Blue Heelers (season 9)

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season_name = Blue Heelers - Season 9
headercolour = cedff2


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country = AUS
network = Seven Network
first_aired = 13 February 2002
last_aired =
20 November 2002
num_episodes = 41
prev_season = Season 8
next_season = Season 10The "ninth season" of the Australian police-drama "Blue Heelers" premiered on the Seven Network on 13 February 2002 and aired on Wednesday nights at 8:30 PM. The 41-episode season concluded 20 November 2002.

Casting

Main cast for this season consisted of:
* John Wood as Sergeant Tom Croydon ["full season"]
* Julie Nihill as Christine 'Chris' Riley ["full season"]
* Martin Sacks as Detective Senior Constable Patrick Joseph 'P.J.' Hasham ["full season"]
* Paul Bishop as Senior Constable Benjamin 'Ben' Stewart ["full season"]
* Jane Allsop as Probationary Constable Jo Parrish ["full season"]
* Caroline Craig as Sergeant Tess Gallagher ["full season"]
* Ditch Davey as Constable Evan 'Jonsey' Jones ["full season"]

Notable guest actors this season included Ailsa Piper, Alan David Lee, John Orcsik, Leslie Dayman, Margot Knight, Justine Saunders, Jane Badler, Elspeth Ballantyne, Peter Sumner, Shaunna O'Grady, Kate Jason, Alethea McGrath, Marg Downey, Monica Maughan, Lois Collinder and Annie Jones.

Plot

Storylines for the 41-episode ninth season included:
*Susan Croydon, pregnant, returning home only to lose her baby in a hit-and-run designed as a revenge plot on Tom,
*PJ dealing with his mother's death,
*Tess - having lost Hayley to her real family - letting out her feelings for Jonesy,
*and Jo falling for PJ, which faced a snag when Ben's lawyer sister Liz (Kat Stewart) arrived in town taking PJ's heart with her.
*After Liz left town, PJ and Jo ultimately became a couple and denied their feelings for each other at first but moved in together, forcing roommate Ben to deal with his new living situation,
*Tom proposed to Grace, but the week of their wedding saw trouble in the form of her ex-husband, and their respective families,
*Jo sat for - and succeeded in - her Senior Constable exam,
*and Tess began a whirlwind affair with an old friend, attractive Dr. Josh Carmichael (Daniel Fredriksen) which ended with Jonesy distraught, and Tess married. However not before, Tess and Jonesy shared a steamy kiss in the locker room, in the episode 'All You Need Is Love'

Production

Reception

Awards

Episodes

References

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* Zuk, T. [http://www.australiantelevision.net/bh/series9.html Blue Heelers: 2002 episode guide] , Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 1 August, 2007.
* TV.com editors. [http://www.tv.com/blue-heelers/show/3333/episode_guide.html?season=9&tag=season_dropdown;dropdown;8 "Blue Heelers" Episode Guide - Season 9] , TV.com. Retrieved 1 August 2007.;Specific