Why Give People Rights? They Only Abuse Them

""But if I had locked him up he would still be alive"" Maggie meets local school teacher Brian Shields and his wife. Shields is very anti-guns having been to Vietnam. He gets into a minor prang with some city duck-shooters and goes berserk and shoots a gun in the street. Tom agrees to let him go if he promises to stay out of trouble. PJ writes shields off as a wacko but Maggie feels there is something more to it. When Shields is found dead the next day, the finger is pointed at the duck-shooters. When pressed by PJ the wife admits that her husband committed suicide as he had terminal cancer using a gun to highlight the danger of guns. PJ is not convinced but soon the media take over and join the wife's side. Finally Maggie gets some circumstantial evidence that the wife killed her husband but it's too late as she is now the media darling and they could never make it stick. Meanwhile Roz has brought herself a car to start a mobile salon and cannot meet her obligations to clean the station

Writing:
  • Tony Morphett
  • Hal McElroy

Stars:
Release Date: 1993-09-10
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
TMDb: 6.6/10
  • Country: AU, US
  • Language: English

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Doing it Tough
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Why Give People Rights? They Only Abuse Them
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Wives
Episode 4 - Wives
Waiting for Apples
Episode 5 - Waiting for Apples
Apprehended Violence
Episode 6 - Apprehended Violence
Life after Death
Episode 7 - Life after Death
Domino Effect
Episode 8 - Domino Effect
Diary Entry
Episode 9 - Diary Entry
Visions Splendid
Episode 10 - Visions Splendid
Abandoned
Episode 11 - Abandoned
Damaged Goods
Episode 12 - Damaged Goods
Armed and Dangerous
Episode 13 - Armed and Dangerous
Reunion
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Family Lies
Episode 15 - Family Lies
Theft
Episode 16 - Theft
Meat is Hung, Men are Hanged
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Conduct Unbecoming
Episode 18 - Conduct Unbecoming
Good Cop, Bad Cop
Episode 19 - Good Cop, Bad Cop
The Final Season
Episode 20 - The Final Season
Payback
Episode 21 - Payback
Sex, Lives & Videotape
Episode 22 - Sex, Lives & Videotape
The Men in Her Life
Episode 23 - The Men in Her Life
A Bird in the Hand
Episode 24 - A Bird in the Hand
Missing
Episode 25 - Missing
Day in Court
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Nowhere to Run
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Consequences
Episode 28 - Consequences
A Matter of Trust
Episode 29 - A Matter of Trust
Necessary Force
Episode 30 - Necessary Force
Bitter Harvest
Episode 31 - Bitter Harvest
Crazy like a fox
Episode 32 - Crazy like a fox
Old Dogs, New Tricks
Episode 33 - Old Dogs, New Tricks
Labour of Love
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Escape Route
Episode 35 - Escape Route
Adverse Possession
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The Folly of Youth
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Face Value
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Suspicion
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Without Intent
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Family Matters
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The First Stone
Episode 42 - The First Stone
Skin Deep
Episode 43 - Skin Deep
Luck of The Draw
Episode 44 - Luck of The Draw
Damage Control
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