Episode 1
Episode 1
56m4.8 / 10
Cleaver Greene languishes in prison surrounded by enemies and friends. Many former colleagues from Macquarie St and the bench are also inside, courtesy of corruption scandals.
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Directed by Jessica Hobbs
TV series
Rake
2010TV-MA5 seasons7.5 / 10
Cleaver Greene is not about politics or morality or even justice. Cleaver Greene is about the law. And it is his passion for the law that drives him to use his formidable intelligence to defend people whom society and the justice system might otherwise convict without a fair trial. He uses his encyclopaedic knowledge of human nature and the Byzantine intricacies of our legal codes to guarantee that his clients get what is theirs by the law; the right to a diligent defence.
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Checked Sep 3, 2026
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Cleaver Greene is not about politics or morality or even justice. Cleaver Greene is about the law. And it is his passion for the law that drives him to use his formidable intelligence to defend people whom society and the justice system might otherwise convict without a fair trial. He uses his encyclopaedic knowledge of human nature and the Byzantine intricacies of our legal codes to guarantee that his clients get what is theirs by the law; the right to a diligent defence.
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Episode 2
Episode 2
55m8.0 / 10
Cleaver outsmarts the appeals judges, but life outside is not good. He is a legal pariah, jobless, homeless and phoneless, and while he has been inside, his world has been sliding towards chaos.
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Directed by Jessica Hobbs
Episode 3
Episode 3
58m7.5 / 10
At Malcolm's funeral Cleaver meets Mal's sister Felicity, a honey blonde with an acid wit; and baulks at being Scarlet's junior in the case of a gambling-addicted client.
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Directed by Jonathan TeplitzkyGuest stars Bill Conn
Episode 4
Episode 4
58m7.0 / 10
A murder brings Felicity back into Cleaver's life. He knows he needs Barney, despite everything that's happening in Barney's life; and he can't say goodbye to Wendy or Missy.
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Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky
Episode 5
Episode 5
56m
Cleaver is retained for a low rent tawdry sex offence, but the Royal Commissions that have decimated David's front bench mean that even barrel-bottom Cleaver Greene is getting lots of briefs.
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Guest stars Sarah Peirse
Episode 6
Episode 6
55m7.5 / 10
Roger bans Cleaver from Wendy's, and Fuzz has returned with a Congolese wife, a Cleaveresque attitude, and (according to the AFP) a suitcase full of stolen blood diamonds.
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Guest stars James Pratt
Episode 7
Episode 7
54m7.5 / 10
Siege veteran Cleaver leads Wendy, Fuzz and Prue out of Roger's hostage crisis, but is accidentally shot in the buttock.
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Guest stars Kristian Schmid
Episode 8
Episode 8
58m8.3 / 10finale
Something is seriously awry in Cleaver's world. His practice is booming. Barney is thriving. And he is falling in love with Felicity. But does fate have some nasty surprises in store?
Where to watch RakeEpisode information updated Sep 16, 2026
More about Rake
Cast
Richard RoxburghCleaver Greene
Matt DayDavid Potter
Adrienne PickeringMelissa Partridge
Russell DykstraBarney Meagher
Caroline BrazierWendy Greene
Danielle CormackScarlet Meagher
Kate BoxNicole
Keegan JoyceFinnegan 'Fuzz' GreeneCredits
- Created by
- Richard Roxburgh, Peter Duncan, Charles Waterstreet
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 40
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
ABC TVAustralia
Essential Media and EntertainmentAustralia
Easy TigerAustralia
Themes
australiacriminal lawyerlawyerself-destruction
