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The Best Episodes of Water Rats

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

Best episode
S4E27 Kaddish
8.330 votes
Worst episode
S3E16 Romeo is Bleeding
6.124 votes
Top season
Season 6
7.6avg
Binge time
7d 5h
177 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Water Rats Season 4 Episode 27 - Kaddish
    8.3/10(30 votes)

    S4:E27

    The surviving Rats swear revenge for their fallen comrade!

    Director:Mark Piper
    Writer:John Banas

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  2. Water Rats Season 1 Episode 26 - Knocker
    8.3/10(29 votes)

    S1:E26

    Knocker is finally caught in his own deadly web. Frank informs Goldie of Knocker's involvement in Kevin's death but she refuses to believe him until Brady shows her the evidence.

    Director:Chris Martin-Jones
    Writer:Michaeley O'Brien

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  3. Water Rats Season 6 Episode 25 - And the Winner is...
    8.5/10(16 votes)

    S6:E25

    Trying to prevent a full-scale turf war comes at a heavy price for the Rats.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Water Rats Season 6 Episode 17 - Bitter Legacy
    8.2/10(18 votes)

    S6:E17

    Alex and Mick race against time when someone is distributing guns that are rigged to explode when fired.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Water Rats Season 2 Episode 26 - The Cleaner (4)
    8.1/10(21 votes)

    S2:E26

    After Holloway discovered who killed Sam Jones, decides to set himself up as bait in an attempt to catch the killer. Rachel has an important decision to make regarding her future when Michael proposes-her lover or her partner. Police boats Nemesis and Harpy respond when a fishing boat capsizes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Water Rats Season 4 Episode 28 - For Love or Money
    8.1/10(20 votes)

    S4:E28

    Jack believes he has discovered the identity of Goldie's killer, but his only clue may just slip through his fingers.

    Director:Mark Piper
    Writer:Tim Pye

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  7. Water Rats Season 2 Episode 21 - All At Sea
    8.1/10(19 votes)

    S2:E21

    Rachel has difficulty adjusting to her new partner when Frank goes on an overseas attachment. Rachel and her new partner are thrown together to investigate a mysterious drowning. Constable Sam Bailey competes in a free dive competition.

    Director:Chris Martin-Jones
    Writer:Michael Miller

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  8. Water Rats Season 4 Episode 26 - A Day at the Office
    8.0/10(26 votes)

    S4:E26

    What starts as another ordinary day at the office ends in the death of a Goldie a much loved rat.

    Director:Peter Andrikidis
    Writer:John Banas

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  9. Water Rats Season 6 Episode 11 - Broken English
    8.2/10(14 votes)

    S6:E11

    Hawker remains the professional police officer, even when he is targeted by a criminal. But when the vendetta involves his son, Hawker shows his true colours.

    Director:Mark Piper
    Writer:Andrew Kelly

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  10. Water Rats Season 5 Episode 36 - True Believer
    8.1/10(15 votes)

    S5:E36

    Haunted by the brutal murder of a teenage girl, Alex puts her life on the line to identify the murderer; and Reilly wants to know where he stands with Alex.

    Director:Lynn Hegarty
    Writer:Peter Gawler

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  11. Water Rats Season 1 Episode 11 - Kilo Hotel
    7.9/10(27 votes)

    S1:E11

    Kevin Holloway's car is found still with the keys in the ignition at The Gap - a notorious suicide spot. Meanwhile Goldie is served with court papers seeking to cut off all access to her son David.

    Director:Mark Piper
    Writer:Anne Brooksbank

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  12. Water Rats Season 5 Episode 26 - Final Chapter
    8.0/10(17 votes)

    S5:E26

    The Rats are caught off guard when they're ambushed on the harbor while transporting a wise-cracking prison inmate. When the getaway plans of the escapee and his girlfriend unravel, they take Christey and his daughter hostage.

    Director:Lynn Hegarty
    Writer:Peter Neale

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  13. Water Rats Season 4 Episode 8 - Tomorrow Never Comes
    7.9/10(25 votes)

    S4:E8

    The death of a friend and a forgotten dream prompt Frank Holloway to farewell the Rats.

    Director:Michael Offer
    Writer:Ted Roberts

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  14. Water Rats Season 1 Episode 16 - Payback
    7.9/10(24 votes)

    S1:E16

    A hostage is taken and there is a high speed car chase : Marty Miller makes a final stand against Holloway. Internal Affairs suspects Helen of selling information that led to an elderly woman's death. The accusations against Helen makes things bad between her and her lover Anne Harvey

    Director:Scott Hartford-Davis
    Writer:Sue Hore

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  15. Water Rats Season 6 Episode 24 - The Removalist
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    S6:E24

    The new boy at the Water Police, Gorgeous George Newhouse is making waves with the women, but Christey is not impressed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Peter Neale

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  16. Water Rats Season 1 Episode 24 - Wrecked
    7.9/10(23 votes)

    S1:E24

    Attending a bushfire at a coastal national park, the Nemesis crew notice bloodied tracks in the sand and find a man digging a body in a shallow grave. Harrison is called in to negotiate with a potential suicide. Frank and Brady investigates Harrison. Brady believes Harrison has something to do with the death of Kevin Holloway.

    Director:Mark Piper
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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  17. Water Rats Season 4 Episode 16 - Mother Love
    7.9/10(19 votes)

    S4:E16

    A grisly case hits home when Jeff Hawker's wife, Gail, becomes the target of a vicious serial rapist and killer.

    Director:Mark Piper
    Writer:Denise Morgan

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  18. Water Rats Season 4 Episode 29 - Helter Skelter
    7.9/10(19 votes)

    S4:E29

    Jack hands in his badge and turns vigilante in order to find Goldie's killer.

    Director:Russell Burton
    Writer:Tim Pye

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  19. Water Rats Season 2 Episode 11 - Goldie's Trip
    7.8/10(26 votes)

    S2:E11

    An old friend of Rachel calls her for help. She goes undercover as a drug courier, but when something goes terribly wrong and her cover is blown, the desperate drug dealers kidnap her at gun point.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Water Rats Season 1 Episode 12 - The Jigsaw Man
    7.8/10(24 votes)

    S1:E12

    As Chief Inspector Webb and Knocker Harrison continue investigating Kevin Holloway's disappearance, Frank is angry he ever allowed himself to believe his brother may have suicided. There's a grim discovery in the harbour of a number of body parts. Jeff Hawker doesn't like the relationship between Cassidy and Watson, and offers Cassidy a job as supporting officer, on the condition that she ends her relationship with Watson.

    Director:Mark Piper
    Writer:Anne Brooksbank

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  21. Water Rats Season 1 Episode 19 - Floater
    7.8/10(24 votes)

    S1:E19

    Inspector Webb is slow in coming forward with information on the death of Moira Randall as he doesn't want his affair with her uncovered. The Nemesis crew is kept busy by a group of drunken university students on Shark Island. Hawker tells Helen that he will apply for the post as Chief Inspector if Webb has to leave. He's surprised when Helen says she also will apply for it.

    Director:Chris Martin-Jones
    Writer:Denise Morgan

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  22. Water Rats Season 1 Episode 21 - Police Issue 13519
    7.8/10(24 votes)

    S1:E21

    Holloway finds a new lead on Kevin's murder after a young robber is caught with Kevin's missing gun.

    Director:Scott Hartford-Davis
    Writer:Anne Brooksbank

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  23. Water Rats Season 4 Episode 32 - New Kid on the Block
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    S4:E32

    Jack fights to save the life of an undercover cop, Alex St Clare whom he suspects is emotionally involved with her target.

    Director:Peter Andrikidis
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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  24. Water Rats Season 1 Episode 20 - Missing
    7.8/10(22 votes)

    S1:E20

    Harrison and the divers are called in when the body of a boy is found in similar circumstances to the other murdered teens. The detectives wonder if they arrested the wrong man.

    Director:Chris Martin-Jones
    Writer:Peter Gawler

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  25. Water Rats Season 2 Episode 24 - Deadfall (2)
    7.8/10(20 votes)

    S2:E24

    Frank becomes the prime suspect when Sam Jones is murdered. Goldie and Holloway investigates the disappearance of a young barmaid, last seen alive by Tayler.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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Best Episodes Summary

"Kaddish" is the best rated episode of Water Rats. It scored 8.3/10 from 30 votes. Directed by Mark Piper and written by John Banas, it aired on September 7, 1999.

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