Special Squad

Special Squad

An elite division of the Victoria Police handles crimes too sensitive for regular squads

Genre: Drama

Cast:John DiedrichAlan CassellAnthony HawkinsPaul DawberWyn RobertsIvar KantsSean ScullyAlex PorteousTim HughesJohn WoodEsme MelvilleTommy DysartMarcus EyreRichard HealyDennis GrosvenorSydney JacksonKate JasonHoward Eynon


1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Trojan Horses

1984

The Special Squad faces anarchy in the criminal underworld when rival gangs fight to gain control.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ The Expert

1984

A prominent underworld figure decides to have Anderson executed after the Special Squad crashes in on a bullion job.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Code of Silence

1984

The Special Squad confronts the local mafia after a horrific murder takes place at the markets.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Easy Street

Wed, Aug 29, 1984

Special Squad-an elite group of crime fighters trained to a high degree of mental and physical stamina and backed by the most sophisticated electronic technology available. Don Anderson is the tough, straight, better than good detective. His men is the Special Squad call him the Boss, although he's still a street cop working out there, where the danger is, with his team. The Squad is trained to break major crime. Anderson's "team" is Greg Smith and Joel Davis. As a cop, Smith is built like a tank, and he's ready to go through the door first every time. He knows, and is known by, every crook in and out of town. He also knows the rules and how far he can bend them. David has the charm of a diplomat, but he keeps fit like a football player. He needs to because they are always on the attack. Anderson, Smith and Davis are great partners when it comes to sorting out trouble. A prison break. Gangland revenge. Gambling. Vice. Murder. Drug- running. Robbery. Major, violent, deadly trouble.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Counterfeit Lady

1984

A narcotics gang deal ruthlessly with two of their couriers when they realise the Special Squad are after them.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ The Long Secret

1984

Special Squad-an elite group of crime fighters trained to a high degree of mental and physical stamina and backed by the most sophisticated electronic technology available. Don Anderson is the tough, straight, better than good detective. His men is the Special Squad call him the Boss, although he's still a street cop working out there, where the danger is, with his team. The Squad is trained to break major crime. Anderson's "team" is Greg Smith and Joel Davis. As a cop, Smith is built like a tank, and he's ready to go through the door first every time. He knows, and is known by, every crook in and out of town. He also knows the rules and how far he can bend them. David has the charm of a diplomat, but he keeps fit like a football player. He needs to because they are always on the attack. Anderson, Smith and Davis are great partners when it comes to sorting out trouble. A prison break. Gangland revenge. Gambling. Vice. Murder. Drug- running. Robbery. Major, violent, deadly trouble.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ The Second Mr. Swift

1984

The Special Squad tries to prevent gang warfare after a major underworld figure is murdered.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ The Würzburg Link

1984

Special Squad-an elite group of crime fighters trained to a high degree of mental and physical stamina and backed by the most sophisticated electronic technology available. Don Anderson is the tough, straight, better than good detective. His men is the Special Squad call him the Boss, although he's still a street cop working out there, where the danger is, with his team. The Squad is trained to break major crime. Anderson's "team" is Greg Smith and Joel Davis. As a cop, Smith is built like a tank, and he's ready to go through the door first every time. He knows, and is known by, every crook in and out of town. He also knows the rules and how far he can bend them. David has the charm of a diplomat, but he keeps fit like a football player. He needs to because they are always on the attack. Anderson, Smith and Davis are great partners when it comes to sorting out trouble. A prison break. Gangland revenge. Gambling. Vice. Murder. Drug- running. Robbery. Major, violent, deadly trouble.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Same Time Friday

Wed, Sep 12, 1984

A gang abducts the journalist Lorraine Sutton to blackmail the Minister Donaghue (her lover), to release a gang member from prison. Donaghue doesn't want to risk his career, nor Lorraine's life.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Duel

1984

Someone has a vendetta against the Special Squad. Anderson, Smith and Davis have to find out who and why.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ The Set-Up

1984

Someone is determined to destroy Davis, but who or why is a mystery.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ The Golden Run

1984

The Special Squad pursues a mysterious figure who is hunting down members of a drug ring and forcing them to reveal their supplier.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Jacko

1984

Working undercover among street criminals, Smith adopts the guise of a derelict, but finds it hard to shed the role.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Slow Attack

1984

Special Squad-an elite group of crime fighters trained to a high degree of mental and physical stamina and backed by the most sophisticated electronic technology available. Don Anderson is the tough, straight, better than good detective. His men is the Special Squad call him the Boss, although he's still a street cop working out there, where the danger is, with his team. The Squad is trained to break major crime. Anderson's "team" is Greg Smith and Joel Davis. As a cop, Smith is built like a tank, and he's ready to go through the door first every time. He knows, and is known by, every crook in and out of town. He also knows the rules and how far he can bend them. David has the charm of a diplomat, but he keeps fit like a football player. He needs to because they are always on the attack. Anderson, Smith and Davis are great partners when it comes to sorting out trouble. A prison break. Gangland revenge. Gambling. Vice. Murder. Drug- running. Robbery. Major, violent, deadly trouble.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Country Girl

1984

The Special Squad investigate when an internationally successful country singer is killed during a visit to her home town.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ War

1984

A chemist shoots a young thief who was looking for drugs.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Wild Man

1985

A notorious ex-rugby player breaks out of prison for one final fling.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ The Chen Legacy

1985

Davis works undercover as a student of martial arts to investigate the death of a Vietnamese karate teacher.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ Child of Fortune

1984

Two men intimidate a wealthy, reclusive businessman as part of a large-scale embezzlement scheme.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Business as Usual

1985

The Special Squad goes undercover to trap a man who robbed a nightclub.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ A Wild Cat

1985

Anderson investigates when an old friend is murdered after arranging to meet him for lunch / Anderson arranges to have lunch with a friend, but she is murdered before they meet.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ Mates

Thu, Feb 7, 1985

Davis discovers that an old friend, now head of a security firm, is in serious financial trouble.

23Season 1

S1.E23 ∙ Big Bad World

1985

Special Squad-an elite group of crime fighters trained to a high degree of mental and physical stamina and backed by the most sophisticated electronic technology available. Don Anderson is the tough, straight, better than good detective. His men is the Special Squad call him the Boss, although he's still a street cop working out there, where the danger is, with his team. The Squad is trained to break major crime. Anderson's "team" is Greg Smith and Joel Davis. As a cop, Smith is built like a tank, and he's ready to go through the door first every time. He knows, and is known by, every crook in and out of town. He also knows the rules and how far he can bend them. David has the charm of a diplomat, but he keeps fit like a football player. He needs to because they are always on the attack. Anderson, Smith and Davis are great partners when it comes to sorting out trouble. A prison break. Gangland revenge. Gambling. Vice. Murder. Drug- running. Robbery. Major, violent, deadly trouble.

24Season 1

S1.E24 ∙ Early Birds

1984

The Special Squad learns that a gang of interstate criminals has arrived in town to execute a major robbery.

25Season 1

S1.E25 ∙ The Bribe

1984

Smith infiltrates a drug organisation after allowing himself to be bribed by a cocaine dealer.

26Season 1

S1.E26 ∙ Farewell to a Comrade

1984

The Special Squad investigates the disappearance of a Soviet diplomat in the Victorian snowfields.

27Season 1

S1.E27 ∙ In the Cause of Justice

1984

When a murder is committed during a daring hijacking, Smith and Davis ruthlessly pursue a wanted criminal.

28Season 1

S1.E28 ∙ Hot Streets

1985

The Special Squad is under pressure to find a psychopath who is stalking the streets killing rich young men.

29Season 1

S1.E29 ∙ Killer

1984

A terrorist camp is infiltrated by an anti-terrorist unit, but two top terrorists escape to Melbourne. The Special Squad is called to hunt them down.

30Season 1

S1.E30 ∙ The Patchwork

1984

Davis accidentally stumbles onto an organisation that provides false identities for fugitive criminals when of Anderson's informants is killed.

31Season 1

S1.E31 ∙ Brothers

1984

A man breaks out of prison to avenge the death of his older brother, killed in a police shoot-out.

32Season 1

S1.E32 ∙ Until Death

1984

Anderson becomes a target for revenge after he kills a man in the course of duty.

33Season 1

S1.E33 ∙ Ghosts

1984

Special Squad-an elite group of crime fighters trained to a high degree of mental and physical stamina and backed by the most sophisticated electronic technology available. Don Anderson is the tough, straight, better than good detective. His men is the Special Squad call him the Boss, although he's still a street cop working out there, where the danger is, with his team. The Squad is trained to break major crime. Anderson's "team" is Greg Smith and Joel Davis. As a cop, Smith is built like a tank, and he's ready to go through the door first every time. He knows, and is known by, every crook in and out of town. He also knows the rules and how far he can bend them. David has the charm of a diplomat, but he keeps fit like a football player. He needs to because they are always on the attack. Anderson, Smith and Davis are great partners when it comes to sorting out trouble. A prison break. Gangland revenge. Gambling. Vice. Murder. Drug- running. Robbery. Major, violent, deadly trouble.

34Season 1

S1.E34 ∙ The Haley Inheritance

1984

The Special Squad intervenes when a notorious drug dealer is captured in South East Asia and threatened with execution.

35Season 1

S1.E35 ∙ Suzie's War

1984

Davis goes undercover when rival motorcycle gangs threaten to annihilate each other.

36Season 1

S1.E36 ∙ Return of the Cat

1984

Special Squad-an elite group of crime fighters trained to a high degree of mental and physical stamina and backed by the most sophisticated electronic technology available. Don Anderson is the tough, straight, better than good detective. His men is the Special Squad call him the Boss, although he's still a street cop working out there, where the danger is, with his team. The Squad is trained to break major crime. Anderson's "team" is Greg Smith and Joel Davis. As a cop, Smith is built like a tank, and he's ready to go through the door first every time. He knows, and is known by, every crook in and out of town. He also knows the rules and how far he can bend them. David has the charm of a diplomat, but he keeps fit like a football player. He needs to because they are always on the attack. Anderson, Smith and Davis are great partners when it comes to sorting out trouble. A prison break. Gangland revenge. Gambling. Vice. Murder. Drug- running. Robbery. Major, violent, deadly trouble.

37Season 1

S1.E37 ∙ Pigs

1984

Special Squad-an elite group of crime fighters trained to a high degree of mental and physical stamina and backed by the most sophisticated electronic technology available. Don Anderson is the tough, straight, better than good detective. His men is the Special Squad call him the Boss, although he's still a street cop working out there, where the danger is, with his team. The Squad is trained to break major crime. Anderson's "team" is Greg Smith and Joel Davis. As a cop, Smith is built like a tank, and he's ready to go through the door first every time. He knows, and is known by, every crook in and out of town. He also knows the rules and how far he can bend them. David has the charm of a diplomat, but he keeps fit like a football player. He needs to because they are always on the attack. Anderson, Smith and Davis are great partners when it comes to sorting out trouble. A prison break. Gangland revenge. Gambling. Vice. Murder. Drug- running. Robbery. Major, violent, deadly trouble.

38Season 1

S1.E38 ∙ Mombasa

1984

Special Squad-an elite group of crime fighters trained to a high degree of mental and physical stamina and backed by the most sophisticated electronic technology available. Don Anderson is the tough, straight, better than good detective. His men is the Special Squad call him the Boss, although he's still a street cop working out there, where the danger is, with his team. The Squad is trained to break major crime. Anderson's "team" is Greg Smith and Joel Davis. As a cop, Smith is built like a tank, and he's ready to go through the door first every time. He knows, and is known by, every crook in and out of town. He also knows the rules and how far he can bend them. David has the charm of a diplomat, but he keeps fit like a football player. He needs to because they are always on the attack. Anderson, Smith and Davis are great partners when it comes to sorting out trouble. A prison break. Gangland revenge. Gambling. Vice. Murder. Drug- running. Robbery. Major, violent, deadly trouble.

39Season 1

S1.E39 ∙ The Haunting

1984

Special Squad-an elite group of crime fighters trained to a high degree of mental and physical stamina and backed by the most sophisticated electronic technology available. Don Anderson is the tough, straight, better than good detective. His men is the Special Squad call him the Boss, although he's still a street cop working out there, where the danger is, with his team. The Squad is trained to break major crime. Anderson's "team" is Greg Smith and Joel Davis. As a cop, Smith is built like a tank, and he's ready to go through the door first every time. He knows, and is known by, every crook in and out of town. He also knows the rules and how far he can bend them. David has the charm of a diplomat, but he keeps fit like a football player. He needs to because they are always on the attack. Anderson, Smith and Davis are great partners when it comes to sorting out trouble. A prison break. Gangland revenge. Gambling. Vice. Murder. Drug- running. Robbery. Major, violent, deadly trouble.

40Season 1

S1.E40 ∙ Rotten Apple

Sun, Jan 1, 1984

Special Squad-an elite group of crime fighters trained to a high degree of mental and physical stamina and backed by the most sophisticated electronic technology available. Don Anderson is the tough, straight, better than good detective. His men is the Special Squad call him the Boss, although he's still a street cop working out there, where the danger is, with his team. The Squad is trained to break major crime. Anderson's "team" is Greg Smith and Joel Davis. As a cop, Smith is built like a tank, and he's ready to go through the door first every time. He knows, and is known by, every crook in and out of town. He also knows the rules and how far he can bend them. David has the charm of a diplomat, but he keeps fit like a football player. He needs to because they are always on the attack. Anderson, Smith and Davis are great partners when it comes to sorting out trouble. A prison break. Gangland revenge. Gambling. Vice. Murder. Drug- running. Robbery. Major, violent, deadly trouble.

41Season 1

S1.E41 ∙ Mad Mountain Momma

Special Squad-an elite group of crime fighters trained to a high degree of mental and physical stamina and backed by the most sophisticated electronic technology available. Don Anderson is the tough, straight, better than good detective. His men is the Special Squad call him the Boss, although he's still a street cop working out there, where the danger is, with his team. The Squad is trained to break major crime. Anderson's "team" is Greg Smith and Joel Davis. As a cop, Smith is built like a tank, and he's ready to go through the door first every time. He knows, and is known by, every crook in and out of town. He also knows the rules and how far he can bend them. David has the charm of a diplomat, but he keeps fit like a football player. He needs to because they are always on the attack. Anderson, Smith and Davis are great partners when it comes to sorting out trouble. A prison break. Gangland revenge. Gambling. Vice. Murder. Drug- running. Robbery. Major, violent, deadly trouble.

42Season 1

S1.E42 ∙ Life After Teddy

Special Squad-an elite group of crime fighters trained to a high degree of mental and physical stamina and backed by the most sophisticated electronic technology available. Don Anderson is the tough, straight, better than good detective. His men is the Special Squad call him the Boss, although he's still a street cop working out there, where the danger is, with his team. The Squad is trained to break major crime. Anderson's "team" is Greg Smith and Joel Davis. As a cop, Smith is built like a tank, and he's ready to go through the door first every time. He knows, and is known by, every crook in and out of town. He also knows the rules and how far he can bend them. David has the charm of a diplomat, but he keeps fit like a football player. He needs to because they are always on the attack. Anderson, Smith and Davis are great partners when it comes to sorting out trouble. A prison break. Gangland revenge. Gambling. Vice. Murder. Drug- running. Robbery. Major, violent, deadly trouble.

43Season 1

S1.E43 ∙ Gone for the Doctor

1984

Special Squad-an elite group of crime fighters trained to a high degree of mental and physical stamina and backed by the most sophisticated electronic technology available. Don Anderson is the tough, straight, better than good detective. His men is the Special Squad call him the Boss, although he's still a street cop working out there, where the danger is, with his team. The Squad is trained to break major crime. Anderson's "team" is Greg Smith and Joel Davis. As a cop, Smith is built like a tank, and he's ready to go through the door first every time. He knows, and is known by, every crook in and out of town. He also knows the rules and how far he can bend them. David has the charm of a diplomat, but he keeps fit like a football player. He needs to because they are always on the attack. Anderson, Smith and Davis are great partners when it comes to sorting out trouble. A prison break. Gangland revenge. Gambling. Vice. Murder. Drug- running. Robbery. Major, violent, deadly trouble.