Rake

Season 3

TV-MA

100%

Amid new restaurant ventures, new loves and a prison sentence, there's still time for Cleaver Greene to defend the indefensible.

8 Episodes

Episode 1
E1
Episode 1Cleaver Greene languishes in prison surrounded by enemies and friends. Many former colleagues from Macquarie St and the bench are also inside, courtesy of corruption scandals.
Episode 2
E2
Episode 2With 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.
Episode 3
E3
Episode 3Luck can turn on the toss of a coin. The humiliation of Missy's film (with a famous actor as Cleaver) leads to a drug-fuelled casino binge with young traders Horny and Paul, and enough winnings to buy a share in a restaurant. At Malcolm's funeral Cleaver meets Mal's sister Felicity, a honey blonde with an acid wit; and baulks at being Scarlet's junior in the case of a gambling-addicted client.
Episode 4
E4
Episode 4The seemingly random murder of a security guard at Tikki Wendon Enterprises brings Felicity back into Cleaver's life. However, if her friends are not the world's least competent murderers, they are definitely the least co-operative defendants. Cleaver knows he needs Barney, despite everything that's happening in Barney's life; and he can't say goodbye to Wendy or Missy.
Episode 5
E5
Episode 5Cleaver is retained for a low rent tawdry sex offence, but the Royal Commissions that have decimated David's front bench mean that even barrel-bottom Cleaver Greene is getting lots of briefs.
Episode 6
E6
Episode 6Cleaver (played by Richard Roxburgh) is determined to win Felicity's (Jane Allsop) 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. Roger (Martin Sacks) bans Cleaver from Wendy's (Caroline Brazer), and Fuzz (Keegan Joyce)has returned with a Congolese wife, a Cleaveresque attitude, and (according to the AFP) a suitcase full of stolen blood diamonds.
Episode 7
E7
Episode 7Siege 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.
Episode 8
E8
Episode 8Something 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.