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Rake is a comedy and drama TV series that premiered on ABC TV on November 4, 2010. It has 5 seasons and 40 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 5 Episode 8 "Greene v The Reckoning", aired on October 7, 2018.

Cleaver Greene is not about politics or morality or even justice. Cleaver Greene is about the law. And it is his passion for the law that drives him to use his formidable intelligence to defend people whom society and the justice system might otherwise convict without a fair trial. He uses his encyclopaedic knowledge of human nature and the Byzantine intricacies of our legal codes to guarantee that his clients get what is theirs by the law; the right to a diligent defence.

  • Comedy
  • Drama

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Episodes

40 episodes · 5 seasons

Season 1

2010 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 15 years ago

Cleaver Greene is a brilliant attorney capable of working miracles for clients whose less-than-spotless reputations complicate their defense.

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    8. R v Corella

    Finale

    Cleaver defends Mick Corella on a murder charge; and David finds out about Missy's past.

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    7. R v Tanner

    Joe Sandilands' suicide leaves Cleaver, Barney, Missy, Scarlet and Wendy reeling; while Missy's secret life is about to be revealed when she tricks Cleaver into defending her brother.

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    6. R v Langhorn

    Cleaver is roped into defending an old flame, and is in trouble in his tax case. But when Missy tells him she is marrying David, his world collapses.

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    5. R v Chandler

    Cleaver's friend Dr. Bruce Chandler finds himself in hot water; but on the home front Cleaver's life is also spiralling out of control.

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    4. R v Lorton

    Cleaver makes a spectacle of himself in front of Missy and David; and Cleaver and Wendy discover their son Fuzz is learning a lot more than English from his attractive young teacher.

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    3. R v Dana

    Cleaver defends a chef who is being tried for bigamy, while trying to deal with his guilt over sleeping with Barney's wife Scarlet.

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    2. R v Marx

    Cleaver sees his 'Missy' out on the arm of his nemesis David Potter; and is hoodwinked into defending a scheming woman.

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    1. R v Murray

    Barrister Cleaver Greene's life continues to spiral out of control. As usual, he runs to Missy, a high class call girl who works at a brothel also frequented by Cleaver's friend, Attorney General, Joe Sandilands.

Season 2

2012 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 14 years ago

Defense attorney Cleaver Greene's personal life is an ongoing disaster, but he still pursues his cases with tireless resolve on behalf of his clients.

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    8. R v Greene

    Finale

    Cleaver is charged with manslaughter; his journalist girlfriend betrays him; and Kirsty wants his debt paid in full. His strategy is to have Cal McGregor upgrade the charge to murder.

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    7. Greene v Hole

    Red and David's affair is front page news; Missy decides she wants marriage and children; Cleaver is facing the consequences of the dark path he trod to recover his father's estate.

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    6. R v Alford

    Cleaver and Barney are defending a man accused of severing his neighbour's penis. Barney and Nicole's affair continues, while Scarlet and David are firmly on Cal McGregor's hook.

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    5. R v Turner

    Cleaver defends Missy for murder, while Scarlet inadvertently, through an indiscretion with David, gives Cal the ammunition he needs.

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    4. R v Floyd

    Missy and fiancé Joshua Floyd are Australia's most newsworthy couple; but luckily for Cleaver, when his woes are at their worst, he's given the case of the decade.

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    3. R v Wooldridge & Anor

    Missy's book about her life as a prostitute has caused a sensation, and she's engaged. Meanwhile, Cleaver is faced with gambling debts, his psychopathic client, and David Potter.

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    2. R v Fenton

    Cleaver is in the bad books with the Attorney General, while having to defend a slimy corporate thief as he sees an innocent client punished. And, best friend Barney now hates him.

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    1. R v Mohammed

    We re-discover Cleaver in the back of a limo with a woman he really, really shouldn't be with. When her husband finds out, he resolves to make it his life's work to destroy our hapless hero.

Season 3

2014 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 12 years ago

Amid new restaurant ventures, new loves and a prison sentence, there's still time for Cleaver Greene to defend the indefensible.

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    8. Episode 8

    Finale

    Something is seriously awry in Cleaver's world. His practice is booming. Barney is thriving. And he is falling in love with Felicity. But does fate have some nasty surprises in store?

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    7. Episode 7

    Siege veteran Cleaver leads Wendy, Fuzz and Prue out of Roger's hostage crisis, but is accidentally shot in the buttock.

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    6. Episode 6

    Roger bans Cleaver from Wendy's, and Fuzz has returned with a Congolese wife, a Cleaveresque attitude, and (according to the AFP) a suitcase full of stolen blood diamonds.

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    5. Episode 5

    Cleaver is retained for a low rent tawdry sex offence, but the Royal Commissions that have decimated David's front bench mean that even barrel-bottom Cleaver Greene is getting lots of briefs.

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    4. Episode 4

    A murder brings Felicity back into Cleaver's life. He knows he needs Barney, despite everything that's happening in Barney's life; and he can't say goodbye to Wendy or Missy.

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    3. Episode 3

    At Malcolm's funeral Cleaver meets Mal's sister Felicity, a honey blonde with an acid wit; and baulks at being Scarlet's junior in the case of a gambling-addicted client.

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    2. Episode 2

    Cleaver outsmarts the appeals judges, but life outside is not good. He is a legal pariah, jobless, homeless and phoneless, and while he has been inside, his world has been sliding towards chaos.

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    1. Episode 1

    Cleaver Greene languishes in prison surrounded by enemies and friends. Many former colleagues from Macquarie St and the bench are also inside, courtesy of corruption scandals.

Season 4

2016 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 10 years ago

Cleaver crashes back to earth and tries to lay low, but staying out of trouble has never been his strong suit.

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    8. Episode 8

    Finale

    Cleaver considers a career change but David throws a spanner in the works. Cleaver's determined to win Wendy back, but Jack is scheming to get rid of him for good. Will it work? Fuzz has some surprising news.

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    7. Episode 7

    After David's acquittal Cleaver and Nicole worry about Barney, but then Cleaver gets himself disbarred and Wendy kicks him out. But Jack is determined to get him out of Wendy's life forever.

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    6. Episode 6

    Cleaver defends David and Barney sees it as a betrayal; Fuzz gets Missy drugs and then she seduces him. Wendy has a date with an old flame; and a free David announces he's standing for the Senate.

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    5. Episode 5

    Barney & Cleaver are back on speaking terms and share a case; Cleaver rescues Missy who's been enjoying a cocaine-hazed few days with Cal McGregor, and appeals to Wendy's better nature to take her in.

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    4. Episode 4

    Thompson has Cleaver in the frame for drug trafficking, but Wendy comes to the rescue. David is desperate to save his relationship with Scarlet, and Nicole is scrolling through her ex-husband posts.

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    3. Episode 3

    Wendy reluctantly takes Cleaver in when he's evicted, while Barney is reeling from the costs of his rescue. David and Scarlet's romance is slowly being scuttled by her children; and Missy is desperate for drugs.

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    2. Episode 2

    Cleaver's been hiding out in the country posing as a writer, but his cover's blown when Barney appears on Australian Story, complete with images of his best friend. It isn't long before Thompson's goons arrive on the scene.

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    1. Episode 1

    Cleaver's descent to earth lands him straight into the clutches of a one-time mentor and now powerful criminal on the run, Edgar Thompson. Meanwhile Barney is adrift above the Pacific.

Season 5

2018 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 8 years ago

Terror! Scandal! Ill-fitting zebra costumes! When you're a senator, these sorts of things tend to just sort of happen.

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    8. Greene v The Reckoning

    Finale

    Morrow has been toppled, aided and abetted by his half-brother Joe, Cal McGregor is now PM. Following an international incident and a monumental cover up, will the capitol implode whilst our heroes chose to explode?

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    7. Greene v Mid-Winter

    War is looming in the South China Sea; a cabinet reshuffle is on the cards, and the plumbers handled! The move back to New Parliament House is on, but not before the Mid-Winter Ball; and a feud is buried for political gain.

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    6. Greene v The Unflushables

    After a 21-week term Peters is out as PM and Morrow is in; Cleaver's own plumbing issues shed light on the true cause of the explosion at Parliament House; and an intended hit gone wrong results in a Senate resignation.

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    5. Greene v Diaries

    It's a new week and a new Prime Minister. Indigenous Liberal Greg Peters has come to the fore to lead the country with his own agenda; just as there's panic in the Capital as ministerial diaries are to be published.

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    4. Gold and Greene v Red

    A new PM is sworn in on the eve of Anzac Day, and Cleaver is served with a summons in the defamation case Evans vs Greene ahead of a heated debate over the sell-off of the Aussie ice cream icon - the Oz Ripple.

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    3. Evans v Greene

    After mislaying his suit at a fancy-dress party Cleaver is not only forced to do the walk of shame, but to speak to the house... dressed as a zebra; and he becomes the prime suspect in an assassination attempt.

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    2. Greene v The United States

    Incriminating multimedia and a missing US Defence Secretary puts Cleaver firmly in the sights of the Secret Service as it comes to light that the suspected terrorist attack may have been caused by something much more benign.

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    1. Greene v The World

    After taking up residency in Canberra as a Senator in Federal Parliament, Cleaver has old foes and new. A terrorist gas attack on New Parliament House causes the seat of government to move down the hill to its old home.

Cast & crew

Created by Richard Roxburgh, Peter Duncan and Charles Waterstreet

  • Robyn Malcolm

    Robyn Malcolm

    Kirsty Corella

  • John Gaden

  • Richard Carter

    Richard Carter

  • Hugo Weaving

    Hugo Weaving

  • Lisa McCune

    Lisa McCune

  • Zoe Coyle

    Zoe Coyle

  • Sacha Horler

    Sacha Horler

  • Sarah Peirse

    Sarah Peirse

    Politicians Commissioner

  • Alex Cubis

    Alex Cubis

    Kyle Mannix

  • Kristian Schmid

    Kristian Schmid

    Police Negotiator

  • John Gregg

    John Gregg

  • Chris Ryan

    Chris Ryan

    Patient #1

  • Catherine Moore

    Catherine Moore

    Junior Council

  • Trent Baines

    Trent Baines

    Travis

  • David Callan

    David Callan

    Constable Saunders

  • John McNeill

    John McNeill

    John

Rake FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Rake?

Rake has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on October 7, 2018.

When did the latest episode of Rake come out?

The most recent episode of Rake, Season 5 Episode 8 "Greene v The Reckoning", aired on October 7, 2018.

How many seasons of Rake are there?

Rake has 5 seasons with 40 episodes in total.

When did Rake first air?

Rake first aired on ABC TV on November 4, 2010.

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