Sun, May 27, 1973
Two escapees, a seasoned criminal and a gun happy youth, commit a vicious murder. Banner is forced into a professional and personal confrontation, facing the torturous question of when is a policeman justified in risking a fatal shot to stop a criminal. In searching his conscience, Banner re-evaluates his own life in the four years since his wife's death, in which he has buried himself in his work. At this time he is re-acquainted with Jenny Franklin, a girl he knew when they were kids. She has returned from overseas to take over her father's homestead, and as they get back together and pick up the threads a deep attachment grows between them.
Tue, Apr 10, 1973
A cat burglar who has lost his nerve marries an ex-prostitute, and together they try to start a new life. However, the wife overhears a former boyfriend planning a $75,000 jewelery store robbery and she is kidnapped by a gang of violent criminals. The Yarra Central police investigate, but the cat burglar decides to take the law into his own hands.
Tue, Apr 24, 1973
A man captures a burglar in his house, but the burglar turns the tables on him and escapes. A neighbour who witnesses the confrontation phones the police. The victim is co-operative and appears to be a good, reliable witness, but he has something to hide, and the burglar has accidentally discovered what it is that could cause his downfall.
Tue, Jul 24, 1973
James McQueen is known as 'The Lock', a criminal whose fame in the underworld is almost legendary because of his skill and knowledge with safe combinations and key patterns. 'The Lock' is sprung from prison by a gang led by his son Wayne in order to pull a major job. To his son's dismay, 'The Lock' refuses to commit the job he was broken out of jail to do, his years in prison having given him strong food for thought about the hopelessness of the criminal life.
Tue, Aug 21, 1973
Const. Dwyer is first on the scene of a narcotics robbery at a warehouse, and is seriously bashed when he attempts to apprehend the criminals. One of the drug pushers is trained in unarmed combat, and he controls the supply for 17 - year- old addict Liz Green, a sad and dominated character from a good family who is controlled, degraded and nearly destroyed.