Wildside (AU)

Episode 1 (1x1)

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A ram-raid on a clothes store by a group of homeless teenagers results in a high-speed police chase. Two officers end up dead but the teenagers escape. When two of them seek help for their injuries at the crisis centre, the police from the station next door come knocking, clashing with Maxine as she tries to protect her young clients' interests. Meanwhile, ex-cop Bill McCoy, has arrived at the crisis centre from Kuala Lumpur, looking for his son Nick who has vanished. Bill's uncooperative, hostile ex wife informed him that during his absence Nick was sent to a boy's institution. Bill finds that Nick absconded from the institution with friend Luke Parsons. Bill makes a visit to the Darlo Police Station about Nick's police record and missing persons file. It is revealed that Luke Parsons has been raped and murdered. Who were the 'big fish' behind the ram-raid and is it connected with something much more sinister? Is Nick involved? Nobody wants to talk but McCoy is determined to find out