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Sea Patrol S3E9 — Pearls Before Swine
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Sea Patrol•Season 3•Episode 9

Pearls Before Swine

7.7/10 · 69 votesJul 13, 200943 min

Ranked #12 of 13 in Season 3•−0.3 vs season avg

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Hammersley hunts down a mysterious gang of armed robbers, who are terrorising pearl luggers off the WA coast. Spider and Buffer have a trippy encounter with some hard-partying drug smugglers. 2Dads faces disciplinary action for negligence. Also, Mike is forced to intervene over rumours that

Directed byIan Barry
Written byMatt Ford
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Kirsty Lee Allan

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Rebecca 'Bomber' Brown

John Batchelor

John Batchelor

Andy 'Charge' Thorpe

Saskia Burmeister

Saskia Burmeister

Nikki 'Nav' Caetano

Matthew Holmes

Matthew Holmes

Chris 'Swain' Blake

David Lyons

David Lyons

Josh 'ET' Holiday

Lisa McCune

Lisa McCune

Kate 'XO' McGregor

Nikolai Nikolaeff

Nikolai Nikolaeff

Leo '2 Dads' Kosov-Meyer

Jay Ryan

Jay Ryan

Billy 'Spider' Webb

Kristian Schmid

Kristian Schmid

Robert 'Ro' J. Dixon

Ian Stenlake

Ian Stenlake

Mike 'CO' Flynn

Jeremy Lindsay Taylor

Jeremy Lindsay Taylor

Pete 'Buffer' Tomashevski

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Ian Barry

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Matt Ford

Matt Ford

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Episode Summary

"Pearls Before Swine" is episode 9 of Sea Patrol season 3. It scored 7.7/10 from 69 votes, ranking #12 of 13 episodes this season (season average 8.0). Directed by Ian Barry and written by Matt Ford, it aired on July 13, 2009.

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