The BEST episodes directed by Richard Frankland
#1 - The Last Jar
Blue Heelers - Season 9 - Episode 26
Tess and Jonesy clash when a man accuses his estranged wife of trying to kill his girlfriend by poisoning her breakfast jam. When they question the wife, she counter-accuses her husband of product tampering and extortion. Tess empathises with the wife, who is an independent woman like herself, running her own jam making business. Jonesy, on the other hand, feels the husband is misunderstood. Despite a product recall, the Heelers realise there is a second jar of poisoned jam out there somewhere which must be found before someone dies
#2 - Teamwork
Blue Heelers - Season 9 - Episode 36
After Jonesy crashes a police vehicle, Tess decides he needs to learn something about teamwork. And when a local panel beater is found robbed and assaulted, it seems the perfect chance to test his teamwork skills. But confusion takes hold when the cops discover that they have entered a web of lies and intrigue where everyone has a motive, but who exactly is doing what? With so many different crimes taking place, and so many suspects, it takes the collective efforts of all the police force to put it together. And while the rest of the force are tied up with all the other suspects trying to untangle what each of them did wrong, Jonesy and Jo uncover another crime - a car theft racket. But because they have a scanner, Jonesy doesn't use the radio to warn Tess and PJ, who are coming as backup. When they arrive they unknowingly walk in to a gun battle and Tess finds herself on the wrong end of the gun. Jo ultimately has to shoot the man threatening Tess, leaving her in shock. That night, as
#3 - The Sum of the Parts
Blue Heelers - Season 10 - Episode 7
Human remains are found in a shallow grave. As PJ and Jo are feduing yet again, Jonesy accompanies PJ, much to his delight. The other Heelers are called out, to assist in door knocks, Jo finds an old ladies body in a house opposite the grave site - she is convinced the two cases are connected. Whilst investigating the death of the old lady, a young boy is found intruding. Meantime PJ and Jonesy are investigating the case of the human remains, they find out the remains are those of a Mt Thomas woman who went missing 10 years prior. They question the boyfriend who finally admits that he killed her. However all is not as it seems, in searching his house, Jo finds a slip of paper with a phone number on it. The phone number belongs to the boy found in the old ladies house. There is a link after all. The young boy, is the son of the young dead woman, he was given to his 'mother', by the older dead woman, a midwife. The girl died in child birth, was buried by the midwife and her boyfriend