Blue Heelers
Season 8
The eighth season of the Australian police-drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 21 February 2001 and aired on Wednesday nights at 8:30 PM. The 41-episode season concluded 28 November 2001.
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42 Episodes
- The Blame Game - Part 1
E1The Blame Game - Part 1Nothing 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. - The Blame Game - Part 2
E2The Blame Game - Part 2The 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? - Deadly Fascination
E3Deadly FascinationA famous crime-fiction writer is asking a lot of questions about the death of a baby 25 years ago. When he discovers the body of a missing child, Tess wonders if he is capable of committing the very acts of violence he writes about. Tom confronts the author, who reveals his intimate connection to the long-closed case of the baby's death. How can Tess and Tom separate fact from fiction? - Letter of the Law
E4Letter of the LawTom, Tess and Inspector Falcon-Price, pick a candidate to run a one man police station in a small, nearby town. Tess wins over Tom's choice, but who she picks causes so much trouble from the get go, that he has the whole town turn against him. He just doesn't seem to get it and Tess comes to regret her choice, and there seems no way to get rid of him. - A Bit on the Side
E5A Bit on the SideWhen 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? - The Fine Print
E7The Fine PrintPJ's mother comes to stay and trouble follows. Forcing him to go to a ""get rich quick"" seminar. A car smashes into the venue with the driver claiming the financial adviser is a con man who preys on the elderly. Can PJ keep his professional distance, while allowing his mother to play a vital role in solving a case? - Family Reserve
E8Family ReserveJo 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. - Chop Chop
E9Chop ChopPJ'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. - Blood
E10BloodA rough-looking man loitering around the local high school turns out to be a convicted cop killer—Mick Boyce—who's just finished doing time. But he just isn't the perving type. So what is he up to? And why is he in Mount Thomas? The situation becomes volatile when Jack decides to make him feel unwelcome. Tess tires of Jack's apologies and begins to doubt him as an objective member of the team. Meanwhile Ben and Jo are looking into several car thefts which appear to be youths joy riding. The investigation leads them to the home of Heath Flemming, a wild and confused teenager who believes his parents are dead and lives with his grandmother. But when the grandmother meets up with Mick Boyce in the Mt Thomas police station, the truth about Heath's lineage is revealed. In a heated exchange with Heath, Jack tells the boy the truth about his father—with tragic results. Tess witnesses a side of Jack she'd rather not have to deal with, and runs out of patience with his headstrong behaviour. - They Don't Make Them Like They Used To
E11They Don't Make Them Like They Used ToTom'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 - On the Run
E12On the RunNotorious armed robber Arnie Briggs is a local boy and, having just escaped from prison, the last place the Heelers expect him to be is back on his old turf. But Jack suspects otherwise, going maverick in his search for Briggs, and in the process drags Tess into a highly volatile situation. - Fowl Play
E13Fowl PlayWhen Tom attends a scene of vandalism at a Vietnam War Memorial garden, he discovers the culprit is an escaped prize-winning bantam pullet called Hannah. When the hen is later found with a broken neck, her frantic owner suspects the neighbour, who is a rival poultry breeder. With several other likely suspects to choose from, Jo seizes the opportunity to escape pressing paperwork, and takes up the case with all the enthusiasm of a comical amateur sleuth. But the situation intensifies when a young homeless boy is rushed to hospital suffering from a deadly virus directly linked to free roaming birds. With the population of Mt Thomas under threat, the disposal of all local chickens is urgent - Fooling Around
E14Fooling AroundStill reeling from being separated from his family, Ben is on a downhill spiral—hell bent on living for the moment. In the process he becomes entangled with a woman on a similar path—and inadvertently makes a discovery that leads directly to a murder suspect with tragic results - A Friend Indeed
E16A Friend IndeedConstables 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. - The Manly Art
E17The Manly ArtPJ plays cupid in helping Jack form a bond with Tess. Jack is determined something is on the nose when Tess accidentally hits a young man, knocking him unconscious. While Tess puts herself up for scrutiny by the ESD, Jack sets about proving her innocence, and discovers the real blame might lie with the victim's connections to illegal bare knuckle boxing. - Winners and Losers
E20Winners and LosersA couple win the lottery, but before they can really tell anyone, their little boy goes missing. Who could the kidnappers be? The Uncle? The close friend? Someone else? Tess is about to find out in a deadly way. As for Jack, he is not talking to anyone and refuses all communication and help from his colleagues. - Baby Love
E23Baby LoveTess and Jonesy find a baby abandoned in a derelict building. From the phone call that lead them there, it seems a teenage girl from the local high school may be the mother. The baby is poorly and the mother ends up in hospital herself, but that's just the start of the problems, as the police have to delicately investigate without any formal complaint being taken. - Dinosaurs
E25DinosaursP.J. organizes a drug bust but it's all been moved the night before. He knows there's a leak and he interviews all the coppers involved from Mount Thomas and beyond. Two are friends of Tom's and Inspector Draper comes in to investigate further. Everyone has secrets, but who is the guilty party and where are the illegal drugs? - Charming
E26CharmingBen 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? - Poisoned Fruit - Part 1
E28Poisoned Fruit - Part 1After 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. - Copping the Flak
E31Copping the FlakBen 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. - Best Eaten Cold
E40Best Eaten ColdLes Anderson has been severely bashed and the hunt is on for who almost killed him. There are plenty of suspects, as he has bullied so many people over the years and even Jonesy is one of them. But will people get their revenge as he lays critically ill in hospital or will he get away with it, yet again?
