Season 4
TV Show · Drama · Comedy

Last seen dangling from a balloon drifting across the Sydney skyline, Cleaver Greene (Richard Roxburgh) crashes back to earth - literally and metaphorically, when he’s propelled through a harbourside window into the unwelcoming embrace of chaos past. Fleeing certain revenge, Cleaver hightails it to a quiet country town, the reluctant member of a congregation led by a stern, decent reverend and his flirtatious daughter. Before long Cleaver’s being chased back to Sin City. But Sydney has become a dark place: terrorist threats and a loss of faith in authority have seen it take a turn towards the dystopian. When Cleaver finally emerges, he will be accompanied by a Mistress of the Black Arts, navigating a yellow brick road leading straight to our dark corridors of power. Twisting and weaving the stories of the ensemble of characters we’ve grown to love over three stellar seasons, Series 4 of Rake continues the misadventures of dissolute Cleaver Greene and casts the fool’s gaze on all levels of politics, the legal system, and our wider fears and obsessions.

2016 · 52m
Starring Richard Roxburgh, Matt Day, Adrienne Pickering
Director Peter Duncan

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    R Vs Murray
    Cleaver is presented by best friend and solicitor Barney with a case he can't resist - the defence of Professor Graham Murray, a world-renowned economist accused of cannibalism.
    52m
  • EPISODE 2
    R Vs Marx
    Cleaver and Barney take on a case of jury tampering, where Lucy Marx, an attractive 40-year-old - a detail that doesn't go unnoticed by Cleaver - has made headlines by seducing a juror for information after her daughter is found guilty of murder.
    53m
  • EPISODE 3
    R Vs Dana
    Consumed by remorse after sleeping with his best friend's wife Scarlet, and facing his ninth appearance before the Bar Association, Cleaver gets a needed distraction defending a famous chef, George Dana, charged with bigamy.
    54m
  • EPISODE 4
    R Vs Lorton
    Cleaver takes on a case defending a once famous but now homeless artist, Denny Lorton, who is accused of murdering a 15-year-old male prostitute. Cleaver's guilt about Barney and Scarlet sees him make a drunken spectacle of himself in front of Missy and David. But Missy is struggling to keep up her charade with David as he considers running for public office.
    54m
  • EPISODE 5
    R Vs Chandler
    Cleaver prepares to defend family friend Dr. Bruce Chandler, (Sam Neill) when a very incriminating DVD finds its way to the local police. Meanwhile, Barney won't speak to him, and ex-wife Wendy blames him for his son, Fuzz's predicament, with his young English teacher, so Cleaver turns to gambling and cocaine, scoring another beating from Mick Corella's stand-over man.
    54m
  • EPISODE 6
    R Vs Langhorn
    Unable to resist her charms, Cleaver agrees to defend an old flame, now a successful radio shock jock Eddie Langhorn, who's charged with inciting racial hatred. Meanwhile he learns his father has had a stroke. Cleaver despairs when he realises his client has conned him but allows himself a glimmer of hope when Missy arrives unannounced once more. But she's come to tell him that she and David are getting married!
    53m

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Cast & Crew

  • John Ortiz
    Ben Leon
  • Barry Otto
    Judge Cowper
  • Richard Roxburgh
    Cleaver Greene
  • Matt Day
    David "Harry" Potter
  • Adrienne Pickering
    Melissa "Missy" Partridge
  • Russell Dykstra
    Barney Meagher
  • Danielle Cormack
    Scarlet "Red" Meagher
  • Keegan Joyce
    Finnegan "Fuzz" Greene
  • Geoff Morrell
    Joe Sandilands
  • Caroline Brazier
    Wendy Greene
  • John Waters
    Edgar Thompson

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Season 4

Drama

Last seen dangling from a balloon drifting across the Sydney skyline, Cleaver Greene (Richard Roxburgh) crashes back to earth - literally and metaphorically, when he’s propelled through a harbourside window into the unwelcoming embrace of chaos past. Fleeing certain revenge, Cleaver hightails it to a quiet country town, the reluctant member of a congregation led by a stern, decent reverend and his flirtatious daughter. Before long Cleaver’s being chased back to Sin City. But Sydney has become a dark place: terrorist threats and a loss of faith in authority have seen it take a turn towards the dystopian. When Cleaver finally emerges, he will be accompanied by a Mistress of the Black Arts, navigating a yellow brick road leading straight to our dark corridors of power. Twisting and weaving the stories of the ensemble of characters we’ve grown to love over three stellar seasons, Series 4 of Rake continues the misadventures of dissolute Cleaver Greene and casts the fool’s gaze on all levels of politics, the legal system, and our wider fears and obsessions.

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Studio
Acorn TV
Released
2016
Rated
M
Region of Origin
Australia
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