Stingers (1998)
Stingers brings to light the life and work of an undercover police unit located in Melbourne. This dangerous work requires complete dedication, one slip can cost an operative their life.
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Episode 1 - Salsa: Part 1
Release Date: 1999-06-08Stone and Angie go undercover to investigate the murder of a young Asian woman involved in the X-rated movie business. MacKenzie receives a compromising photograph relating to her former relationship with Church.
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Episode 2 - Salsa: Part 2
Release Date: 1999-06-15The compromising photograph of MacKenzie and Church threatens the security of the entire unit. Church pursues the source of the photos while Angie and Stone push for more information on the Porn Star murderer.
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Episode 3 - Set for Life
Release Date: 1999-06-22Church works undercover as a safecracker to find out the target of the robbery, discovering that the gang have a one-off, get rich quick scheme.
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Episode 4 - The Big Picture
Release Date: 1999-06-29Rocca finds himself in unfamiliar territory when he goes undercover with Church on a case involving gold smuggling and political intrigue.
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Episode 5 - Rat Trap
Release Date: 1999-07-06The Unit pull off a successful cocaine bust, leaving drug lord, Bryce Forbes, wanting revenge. Acting on information supplied by Forbes' lover, Heather, Stone is sent undercover to infiltrate the drug lord's operation.
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Episode 6 - Finders Keepers
Release Date: 1999-07-27MacKenzie goes undercover in a woman's prison. Her target is Nancy, a young woman convicted of murdering her husband, who embezzled millions of dollars in an investment scam. The Unit's aim is to recover the money.
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Episode 7 - Playing with the Celibate Dead
Release Date: 1999-07-29Stone and MacKenzie infiltrate a gang planning to rob and murder a coin dealer. When they lose contact with the Unit, Rocca must second guess their movements.
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Episode 8 - White Lies
Release Date: 1999-08-03Church is due to give evidence in court against major crime figure, Dino Rossi, but the Unit discovers someone wants Church silenced before he can testify.
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Episode 9 - Mr. Right
Release Date: 1999-08-10MacKenzie works closely with Maddern, a psychological profiler, to identify a killer who uses the internet to select his victims. With the Unit in full-scale back up, Mac is put undercover as bait.
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Episode 10 - The Favour
Release Date: 1999-08-17Working undercover as an ex-army officer, that now supplies illegal explosives, Stone encounters his first girlfriend, Kelly, entangled in a contrabrand arms export scam.
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Episode 11 - Judas Kiss
Release Date: 1999-08-31While investigating large scale thefts on the docks, Church accidentally shoots an old mate, Tony. While Church is suspended, the Unit continues to uncover the extent of the shipping robberies.
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Episode 12 - Counting the Beat
Release Date: 1999-09-07Church and Angie go undercover to investigate suspected drug importation in the music industry. Church works on the record company manager, while Angie investigates charismatic rock star, Jimi Mercer.
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Episode 13 - Just Acting
Release Date: 1999-09-14Stone leads a sting on a well known crime family that doesn't quite go to plan as the eldest son, Billy, escapes. Stone and Angie lay low at Stone's family farm, but Billy tracks them down.
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Episode 14 - Unnatural Justice
Release Date: 1999-09-21When the daughter of a Family Court judge is abducted, Church teams up with Rory, a young Undercover recruit, and together they investigate a group lobbying against the judge.
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Episode 15 - Dance with the Dragon
Release Date: 1999-09-28While investigating a heroin racket, Church encounters his nephew, Matt, who has fallen victim to the needle. Church spends time with Matt, experiencing the emotional, rather than criminal, side of heroin addiction.
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Episode 16 - The Long Haul
Release Date: 1999-10-05Undercover with Angie and Stone, Church investigates a series of strategic truck-hijackings which have turned to murder.
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Episode 17 - Swarm
Release Date: 1999-10-12When the husband of a leading Aboriginal activist is car-bombed, Stone and Angie go undercover to investigate SWARM, a radical right-wing group suspected of involvement.
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Episode 18 - Men in the Dark
Release Date: 1999-10-19When A.J, one of MacKenzie's informants, finds out that the adoption of his young Vietnamese daughter wasn't strictly legal, Church and MacKenzie uncover a ring of child smugglers.
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Episode 19 - Full Term
Release Date: 1999-10-26By using Stone's informant, Rocca plans a dangerous drug operation to land a well known drug heavy. The drug operation is put at risk when Stone's informant goes into labour and Church is left holding the baby.
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Episode 20 - House Rules
Release Date: 1999-11-02Church and Mac go undercover to infiltrate a group of high-roller gamblers who conduct illegal gaming sessions. The sting takes a bizarre turn when the gaming session is raided, not by the police, but by robbers.
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Episode 21 - Signal One
Release Date: 1999-11-09When Rocca is shot outside his home, Church becomes obsessed with finding the gunman. Mac assumes she will fill in for Rocca so there is friction aplenty as a new boss joins the ranks.
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Episode 22 - The Dingo
Release Date: 1999-11-16Church meets a new informant, Terry Hanks, who repeatedly delivers big time drug dealers, but when Terry offers to land them 'The Dingo', the biggest and baddest dealer of all, Mac and Church have their doubts.