who is responsible? Ben and Jonesy realise that they are both searching for the same solution from opposite points of view.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 34 - Credit Limit
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    S8:E34

    Jonesy's lack of experience complicates an investigation, when he lets a man go after breaking up a fight, only to discover the man is wanted for drug trafficking and burglary. Is he the same man recently seen troubling the local bank manager and his family? Jonesy's concern for the family and his desire to redeem himself places him on the back foot with Tess. His concerns seem justified when the bank is robbed and the bank manager and his family are discovered missing. Would he rob his own bank .. and who else is involved? Jonesy is determined to find out. Can Tess convince him to play by the rules or will Jonesy's good intentions place the bank manager's family at even greater risk?

    Director:Daina Reid
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 1 - The Blame Game - Part 1
    8.5/10(13 votes)

    S8:E1

    Nothing is what it seems when a woman rushes into the Mt. Thomas police station claiming a man has kidnapped her children. As a custody battle unfolds between the feuding parents, Ben's work eerily starts to mirror his private life. Shattered by the news that his ex-wife plans on taking his kids to Perth, he is determined to go to any lengths to keep them in Victoria.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 2 - The Blame Game - Part 2
    8.4/10(13 votes)

    S8:E2

    The custody battle gets out of hand when the father of the two children reappears in court with a time bomb strapped to his body and threatens to blow himself and everyone else in the courtroom. He abducts Ben and flees into the bush. Will the Heelers find them in time and can they set the children free from their irrational father?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 5 - A Bit on the Side
    8.4/10(14 votes)

    S8:E5

    When a brash pair of city detectives arrive in Mount Thomas, PJ is faced with the opportunity to move back to homicide in the big smoke and have an affair. But a limbless corpse leads to another dilemma—has a spurned lover gone mad with a chain saw or could it be a brilliant set-up by a criminal mind?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 26 - Charming
    8.4/10(10 votes)

    S8:E26

    Ben is shocked when he discovers a group of young girls practicing witchcraft under the guidance of an older man. Are they in danger? Ben battles to keep his protective instincts in check as his investigations reveal more than he was prepared for. Can he save the girls, or are they already deep under the man's spell?

    Director:Esben Storm
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 27 - Sins of the Father
    8.4/10(10 votes)

    S8:E27

    A well respected local politician is found dead and the autopsy reveals that he was moved after death and had ecstasy in his system.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 28 - Poisoned Fruit - Part 1
    8.4/10(10 votes)

    S8:E28

    After the death of his father, Jonesy will risk everything to avenge him. An investigation into a poisoning leads to a man who Jonesy believes killed his father.Commander Jones, Evan's adoptive father, stops the investigation much to the Heelers' dismay. While they are torn as what to do next, none of them are going to let the issue go.

    Director:Denny Lawrence
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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  15. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 33 - The Lord Giveth
    8.4/10(10 votes)

    S8:E33

    Tom tries to keep his mind on the job after becoming interested in a mysterious woman. When two houses are broken into and large sums of money are left on both kitchen tables, the Heelers are left wondering. Were they gifts or proceeds from a robbery? They find the man responsible and he claims he is seeking atonement by doing God's work. He says he is honest but PJ suspects he's been guilty of fraud. The man's request for spiritual advice leads Tom to a surprise - the new Anglican Minister Grace Curtis is Tom's mystery woman. The man with the mission disappears and his car is set on fire. Was it an act of revenge or a desperate act by someone close to him? Can Tom and the Reverend help him before his determined acts of generosity cost him his life and the happiness of his family?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 4 - Letter of the Law
    8.3/10(18 votes)

    S8:E4

    Tess and Tom must choose a new policeman for nearby Widgeree. Tom thinks old fashion policing is the way to go and suggests Senior Constable Ian ""Gossie"" Goss but Tess disagrees. She picks a different candidate—a modern by-the-book policeman Simon Barclay. Inspector Falcon-Price backs up Tess, driving a wedge between Tom and Tess, and Senior Constable Barclay gets the job. But Tom is soon proven right as Barclay gets the locals offside from day one.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 8 - Family Reserve
    8.3/10(12 votes)

    S8:E8

    Jo is under pressure when her parents arrive in Mt Thomas with one aim—to find their ""princess"" another career. Meanwhile Jo and Jack are on the case when a valuable vat of red wine is mysteriously unplugged and drained into a creek. Things get worse when Mr Parrish takes on one of the suspects and is consequently charged with assault. Emotions run high between Jo and Tess as Jo's loyalty to family clashes with professional duty.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 11 - They Don't Make Them Like They Used To
    8.3/10(12 votes)

    S8:E11

    Tom's nostalgic support for Mt Thomas's only cinema, ""The Bughouse"", cannot stop it being demolished, but an unsolved mystery from the past can—at least temporarily. Jo takes on the case, delving back over thirty years, and discovers that old style heroes and villains are alive and well in Mt Thomas

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 21 - No Place Like Home
    8.3/10(12 votes)

    S8:E21

    PJ and Jo stumble upon a young naked man wandering the highway. Through their investigations they discover he is a Kosovo refugee desperately trying to avoid deportation. He is accused of fleeing his country wanted for black marketeering and murder. PJ and Jo are divided over how to handle the issue and PJ finds him self at odds with public sentiment as he investigates the young man. PJ's suspicions are challenged as he learns more about the escaped refugee's life. He faces a tough choice: does he follow the letter of the law or the voice in his heart?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 9 - Chop Chop
    8.2/10(12 votes)

    S8:E9

    PJ's long held plans for a raid on an illegal tobacco dealer is blown when a bushwalker goes missing. An emergency search must take precedence. Meanwhile, the tobacco dealer has got wind of the cancelled raid, and is determined to make someone pay. Jack and Tess follow a hunch on the whereabouts of the illegal tobacco and find themselves in a high-risk situation, leading Tess to admit to her true feelings for Jack—an action she later regrets.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 22 - Dragged
    8.2/10(12 votes)

    S8:E22

    Tess narrowly escapes being knocked down by a speeding car the same day the new Constable, Evan ""Jonesy"" Jones, arrives in town. Jonesy is rebellious and charismatic and under Tess' skin from the moment he arrives. They couldn't be more different, but together they investigate a young drag racing gang. Tess is determined to put a stop to it before someone gets hurt. Tess and Jonesy discover a link between members of the gang and a separate case involving stolen car engines. Jonesy is concerned when a lead suspect threatens to get revenge on Tess, but Tess is dismissive. Jonesy fights to rescue Tess when her life is endangered. Will he get there in time and will Tess be able to accept his help?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 25 - Dinosaurs
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    S8:E25

    Tom is caught between a rock and a hard place when two old friends and colleague are suspected of stealing a large marijuana crop. One is a rule breaker, the other has always played by the book. Tom disobeys orders when he is told to step back from the case. Determined to uncover the truth, Tom embarks on an investigation of his own. The truth, discovered, is not easy to take. Clearing one friend will ruin the other. Can Tom prove what he knows? and is he prepared to?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 35 - A Hard Call
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    S8:E35

    What do you do when lives are in danger and you have only seconds to make a decision? Tess is off duty when she and Hayley, the girl she plans to adopt (last seen in ""Strays""), discover a serious car accident on the edge of town. The female driver is trapped and the gas run car catches fire. Is there enough time to extinguish the fire and get away safely? Tess decides there isn't and the woman is killed when the car explodes. Her husband blames Tess and she is also scrutinised by the Ethical Standards Department and even begins to doubt her decision. Was she responsible for the death of the woman? Tess' application to foster Hayley is threatened. Is she capable of keeping Hayley safe from harm? Jo and Jonesy question the victim's family and fight to clear Tess' name. Even if Tess' decision was justified, has her chance to foster Hayley been lost?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 39 - Who Can You Trust?
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    S8:E39

    Jonesy's failure to follow instructions has him on the back foot with Tess and leads her to conceal the fact that Les Anderson, the man Jonesy believes murdered his father, may be implicated in a death at a building site. Murder is suspected when the building's scaffolding is discovered tampered with. Did the victim's mate and his widow conspire to kill him? The victim's widow further implicates Anderson, but questions arise in regard to her integrity when his alibi proves watertight. Is the widow trying to protect her husband's best mate? Or did Jonesy pressure her to lie about Anderson? Jonesy's dogged determination to clear the widow's name leads him to the truth, but has he further damaged Tess' trust in him in the process?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Blue Heelers Season 8 Episode 40 - Best Eaten Cold
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    S8:E40

    When Jonesy and Tess find Les Anderson's car parked on the roadside they don't expect to find him almost dead in his boot - the victim of a brutal bashing. Tom and Tess must reluctantly put Jonesy on the suspect list - along with Wendy Reiner, Jason Rose, Nipper Brown and his brother Mitch. While Jonesy is cleared, the other suspects all have too much evidence against them and Les is in a coma so he can't have his say. When Les wakes, Nipper confesses to the crime and Les confesses privately to Jonesy that he did kill Sam Bridges, Jonesy's father. The Heelers must confront all the others to prove it because no-one else was in the room when the confession occured. When they finally get their proof it is too late. Les Anderson has just been pronounced dead. Now Jonesy must decide whether to stay despite the fact that the quest that drew him into the Police Force has at last come to an end.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"An Inspector Calls" is the best rated episode of Blue Heelers season 8. It scored 9.1/10 from 12 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on August 1, 2001. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "A Friend Indeed".