About this season
Stingers brings to light the life and work of an undercover police unit located in Melbourne. This dangerous work requires complete dedication, one slip can cost an operative their life.
Episodes (40)
1. Lies and Secrets
Aired 25 March 2003 • 60 min
Church's determination to find Ingrid, missing for seven days, brings him into conflict with his colleagues.
2. Pentimento
Aired 1 April 2003 • 60 min
An undercover operation investigating stolen art reveals black market dealings.
3. Cul-De-Sac
Aired 8 April 2003 • 60 min
Harris' attempts to teach a mate a lesson in crime and punishment backfire with disastrous consequences.
4. Your Cheating Heart
Aired 15 April 2003 • 60 min
When Angie is hired as a nurse by two brothers, she's forced to go on a job without back-up.
5. Don't Look Back
Aired 22 April 2003 • 60 min
Chris' future is jeopardised when she's forced to shoot a former squat mate.
6. Snakes in the Grass
Aired 29 April 2003 • 60 min
The team lose a colleague when a hostage situation erupts at Police Headquarters.
7. Aftershocks
Aired 6 May 2003 • 60 min
While investigating the murder of a friend, Church loses Angie's Heart to his boss, Luke Harris.
8. Priapus' Playground
Aired 13 May 2003 • 60 min
Church and Angie penetrate the liberated world of swinging couples and find that love really is a drug.
9. The Eighth Day
Aired 20 May 2003 • 60 min
Church fakes the murder of a security guard to infiltrate a Jewish crime family.
10. Sex & Drugs & Deep House
Aired 27 May 2003 • 60 min
Chris' relationship with a lesbian clubber turns to tragedy when her lover is suspected of murder.
11. New Blood
Aired 3 June 2003 • 60 min
The unit discover a renegade young detective who has all the qualities to become the new undercover recruit.
12. Cold War
Aired 10 June 2003 • 60 min
Rookie Leo Flynn bites off more than he can chew while investigating a drug war between two rival ice-cream vendors.
13. Acts of Love
Aired 17 June 2003 • 60 min
Harris takes an impulsive trip to Singapore in an attempt to win Angie's heart and protect her from Internal Affairs.
14. Heartbeat
Aired 24 June 2003 • 60 min
A young deaf girl arrives at PHQ declaring she's Church's daughter. When Harris uses her to solve a crime, all hell breaks loose.
15. Sons & Lovers
Aired 1 July 2003 • 60 min
The undercover unit simultaneously pursues a European war criminal and her drug dealing son.
16. It Started with a Kiss
Aired 8 July 2003 • 60 min
A sexual indiscretion of Harris' comes back to haunt him when Church is hired to kill him.
17. Wild Card
Aired 15 July 2003 • 60 min
Church makes a dangerous call when faced with a conflict of loyalty between Harris and his old boss, Bernie rocca.
18. Practice of Deceit
Aired 22 July 2003 • 60 min
Flynn endangers his life and that of his pregnant sister on a deadly assignment with two cop killers.
19. Killing Heidi
Aired 29 July 2003 • 60 min
Chris risks her life to sting a sadistic chef for murder.
20. Sleeping with the Enemy
Aired 5 August 2003 • 60 min
Church is hired at a furniture removal company suspected of a drug Courier business.
21. A Horse Is a Horse
Aired 12 August 2003 • 60 min
Masters goes undercover in order to bust a racehorse stealing, coke dealing porn king.
22. Conversations with the Dead
Aired 19 August 2003 • 60 min
Church goes undercover as a spiritual medium to hoodwink an international gun runner.
23. Free Radical
Aired 26 August 2003 • 60 min
Sophie takes Church to lunch with two of the state's biggest criminals. But will the meal be church's last?
24. Daddy's Little Diamond
Aired 2 September 2003 • 60 min
While playing nanny to the daughter of a suspected hitman, Chris is horrified by the child's revelation.
25. Time Out
Aired 9 September 2003 • 60 min
Leo finds himself in deep trouble with a group of armed robbers while Harris is having his own problems.
26. Perfect Match
Aired 16 September 2003 • 60 min
Harris is blackmailed by an adversary from his past who threatens to reveal his fire psychiatric disorder. Meanwhile, Angie receives a proposal of marriage.
27. Boosted
Aired 23 September 2003 • 60 min
Harris' blackmailer has more tricks up his sleeve which puts Angie's life on the line.
28. One Perfect Day
Aired 30 September 2003 • 60 min
Bi-polar, confused, gun-toting, groom Luke is a bundle of nerves - but not over the big day.
29. Troppo Fest
Aired 7 October 2003 • 60 min
The showdown between Harris and his blackmailer reaches a dramatic climax and Angie may pay the price.
30. Train Wreck
Aired 14 October 2003 • 60 min
Church unwillingly agrees to play Cupid for an informant and his estranged wife, until she is murdered.
31. The Thin Blue Line
Aired 21 October 2003 • 60 min
Flynn finds himself in a treacherous love triangle when he is seduced by colleague.
32. Love's Labours Lost
Aired 28 October 2003 • 60 min
A teenage love affair puts one of the team's children at risk on a major drug job.
33. Fashion Victim
Aired 28 October 2003 • 60 min
Things quickly become more complicated in Angie and Luke's marriage.
34. Total Recall
Aired 9 March 2004 • 60 min
Eight months have passed since Chris was shot by an unseen gunman, but the shooter's identity is still to be found.
35. The Wrong Man
Aired 16 March 2004 • 60 min
Church goes undercover as a hitman in a desperate attempt to save a kidnapped girl.
36. The Weakest Link
Aired 23 March 2004 • 60 min
Church's efforts to nail a high profile people smuggler are thrown into chaos by a rogue homicide detective.
37. Twilight
Aired 30 March 2004 • 60 min
Flynn wakes up in a hazy, drug-induced state next to the dead body of a prostitute.
38. The Object of My Affection
Aired 6 April 2004 • 60 min
A drug dealer offers to act as an informant in his father's drug organization. However, he has a condition: Chris must go on a date with him.
39. From Russia with Love
Aired 13 April 2004 • 60 min
Despite agreeing to help her, Church is not convinced that he can trust the daughter of one of his informants.
40. Cops and Robbers
Aired 20 April 2004 • 60 min
Working undercover, a masked Leo is forced to steal the proceeds of an illegal poker game - and the main players happens to be none other than Peter Church and Brian Gray.