Blue Heelers S04E40

Containing the Rage

Episode 4.40 (168)
November 11, 1997
Written by Paul Davies
Directed by Karl Steinberg

Tom is incensed when he discovers that red paint has been thrown over the war memorial two days before Remembrance Day and gives up his day off to find the person responsible. Meanwhile Keith Purvis comes in to pay a traffic fine which turns out to be bogus, there must be a fake cop operating in the area. Tom goes to interview a suspect in the desecration case and finds him to be an old policemate from NSW who has just been forced to retire amid corruption allegations and is now looking for somewhere to retire. Could he be the fake copper? Then an angry motorist reports he is the victim of "road rage" — a young hoon just tried to run him off the road. Tom is convinced there is some sort of link between these diverse incidents. And Dash also runs into an old friend, under suspicious circumstances also. Her old schoolmate, Rosie, has just punched Adam in the eye after he attempted to break up a fight over the darts board in the Imperial.

Tom finds his link, but it's not what he thought. Rosie (now calling herself Blade) admits to being part of the road rage incident, but absolutely denies anything to do with the war memorial. Dash sticks her neck out for Rosie, guaranteeing that she will appear in court and organising accommodation for her at the hotel. But Rosie disappears and in searching for her Dash discovers that her step-father died only two days ago and that her mother has not heard from her in years. Rosie turns up during another road rage incident, in which she is terrorising a young mother in a car, but stops when she notices the baby in the back seat. When questioned by the Heelers, she reveals the reason for her anger problem — she had to leave town when she was impregnated by the stepfather who has just died.

Meanwhile, suspicion returns to Tom's old mate as the fake cop when his vehicle is firebombed. Could this be a motorist's revenge? Other motorists are reporting bogus fines and the fake cop is obviously still at work. The Heelers set up an operation to catch him in the act but the first car he chooses to stop is driven by Rosie. This time she is able to control her anger and effects a relatively peaceful citizen's arrest. The fake cop turns out to be someone quite unexpected.

Guest Starring: Kate Kendall as Rosie Burgess, Denis Moore as Bob Carrick, Peter Whitford as Bernie Lochren, Reg Evans as Keith Purvis, Stuart Baker as Richo, Maree Hingston as Barbara Burgess, Nik Baker as Austin, Stuart Atkin as Maurice, Roger Boyce as Priest, Jools Weigh as Angela

(encoded with Handbrake - Blue Heelers - from Complete Fifth Season DVD - the early years)

Duration: approximately 45 minutes
Aspect ratio: 4:3 standard
Audio: linear hi-fi/stereo
Size: 479MB
Video format: MPEG-4 (MP4)

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