I have just started rewatching season one, and I actually really enjoyed this episode more than the previous times I've watched it. Catherine McClements said on the DVDs that this was the very first episode they filmed, and I think it was a good one to start with. I did notice a couple of mistakes this time around (crew in the reflection) but I guess that can happen, especially when there's so many windows like on a show such as Water Rats.
The tension between the three detectives in Frank, Rachel and Kevin after the latter two sleep together is fantastic. I kinda wish they'd continued that tension for at least another episode but I also get why they didn't. The show this early on was very plot driven and not so much character driven.
And as another reviewer pointed out, the way Connie (trans character) was treated was great. I don't know much about what it was like at the time (mid-90s) but to have a television show treat that character the way Water Rats did is a credit to the writing and acting.
The tension between the three detectives in Frank, Rachel and Kevin after the latter two sleep together is fantastic. I kinda wish they'd continued that tension for at least another episode but I also get why they didn't. The show this early on was very plot driven and not so much character driven.
And as another reviewer pointed out, the way Connie (trans character) was treated was great. I don't know much about what it was like at the time (mid-90s) but to have a television show treat that character the way Water Rats did is a credit to the writing and acting.