Irukandji (26 Jul. 2007)

The crew must stop beach frolicking now Toby 'Chefo' Jones plans to propose, for a mayday. It seems a pirate boat, but carries only boat refugees. Alas some splashing water contains ... See full summary »

Director:

Chris Martin-Jones

Writers:

Hal McElroy (creator), Di McElroy (creator),

Stars:

John Batchelor, Saskia Burmeister, Matthew Holmes

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
John Batchelor	...	Chief Petty Officer Andy 'Charge' Thorpe
Saskia Burmeister	...	Lieutenant Nikki Caetano
Matthew Holmes	...	Chief Petty Officer Chris 'Swain' Blake
Josh Lawson	...	Able Seaman Toby 'Chefo' Jones
David Lyons	...	Leading Seaman Josh 'ET' Holiday
Lisa McCune	...	Lieutenant Kate McGregor
Jay Ryan	...	Able Seaman Billy 'Spider' Webb
Kristian Schmid	...	Able Seaman Robert J. 'RO' Dixon
Ian Stenlake	...	Lieutenant Commander Mike Flynn
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor	...	Petty Officer Pete 'Buffer' Tomaszewski
Morgan O'Neill	...	Lieutenant Darryl Smith
Tye Harper	...	Seaman John Jaffah
Todd Levi	...	Colin Bacon
Andre Seager	...	Russell Gibson
Sepideh Madah	...	Samira Yousufzai

Storyline

The crew must stop beach frolicking now Toby 'Chefo' Jones plans to propose, for a mayday. It seems a pirate boat, but carries only boat refugees. Alas some splashing water contains microscopic Irukandji jellyfish, whose poisonous bite may be fatal for Chefo and John 'Jack' Jaffah. Chief petty officer Andy 'Charge' Thorpe has something irritating an eye. Petty officer Pete 'Buffer' Tomashevski gets refugee Samira to talk about the scum firing a flair at them and takes their side, unlike Robert 'RO' Dixon, who grumbles he must fill in as cook. Billy 'Spider' Webb is heartbroken when his recruitment 'class clown' Jaffah doesn't make it.

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Plot Keywords:

medical examination | poison | bare chested male | engagement ring | monster | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 July 2007 (Australia)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nine Network Australia, Pacific Film and Television Commission

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Buffer With A Female Immigrant Make This A Smart Voyage

The navy ship picks up illegal immigrants in a boat. Buffer has mixed feelings about the future of these immigrants (they will be locked up) once the ship docks in Australia. Meanwhile, two of the crew are seriously sick after being stung by a fish.

The opening minutes of this hour were probably filmed with the female viewer in mind as the shirtless male crew play ball on an island. For a minute, I thought the episode was going to go the way of seaQuest DSV (1993-96) by introducing shore leave episodes. Wrong. After a short period the crew jump back onto the ship...all ready for action!

The only thing wrong with this episode is the weird episode title - Irukandji - something more memorable would of been better. This is the best scripted episode so far as, at last, we get into 21st century issues such as illegal immigration into Australia. Also, Buffer finally makes his mark as being a really solid character without feeling the need to be a true blue in-your-face Aussie (as was the case in the previous hour). Buffer's relationship with the female immigrant is one of the best scripted/acted story lines in Australian drama. Sea Patrol just gets better and better.

Granted, I was a bit uncomfortable with the sea-sick-seamen-storyline, but that is just me, I hate medical dramas. But amusing Star Wars quotes from the seamen make this medical sub-plot more pleasing. Just as pleasing are the final frames of the hour...what a great look this production has. I just can't get over how pleasing this series is to the eye.

This episode had stiff competition when screened in Australia. Another network (channel seven) was screening the 2007 season final of LOST up against Irukandji. Let us hope too many Aussies did not miss out on such a compelling Austalian drama.

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