Working Lunch
Episode 4.03 (131)
Tuesday, February 11, 1997
Written by Bill Garner
Directed by Kevin Carlin
Dash discovers that her penchant for gossip may very well get her, and other people, into hot water when she and Adam overhear the Shire President, Roger Payne, having lunch with a woman who is definitely not his wife.
While out on a surveillance operation to catch an extortionist who's been threatening to blow up a restaurant, the pair, bored with three days of sitting in the car with nothing to do except listen, finally hear something interesting. Unfortunately, while Adam and Dash are preoccupied, the real extortionists manage to get away, much to PJ's chagrin. PJ appeals to Tom to hold the investigation over longer, but the matter is out of Tom's hands — the surveillance equipment and manpower belong to another unit and he can't retain them without very good reason. PJ's worried — he's given his word to Bluey, the frightened restaurateur, that he'd solve the case, and now he may not be able to keep it.
Dash is still obsessed with finding out who the mystery woman is, but is thwarted at every turn. When Roger Payne is brought in to see if he can assist with the identities of the extortionists, he admits he's been seeing another woman — his Human Resources manager, Katrina Hagen. Then a bullet hole is found in one of Katrina's windows and Dash is suspicious. She believes that somehow, Roger is involved, having formed a bad opinion of him from previous experience. It's up to Dash to prove that Roger is somehow connected to the shot fired through Katrina's window — but how will she do it? And will PJ manage to save Bluey's restaurant before the real extortionists come back?
Guest Starring: Natasha Herbert as Katrina Hagen, David Bradshaw as Roger Payne, Neil Foley as Bluey Johnston, Nik Barker as Austin, Jason Davis as Miles, Bill Garner as Gelly Jarvis, Simon Meates as Ray Scanlon, Axl Taylor as Len the Barman, Davin Taylor as Adam Driver Double, Russell Allal as PJ Driver Double
Note: this episode's writer, Bill Garner, appears as safe-cracker Gelly Jarvis
(encoded with Handbrake - Blue Heelers - from Complete Fourth Season DVD - the early years)
Duration: approximately 45 minutes
Aspect ratio: 4:3 standard
Audio: linear hi-fi/stereo
Size: 444MB
Video format: MPEG-4 (MP4)
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