Blue Heelers Season 4 Episode 10
Dash and Adam respond to a report of vandalism at the train yards, and discover a couple of young offenders—one so fleet of foot that he’s even faster than Dash. She thinks she knows the boy, Jed Russell, and discovers from his mother that Jed’s been living with his father, Jim. Jim is at the pub when Adam and Dash find him , and seems unconcerned about his son’s actions. When a more serious incident happens at the trainyard, PJ becomes involved, and Jed Russell is the prime suspect in the case. Jim is brought in because Jed is underage, and during the questioning takes loud umbrage at PJ’s tactics. His shouting alerts Tom, who recognises a fellow Vietnam Veteran in trouble, and decides to help in any way he can. Jim has a lot of trouble caring for his son because of his own problems coming to terms with the war. He’s been writing everything down, hoping it would help, but it doesn’t seem to make any difference. Jed sees Jim as a loser, someone who didn’t even fight in the war—he was j
Serie: Blue Heelers
Episode Title: Fool For Love
Air Date: 1997-04-15