Blue Heelers

I am really enjoying this program. It's so much better than any of the modern television cop shows. Has a bit of a light hearted feel at first with most of the crimes being minor events.

I like that there's good rapport between the characters and the actors seem to fit very well.

The show should have ended with the departure of Lisa McClune. After that it gets darker. The characters are less interesting. And more and more of the main characters, leave the show, and it just doesn't have the same field anymore.

The first couple of seasons has such a great chemistry between characters. Maggie Doyle is my favorite character played by Lisa McClune.

This show and Water Rats seem much better written than most police shows on television.

Genuinely intriguing long-running series about a police station in a small country town. Consistently good writing and acting helped to make "Blue Heelers" one of the best and most-watched homegrown dramas on Australian television, arguably spawning other admirable programs such as "water Rats" and "Murder Call" (all three were and are made by Hal McElroy (spelling?) productions). "Blue Heelers" utilised the careers of well-established actors (John Woods and Martin Sachs) at the same time as providing a head start for less well-known but still talented actors (Grant Bowler, Lisa McCune, Tasma Walton etc.). Genuinely three dimensional character writing helped avoid the cliche saccharine nature too common to the genre, all of the characters can be seen to be realistic, they all have their faults and personal obstacles. Although it can be quite often seen to be a little unrealistic, why should a town as small as Mt. Thomas have so much crime and intrigue??, this is easily forgivable as the viewer gets immersed in the storyline. "Blue Heelers" utilises the continually evolving sub-plot to further distance itself from the routine one-case-an-episode formula. Will PJ and Maggie ever get together? What about Dash and her fight against breast cancer etc. The characters have also established themselves with the Australian public as a source of concern. The higher rating episodes have been those involving major life changes for the main characters, recently Maggie's struggle with her heroin addicted brother and Nick Schultz's departure from the show. I would argue, that, had the series not been so well-constructed, this phenomenon would not be in evidence.

Pretty good police procedural until it went down the tubes after the bobbing of the police station and the killings. After that it seemed the writing went down hill. All the characters started acting like idiots.

I really love the chemistry of all the characters. Sadly I only watched up to S4. How can I watch the rest is S4 and other season s?

I was born and raised in Melbourne. Only recently have I moved to the US to get an education and find work. One thing I have missed as a result of moving away is Blue Heelers. I have heard rumours that it is playing on some US Cable companies, but I do not know which ones and where. Anyway if anyone stumbles across the television show, just sit down, have a beer and relax while you watch it. I think it is a little off the realistic track when it comes to police violence, corruption, etc. But it does cover a lot of the boring mundane tasks that police often have to put up with, such as cold burgs, etc. Or perhaps I just miss it because it is Australian??