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★ 7.4/10•2008•TV-14•Drama•Crime
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The small screen is about to get a whole lot bigger.

A high-stakes Aussie police drama following the lives of Melbourne’s finest girls and boys in blue – members of a prestigious Tactical Response team.

Tony McNamara · Writer

StatusEnded
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 2, 2008

Episodes

Episode 1 - PilotE145m

Pilot

After rescuing two children, Josh's rage spills onto their father, who may have attempted to kill them. The new inspector challenges Josh's position on the team

Sep 2, 2008

Episode 2 - Episode 2E245m

Episode 2

Lawson and Grace try to talk-down a troubled teenager when she threatens suicide, trapped on a rooftop with her young boyfriend. She was later found to have killed her boyfriend's father. Grace's inexperience is quickly revealed when she tries to fix the situation, which ends in the young woman's tragic death.

Sep 9, 2008

Episode 3 - Episode 3E345m

Episode 3

The TRG is called out to a sports oval where a heavily-armed gunman shoots Stella, who is saved by her kevlar vest. When the gunman requests to meet with a senior officer, Lawson approaches him and finds he was actually a former weapons-master who intends on suicide-by-cop. The situation ends when, after trying to avoid shooting the man, Lawson is forced to shoot and kill the man when he pulls a handgun on him.

Sep 16, 2008

Episode 4 - Episode 4E445m

Episode 4

A criminal in custody escapes from the prison van he is being tranported in, and makes an audacious break for freedom. In doing so, he assaults Grace and takes a woman hostage. He then forces Josh to drive him around town before playing a little Russian Roulette. However, Josh is saved and the criminal is arrested

Sep 23, 2008

Episode 5 - Episode 5E545m

Episode 5

When the TR team intercepts a known drug dealer, they discover that a robbery is about to take place, which then turns into a siege when the robbers take hostages. One of the criminals falls into a basement beneath the bar and later dies. Dom goes in to try to convince the robbers to stop, but the owner of the bar is shot by a spear gun. Eventually, one of the criminals gives up while the other is arrested

Sep 30, 2008

Episode 6 - Episode 6E645m

Episode 6

Josh, Grace and Michael investigate when an alarm is going off at a high-security laboratory. They find that an animal rights activists group calling themselves 'Freedom From Torture' has freed almost all of the research animals from their cages. Michael is bitten by a monkey who is later found to have herpes

Oct 7, 2008

Episode 7 - Episode 7E745m

Episode 7

Michael is found cleared of the herpes. The team arrives at a big surburban party and find a group of teenagers have stolen a gun from a security guard. Stella and Michael then go undercover to try and retrieve the stolen weapon. Michael then saves a high school boy from being severely beaten by kids from a rival high school

Oct 14, 2008

Episode 8 - Episode 8E845m

Episode 8

When a politician’s daughter and her school friend are kidnapped, the team is asked to run a covert operation to get the girls back safely. After it goes wrong, the team discovers the daughter and her friend set the ransom up, before they need to be saved from a lying con-artist.

Oct 21, 2008

Episode 9 - Episode 9E945m

Episode 9

Lawson is a part of a high speed chase involving a group of carjackers, Kerry is pulled over for drunk driving, and Josh, Grace and Michael are involved in a fatal car accident.

Oct 28, 2008

Episode 10 - Episode 10E1045m

Episode 10

TR is called to a media centre, where a man has locked himself in a room and has planted a number of paint bombs throughout the building. Michael is hit, but not injured. Dom discovers where the bombs really are, and him and grace are both hospitalised after the explosions.

Nov 4, 2008

Episode 11 - Episode 11E1145m

Episode 11

Lawson and Stella deal with a suicidal ex-footballer, Michael and Josh chase burglars through a series of complex tunnels, and Kerry is kept busy at the hospital where Dom and Grace are recovering. Grace unfortunately dies abruptly, while Connor confronts Josh after Grace revealed to him she was cheating on him with Josh.

Nov 10, 2008

Episode 12 - Episode 12E1245m

Episode 12

After a nasty domestic dispute, the TR team are called to look for a man, who has hospitalised his wife after an argument. The team reveals he has a gun, as-well as his son. Lawson has the job of calling him down from a rooftop.

Nov 18, 2008

Episode 13 - Episode 13E1345m

Episode 13

TR is given the responsibilty of protecting an underworld figure, who is testifying in court. A decoy is used, with an actor playing the man, but it goes downhill after the actor is shot dead. Serveral more attempts were made, and Kerry comes up with a unique way of protecting the man. Josh takes the man by himself, but is later cornered by the people trying to kill the underowrld figure. As they leave, TR shows up and the men are arrested. The episode ends with Micheal kissing Stella as she sleeps, and Kerry and Lawson having a conversation about the report on TR that Kerry wrote

Nov 25, 2008

Actors

Rodger Corser

Rodger Corser

Lawson Blake

Callan Mulvey

Callan Mulvey

Brendan 'Josh' Joshua

Jolene Anderson

Jolene Anderson

Shannon Henry

Nicole da Silva

Nicole da Silva

Stella Dagostino

Ashley Zukerman

Ashley Zukerman

Michael Sandrelli

Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

Leon Broznic

Catherine McClements

Catherine McClements

Kerry Vincent

Kevin Hofbauer

Kevin Hofbauer

Christian Tapu

Antony Starr

Antony Starr

Charlie Lewis

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