Rake

Cleaver Greene is a drug addict who has a massive gambling debt with some very shady characters and is in love with a prostitute. He's also a very good criminal lawyer, capable of winning unwinnable cases.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Cast:Richard Roxburgh , Matt Day , Kate Box , Caroline Brazier , Adrienne Pickering , Keegan Joyce , Russell Dykstra , Damien Garvey , Danielle Cormack , Tom Poulton , Madeline Towns , Steve Le Marquand , Lachlan Judd , Sonia Todd , Marta Kaczmarek , Robyn Malcolm , Sara Wiseman , Louisa Mignone

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ R vs Murray

Thu, Nov 4, 2010

Cleaver is presented by best friend and solicitor Barney with a case he can't resist - the defence of Professor Graham Murray, a world renowned economist accused of cannibalism and murder.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ R vs Marx

Thu, Nov 11, 2010

Cleaver and Barney attempt to badly defend Lucy Marx so that she may go to prison for jury tampering after her daughter is found guilty of murder.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ R vs Dana

Thu, Nov 18, 2010

Consumed with remorse after sleeping with his best friend's wife, Cleaver gets a needed distraction defending a famous chef charged with bigamy.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ R vs Lorton

Thu, Nov 25, 2010

Cleaver takes on a case defending a once famous, but now homeless, artist accused of murdering a 15-year-old boy in a lane.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ R vs Chandler

Thu, Dec 2, 2010

Cleaver prepares to defend family friend Dr. Bruce Chandler, when a very incriminating DVD finds its way to the local police.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ R vs Langhorn

Thu, Dec 9, 2010

Unable to resist her charms, Cleaver agrees to defend an old flame - now a successful radio shock jock Eddie Langhorn - who's charged with inciting racial hatred.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ R vs Tanner

Thu, Dec 16, 2010

Attorney General Joe Sandilands is 'outed' as a brothel patron and is devastated by the scandal. Meanwhile, Cleaver is hit over the head during a botched robbery at a pharmacy.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ R vs Corella

Thu, Dec 23, 2010

Cleaver is forced to defend his loan shark Mick Corella on murder charges, and it means working with Barney again.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ R vs Mohammed

Thu, Sep 6, 2012

A man walks through Hyde Park and without warning explodes.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ R vs Fenton

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

Cleaver's affair with the Premier proves to be costly when her husband, Attorney-General Cal McGregor begins a campaign of harassment against him.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ R vs Wooldridge & Anor

Thu, Sep 20, 2012

Missy's novel based on her life as a prostitute has caused a sensation with everyone in town speculating about who the characters really are.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ R vs Floyd

Thu, Sep 27, 2012

Missy and Joshua Floyd are Australia's most newsworthy couple: the bestselling author of a controversial memoir, and the founder of an on-line leaks site currently facing treason charges.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ R vs Turner

Thu, Oct 4, 2012

Missy is on trial for murdering her fiancé. The only way Cleaver can save her is to expose the conspiracy to murder Joshua by the security apparatus he humiliated.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ R vs Alford

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

Cleaver and Barney defend an IT lecturer accused of severing his neighbor's penis with garden shears after an escalating dispute over a child's birthday party.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Greene vs Hole

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

Cleaver's father is swindled on his deathbed, leading Greene to crusade on his family's behalf.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ R vs Greene

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

Cleaver is in prison, charged with the manslaughter of Lane Hole's sweet, elderly neighbour.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Episode #3.1

Sun, Feb 9, 2014

Cleaver Greene is adjusting to his new life in prison, surrounded by friends and enemies from the criminal underworld and Macquarie Street alike.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Episode #3.2

Sun, Feb 16, 2014

With the word bear-bung, Cleaver Green finds himself a free man once again. However while he's been in prison quite a lot has changed particularly to those closest to him including a marriage, the Congo, cancer and a baby.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Episode #3.3

Sun, Feb 23, 2014

Now a restaurant partner and Scarlet's junior, Cleaver Greene meets Malcolm's sister Felicity and forms a connection while defending a gambling-addicted client.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Episode #3.4

Sun, Mar 2, 2014

A murder brings Felicity back into Cleaver's life. Meanwhile he knows he needs Barney; who despite everything happening cannot bring himself to say goodbye to Wendy or Missy.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Episode #3.5

Sun, Mar 9, 2014

Cleaver is retained for a low rent tawdry sex offense, but the Royal Commissions that have decimated David's front bench mean that even barrel-bottom Cleaver Greene is getting lots of briefs.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Episode #3.6

Sun, Mar 16, 2014

Cleaver is determined to win Felicity's heart, but God has other ideas; wickedly nasty ideas that see Cleaver subjected to perhaps the worst relay race of humiliations he has ever faced.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Episode #3.7

Sun, Mar 23, 2014

Siege veteran Cleaver leads Wendy, Fuzz and Prue out of Roger's hostage crisis, but is accidentally shot in the buttock. The emergency at least brings Felicity and Missy to his side and the baton is passed.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Episode #3.8

Sun, Mar 30, 2014

Something is seriously awry in Cleaver's world. His practice is booming. Barney is thriving. Kirsty has bought him out of the restaurant and he is falling deeply in love with Felicity who, despite herself, seems to reciprocate.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Episode #4.1

Thu, May 19, 2016

Cleaver crashes back into everyone's lives and is reunited with the man who mentored his skills as a barrister. Barney achieves a new level of celebrity which affects his family (ies) as well.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Episode #4.2

Thu, May 26, 2016

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.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Episode #4.3

Thu, Jun 2, 2016

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.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Episode #4.4

Thu, Jun 9, 2016

Wendy comes to the rescue of Cleaver. Missy's strange behaviour comes to the attention of Cal McGregor.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Episode #4.5

Thu, Jun 16, 2016

David has been charged by the police. Wendy receives a wakeup call to move on with her life

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Episode #4.6

Thu, Jun 23, 2016

Cleaver prepares for David's trial. Missy 'escapes' after Fuzz intervenes. Jane's campaigning. Nicole and Bevan's renewed relationship is going well. Barney and Cleve's friendship may finally be over.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Episode #4.7

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

After David's acquittal, Cleaver and Nicole worry about Barney's state of mind.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Episode #4.8

Thu, Jul 7, 2016

Cleaver confirms he's running as an independent Senate candidate.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Greene v The World

Sun, Aug 19, 2018

After taking up residency in Canberra as a senator in federal parliament, Cleaver has old foes and new. A terrorist gas attack on Parliament House causes the seat of government to move down the hill to its old home.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ Greene v The United States

Sun, Aug 26, 2018

Incriminating multimedia and a missing US Defence Secretary puts Cleaver firmly in the sights of the Secret Service as it comes to light that the suspected terrorist attack may have been caused by something much more benign.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ Evans v Greene

Sun, Sep 2, 2018

After mislaying his suit at a fancy dress party, Cleaver is not only forced to do the walk of shame, but to speak to the house.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Gold and Greene v Red

Sun, Sep 9, 2018

A new PM is sworn in on the eve of Anzac Day as Cleaver is served with a summons in a defamation case.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Greene v Diaries

Sun, Sep 16, 2018

There's panic in the capital as ministerial diaries are set to be published.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Greene v The Unflushables

Sun, Sep 23, 2018

Cleaver's own plumbing issues shed light on the true cause of the explosion at Parliament House.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Greene v Mid-Winter

Sun, Sep 30, 2018

The move back to Parliament House is on, but not before the Mid-Winter Ball.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ Greene v The Reckoning

Sun, Oct 7, 2018

Following an international incident and a monumental cover up, will the capital implode?