Episode 1
Episode 1
56m
Cleaver's descent to earth lands him straight into the clutches of a one-time mentor and now powerful criminal on the run, Edgar Thompson. Meanwhile Barney is adrift above the Pacific.
Episode credits
Guest stars Bill Conn
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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Synopsis
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
56m
Cleaver's been hiding out in the country posing as a writer, but his cover's blown when Barney appears on Australian Story, complete with images of his best friend. It isn't long before Thompson's goons arrive on the scene.
Episode credits
Guest stars Chris Ryan, Mark Simpson
Episode 3
Episode 3
55m
Wendy reluctantly takes Cleaver in when he's evicted, while Barney is reeling from the costs of his rescue. David and Scarlet's romance is slowly being scuttled by her children; and Missy is desperate for drugs.
Episode credits
Guest stars Trent Baines
Episode 4
Episode 4
55m
Thompson has Cleaver in the frame for drug trafficking, but Wendy comes to the rescue. David is desperate to save his relationship with Scarlet, and Nicole is scrolling through her ex-husband posts.
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Episode 5
Episode 5
56m
Barney & Cleaver are back on speaking terms and share a case; Cleaver rescues Missy who's been enjoying a cocaine-hazed few days with Cal McGregor, and appeals to Wendy's better nature to take her in.
Episode credits
Guest stars Alex Cubis, Melina Vidler, Dafna Kronental
Episode 6
Episode 6
55m
Cleaver defends David and Barney sees it as a betrayal; Fuzz gets Missy drugs and then she seduces him. Wendy has a date with an old flame; and a free David announces he's standing for the Senate.
Episode credits
Guest stars Sarah Woods
Episode 7
Episode 7
57m1.0 / 10
After David's acquittal Cleaver and Nicole worry about Barney, but then Cleaver gets himself disbarred and Wendy kicks him out. But Jack is determined to get him out of Wendy's life forever.
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Episode 8
Episode 8
56mfinale
Cleaver considers a career change but David throws a spanner in the works. Cleaver's determined to win Wendy back, but Jack is scheming to get rid of him for good. Will it work? Fuzz has some surprising news.
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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
