The race to find him becomes a lethal sprint. It turns out Gary is a witness who could bring down a business empire and more. A missing webcaster, two overripe corpses in a long-term carpark and a dead Fed who has turned to consommé in a water tank all point to one thing – Jack is in way over his head. The body count in Gary’s case is rising at an alarming rate.

Ricky fixes races and hits on a dead man’s wife at the funeral, but when he starts killing jockeys he crosses a line. Meantime, Ricky Kirsch, a Brisvegas former horse trainer, is moving in on the turf of Harry Strang, Jack’s friend and sometime employer. When a high profile judge, Justice Loder (Barry Humphries), commissions him to locate a mysterious red. Jack Irish (Guy Pearce) is a part-time lawyer, mug punter and finder of people who'd rather remain lost. Suddenly there is a disturbing number of faceless people in ill-fitting suits taking an interest in Jack’s quest including Dave – an obsessive federal agent and head of a clandestine operation called Black Tide. Sunday, Ap(ABC1) Ratings: 780,000 viewers (11th) Produced by Ian Collie.

As Jack begins to dig he discovers Gary was a man with something to hide and a very good reason to disappear – or be disappeared.įinding Gary turns nasty when Jack pushes the wrong buttons at the headquarters of a national transport company owned by one of Australia’s wealthiest men. But sometimes prodigal sons go AWOL for a reason. So when an old teammate of his dad’s turns up looking for help, it’s a welcome distraction for Jack.ĭes Connors’ son Gary has gone missing, having nicked off with all Des’s money. He’s back to takeaway Vietnamese for one after his girlfriend Linda abandoned him for a career in Sydney, a flashy Brisvegas type is muscling in on the racetrack action, and his cabinet-making still leaves a lot to be desired.

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