The BEST episodes directed by Emma Freeman
#4 - Episode 8
Puberty Blues - Season 1 - Episode 8
Debbie and Sue's growing disenchantment with the gang and their rigid rules ends in defiance when they stand up to the boys and try surfing for themselves.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - The Debate
Party Tricks - Season 1 - Episode 5
Kate is forced to come clean to husband Geoff about her secret past with David. Her confession will either jeopardise her marriage or ruin her chances of an election victory. Which will it be?
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Blood & Circuses
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries - Season 1 - Episode 11
The carnival is in town. Innocent fun turns to horror when one of the sideshow acts is murdered. Phryne poses as the magician’s assistant, Fern, to investigate. The heady atmosphere of the carnival takes Phryne on a bittersweet trip down memory lane – to the days when she and her sister, Janey, would sneak into the big top, until one night Janey disappeared. Her pain is reignited when she discovers that Murdoch Foyle – the man accused of murdering her sister – was the mastermind behind an elaborate prison escape plan. Any chance of discovering the truth about her sister’s fate is dashed though, when she learns that Foyle has died and been cremated.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#9 - Away with the Fairies
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries - Season 1 - Episode 8
Phryne investigates the puzzling death of a magazine columnist and author of fairy stories. To get to the truth, she must unearth the deceptions and rampant rivalries of the magazine’s thoroughly modern working women – and dig into the past of their token male employee. Meanwhile, Phryne rekindles her affair with the sensuous Lin Chung – whose arranged marriage has stalled in a mire of family politics and intrigue.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#10 - Meltdown
The Newsreader - Season 1 - Episode 6
While Helen is still reeling after Dale's revelation, reports emerge of a nuclear accident in Chernobyl. In the face of great fear and uncertainty, the pair must confront who they really are to each other, and to themselves.
#13 - The Election
Party Tricks - Season 1 - Episode 6
Kate's team preps for the big day - Election Day, while across town the exposé and campaign have taken its toll on David. Who will concede defeat and who will lead Victoria in the next term?
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - Sisters Aren't Doing It For Themselves
Offspring - Season 6 - Episode 8
Nina's attempt to do something for Billie spirals into a huge decision which could impact Nina's life forever and threatens to tear the two sisters apart.
#15 - The Campaign Trail
Party Tricks - Season 1 - Episode 4
As Kate's speechwriter Ollie is struggling to help Kate manage the situation with David, his partner Tom's actions could derail the entire campaign.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - A Step Closer to the Madness
The Newsreader - Season 1 - Episode 4
Helen is deeply apprehensive about meeting Dale’s mother, while Dale gets lumbered with Royal Wedding puff pieces. But their everyday concerns are thrown aside when a bomb goes off on Russell Street.
Watch Now:Amazon#21 - The Light on the Hill
Secret City - Season 1 - Episode 6
Harriet's story on missing Chinese dissidents may have embarrassed Beijing into returning Sabine Hobbs to Canberra, but the connections to Australian intelligence and the murder remain hidden.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#22 - Three, Two, One…
The Newsreader - Season 1 - Episode 1
In 1986, ambitious reporter Dale dreams of landing the most prized role on commercial TV: newsreader. But Helen, the network’s first female newsreader, struggles against her reputation as ‘difficult’. When their personal and professional lives collide, Dale and Helen embark on a fragile new alliance. Their first job together seems simple enough—cover the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Watch Now:Amazon#23 - No More Lies
The Newsreader - Season 1 - Episode 5
Dale's career and his relationship with Helen couldn't be any better, until his prized interview with an HIV-positive mother goes horribly wrong. In the eye of a media storm, buried secrets comes to light.
#24 - A White Marquis Matinee Jacket
The Newsreader - Season 1 - Episode 3
When news breaks of Lindy Chamberlain’s imminent release from prison, Helen, Dale and cameraman Tim fly to Darwin. But they’ll face fierce competition as they fight to land the “interview of the century”.
#25 - Decision 87
The Newsreader - Season 2 - Episode 1
It's one year on and Helen and Dale are now established as 'The Golden Couple of News'. It's Election Night 1987 - Hawke vs Howard. Competitor Geoff Walters is also making a well-publicised comeback on a rival network.
Watch Now:Amazon#27 - Incognita
Stateless - Season 1 - Episode 2
Ambitious bureaucrat Clare Kowitz arrives at Barton as the new General Manager and is struck by the extent of the facility's dysfunction. Ameer finally makes it to Australia only to discover tragic news awaits him.
#29 - People Like You And Me
The Newsreader - Season 2 - Episode 2
The country is rocked by a shock mass shooting in the heart of Melbourne. When Helen races to air with confronting footage of the aftermath, she is seen as exploiting the tragedy, and public sentiment shifts against her.
Watch Now:Amazon#31 - The Enemy
Glitch (2015) - Season 3 - Episode 5
As Chris' relationship with his brother is tested, Kate becomes increasingly suspicious of James and William. Meanwhile Kirstie tries to convince the Risen to take Sam's offer as Phil discovers the truth about James.
Watch Now:Amazon#32 - The Risen
Glitch (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 1
When Sergeant Hayes is called to the cemetery, he makes a startling discovery. Six people have inexplicably returned from the dead and are in perfect health. How is this possible? Who are they and why are they back?
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#33 - Falling Hard
Secret City - Season 1 - Episode 4
A sophisticated cyber attack cripples Australia's air traffic control for 13 terrifying minutes. All the evidence points to China seeking vengeance for their dead sailor.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#34 - Ghosts in the Machine
Secret City - Season 1 - Episode 5
Determined to become hunter rather than prey, Harriet convinces ASIO agent Charles Dancer to pursue her attacker and the murderer while she investigates how a Chinese assassin can operate in Australia with apparent impunity.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#35 - Mum
Glitch (2015) - Season 3 - Episode 1
Two newly Risen emerge from their graves as James struggles with Sarah's death. Meanwhile Kate, Kirstie and Charlie make plans to leave Yoorana.
Watch Now:Amazon#36 - Perfectly Safe
Glitch (2015) - Season 3 - Episode 4
Chi and Belle befriend a young Chinese boy as Kirstie and Charlie receive a tempting offer from Noregard. Meanwhile, Kate interrogates Phil about his true intentions as James and William forge ahead with their new plan.
#38 - First Times
Glitch (2015) - Season 3 - Episode 3
With Chris still trying to protect the Risen, Kirstie deals with the possibility of an unwanted pregnancy as Charlie meets a love interest. Meanwhile, Phil returns to Yoorana with a new purpose.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#39 - Once in a Lifetime
The Newsreader - Season 1 - Episode 2
Helen and Dale's new alliance has become the talk of the office as they cover the much-hyped return of Halley's Comet. The closer Dale draws to Helen, the more he finds himself thrust into the spotlight.
#40 - Quintessence
Glitch (2015) - Season 3 - Episode 2
Following an action-packed night in Melbourne, William discovers his true purpose. Meanwhile, Kate is en route to Adelaide when she realises she's been set up.
Watch Now:Amazon#42 - The Watchers
Secret City - Season 1 - Episode 2
One person Harriet has questioned in pursuit of her story is dead, another is missing. The conspiracy may be hidden deep, but it involves those who are powerful, ruthless and with a great deal at stake, but Harriet won’t stop no matter how deadly her quest becomes. In this game no-one is pure, but are their machinations politics as usual or do they cover something darker? Now, as Harriet continues her search for the truth, someone closer to her inner circle is found murdered.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#43 - Life Changing Decisions
Offspring - Season 5 - Episode 12
Nina and Leo are floored by an unexpected patient at St Francis; Mick asks Billie to come to London with him; Cherie must choose between Kim and Clegg's needs.
#44 - A Donation to the Struggle
Secret City - Season 1 - Episode 1
Political journalist Harriet Dunkley sees the gutted body of a young man washed up on the lakeshore she suspects a conspiracy and determines that, whatever the personal or professional cost, she must pursue a story that could overturn everything Australians believe about our Government and our place in the world.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#45 - Beware the Jabberwock
Secret City - Season 1 - Episode 3
A shocking murder leaves Harriet shattered but angry. Australian intelligence agencies are determined to shut down the story, however, Harriet has been deliberately left a clue that only she will understand and as she pursues the trail of secrets, finds the pieces of several different puzzles forming a larger picture. People she should be able to trust are revealed as determined enemies but she discovers an unlikely ally.
Watch Now:Apple TV#47 - Little Gidding
Glitch (2015) - Season 3 - Episode 6
As catastrophic bushfires approach Yoorana, the Risen confront their fears about life and death. With Noregard’s forces still threatening them, the Risen must return to the cemetery with James and William before it’s too late.
#48 - The Circumstances In Which They Come
Stateless - Season 1 - Episode 1
Four strangers' lives collide at an immigration detention centre: a woman escaping a cult, a refugee fleeing persecution, a father escaping a dead-end job, and a bureaucrat on the verge of a national scandal.