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1 :01x01 - Pilot
Writer: Christopher Lee
Director: Andrew Prowse
Guest star: Tanya Burne (Jennifer), Andrew Blackman (Geoffrey), Todd MacDonald (Connor Barry), Martin Copping (Constable), Eddie Baroo (Charles), Andrew Curry (MC Investigator), Bethany Whitmore (Sadie)
After the team attends a domestic dispute, Josh, Grace and Michael rescue two young children from a car their father then tried to drive over a cliff. Josh puts his career on the line when he assaults the man. Meanwhile, Inspector Kerry Vincent arrives at Tactical Response.
2 :01x02 - Episode 2
Writer: Alice Bell
Director: Geoff Bennett
Guest star: Kate Gorman (Carla), Aaron Catalan (Preacher), Blake Davis (Dan), Davin Taylor (Walter)
When two teenagers threaten suicide while on a rooftop, Grace is called in as chief negotiator. TR soon find that the teenagers were earlier involved in an attempted robbery, which turned into murder.
3 :01x03 - Episode 3
Writer: Justin Monjo
Director: Geoff Bennett
Guest star: Joe Petruzzi (Mr Brinning), Todd MacDonald (Connor Barry), Ezra Bix (Psychiatrist), Zoe Bertram (Rita Thomas), John Brumpton (Charlie Thomas)
When a man shoots Stella, it soon becomes apparent to the team that he is trying to commit suicide - only he wants a police officer to kill him. Lawson is shocked to discover that the man is his former mentor, Charlie Thomas.
4 :01x04 - Episode 4
Writer: Christopher Lee, John O'Brien I
Director: Erin White
Guest star: Thomas Blackburne (Constable Peterson), Adam Zwar (Martin Gero), Pauline Coutts (Woman resident), Chelsea Bruland (Chloe), John Osborne (Mick), Todd MacDonald (Connor Barry), Elissa Stephens (Gilly Davidson)
After a prisoner escapes from a transport van on it's way to a jail, Josh puts his life on the line when Grace is assaulted and a civilian woman is taken hostage.
Kerry, much to the surprise of the team, knows who the man is.
5 :01x05 - Episode 5
Writer: Alice Bell
Director: Erin White
Guest star: Kane McNay (Gaz), Fletcher Humphrys (Stace), Kate Jenkinson (Nina Wise), Kate Keltie (Abbie), Ken Radley (Rod), Zen Ledden (Brian Marshall), Cliff Ellen (Des), Renae Berry (Eve), Maia Thomas (Sandrine Wales)
The TR team receive information from a man they know well, about a robbery that is about to take place at a local pub. When Lawson, Grace and Josh arrive at the location, the robbers see them outside, they panic and then decide to hold the people that are inside hostage.
6 :01x06 - Episode 6
Writer: Christopher Lee
Director: Andrew Prowse
Guest star: Andrew Carter (Lab Assistant), Maria Theodorakis (Marilyn), Travis Cotton (Jeremy), Samantha Tolj (Graffiti Artist)
When Josh, Grace and Michael investigate an alarm going off inside an animal laboratory, they find that most of the animals have been freed from their cages. Michael is bitten by one of the monkeys left behind and soon finds out that it is carrying a disease - which can be fatal to humans.
7 :01x07 - Episode 7
Writer: Shelley Birse
Director: Andrew Prowse
Guest star: Tim Phillips (Ben), Martin Sharpe (Danny), Sweeney Young (Jared), Jarryd Jinks (Dylan), Ruth Bamford (Sienna), Shannon Cordes (Drunk Girl), Mark Campbell (Intruder), Greg Carroll (Security Man)
The team attend a car accident involving several teenagers, from different rivalry gangs. Stella and Michael go undercover at a suburban party, to try and find a gun belonging to a security guard, that was stolen by one of the groups of teenagers.
8 :01x08 - Episode 8
Writer: Christopher Lee, Tony McNamara
Director: Geoff Bennett
Guest star: Alicia Banit (Gemma), Libby Tanner (Robin Hume), Nicky Wendt (Sofia), Adam Pierzchalski (Tomas), Eliza Taylor-Cotter (Madison), Todd MacDonald (Connor Barry), Richard Sutherland (Bill Parker)
Kerry is informed that two teenage girls, one of whom is the daughter of a prominent politician, have been kidnapped and a ransom has been demanded. The team is then ordered to run a covert operation to get the two girls back safely.
9 :01x09 - Episode 9
Writer: Kylie Needham
Director: Geoff Bennett
Guest star: Louise Siversen (Raelene), Keir Saltmarsh (Police Officer), Ferdinand Hoang (Old Chinese Man), Kate Jenkinson (Nina Wise), Anthony Hammer (Riley), Bruce Hughes (John), Todd MacDonald (Connor Barry), Karmen Raspovic (Maryanne), Keith Brockett (Young Chinese Man)
Stella, Lawson and Dom chase a group of carjackers who had recently stolen a car with a young woman still inside. Josh, Grace and Michael are involved in a fatal car accident, which brings back some bad memories for Josh.
Lawson is amused when Kerry is pulled over by the police for drink driving, after she went to a work party.
10 :01x10 - Episode 10
Writer: Alice Bell
Director: Emma Freeman
Guest star: Peter Barron (Bomb Squad), Annie Stanford (Caroline), Daniella Farinacci (Rita), Greg Pascoe (Police Officer), Maia Thomas (Sandrine Wales), Stephen Whittaker (Robert)
When man locks himself inside a room of a media centre, the Tactical Response team is called in. Through a number of cryptic type clues, Dom figures out that the man has planted a bomb somewhere in the building and intends to kill innocent people.
11 :01x11 - Episode 11
Writer: Justin Monjo
Director: Emma Freeman
Guest star: Martin Copping (Constable), Nicholas Stribakos (Spence), Todd MacDonald (Connor Barry), Simon Lyndon (Snuffy Wells), John Orcsik (Dr Freeman), Adrian Mulraney (Detective Davis), Joss Gower (Crim), Maia Thomas (Sandrine Wales), Zen Ledden (Brian Marshall)
While Kerry is kept busy at the hospital where Grace and Dom are recovering, Lawson and Stella have to deal with a suicidal ex-footballer named Snuffy Wells.
Josh and Michael chase two robbers on foot, through a series of complex underground tunnels.
12 :01x12 - Episode 12
Writer: Christopher Lee
Director: Andrew Prowse
Guest star: Russell Frost (Wayne), Stephen Whittaker (Robert), Sullivan Stapleton (Yuri), Nell Feeney (Denise)
Lawson puts his life on the line when the team corners an armed man on the roof of a building. The man, who had earlier assaulted his wife, is a trained army sniper.
With only Dom knowing about it, Josh goes to a prison and visits Robert, the man who planted a bomb in a building which consequently resulted in the death of a member of the squad.
13 :01x13 - Episode 13
Writer: Christopher Lee
Director: Andrew Prowse
Guest star: Roy Edmonds (Abusive Driver), Simon Maiden (Gavin), Don Hany (Bobby Lavilla), Nick Carrafa (Carlo Lavilla), Davin Taylor (WPT Driver), Alyce Platt (Marisa Hodgman)
The TR team are called in to protect a high profile underworld figure named Bobby Lavilla. Several attempts to keep Bobby safe back fire, after it becomes apparent that his associates are receiving inside information about where he is located. Kerry then comes up with a unique way of protecting him.
14 :02x01 - Season 2, Episode 1
Writer: Adam Todd
Director: Daniel Nettheim
Guest star: Ryan Jones (Daniel Kranz), Fiona Harris (Corinne), George Vidalis (Gershon Wilder), Patrick Harvey (Andrew Tibbs)
When a container of illegal weapons is broken into, Josh and Dom race to save the life of a security guard, who has a bomb strapped to her body, and attempt to find the men responsible.
Lawson, Michael and Shannon deal with a disgruntled worker, who is holding his boss against his will.
15 :02x02 - Season 2, Episode 2
Writer: Alice Bell
Guest star: Kate Jenkinson (Nina Wise), Michael Clarke-tokely (Pete Fisher), Madeleine Jay (Chelsea), Reef Ireland (Caleb Dean)
When a group of students are lured into being drug traffickers, TR races to stop them. In his desperate attempt to save the kids, Lawson is told by Kerry that in doing so, he risks compromising a federal investigation.
Leon's girlfriend Nina has to be rescued by Josh, when she falls off a tall building whilst trying to impress Leon via a web cam.
Meanwhile Kerry is having trouble coming to terms with her impending divorce.
16 :02x03 - Season 2, Episode 3
Writer: Christopher Lee
Director: Daniel Nettheim
Guest star: Natasha Cunningham (Carrie), Laine Lamont (Old Lady), Trevor Major (Colin Kennard), Michael Clarke-tokely (Pete Fisher)
When TR is called to a domestic dispute, Lawson relates to a young boy whose father is an alcoholic, bringing back some childhood memories.
When Michael rescues a woman trapped in her car underwater and subsequently becomes a hero, he soon discovers that she did not want to be rescued.
Shannon deals with and seems to connect to a local prostitute, who is being beaten up by one of her clients.
17 :02x04 - Season 2, Episode 4
Writer: Adam Todd, Andrew Prowse
Director: Michael Pattinson
Guest star: Asher Keddie (Jacinta Burns), Fiona Corke (Kate Hawker), Tom Coltraine (Ranger), Ian Bliss (Ollie Godard)
When a family court judge is taken hostage by a disgruntled father, with a vendetta against the judge, TR tries desperately for a peaceful resolution. As the situation escalates, Shannon is in a race to negotiate with him before Josh is forced to shoot.
After a little girl is found abandoned and wandering along train tracks, TR find out her father has just murdered someone. Lawson's attempts to find the man are hampered by journalist Jacinta Burns.
18 :02x05 - Season 2, Episode 5
Writer: Adam Todd
Director: Grant Brown
Guest star: Lachy Hulme (Jacob), Greg Pascoe (Liaison Officer), Paul Ireland (Boyd Kemper), Adam Zwar (Martin Gero), Rohan Nichol (Napthorn)
During a routine cell extraction, Dom and Stella are caught up in a prison siege when inmates take several guards hostage. Shannon negotiates with the ringleader, but ends up admitting that Dom and Stella are inside. When the situation escalates as a result of the inmates knowing that police are inside, Lawson sends in Josh and the riot police.
Kerry has to deal with an accident in which she hit a cyclist, and is horrified when the man dies.
19 :02x06 - Season 2, Episode 6
Writer: Justin Monjo
Director: Grant Brown
Guest star: Asher Keddie (Jacinta Burns), Tamblyn Lord (Ari Woolcott), Therese Mavros (TAB Woman)
Shannon, Josh and Michael attend to a man, Gaz Walton, who is drunk and causes a disturbance on Immigration Bridge. Shannon tries to negotiate with him, to no avail. As TR start to unfold why Gaz was there that day, they discover a link to a number of TAB robberies.
Struggling to cope with the recent car accident, Kerry takes Leon out to a nightclub, gets drunk and ends up getting a tattoo.
20 :02x07 - Season 2, Episode 7
Director: Daniel Nettheim
Guest star: Emma Leonard (Harriet), Peter Flanigan (Trainer), Paul Glen (Security Guard), Paul Ireland (Boyd Kemper), Anthony Ahern (Jarred), Frank Sweet (Jay), Ben Schumann (Adam), Dylan Young (Vic)
Josh, Shannon and Dom are called in when it is found that a group of teenagers have taped a bomb to a parking meter on the top level of a car park.
Lawson, Stella and Michael attend to a protest, and during so, Michael is unable to control his temper, much to Lawson's dismay.
Kerry contacts Boyd Kemper, while on 'holiday' in a Melbourne hotel, wanting to talk to him and it doesn't end up going too well.
21 :02x08 - Season 2, Episode 8
Writer: Michelle Offen
Director: Stuart McDonald
Guest star: Wilhelmina Stracke (Senior Sergeant Bridges), Kate Jenkinson (Nina Wise)
TR is called to a domestic siege on the outskirts of Melbourne where they journey into dense bush to save a young boy. They soon realise however, that the boy doesn't need saving.
When Josh is shot, Lawson faces a dilemma in how to get the boy under control. Kerry receives the brief for the coronial inquest of causing a cyclist’s death.
22 :02x09 - Season 2, Episode 9
Writer: Samantha Winston
Director: Grant Brown
Guest star: Blair Venn (Paul Duffy), Rodney Afif (Peter Mayfair QC), Paul Ireland (Boyd Kemper)
Stella becomes involved in an illegal car race with her girlfriend. After getting arrested, Kerry then gives her to the end of the day to find the man responsible for the races or else she is out of TR.
When a man wielding a knife holds up a strip club, looking for his daughter who works there, Dom comes up with a solution to the problem.
Kerry faces the inquest into the death of a cyclist she accidentally hit. At the end of the day, Boyd visits her at home with a bottle of alcohol, and a rather interesting end result.
23 :02x10 - Season 2, Episode 10
Writer: Adam Todd
Director: Daniel Nettheim
Guest star: Patrick Brammall (Milos Fink), Rick Tonna (Armoured Car Driver), Nathaniel Dean (Kronin), Jason Buckley (Armoured Car Driver), Samuel Ross Forbes Wright (Police Officer)
Lawson, Michael and Shannon respond to a suspicious car that appears to be following an armoured van. As Lawson talks to the man, Michael's suspicions about some roadworkers get the better of him and he violates standard operating procedure by taking on a group of robbers single-handedly. When the men find out that Michael is there, his life hangs in the balance.
24 :02x11 - Season 2, Episode 11
Writer: Andrew Prowse
Guest star: Asher Keddie (Jacinta Burns), Simon Maiden (Detective O'Neil), Rachael Maza (Detective Carroll), Ian Dixon (John Welsh), Collette Hardcastle (Woman Driver)
When John Welsh, an ex-SAS soldier robs a petrol station, TR join with a major crime squad to help bring him down.
A drug-related story Jacinta is investigating ends up putting her life at risk. Lawson tries to protect her, but finds she is quite unwilling to accept his help.
25 :02x12 - Season 2, Episode 12
Writer: Christopher Lee
Director: Grant Brown
Guest star: Jacek Koman (Anton Buczek), Rohan Nichol (Napthorn), Lisa Aldenhoven (Jennifer), Kristof Kaczmarek (Reuben Petric), Charlotte Gregg (Shay), Tony Rickards (Robert Hayden), Angus Grant (Daniel Hayden)
The grandson of a well known Melbourne criminal figure is abducted and TR races to find he and the kidnappers before anyone else does.
Stella, Josh and Michael are called to negotiate when a man threatens to jump of a building because his girlfriend is missing.
26 :02x13 - Season 2, Episode 13
Writer: Alice Bell, Christopher Lee
Director: Daniel Nettheim
Guest star: Asher Keddie (Jacinta Burns), Sharni Page (Hattie), Paul Ireland (Boyd Kemper), Merfyn Owen (Keith Warne), Sally Cooper (Marilyn), Bruce Alexander (Ray)
Shannon gets angry with a taxi driver for not knowing where to go. He starts to attack her for not paying the fare but she fights back, leaving him injured. TR links the incident to a spate of attacks against female passengers. Josh struggles to contain his anger as they search for the driver.
Michael, Josh and Shannon respond to a disturbance at a swinger’s party only to discover the gatecrasher is a disabled woman.
Lawson breaks up with Jacinta, leaving her with no real explanation as to why he is breaking up with her.
27 :02x14 - Season 2, Episode 14
Writer: Adam Todd
Guest star: Miranda Nation (Receptionist), Richard Cawthorne (Novak), Neil Pigot (Eddie), Kevin Tran (Tang), Jeff Evans (Doctor)
When TR extracts an undercover operative from a drug syndicate gone wrong, Lawson and Shannon find out that she is pregnant to a known criminal. But when she escapes, they have to race to track her down before her boyfriend discovers she is a cop.
28 :02x15 - Season 2, Episode 15
Writer: Samantha Winston, Michelle Offen
Director: Grant Brown
Guest star: Sweeney Young (Mark Ward), Catherine Flaherty (Student), Deborah Mailman (Gabe), Frank Magree (Warren Oswald), Chris Milligan (Student)
Lawson, Stella and Shannon have to think quickly to save the lives of college students, when two teenagers go on a rampage at a university campus.
At the location of an armed robbery, Dom and Michael find that the robber has been attacked by the security dog and is missing an ear.
Meanwhile, on suspension, Josh visits a psychologist to deal with his problems.
29 :02x16 - Season 2, Episode 16
Writer: Christopher Lee, Alice Bell
Director: Daniel Nettheim
Guest star: Michael Lomonaco (Mal), Tom Travers (Elderly Neighbour), Rod Mullinar (Gavin), Zen Ledden (Brian Marshall)
When TR take a man out of witness protection against his will, he reacts by shooting at them and locking himself in a house. Stella does the main negotiating with him, but makes some personal mistakes and as a result, her girlfriend Alana is taken hostage.
Josh and Shannon go on surveillance to try and catch two hapless crooks before they rob someone. Meanwhile, a woman goes into labour by the road side and Michael delivers the baby.
30 :02x17 - Season 2, Episode 17
Guest star: Asher Keddie (Jacinta Burns), Cameron Nugent (Tony Ellis), Edwina Wren (Lisa), Tom Wright (Jeremy Brindle), Paul Dawber (David Lord)
Michael and Josh clash with each other when they deal with a delusional man who thinks he is a cop.
TR1 races to stop a woman murdering her husband. Meanwhile, Lawson and Jacinta renegotiate their relationship when Jacinta spends a day travelling with them for a story on Tactical Response that she is working on.
31 :02x18 - Season 2, Episode 18
Writer: Justin Monjo
Director: Grant Brown
Guest star: Paul Ireland (Boyd Kemper), John Flaus (Mitch Rollins), Brendan Bacon (Drug Dealer), Jackie Kelleher (Rose Rollins)
Lawson and Josh come to blows when Lawson starts to see that Josh is continually bringing his personal life into his work life.
Lawson, Stella and Michael try to locate an elderly couple, who, after they were spotted dealing drugs, have left suicide notes for their children.
32 :02x19 - Season 2, Episode 19
Writer: Steve Rodgers
Director: Daniel Nettheim
Guest star: Reef Ireland (Caleb Dean), Andy McPhee (Rennie), Travis McMahon (Jerzy Kominski), Marta Kaczmarek (Helen), Maia Thomas (Sandrine Wales)
As Lawson tries to save Caleb from a life of crime, he discovers that it’s already too late and that Caleb never wanted to be apart of their 'side'.
Dom's wife Sandrine finally gets help from the depression she's been battling, after their baby G goes missing while in her care.
Meanwhile Chanel calls Dom when a bouncer at Goldfingers threatens the manager after he is not allowed to dance during business hours.
33 :02x20 - Season 2, Episode 20
Writer: Christopher Lee
Director: John Hartley
Guest star: Josephine Clark (Nude Passenger), André de Vanny (Terry 'Flea' Hartigan), Jono Burns (Mick Cooper), Martin Sharpe (Pete), Brian Lipson (David Lowitz), Bryce Hardy (Nude Driver), Justin Anderson (Noodle), Brandon Burns (Chicka)
The team discuss what to get Kerry for her birthday and it leads to a bet on who will have sex with her. Leon, trying to get on the list of people who will get with Kerry, investigates a series of video store robberies but gets caught in a robbery himself.
TR escorts a visiting Israeli minister, which tests the fitness of Shannon, Stella and Michael. Lawson and Josh chase a group of criminals through the MCG during a Hawthorn and Essendon AFL game.
34 :02x21 - Season 2, Episode 21
Writer: Samantha Winston
Director: Grant Brown
Guest star: Asher Keddie (Jacinta Burns), Fiona MacLeod (Sheree), Katrina Milosevic (Karissa), Simon Stone (Ted), Marny Kennedy (Amanda), Luke Arnold (Elliot Ryan), Nick Farnell (Nick)
The team assists in the removal of underage girls from a community, where they find out that they have been sexually abused.
The situation turns serious when Ted, a member of the community, hijacks a bus and demands the girls be released. When the hijack escalates, Lawson is forced into action with devastating consequences for the team when it is revealed one of them is responsible for the shooting of an innocent man.
35 :02x22 - Season 2, Episode 22
Writer: Adam Todd
Director: Daniel Nettheim
Guest star: Asher Keddie (Jacinta Burns), Rohan Nichol (Napthorn), Kate Atkinson (Freya), Luke Arnold (Elliot Ryan)
Stella and Lawson clash as the team continue to wait for the ballistic report.
Meanwhile, Melbourne’s water supply turned off after it is contaminated by a woman who believes that fluoride in the water has killed her husband. Michael’s faith is tested when he loses a large sum of money while swimming with two underage girls.
36 :03x01 - Season 3, Episode 1
Writer: Adam Todd
Director: Andrew Prowse
Guest star: Holly Shanahan (Lynette Marr), Stephen Hayden (Cadet Instructor), Hugh Sexton (Eric Lovett), Jack Pearson (Tradie)
Still coming to terms with the shooting death of an innocent man, and being labeled the 'death squad', TR tries to deal with a series of car bombings and a seemingly unrelated attack on a helicopter. It's soon found however, that the incidents are linked and are part of an elaborate robbery.
37 :03x02 - Season 3, Episode 2
Writer: Adam Todd, Steve Rodgers
Director: Daina Reid
Guest star: Holly Shanahan (Lynette Marr), Glenn Ellis (Dion Boyd), Nikki Starr (Philippa Croger)
A sniper is on the loose in the heart of the city, and the team risk their lives to save anyone who is injured and find out who is responsible. Little do they know, they're up against an offender they know little about and a motivation they don't understand.
38 :03x03 - Season 3, Episode 3
Writer: Samantha Winston
Director: Daniel Nettheim
Guest star: Jane Allsop (Tash Button), Ella Shenman (Minka Button), Richard Young (Mitch), Fred Whitlock (Harrison), David Serafin (Tommy Bacon)
Lawson's growing obsession with the robbery crew sees him take TR1 and follow up a lead into the stolen helicopter.
Meanwhile Josh takes the opportunity to show his leadership when TR2 assist the Drug Squad with the arrest of a known drug importer.
39 :03x04 - Season 3, Episode 4
Writer: Alice Bell
Director: Sian Davies
Guest star: Nathaniel Dean (Kronin), Camile Keenan (Audrey Khoo), Paul Moder (Murray), Jane Allsop (Tash Button), Paul Denny (Paul)
TR and the Armed Robbery squad score a lead when Paul, an ordinary civilian, unwittingly implicates himself with Andrew Kronin's gang. Still obsessing over the heist incident, Lawson almost pushes Paul to the brink so he can get to Kronin. With no one aware that things are not well in Dom's private life, he snaps at Lawson's behaviour, turning his gun on TR before fleeing.
40 :03x05 - Season 3, Episode 5
Writer: Jeff Truman
Director: Andrew Prowse
Guest star: Lani Tupu (Pell Fisher), Camile Keenan (Audrey Khoo), Michael Pastore (Injured Cop), Natalie O'donnell (Janet Cowell)
Christian is thrilled to be guarding his childhood idol, Prime Minister Pell Fisher, during a visit to Australia. But the glamour of the job soon gives way to dangerous reality when it becomes clear that Pell is quite possibly the target for an assassination. Meanwhile, Dom's hopes of returning to TR are crushed by Lawson and Kerry.
41 :03x06 - Season 3, Episode 6
Writer: Jessica Redenbach
Director: Daniel Nettheim
Guest star: Daniel Bowden (Max), Lucy Honigman (Alice), Ian Meadows (James Vincent), Ella Shenman (Minka Button), Nathan Kelly (Sully), Tony Nikolakopoulos (Edward), Jane Allsop (Tash Button)
Stella, Shannon and Josh help to settle a violent ethnic dispute. Lawson, Michael and Christian are on the trail of a volatile young couple who are desperate to get married, and meanwhile, Josh receives a drunken phone call from teenager Minka, who is the daughter of Tash, and Kerry receives a surprise visitor.
42 :03x07 - Season 3, Episode 7
Writer: Adam Todd
Director: Daina Reid
Guest star: Michael Vice (Thanos Makrokanis), Justin Fleming (Peroxide), Robert Price (Abrams), Nathaniel Dean (Kronin), Camile Keenan (Audrey Khoo), Damien Fotiou (Zonneveldt)
Tactical Response, along with the armed robbery squad, conduct survellience on armed robber Andrew Kronin and his gang. To make things worse though, Michael's 'underground fighting' creates a dangerous complication when he is identified as a police officer by one of Kronin's men.
43 :03x08 - Season 3, Episode 8
Writer: Samantha Winston
Director: Grant Brown
Guest star: Nathaniel Dean (Kronin), Liam McIntyre (Matt), Camile Keenan (Audrey Khoo)
Lawson and Josh board a runaway train as it makes its way through country stations on a collision course with another train. A bomb on board soon complicates things, and with the help of Leon, Lawson's plan to catch Andrew Kronin comes to life.
44 :03x09 - Season 3, Episode 9
Writer: Louise Fox
Director: Andrew Prowse
Guest star: Rachael Maza (Detective Carroll), Jane Allsop (Tash Button), Brendan Cowell (Blake Fincher), Camile Keenan (Audrey Khoo), Ian Meadows (James Vincent), Tim Ross (Will), Jansen Spencer (Gunman)
As TR, along with the drug squad, work to catch a well known drug gang, Kerry's efforts to save Blake, a meth cook and reformed drug addict becomes personal when, devastatingly, she finds out that her son James is battling his own addiction. Meanwhile, Josh finds himself fighting for his life when an unknown man breaks into his apartment and tries to kill him.
45 :03x10 - Season 3, Episode 10
Writer: Sam Carroll
Director: Daniel Nettheim
Guest star: Camile Keenan (Audrey Khoo), Ian Meadows (James Vincent), Jane Allsop (Tash Button), Dylan Young (Ben), Marcella Russo (Bianca), Peta Brady (Linda), Craig Blumeris (Officer)
Shannon's first day as a Sergeant doesn't go to plan when 18 year old Ben steals the TR2 car, and shows that he has more than just a few tricks up his sleeve. Meanwhile, Josh, who is on light duties, searches for answers in regards to his assassination attempt.
46 :03x11 - Season 3, Episode 11
Writer: John Ridley
Director: Michael Pattinson
Guest star: Brendan Rock (Taxi Driver), Rhona Rees (Receptionist), Mat Stevenson (Cox), Steve Mouzakis (Kreisler), Christopher Brown (Stefan), Camile Keenan (Audrey Khoo), Kate Kendall (Nicolette)
Michael, Shannon and Stella find themselves in a bizarre hostage situation when they come across a man who has had his penis cut off. Getting it back and finding out why it happened soon prove to be a little difficult. Meanwhile when Christian and Lawson stake out a drug house, they are surprised to see Kerry leaving, and Lawson is shocked to find out why she was there in the first place.
47 :03x12 - Season 3, Episode 12
Writer: Samantha Winston
Director: Andrew Prowse
Guest star: Jansen Spencer (Dimitrius), Richard Pask (Hacker), Pier Carthew (Wilson), Jane Allsop (Tash Button), Mat Stevenson (Cox), Camile Keenan (Audrey Khoo)
As hackers have fun running amok in the city, resulting in a woman being badly injured in an elevator, Josh calls Tash to try and help the woman. Locating the hackers proves tough for Leon and Audrey, who must use all their resources to do so.
Meanwhile, after Kerry was questioned by the ESD, Lawson is also questioned in relation to the same matter. And Josh finds the man who tried to kill him, but also discovers that he was working for someone else.
48 :03x13 - Season 3, Episode 13
Writer: Jessica Redenbach
Director: John Hartley
Guest star: Mark Redpath (Joe), Damien Fotiou (Zonneveldt), Freya Stafford (Lily), Justin Fleming (Peroxide), Nathaniel Dean (Kronin)
When well known criminal Andrew Kronin manages to escape while on the way to his own court hearing, Michael finds himself struggling to keep his nerve. Lawson helps him to overcome his feelings as TR try to catch the man who has caused them so much trouble.
49 :03x14 - Season 3, Episode 14
Writer: Adam Todd
Director: Ben Chessell
Guest star: Heather Bolton (Melanie), Salme Geransar (Ara), Camile Keenan (Audrey Khoo), Majid Shokor (Interpreter #2), Tessa Whelan (Jodi), Osamah Sami (Hazrat)
The team is put to the test when a group of Afghan asylum seekers take control of Frankston's Peninsula Centre, and hold many people hostage, including the son of the Minister for Immigration. TR must rely on an interpreter, who may not be all she seems.
50 :03x15 - Season 3, Episode 15 (1)
Writer: Alice Bell
Director: Sian Davies
Guest star: Anthony Hayes (Oliver Ginsberg), Kristen Sargent (Krystal), Richard Sutherland (TBA), Rebecca Ritters (Marinda)
The members of TR go bush for routine training exercises, the latter of which Lawson and Josh are not involved in. They soon find themselves in danger, when a man named Oliver Ginsberg has rigged the forest they are in with deadly traps.
They soon realise that Ginsberg is on his way to the city with a van full of explosives, and that the worst is yet to come.
51 :03x16 - Season 3, Episode 16 (2)
Writer: Leon Ford
Director: David Caesar
Guest star: Liam McIntyre (Matt), Justin Rosniak (Tommo), Rebecca Ritters (Marinda), Kristen Sargent (Krystal), Camile Keenan (Audrey Khoo), Josef Ber (Dominic Wales)
TR discover that Oliver Ginsberg has placed a very large bomb underneath a courtyard in the city and they also discover that he has taken a number of people hostage. Lawson soon finds himself in an awkward situation when he must work with Dom, who is back as a member of the bomb squad, to defuse the bomb.
52 :03x17 - Season 3, Episode 17
Writer: Jeff Truman
Director: Andrew Prowse
Guest star: Steven Stagg (Ben Sharpe), Kristian Beddow (Male buyer), Teague Rook (Federal Agent Shepherd), Cleopatra Coleman (Jessica Hamilton), Martin Sharpe (Dylan), Felicity Soper (Cheryl), Ian Meadows (James Vincent), Brian Vriends (Det. Chris Finch), Camile Keenan (Audrey Khoo)
The team finds a special way to honor their mate. Stella gives Lawson a hard time about not wanting to say anything at the funeral.
Kerry is shocked when her son James is arrested for assault on a flight from Vietnam. When the car they are travelling in is run off the road, James sees the men in the other car and runs. Kerry and TR then find themselves in a race against time to save him from two violent drug runners.
53 :03x18 - Season 3, Episode 18
Writer: Sam Carroll
Director: Robert Connolly
Guest star: Maude Davey (Donna), Maria Angelico (Elizabeth), Camile Keenan (Audrey Khoo)
Tactical Response has the difficult task of taking away a newborn baby from her mother. When the displeased relatives of the mother kill a police officer, and shoot up the TR base, they find themselves in a terrible position, and have to use the baby as a means of finding the men responsible.
54 :03x19 - Season 3, Episode 19
Writer: John Ridley
Director: Sian Davies
Guest star: Chris Milligan (Rainer), Mark Campbell (Thomas Bayer), Geordie Taylor (Sergeant Jarman), Camile Keenan (Audrey Khoo)
Christian is taken hostage during a siege at an army barracks, and his morality is challenged when he has to choose between killing someone who is guilty, or saving someone who is innocent. TR do their best to free Christian before anything can happen.
55 :03x20 - Season 3, Episode 20
Writer: Leon Ford, Alice Bell
Director: Grant Brown
Guest star: Camile Keenan (Audrey Khoo), Jack Finsterer (Shmitt)
TR find themselves having to work with a slick, well-run private security firm to save the life of a kidnapped businessman. But is their leader, Michael Shmitt, all he is making out to be or does he have other plans in mind?
56 :03x21 - Season 3, Episode 21
Writer: Jessica Redenbach, Adam Todd
Director: Andrew Prowse
Guest star: Jane Allsop (Tash Button), Steve Bastoni (Boogie), Ella Shenman (Minka Button), Mat Stevenson (Cox), Michael O'Malley (Ludo (as Mick O'Malley))
Josh's past comes back to haunt him when he is arrested by ESD for corruption. It puts his relationship with Tash on the line, as he and TR do their best to clear his name from any wrongdoing.
Meanwhile ESD have another TR member in their sights.
57 :03x22 - Season 3, Episode 22
Writer: Samantha Winston
Director: Ben Chessell
Guest star: Frank Magree (Sgt Hammond), Elspeth Ballantyne (Edie Hobbs), Cindy Waddingham (Rachel), Camile Keenan (Audrey Khoo), Fletcher Humphrys (Nathaniel)
The members of TR are called to a mysterious island in response to a distress call. When one of them is injured, they find themselves in a race against time to not only save their colleague, but to find out who it was who injured them, and make an arrest.
58 :04x01 - Season 4, Episode 1
Writer: Christopher Lee
Director: Andrew Prowse
Guest star: Tim Bell (Gary Kessell), Eddie Baroo (Honiara), Mirko Grillini (Jago), Elena Mandalis (Anna Vargas (as Elle Mandalis)), Richard Cawthorne (Joe), Nicholas Bell (Brett Cohen), Peter Montgomery (Danny McGowan)
After the assassination of Gary Kessell, the Victorian police minister, the new minister appoints Kerry to head a new task force, Cicero, in order to find those responsible. This sees Tactical Response with a new addition to their team, Senior Sergeant Charlie Lewis - a move Lawson is not happy with as Charlie is now the boss.
Charlie doesn't make a very good first impression when he blatantly fires a member of the team.
59 :04x02 - Season 4, Episode 2
Writer: Samantha Winston
Director: Daina Reid
Guest star: Emily Wheaton (Amber), Richard Cawthorne (Joe), Victoria Thaine (Lexi), Elena Mandalis (Anna Vargas (as Elle Mandalis)), Emma Leonard (Shop Assistant)
When Shannon is attacked, she keeps it to herself, as Tactical Response continues to close in on a possible suspect in relation to the murder of the former police minister. Meanwhile, Leon gets a new assistant, Amber.
60 :04x03 - Season 4, Episode 3
Writer: Christopher Lee
Director: Daina Reid
Guest star: Victoria Thaine (Lexi), Brett Swain (Mr Osborne), Shayne Francis (Mrs Osborne), Stephen Jenkins (Prison Officer), Christen O'Leary (Lisa Bilson), Eddie Baroo (Honiara), Emily Wheaton (Amber), Richard Cawthorne (Joe)
Shannon's career with Tactical Response is put in jeopardy after she intentionally let Lexi, the pregnant girlfriend of a murder suspect, escape. Lawson and Kerry disagree in their way to help her - Kerry insists she go to see a counsellor, but what is Shannon hiding from everyone?
61 :04x04 - Season 4, Episode 4
Writer: Adam Todd
Director: John Hartley
Guest star: Bob Franklin (Restaurant Manager), Eddie Baroo (Honiara), Emily Wheaton (Amber), Elena Mandalis (Anna Vargas (as Elle Mandalis)), Rick Tonna (Bikie), Helen Kapalos (Herself), Adam McConvell (Goran Mirceski), Nicholas Bell (Brett Cohen), Nikki Shiels (Cleo Temple)
When Lawson and Josh assault some Marauder bikies at a restaurant, it comes back to bite them when the same bikies become persons of interest in the ongoing case of the murdered police minister.
Meanwhile Stella, Charlie and Christian get involved in helping a female journalist whose investigative reporting has put her life in danger, but they are quick to discover she doesn't want help.
62 :04x05 - Season 4, Episode 5
Writer: Ben Chessell
Director: Geoff Bennett
Guest star: Emily Wheaton (Amber), Malcolm Kennard (Col Rainey), Pete Flynn (Rail Officer), Nikki Shiels (Cleo Temple), Chris Pang (Than), Ian Meadows (James Vincent), Jolyon James (Sotiris)
When Kerry finds her last name written in bullets on her car, Tactical Response decide to take charge of her protection. However, when photos of Kerry's son are sent to the TR base, she realises that he is now at risk instead.
Stella meanwhile, becomes personally involved in a murder investigation when a man at the nightclub she and Cleo were at, is murdered.
63 :04x06 - Season 4, Episode 6
Writer: Vanessa Bates, Christopher Lee, Michael Boland
Director: Ben Chessell
Guest star: Emily Wheaton (Amber), Peter Hardy (Doug 'Old Man' Rainey), Malcolm Kennard (Col Rainey), Mark Winter (Liam Rainey (as Mark Leonard Winter)), Jane Allsop (Tash Button), Elena Mandalis (Anna Vargas (as Elle Mandalis)), Nick Barkla (Frank Reynolds), Ella Shenman (Minka Button)
Since Michael was fired from Tactical Response, he has been undercover, thanks to Kerry offering him the job. He sets up a drug buy meeting in order to bring the Raineys down, with Josh insisting on being the bag man. But things go wrong when the location changes at the last minute, and Michael's cover is blown.
64 :04x07 - Season 4, Episode 7
Writer: Adam Todd
Director: Grant Brown
Guest star: Mark Winter (Liam Rainey (as Mark Leonard Winter)), Emily Wheaton (Amber), Barry Stokes (Anaesthetist), Joe Petruzzi (Surgeon #1/Mr Sandrelli), Peter Hardy (Doug 'Old Man' Rainey), Marty Fields (Ned Meribel), Arthur Angel (Jeff Crombie), Elena Mandalis (Anna Vargas (as Elle Mandalis)), Shane Lee (Surgeon #2), Matthew Dyktynski (Yuri Gringko), Allegra Trikash (Mia Rainey)
The Tactical Response team desperately searches for Michael before it is too late. Liam Rainey tells Kerry that he knows who killed the police minister and why, but will only tell her (and let Michael go) if he gets guaranteed immunity, which means getting an all important signature from the current police minister, Anna Vargas.
65 :04x08 - Season 4, Episode 8
Writer: Keith Thompson
Director: Daina Reid
Guest star: Matthew Dyktynski (Yuri Gringko), Joe Petruzzi (Mr Sandrelli), Christine Cato (Mrs Sandrelli), John Lloyd Fillingham (Gregor Artemyev), Emily Wheaton (Amber), Nikki Shiels (Cleo Temple), Jane Allsop (Tash Button), Peter Hardy (Doug 'Old Man' Rainey), Arthur Angel (Jeff Crombie), Malcolm Kennard (Col Rainey)
As Michael lies in intensive care, the members of the Tactical Response team struggle to deal with the shooting of their colleague, as they hunt down the men who are responsible. Disturbingly, they find out that Cleo, Stella's girlfriend, is somehow connected to it all.
66 :04x09 - Season 4, Episode 9
Writer: Tim Lee, Michael Boland
Director: Darren Ashton
Guest star: Peter Hardy (Doug 'Old Man' Rainey), Mark Winter (Liam Rainey (as Mark Leonard Winter)), Jane Allsop (Tash Button), Emily Wheaton (Amber)
Tactical Response continues to hunt down those who were responsible for the shooting of the Police Minister, and now Michael. Josh, meanwhile, goes out of his way to avoid anyone from TR as he makes it his own personal mission to find the men.
67 :04x10 - Season 4, Episode 10
Writer: Leon Ford
Director: Ben Chessell
Guest star: Elena Mandalis (Anna Vargas (as Elle Mandalis)), Kristof Kaczmarek (The Cuckoo), John Lloyd Fillingham (Gregor Artemyev), Emily Wheaton (Amber), Scott Brennan (Andrew Wilson), Jane Allsop (Tash Button), Masa Yamaguchi (Kenta Tomi)
The Tactical Response team continue their search for the man they believe is responsible for both the Police Minister and Michael's murders, as well as Josh's possible disappearance. They find out that he steals identities off people as a means of not being caught out, and Lawson has to make a big decision in order to catch him.
68 :04x11 - Season 4, Episode 11
Writer: Samantha Winston
Director: Grant Brown
Guest star: Ella Shenman (Minka Button), Jane Allsop (Tash Button), Debbie Zukerman (Melanie), Peter Flaherty (Driver (as Peter Denis Flaherty)), Natasha Novak (Katya (as Natalia Novikova))
With help from Leon and a mystery woman named Katya, Josh manages to find and track down the man who shot and killed Michael. Tactical Response meanwhile, take on the responsibility of finding Josh and keeping everyone safe.
69 :04x12 - Season 4, Episode 12
Writer: Michael Boland, Jonathan Gavin
Director: Adrian Wills
Guest star: Brian Christopher (Judge), Louise Crawford (Susie), John Ridley (Prosecutor), Kristof Kaczmarek (The Cuckoo), Tim White (Court Guard), Natasha Novak (Katya (as Natalia Novikova))
When the Cuckoo, a Russian fugitive, goes on trial, Lawson is called in to take part as he was the Cuckoo's arresting officer. The Russian man, however, has other plans and Lawson soon finds himself in a hostage situation when the Cuckoo tries to escape from the courtroom. Meanwhile, Leon proves his worth to Kerry after she sacked him.
70 :04x13 - Season 4, Episode 13
Writer: Adam Todd
Director: Andrew Prowse
Guest star: Masa Yamaguchi (Kenta Tomi), Justin Rosniak (Tommo), Ben Prendergast (Tim Cornwall), Elena Mandalis (Anna Vargas (as Elle Mandalis)), Ella Shenman (Minka Button), Nadia Townsend (Sarah Holland), Adam Pierzchalski (Rodion)
The city of Melbourne is evacuated as police try to defuse the bomb. Three members of Tactical Response are sent to Fiji to escort the one man who can possibly disarm the bomb. Josh, meanwhile, finds out what happened between Lawson and Tash, and his friendship with Lawson comes to an end.