Jack jumps the divide between duty and friendship when two mates become murder suspects.
Jack scores a place on the Mudlarks football team when its star player is killed in a suspicious road accident. It's not quite the way he planned to earn his guernsey.
PJ recalls the dead boy was a troublemaker and suspects he was drunk at the time. However, Senior Constable Robyn Taylor from Melbourne's accident investigation squad has sharper ideas and gives PJ a run for his money on the investigation. He's feeling pretty poorly without Maggie around. Whether PJ likes it or not, Robyn will be his partner in crime until Maggie returns from the witness protection program. She's just moved to Mt Thomas with her husband, Jeff, and baby daughter, Lucy.
After a quiet wake for the Mudlarks' star player, Jack and a few of the team head off to enjoy a more appropriate celebration. The drinking gets out of control and Jack's new mate, Matt, entertains the group with some dangerous driving. Afraid someone will get hurt, Jack brings them into line, but pulling rank on mates only earns him their scorn. No one likes dobbers, especially the Mudlarks' president – who happens to be Matt's father. Jack is kicked off the football team.
Robyn's detective work convinces her that the boy died in a fatal game of chicken – someone forced him off the road at high speed. As fighting breaks out among Jack's footy friends, Robyn shares her suspicions with the Heelers. The boys are brought in for questioning but everyone's lips are sealed. Their truth will out, but not at this police station.
Rejected by the Mudlarks for being a copper instead of a mate, Jack is invited to play for the opposition St Davids team. As Jack and Matt come head to head in a football game, Jack is led unknowingly into a fatal grudge match.
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