Blue Heelers (1994)

Action · Crime · Drama

Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional country town of Mount Thomas. Under the watchful eye of Tom Croydon (John Wood), the men and women of Mount Thomas Police Station fight crime, resolve disputes and tackle the social issues of the day. We watch their successes and their failures and learn to grow with them and their loved ones as the heart of the series develops.

IMDb rating: 7.1 (2,090 votes)
Episode average: 8.1 ↑ +1.0 vs IMDb
Seasons: 13
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1994)

8.04 avg 45 episodes 8.2 → 8.0 46 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Woman's Place	8.2	84
2	Doing It Tough	7.9	65
3	Why Give People Rights? They Only Abuse Them	7.6	57
4	Wives	7.6	50
5	Waiting for Apples	7.8	50
6	Apprehended Violence	8.6	56
7	Life After Death	7.6	44
8	Domino Effect	8.4	45
9	Diary Entry	8.2	41
10	Visions Splendid	7.8	43
11	Abandoned	8.1	40
12	Damaged Goods	8.2	41
13	Armed and Dangerous	8.1	40
14	Reunion	7.9	41
15	Family Lies	8.2	38
16	Theft	7.9	39
17	Meat Is Hung, Men Are Hanged	8.5	37
18	Conduct Unbecoming	7.7	36
19	Good Cop, Bad Cop	8.1	36
20	The Final Season	8.0	37
21	Payback	8.3	36
22	Sex, Lies and Videotapes	8.1	38
23	The Men in Her Life	8.5	38
24	A Bird in the Hand	7.8	35
25	Missing	8.4	36
26	Day in Court	8.0	34
27	Nowhere to Run	7.7	33
28	Consequences	7.7	33
29	A Matter of Trust	8.3	37
30	Necessary Force	8.1	33
31	Bitter Harvest	8.1	32
32	Crazy Like a Fox	7.6	31
33	Old Dogs, New Tricks	8.0	31
34	Labour of Love	7.8	32
35	Escape Route	8.4	31
36	Adverse Possession	7.9	32
37	The Folly of Youth	7.6	32
38	Face Value	7.6	29
39	Suspicion	7.8	31
40	Without Intent	8.0	31
41	Family Matters	7.6	32
42	The First Stone	8.7	32
43	Skin Deep	8.2	29
44	Luck of the Draw	9.0	47
45	Damage Control	8.0	27

Season 2 (1995)

7.96 avg 41 episodes 7.9 → 8.5 44 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Without a Trace	7.9	29
2	A Question of Courage	8.0	29
3	Cruel Reality	8.0	26
4	Mates	8.0	26
5	Out of Harm's Way	8.0	25
6	Breaking the Cycle	8.0	27
7	Heavy Traffic	8.0	26
8	Gun Law	8.0	28
9	Ripples on the Pond	7.5	25
10	Protected Species	7.5	26
11	Stop for a Bite	7.0	31
12	The Long Winding Road	7.8	25
13	The Old School Tie	7.4	24
14	Motherlove	8.3	25
15	Dead Ringer	8.3	24
16	Salutary Lessons	7.3	30
17	Shadow Man	7.8	25
18	Trust Me	7.8	25
19	Parenting	8.2	23
20	Gun Crazy	7.5	23
21	With Prejudice	7.7	23
22	Paranoia: Part 1	8.6	27
23	Paranoia: Part 2	8.7	27
24	The Collector	7.5	25
25	The Homecoming Queen	7.8	24
26	Secrets	8.1	30
27	The Last Straw	7.2	25
28	The Best of Rivals	8.3	28
29	Swings and Roundabouts	7.4	24
30	Double Jeopardy: Part 1	8.2	25
31	Double Jeopardy: Part 2	8.5	26
32	The Mongrel Factor	8.2	18
33	Just Desserts	8.4	36
34	Unnatural Death	7.9	23
35	Tough Love	8.7	32
36	A Question of Loyalties	8.6	24
37	Vow of Silence	7.4	23
38	Juggling with Smoke	8.2	24
39	The Discount Suit	7.8	22
40	Brotherly Love: Part 1	8.3	25
41	Brotherly Love: Part 2	8.5	22

Season 3 (1996)

7.87 avg 42 episodes 7.8 → 8.8 44 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Once Only Withdrawal: Part 1	7.8	35
2	Once Only Withdrawal: Part 2	8.8	29
3	Second Innings	8.0	24
4	Spider Man	8.4	24
5	Day of Reckoning	8.3	23
6	Sex and Death	7.6	24
7	Not in My Backyard	8.2	23
8	All Part of the Service	8.2	25
9	Dog Days	8.1	26
10	An Act of Random Violence	8.8	37
11	Unfinished Business	8.7	28
12	Happy Families	8.5	27
13	Priorities	7.0	25
14	A Fair Crack of the Whip: Part 1	7.7	22
15	A Fair Crack of the Whip: Part 2	7.3	24
16	Under Pressure	7.6	22
17	Fight Dirty	8.1	23
18	The Art of Deception	7.7	21
19	Old Sins, Long Shadows	7.9	21
20	In Unity Is Strength	7.9	21
21	The Kremin Factor	7.1	29
22	Shelter from the Storm	8.1	24
23	The Principle of the Thing	7.2	23
24	Mind Games	7.7	23
25	Duty of Care	7.1	22
26	Other People's Lives	7.6	22
27	A Gift from God	7.5	22
28	Waiting to Happen	8.0	22
29	Bewitched	7.8	23
30	Mudsticks	7.5	22
31	The Angels' Share	7.3	22
32	Something for Nothing	7.7	20
33	Winner Takes All	7.2	22
34	I Spy	8.3	22
35	Reality Bytes	7.6	20
36	In the Gun: Part 1	8.2	20
37	In the Gun: Part 2	8.5	20
38	Buck Naked	6.9	23
39	Friendly Fire	7.1	21
40	Half a Second	8.3	20
41	Miss Mount Thomas	8.4	22
42	Dead and Alive	8.8	21

Season 4 (1997)

8.18 avg 42 episodes 8.5 → 8.7 44 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Mad Dogs and Englishmen	8.5	22
2	Under Siege	8.6	23
3	Working Lunch	7.8	22
4	Immaculate Misconception	8.0	26
5	Reports of Damage and Loss	9.4	53
6	Fowl Play	7.8	23
7	The Luck of the Irish	7.8	25
8	Bloodstained Angels	7.4	26
9	Charity Begins at Home	7.4	20
10	Fool for Love	7.9	21
11	The Last Night	8.6	22
12	Gold	8.5	23
13	Fool's Gold: Part 2	8.4	17
14	Grave Matters	7.8	17
15	Loose Cannons	7.6	16
16	Lean on Me	7.5	15
17	Random Breath	8.2	19
18	Close Encounters	8.1	20
19	Buckley's Chance	7.9	17
20	No Means No	8.5	16
21	Poetic Justice	7.5	18
22	Left in Trust	8.5	16
23	Sick Puppy	8.3	17
24	Sisterly Love	7.5	18
25	Can't Take a Joke	7.8	16
26	Every Contact Leaves Its Trace	8.2	16
27	Playing Games	8.1	14
28	Counting Chickens	8.1	15
29	Drag Line	7.8	15
30	Closing Ranks	8.4	18
31	Off the Air	8.7	15
32	The Scarecrow	8.4	14
33	Safe as Houses	8.1	15
34	Our Patch	8.5	15
35	The All-Seeing Eye	8.3	14
36	Playing Possum	8.4	15
37	Collateral Damage	7.9	17
38	The Big Picture	8.9	18
39	Settlement Postponed	8.4	15
40	Containing the Rage	9.0	15
41	The Civil Dead	8.5	17
42	Possession	8.7	17

Season 5 (1998)

8.31 avg 41 episodes 8.9 → 9.0 43 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Secrets: Part 1	8.9	31
2	Secrets: Part 2	8.6	18
3	Smoke and Mirrors	7.5	17
4	Moving House	7.9	16
5	A Piece of Cake	8.2	17
6	Keeping Mum	8.8	16
7	Letting Go	8.4	18
8	The Whistle Blower	8.2	16
9	King of Hearts	8.7	13
10	When Love Isn't Enough	8.2	12
11	Stars in Their Eyes	8.0	14
12	She Killed Santa	8.1	13
13	This Mortal Coil	7.5	13
14	Waste of Space	8.3	13
15	A Bit of a Biff	8.0	15
16	Mr. Lucky	8.4	12
17	Deception	8.0	13
18	Catch of the Day	8.4	13
19	Deed Not the Breed	8.5	13
20	Victims	8.4	16
21	The Living Dead	8.5	15
22	Spinning the Yarn	8.3	14
23	The Dark Side	8.2	15
24	Intervention	8.6	16
25	Murder in Mind	9.0	16
26	Blood Ties	8.2	15
27	Little Monsters	7.2	16
28	Nine Lives	8.5	18
29	Missing Digits	8.8	16
30	Child's Play	8.8	16
31	False Alarms	8.5	14
32	Nobody's Perfect	8.6	12
33	Turkish Delight	7.9	14
34	Like Father Like Son	8.4	14
35	Birds of Prey	8.0	14
36	Mates Rates	8.3	14
37	Wedding Blues	8.2	17
38	All in the Family	8.5	17
39	Hunted	7.8	25
40	Rotten Apple: Part 1	8.5	14
41	Rotten Apple: Part 2	9.0	19

Season 6 (1999)

8.08 avg 42 episodes 7.6 → 6.7 43 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Dancing with the Devil: Part 1	7.6	18
2	Dancing with the Devil: Part 2	7.9	17
3	Winning at All Costs	8.2	17
4	Love Is the Drug	8.1	16
5	An Eye for an Eye	8.1	15
6	Wishful Thinking	8.5	14
7	Pillow Talk	8.2	15
8	The Good Weed	8.2	14
9	By the Book	8.5	17
10	Dirty Money	8.5	15
11	Married to the Job	8.0	15
12	Web of Lies	8.5	16
13	End of the Road	8.0	14
14	Lies and Whispers	7.6	18
15	Jack of Hearts	8.2	14
16	The Grace of God	8.4	21
17	The Stag	7.5	15
18	The Good Life	7.6	16
19	Perfect Match	8.4	16
20	Oil and Water	8.2	15
21	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	8.3	15
22	King of the Kids	7.6	14
23	The Full Circle	8.3	19
24	Behind the Badge	8.9	16
25	The Angel Cruise	8.0	14
26	Downsizing	8.6	14
27	The Deepest Cut	7.0	15
28	Hello Goodbye	8.6	14
29	Whip Crack Away	8.4	13
30	The Price of Silence	8.4	14
31	Without Judgement	7.4	14
32	Smoke Without Fire	8.4	13
33	Starry Starry Night	7.5	14
34	Paradise Lost	7.7	14
35	The Game	8.3	13
36	Miracle at Rabbit Creek	8.0	15
37	Second Chance	7.7	19
38	The Price of Friendship	8.2	14
39	Under Fire	8.7	18
40	Fifty-Fifty	8.5	14
41	Kids	7.9	15
42	Be Prepared	6.7	16

Season 7 (2000)

8.06 avg 41 episodes 8.6 → 8.4 44 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Loose Ends	8.6	21
2	One More Day	9.3	27
3	Aftermath	9.1	21
4	Shadow of Doubt	8.7	16
5	Chip Off the Old Block	8.2	16
6	Code of Honour	7.8	15
7	Life Class	7.9	14
8	Vanishing Act	7.7	15
9	Unfinished Business	8.3	14
10	Out of the Shadows	9.2	21
11	Dance Crazy	7.6	15
12	Welcome Back	7.7	13
13	Broken Windows	7.5	16
14	Something Fishy	7.9	13
15	Dead for Quids	7.9	14
16	On the Road	7.8	15
17	Lost and Found	7.7	16
18	Rank Outsider	7.6	14
19	Conduct Endangering Life	8.1	13
20	A Little Faith	7.1	15
21	The Gumshoe	7.5	15
22	Small Potatoes	8.0	14
23	A Good Kid	8.4	15
24	Fair Go	7.1	18
25	Cop It Sweet	7.9	14
26	Moving On	8.1	14
27	Bank on It	8.2	15
28	Hard Feelings	7.6	13
29	Running of the Rams	8.6	13
30	A Tangled Web	7.5	13
31	On Your Bike	8.4	12
32	Stir Crazy	7.8	14
33	Broken Promises: Part 1	7.5	15
34	Broken Promises: Part 2	7.9	14
35	Wheeling and Dealing	8.3	14
36	Mind Over Matter	8.5	12
37	Paper Chase	8.0	12
38	Bully Boys	8.1	13
39	Bloodlines	8.2	17
40	Ten Percent	8.8	14
41	Leg Work	8.4	14

Season 8 (2001)

8.23 avg 41 episodes 8.5 → 8.1 42 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Blame Game: Part 1	8.5	13
2	The Blame Game: Part 2	8.4	13
3	Deadly Fascination	8.1	13
4	Letter of the Law	8.3	18
5	A Bit on the Side	8.4	14
6	Tough Nut	7.8	15
7	The Fine Print	8.1	13
8	Family Reserve	8.3	12
9	Chop Chop	8.2	12
10	Blood	7.7	12
11	They Don't Make Them Like They Used To	8.3	12
12	On the Run	7.7	13
13	Fowl Play	7.8	12
14	Fooling Around	8.1	12
15	Death by Flight	7.8	10
16	A Friend Indeed	8.8	16
17	The Manly Art	7.8	11
18	Falling: Part 1	8.4	11
19	Falling: Part 2	8.7	12
20	Winners and Losers	7.8	13
21	No Place Like Home	8.3	12
22	Dragged	8.2	12
23	Baby Love	8.6	10
24	An Inspector Calls	9.1	12
25	Dinosaurs	8.2	10
26	Charming	8.4	10
27	Poisoned Fruit: Part 1	8.4	10
28	Poisoned Fruit: Part 2	8.4	10
29	Fifteen Minutes	8.6	10
30	Copping the Flak	8.0	11
31	Strays	8.6	10
32	The Lord Giveth	7.9	10
33	Credit Limit	8.4	10
34	A Hard Call	8.6	10
35	Role Model	8.2	10
36	A Safe Bet	8.1	10
37	A Matter of Faith	7.8	10
38	Who Can You Trust?	8.1	10
39	Best Eaten Cold	8.2	10
40	The Real Santa	8.2	11
41	Dreaming of a White Christmas	8.1	10

Season 9 (2002)

7.99 avg 41 episodes 8.5 → 8.0 44 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Breaking Point: Part 1	8.5	12
2	Breaking Point: Part 2	8.8	12
3	If It ain't Hurtin'	6.7	11
4	Down in the Forest	8.3	10
5	The Real Thing	7.4	11
6	Rainy Night Blues	7.5	11
7	Jack and Jill	7.4	11
8	Sons and Mothers	8.4	11
9	Say His Name	8.2	13
10	The Perfect Life	8.3	10
11	Flushed	8.6	10
12	Dancing on the Edge	8.0	12
13	Those That Trespass	8.2	12
14	Reflection	7.5	14
15	Buddies	8.3	12
16	Sins of the Father	8.6	10
17	Broken Dreams	8.4	11
18	An Old Fashioned Man	8.3	11
19	Of Middle Eastern Appearance	7.3	12
20	The Best Man	8.3	11
21	Wednesday's Child	7.0	11
22	Finders Keepers	8.0	12
23	Burning Desire	8.2	11
24	Naked Lady	8.4	13
25	Private Lives	8.2	11
26	Inside Outside	8.2	12
27	The Last Jar	8.3	12
28	Stewart vs Stewart	8.4	12
29	Fishing for Dummies	8.0	13
30	Salvation: Part 1	8.4	11
31	Salvation: Part 2	8.5	13
32	In Another Place	5.8	14
33	Parenthood	6.7	14
34	Boys Will Be Boys	7.1	12
35	Deep Water	8.7	12
36	Nothing Personal	8.2	12
37	Teamwork	8.2	11
38	Stable Mates	8.2	11
39	Some Days	8.3	11
40	Body of Evidence	7.8	10
41	All You Need Is Love	8.0	13

Season 10 (2003)

8.17 avg 42 episodes 7.6 → 8.5 44 min avg

Rebound

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Firebrands: Part 1	7.6	14
2	Firebrands: Part 2	8.4	13
3	In the Dog House	8.1	12
4	Excuses, Excuses	8.0	13
5	Too Hard Basket	8.3	11
6	Fair Play	8.2	11
7	The Sum of the Parts	8.5	13
8	Trust Accounts	8.1	12
9	Bumps in the Night	8.4	12
10	Out of Control	8.2	12
11	Love In	9.0	14
12	Blackout	8.7	15
13	Where There's a Will	8.3	14
14	Father's Day: Part 1	7.5	13
15	Father's Day: Part 2	8.1	14
16	Dream On	6.9	14
17	The Ties That Bind	8.1	13
18	Prince Charming	8.4	13
19	The New Perfect	8.4	13
20	Playing with Fire	8.5	16
21	A Bad Smell	8.3	12
22	A Knife for a Knife	8.6	17
23	A Better Mind	8.1	15
24	Thicker Than Water	8.3	15
25	Raging Hormones	7.5	16
26	A Blind Eye	7.3	13
27	Chocolate Sardines	8.0	13
28	Too Good to Be True: Part 1	8.0	13
29	Too Good to Be True: Part 2	8.2	14
30	Every Man and His Ute	8.2	15
31	Motherhood	8.4	13
32	A New Life	8.5	14
33	The Lowest of the Low	8.5	14
34	Safety Last	7.6	16
35	Good and Evil: Part One	8.4	13
36	Good and Evil: Part 2	8.2	11
37	Losing the Road	8.2	14
38	What Goes Around	8.0	11
39	Contamination	8.4	13
40	Dirty Cheaters	8.3	16
41	Sexual Healing	8.0	12
42	For Better or Worse	8.5	13

Season 11 (2004)

7.97 avg 39 episodes 8.1 → 8.4 43 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Retribution: Part 1	8.1	14
2	Retribution: Part 2	8.7	15
3	The Right Thing	6.8	13
4	Happily Ever After	7.7	13
5	Heirs Apparent	7.6	14
6	A Mere Formality	7.5	12
7	Cast the First Stone	7.4	14
8	Great Expectations	8.4	11
9	Off Your Face	8.3	11
10	Running Scared	8.6	11
11	Mind Wide Open	8.1	18
12	Reasonable Doubt: Live	7.5	21
13	On the Inside	7.2	19
14	Secret & Lies	8.0	14
15	Yesterday's Hero	7.5	15
16	The Cull	7.1	17
17	Life of the Party: Part 1	8.0	14
18	Life of the Party: Part 2	7.8	15
19	Keeping Mum	8.0	15
20	Payback	7.9	14
21	Echoes	8.0	14
22	End of Innocence	8.5	17
23	Headless Chooks	8.2	19
24	A Time for Mourning	8.1	18
25	Pigs Will Fly	8.2	16
26	Life Goes On	8.7	23
27	Checkmate	8.9	32
28	Don't Call Me Baby	7.6	18
29	Bring It On	7.0	19
30	Pillow Talk	7.8	16
31	Out of Love	7.5	16
32	Turf War	7.9	15
33	Away Games	8.7	16
34	Special Treatment	8.8	15
35	Too Late to Say Sorry	7.9	14
36	One of the Boys	7.4	16
37	A Helping Hand	8.2	14
38	Tit for Tat	9.0	16
39	Crash Site	8.4	19

Season 12 (2005)

8.21 avg 42 episodes 8.6 → 9.0 44 min avg

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Vengeance	8.6	16
2	Burden of Proof	8.8	15
3	My Way	7.5	15
4	The Walking Wounded	8.4	13
5	Chasing Smoke	8.0	15
6	Everything a Girl Could Want	8.0	14
7	One Good Turn	8.1	15
8	Sex Sells	8.1	13
9	One Sick Puppy	8.2	15
10	Killing Time	8.2	15
11	Mirror Image	8.2	16
12	Blood and Bone	7.4	16
13	Kicking Over the Traces	8.2	13
14	Offside	8.2	13
15	The Life	8.0	12
16	The Ticket Out	8.1	13
17	Playing by the Book	8.5	32
18	Monster	8.8	14
19	Dangerous Animals	8.3	15
20	Showdown	8.3	13
21	Car Wars	8.0	12
22	Night and Day	8.4	12
23	The Party's Over	8.3	13
24	Crossing the Line	8.8	14
25	Warm Blood	7.8	15
26	Another Day at the Office: Part 1	8.7	14
27	Another Day at the Office: Part 2	8.7	16
28	Last Orders	8.4	13
29	Getting the Bullet	8.0	13
30	Acid Test	8.4	13
31	One for the Road	8.4	13
32	Two Laws	8.3	13
33	Good Times	8.2	13
34	Bad Fortune	9.0	18
35	Child's Play	8.0	15
36	Facing the Music	7.5	13
37	Too Close	8.3	13
38	Promises, Promises	7.3	14
39	Slaying the Demons	6.8	15
40	Keeping up Appearances	8.4	13
41	Face Value	8.1	13
42	Lost and Found	9.0	12

Season 13 (2006)

8.30 avg 11 episodes 8.4 → 8.7 46 min avg

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Only the Lonely	8.4	16
2	Boss	8.6	22
3	Dirt	8.0	17
4	What's Love Got to Do with It	8.5	17
5	Affluenza	8.2	15
6	Going Down Swinging	8.4	16
7	Burning Up	8.5	15
8	Down to Earth	7.9	14
9	Moonlighting	7.5	17
10	One Day More: Part 1	8.6	16
11	One Day More: Part 2	8.7	24

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