Blue Heelers S07E26

Moving On

Episode 7.26 (279)
August 02, 2000
Written by Kelly Lefever
Directed by Richard Jasek

Ben is being worn down by nightmares after attending the scene of a Gothic teenage boy's death. It appears the teenager, Elliot, killed himself by jumping into the path of a logging truck. No one has an answer for why this boy would take such desperate action, as he showed none of the classic signs of suicide. But in Ben's dream, it's his own teenage daughter standing on the country road waiting for the logging truck to hit her.
Elliot's father, Jim, sees his son as a coward for taking his life and wants to rid himself of all reminders of the boy. He organises a garage sale to sell Elliot's favourite possessions. Elliot's new girlfriend Tina comes across the garage sale and tries to take Elliot's favourite coat. Ben and Jack are called to stop the fight but neither father nor girlfriend is prepared to talk about Elliot and why he may have taken his own life.
When the Elliot's grave is vandalised, Ben is determined to find the culprit. He goes to the cemetery but instead of finding any clues about the damaged grave, he finds Tina assaulted and unconscious. Elliot's Gothic friends won't talk, and according to everyone Tina has no friends. Ben later discovers tranquillisers by Elliot's grave and begins to worry about Tina's state of mind, but she has now disappeared from hospital.
Ben is convinced she may harm herself and — haunted by his nightmares — returns to the country road where Elliot died. A distraught Tina is there and as Ben tries to catch her, his recurring nightmare begins to come true. But this time it's Tina who stands in front of a logging truck waiting to die.

Guest Starring: Chloe Armstrong as Tina Johnstone, Kim Trengove as Irene Johnstone , D.J. Foster as Jim Hartley, Suzi Dougherty as Dr. Mel Carter, Verity McIntyre as Letty Waldron, Derryn Mullan as Baby Matty Waldron, Jessica Clarke as Madeleine Stewart, Claudia Buttazzoni as Ice Mooney, Daniel Bowden as David O'Hare, John McNamara as Elliot Hartley

Note: the man in Ben's photo with his daughter is Richard Jasek, the episode's director

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

Duration: approximately 45 minutes
Aspect ratio: 4:3 standard
Audio: linear hi-fi/stereo
Size: 544MB
Video format: MPEG-4 (MP4)

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