About this season
Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the Seven Network. Rafferty's Rules was one of the first programs undertaken by the Seven Network's then new in-house drama unit, going into production in May 1985 as "a 15-part courtroom drama". The program had started out as a pilot episode, recorded in early 1984 with the actor Chris Haywood in the lead role. When the pilot episode was remounted later in 1984, Chris Haywood wasn't available and the lead role was re-cast to John Wood. This second recording was eventually broadcast as the program's first episode.
Episodes (11)
1. Time Out
Aired 12 March 1988 • 45 min
Work pressures get to much for Paulyne and a love affair seems the answer.
2. To the Whistle
Aired 19 March 1988 • 45 min
Flicker's replacement finds he has to play it by Rafferty's rules.
3. Make My Day
Aired 26 March 1988 • 47 min
Double standards are apparent in a case that comes before Rafferty.
4. Kids
Aired 2 April 1988 • 47 min
Rafferty confronts painful parallels at home when his kids arrive out of the blue.
5. Dark Side of the Moon
Aired 9 April 1988 • 44 min
There is an uneasy atmosphere around Rafferty's court when Flicker returns.
6. Suspicious Minds
Aired 16 April 1988 • 46 min
Rafferty's court is thrown into turmoil by a mysterious thief in Rafferty's office.
7. Solidarity
Aired 23 April 1988 • 44 min
Rafferty is confronted by a case involving vandalism on a building site.
8. Prejudice and Pride
Aired 30 April 1988 • 46 min
Rafferty gets involved in a case of racial prejudice.
9. Out of the Past
Aired 7 May 1988 • 46 min
Rafferty is confronted by the past when his older brother visits him.
10. The Hit
Aired 14 May 1988 • 46 min
The police are called in to protect Rafferty when he starts receiving threats.
11. Freedom of Choice
Aired 21 May 1988 • 44 min
Rafferty, embroiled in what local papers call "the punk drug squatters assault case", faces a housing crisis of his own and deals with the by-products of a cashless society: credit card junkies.