The following are summeries for only the episodes which have Brett in.

Brett plays Robbie Doyle who is the brother of Constable Maggie Doyle, his police career ended because of his drug addiction. The first episode with Brett in aired on Australian television in September 1997, and he was in it until the end of season finale. But returned for another episode which aired in Australia on the 11th November 1998.

The channel that show Blue Heelers here in England have taken Blue Heelers off just before the first episode with Brett in, but someone who has the episodes on video has copied them for me so I have seen the episodes with Brett in including the episode from November last year.

I have done a brief description from what it has on the Channel Seven Blue Heelers site, and from what I've seen myself. If you would like to go to this site I have put the link at the bottom of this page.


EPISODE 160 - THE SCARECROW

Gavin Stone who is known as the "Scarecrow" reports that his father's car has been stolen, his father is known as the "Troll", they have been feared by every child in the district for many years. Maggie makes an enemy of Gavin Stone when she registers his car unroadworthy, later on Gavin is killed in an accident on a friends motorbike, his father blames Maggie and she ends up in a life threatening situation. Meanwhile, PJ is investigating a series of car thefts. A call out to a possible burglary at Maggie's home turns out to be the arrival of her elder brother Robbie, Maggie manages to find Robbie a job at Lemon Motors, PJ uses this to his advantage and gets Robbie to spy on the owner who he believes is tied into the car thefts. Robbie is getting on well with Dash, and she likes him, they go out on a date.

EPISODE 162 - OUR PATCH

Robbie is looking at the jobs advertised in the newspaper and sees one he tells Maggie and Dash he is going to go and see about, but when he arrives home late that night he tells Dash he didn't go for it as he couldn't be bothered as he had no chance of getting it. The Heelers are investigating illegal drug growing after PJ comes across marijuana in the National Park. In the pub Dash sees Robbie having a drink with another female, she goes to them to say hello, he introduces her to Dash, her name is Anise Lightfoot.

EPISODE 163 - THE ALL SEEING EYE

A case of petty theft turns into an investigation of a two year old kidnapping of a girl which would be 8 years old now. The parents of the missing child arrive in town demanding action, and insist they use an old acquaintance of theirs who is a witch as a clairvoyant. She refuses, but another clairvoyant turns up at the station to help, she says she is a Roman Gypsy. She leads them to the girls clothes which raises suspicions of how she knew, and Maggie finds out she has a small girl living with her. Meanwhile, after taking one look at Robbie the witch tells Dash she thinks he is taking drugs as he has a 'murky aura', Dash tells Maggie who refuses to believe it. Maggie is alone at home and decides to search the house, but finds no drugs, then she remembers the 'vegie' patch that Robbie was so keen to dig for her.

EPISODE 164 - PLAYING POSSUM

PJ is on the trial of a cat burglar known as the "Possum" who has been responsible for a number of jewelry thefts in Mt Thomas and has proven impossible to catch. PJ asks Maggie to help but her mind is elsewhere thinking about Robbie after discovering that he is using herion again. Maggie asks their father, Sgt Pat Doyle, up from Melbourne to try and help Robbie overcome his addiction. With Maggie and Pat's help Robbie goes cold turkey with them taking it in turns watching him, this makes it even harder for Maggie to concentrate on the thefts. While Pat is with Robbie he tries to escape from the house but Pat grabs him, Maggie comes home to find her father pinning Robbie down on the floor and Robbie very upset. PJ finds out from Dash about Robbie taking heroin again and tries to lend support to Maggie but she shuts him out. Maggie wakes the next morning to find Robbie has made it through the worst of the withdrawal and seems relieved to have his addiction behind him. Pat Doyle goes back to Melbourne. But, then Dash tells Maggie that her CD player has gone missing.

EPISODE 165 - COLLATERAL DAMAGE

During a routine school locker search for stolen money a foil of heroin is found in a fourteen year old girl's locker, she says she was given it at a party, PJ concludes it is a free sample and that someone is determined to expand their drug business in Mt Thomas. Maggie is concerned because of her brother's previous addiction, but wants to believe he is still clean even though he addmitted to borrowing Dash's CD player. When Maggie demands the CD player back he says he lent it to his girlfriend Anise who has pawned it, probably to pay for drugs. Maggie urges Robbie to break it off with her and she thinks she is a bad influence on him. But later Maggie find Anise shooting up in her living room and arrests her, Anise does a deal to lead them to the drug dealer, but when the operation is carried out no drugs are found, were they warned in advance. Maggie comes home to find Robbie has just used heroin and is furious, but then Robbie explains it was him that informed the nightclub owner, and he fears for his life as the nightclub owner is demanding that Robbie inform him of more information from Maggie. Tom and PJ set a trap to catch the person leaking information, PJ is astonished to find the person informing the nightclub owner is Maggie.

EPISODE 166 - THE BIG PICTURE

Maggie is interviewed and suspended from duty. PJ is convinced she is innocent and is frantic but can't get through to Maggie. The other Heelers who are in stunned disbelief continue with the business of trying clean up the local hard drug scene. They suspect young Kylie Bunton of taking drugs, she goes missing and her parents say she is staying with her grandmother, but they later find she is being kept prisoner by her own parents as this is the only way to keep her away from heroin. PJ gets disturbing news that Maggie has gone to see the nightclub owner who is the suspected drug dealer and Robbie's boss, PJ later picks a fight with Maggie, then Maggie finds Robbie and Anise about to shoot up in her living room, she chases Anise off but not before finding out about a drugs distribution that will be happening that afternoon. Maggie informs the Heelers, but PJ is the only one that believes her and forces the others to raid the nightclub, this results in the drug distributors being caught. Later Maggie is reinstated into the force. But her drub nightmare isn't over as she comes home to find a dead body on her couch, Anise has overdosed, but Robbie is alright...this time.

EPISODE 167 - SETTLEMENT POSTPONED

It's Melbourne Cup time in Mt Thomas, the Heelers learn the TAB takings for the Cup are well down on last year's, Tom deduces that an illegal Starting Price bookie must be in town. They are keeping a watch on 3 people - Richo, Celia Donald, and Compo as it could be any of these 3 who is the bookie. Meanwhile, PJ is dismayed that Maggie has borrowed $5,000 to put Robbie into Thea Copeland's clinic in the hope that the alternative use of hypnotherapy can cure Robbie's addiction. Robbie seems to be doing well, but then he disappears, they find out Compo attends the clinic aswell and they are not suprised to learn that Robbie and Compo have taken off together. It's not too long before they are found, but in circumstances that Maggie realise that Robbie's battle against heroin addiction is far from over.

EPISODE 170 - POSSESSION

Robbie has got a job working for Doreen Jackson at her service station, he comes into the station with Doreen and her father Jim Jamieson, her father wants to report that one of his paintings has been stolen, but when PJ and Maggie go to his house the painting has been replaced. Robbie starts his job at the service station but is soon calling the station to report he has been robbed by 2 leather clad bike riders who held him up by knife point. Later that evening Robbie returns home aftering spending the evening with Doreen, but during the night Maggie hears Robbie going out in her car. When he arrives back the next morning he tells Maggie he just went for a drive. Then Jim Jamieson reports that more of his paintings were stolen in the night and that he was injured. PJ questions Maggie about Robbie's whereabouts, but Maggie says she was asleep. PJ finds out that a man staying at the pub is an art dealer and is trying to establish some link between him and Robbie. When PJ and Maggie speak to Doreen she says that Robbie spent the night with her, Robbie then admits this to Maggie saying he wanted some love and he wasn't getting any from her or anyone else. Maggie then finds a framing wedge for a painting in the boot of her car, she confronts Robbie with this evidence, Robbie then admits he did steal the paintings for Doreen who wanted to stop her fathers obsession with painting a horse, and says he just threw them on the tip, but he denies injuring Jim Jamieson. It is eventually proved that Robbie did steal the paintings and injure Jim Jamieson, and they were for the art dealer in town. Maggie and PJ arrest Robbie.

EPISODE 209 - HUNTED

Maggie was meant to be having a romantic night with PJ, there is a knock on her door, she expects it to be PJ but instead it is Robbie who has escaped from prison, he begs for her help, but Maggie wants to turn him in and assures him he will be fairly treated, but he turns on her and shoves her to the floor and leaves. A hunt is on for Robbie but he isn't found. The next morning Tom thinks is best Maggie leave Mt Thomas while the search is on for Robbie, and she is sent to the previously closed Widgeree Police Station. But as soon as she arrives there a man turns up to report a woman has been injured and is lying bloody and unconscious in the front yard. When Maggie gets there she goes into the house to call for help, but is stopped by Hank, the man who attacked the woman and who is now attempting to abduct her son Jesse. Maggie manages to escape from him with Jesse, but Hank gets hold of Maggie's gun. Maggie and Jesse get the police station, but Hank has followed them and cut the phone lines and she can't call for help. They manage to get out and get to the police car but it won't start, he has removed something from the engine, in running away from him they comes across someone driving towards them - it is Robbie, he has stolen a car and come to see Maggie to try and get her help again. Maggie and Jesse get in the car, but Robbie won't drive them back to Mt Thomas because he will be in trouble, Hank catches up with them in the police car and forces them off the road, Robbie has banged is head and is unconscious, Maggie and Jesse aren't hurt but Hank is still after them so they have to run off and leave Robbie there. Later on PJ comes across Robbie walking in the road, he explains what has happened and together they go searching for Maggie. But when they do find Maggie and Jesse, Robbie risks his own life to save Maggie's and is shot and he dies.


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