The worst episodes of Jack Irish
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- 01
Jack enlists Linda in the hunt for a lead in Manila. Meanwhile, Jack and Sarah grow closer as they search for Tina. As the trail gets warmer, Jack is ambushed and warned that he could be the next victim in this murderous game.
- 02
Already on another assignment in India, Linda agrees to help Jack track down the deported students, but the work is slow going. Harry and Cam bring Jack in on a plan to expose Ricky Kirsch, a troublemaker in the racing world.
- 03
After being abducted, Jack returns home to find Charlie's troubled granddaughter, Gus, staying at his house. In need of help proving Meritus College's wrongdoings, Jack reaches out to Linda, who is now living in Manila with Orton.
- 04
Jack tries to avoid Rory after learning her husband's connection to Meritus College. Harry receives more help with his racetrack investigation, while Jack gets closer to finding the mysterious "K."
- 05
As the body count rises, Jack seeks help from Linda, the pair of them working together to dig deeper into what Barry knew about Isabel's death.
- 06
As the Great White pay day approaches, more people come into the line of fire and Jack must lay to rest the ghosts of the past or risk losing everything all over again.
- 07
When the only witness to a massacre in the Philippines returns to Australia, she is kidnapped just after sending a cryptic text to her friend, Janene. Jack becomes involved when he is employed to find Janene's boyfriend. Meanwhile, Linda's new job in Manila is off to a rough start.
- 08
Jack is determined to uncover who framed him for murder. Linda gets a lead to an interview and despite warnings, puts herself in danger.
- 09
A tense night in the Filipino jungle results in a chance discovery for Linda and Orton. Jack's concerned for Sarah's well-being as she becomes consumed by manic determination following news about Tina.
- 10
Jack visits Dr. Rory Finch, a psychiatrist mentioned in Eddie's calendar, while Lakshmi's father arrives in Melbourne to find out what happened to his daughter's remains. Jack's old boss Harry gets back into horse racing, but the track has changed.
- 11
After the execution-style death of an off-duty cop, Barry Tregear calls in a favour with Jack, leading him on the path to uncovering a buried truth about his murdered wife, Isabel.
- 12
The countdown to payday begins as Jack hunts down Barry's killer, but as the truth begins to come out, Jack's world is turned upside down.
- 13
While Jack recuperates in the hospital following the bomb blast at Sarah's workshop, Harry decides to move the horse to Jack's courtyard. Linda rushes back to Melbourne to see Jack, but their reunion is less than amiable.
- 14
Jack is in the frame for Pastor Rob's murder, despite Barry's efforts to buy him time to solve the case. Worried about how an arrest might affect the horse race, Harry has Jack stay with him. Back in Manila, Linda finally gets her interview, but under hostile circumstances.
- 15
In an effort to save his deteriorating relationship with Linda, Jack mails her a package, but three years later, he discovers it never arrived. Eddie, the courier Jack hired, went missing after looking into the death of Lakshmi, an Indian college student studying in Australia.
- 16
Jack discovers K's underground bunker and the testimony she hid there, but he is detained before he can utilize the evidence. Harry's plan to expose Ricky hits a snag, and Linda returns to Australia with Orton.
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