A Time For Mourning

• Drama

Episode overview

Troy Baxter has been crushed underneath a car at his property. Barry blames Tom and, while most of the cops brush this off as grief, Nick thinks it may be true. As Jonesy, Ben and Susie move things in to the new station, PJ and Nick focus on Cal Millic, who Tom thinks is just a distraction. Probationary Constable Kelly O'Rourke arrives. She's fresh from the Academy, ambitious and enthusiastic, and determined to prove her worth. Her father, who was an old friend of Tom's, died in the course of his duty as a policeman. However, her attempts to convey her sympathy to Tom end in him disciplining her. She is quickly aware that Tom Croydon is a changed man. Grace's autopsy report comes back: she was raped before, presumably, struggling to escape and falling into the river, where she drowned. Tom wants it kept out of the press, but it has already appeared on the radio. Jonesy and Susie pull over a speeder and discover it is Probationary Constable Joss Peroni. He's an enthusiastic cowboy who l