Season 4 (1990)
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Episodes 30
That Old Black Magic
Michael begins to wonder if someone is trying to put a spell on him after a number of suspicious run-ins with a member of a religious commune.
Read MoreThe Plague
Lisa confronts the prejudices of society when she defends a man with AIDS who has committed an armed robbery in order to ensure his wife's future following his death.
Read MoreIn For a Penny
Michael is drawn into the world of a struggling young family after he witnesses a woman being hit by a car.
Read MoreOut of Line
Lisa finds herself at odds with her colleagues when she defends an anti-nuclear activist whose family and the police are determined to have detained for his own safety.
Read MoreOne for Us
Rafferty decides to expose a Chilean military attaché following charges for torturing political dissidents in Chile.
Read MoreOne Consideration With Another
Racial tensions erupt when two Asian men are accused of murder, while Michael questions his capacity as a magistrate after an act of leniency has dire consequences.
Read MoreThe Book of Love
Lisa defends a singer who has beaten his wife, but her personal involvement in the case is made more difficult when he brings a gun into the courthouse.
Read MoreOn the Barricades
Michael revisits his past as a university radical and conscientious objector when he is forced to decide the fate of a man who he once protested alongside.
Read MoreFunny Peculiar
Flicker confronts his own prejudices when he prosecutes a case involving the assault of a female impersonator; however, it is Michael who finds himself at the centre of a controversy after the verdict is given.
Read MoreWhatever Gets You Through the Night
Lisa is drawn into an organisation known as Life Force after a man is arrested for break and enter and assault.
Read MoreWhistling in the Dark
Flicker finds himself wandering into a murky world of corruption when he prosecutes a case against a police officer who has broken the law and where the key witness is a serial whistleblower.
Read MoreBlood, Sweat and Paycheques
Fulvio and Sandra's marriage comes close to breaking point after Sandra is arrested for shoplifting.
Read MoreHome Again Kathleen
Michael, Flicker and Lisa are dragged into a murky political world when they discover that the conflict between the British and the Irish is alive and well in Sydney.
Read MoreDriven to It
An act of vandalism by the member of an animal rights group leaves Michael becoming emotionally involved with the accused's mother.
Read MoreA Fair Day's Work
A man seeks Lisa's help when he is sacked after complaining about the work conditions; however, she soon finds herself defending him when he assaults his former boss.
Read MoreConsciousness Raising
The feminist movement comes to the courthouse when a prominent feminist runs a group of pigs through the shop of a man accused of sexual harassment.
Read MoreFree of Passion
Flicker finds himself at the crossroads of a major life decision after he falls in love with a young female Constable, but his excitement at finding new love may see him lose it all.
Read MoreMany Happy Returns
A convicted criminal whose ex-wife is about to marry a police officer comes before the court accused of assault.
Read MoreIn Custody
Lisa assists a young woman whose boyfriend has been arrested; however, she is horrified when she learns that he has been detained without charge and suspects that the police are fitting him up because he is Aboriginal.
Read MoreLost Empires
Lisa fights to save an Indian couple who are facing deportation, only to discover that the collapse of the British Empire means that they have no real home to go back to.
Read MoreThe Sea, the Sea
Michael and Flicker befriend the beachcomber and poet, Snowy White; however, their admiration is crushed when it begins to appear that Snowy may be guilty of murder.
Read MoreUp, Up and Away
Lisa is charmed by a client accused of appropriating money from elderly women; however, Michael and Flicker cause conflict when they question her judgement.
Read MoreBest and Brightest
Michael is reunited with an old classmate in the lead-up to a school reunion; however, he is left wondering if they've come very far at all since the schoolyard.
Read MoreUnaccompanied Bark
An elderly journalist is arrested for shoplifting.
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