This is perhaps the best episode of the Australian detective series so far - a disturbing tale of an amorous head teacher (Andrew Broadbent) found dead in his office, that brings Blake (Craig McLachlan) and Lawson (Joel Tobeck) into an unfortunate encounter with their pasts. We learn how Lawson, as a child, was the victim of ill-treatment by a sadistic teacher (Kevin Harrington) who still works at the same school, and aspired after the deceased head's post.
As Blake investigates the case, he opens up a can of worms that need to be revealed, but tell us a lot about the school's code of behavior (or lack of it, in this case). What seems on the surface to be an institution dedicated to 'traditional' education actually turns out to be nothing more than a facade: the teachers often believe they have carte blanche to behave as they wish.
This theme is not uncommon in the movies (it was explored in the late Sixties in Lindsay Anderson's memorable IF ...), but here it is given new meaning, as director Declan Eames shows how an obsessive concern for a 'good' education leads many of the teaching staff to believe that they are immune from justice. McLachlan is particularly good in this episode as the doctor, becoming more and more disturbed as he finds out just what has been happening - hitherto undetected - at the school.