Blue Heelers

THere's a flood of speed in the town as the Heelers deal with an increasing number of drug-related crimes. Tom is convinced the Baxters are behind it - especially after it is proved that the late Troy Baxter raped his wife Grace - but the evidence is circumstantial at best.



Kudos to John Woods for his excellent portray of bitter and vengeful Tom Croydon after eleven years of mostly being father-figure Tom Croydon.



PJ attempts to get Tom's daughter Susan to get Tom to open up to her, but Tom is short and bitter. Later, someone drives a car through Susan's house, into her bedroom, where she would have been sleeping had Tom not woken her up. The Baxters are becoming increasingly vengeful, trying to maintain their foothold in the drug business.



Tom's former mate admits he's heard on the blackmarket grapevine that someone was in the market for SEMTEX to build a bomb, but he doesn't know who. By this point, Cal Mallic is (posthumously) our of the picture - he wanted custody of her daughter, and may have done crazy, warped things, but he wasn't vengeful, certainly not enough to blow up a station.



Susie forces Jonsey to open up about their relationship-that-never-was. She admits she's seeing Ben, and there's a sense of regret of what could have been between them. They help deliver the baby of a teenage girl, something Susie feels very proud of. She brokers a reconciliation between her and her father.



The episode ends with Ben and Susie in bed together. You just know this is going to end badly for Ben - as is his way, he's fallen hard and fast, while Susie looked as if she regretted going so fast, so public.



And once more, Tom is alone - more alone then ever, now that he's alienating himself from his friends and family.



A touching, gripping episode which showed the depth of talent from Bishop and Woods.