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Something is seriously awry in Cleaver's world. His practice is booming. Barney is thriving. And he is falling in love with Felicity. But does fate have some nasty surprises in store?

Cleaver considers a career change but David throws a spanner in the works. Cleaver's determined to win Wendy back, but Jack is scheming to get rid of him for good. Will it work? Fuzz has some surprising news.

Roger bans Cleaver from Wendy's, and Fuzz has returned with a Congolese wife, a Cleaveresque attitude, and (according to the AFP) a suitcase full of stolen blood diamonds.

Joe Sandilands' suicide leaves Cleaver, Barney, Missy, Scarlet and Wendy reeling; while Missy's secret life is about to be revealed when she tricks Cleaver into defending her brother.

Cleaver is retained for a low rent tawdry sex offence, but the Royal Commissions that have decimated David's front bench mean that even barrel-bottom Cleaver Greene is getting lots of briefs.

Cleaver defends Mick Corella on a murder charge; and David finds out about Missy's past.

Cleaver is charged with manslaughter; his journalist girlfriend betrays him; and Kirsty wants his debt paid in full. His strategy is to have Cal McGregor upgrade the charge to murder.

Cleaver is roped into defending an old flame, and is in trouble in his tax case. But when Missy tells him she is marrying David, his world collapses.

Missy and fiancé Joshua Floyd are Australia's most newsworthy couple; but luckily for Cleaver, when his woes are at their worst, he's given the case of the decade.

Cleaver's friend Dr. Bruce Chandler finds himself in hot water; but on the home front Cleaver's life is also spiralling out of control.

Cleaver defends a chef who is being tried for bigamy, while trying to deal with his guilt over sleeping with Barney's wife Scarlet.

Barney & Cleaver are back on speaking terms and share a case; Cleaver rescues Missy who's been enjoying a cocaine-hazed few days with Cal McGregor, and appeals to Wendy's better nature to take her in.

A new PM is sworn in on the eve of Anzac Day, and Cleaver is served with a summons in the defamation case Evans vs Greene ahead of a heated debate over the sell-off of the Aussie ice cream icon - the Oz Ripple.

After taking up residency in Canberra as a Senator in Federal Parliament, Cleaver has old foes and new. A terrorist gas attack on New Parliament House causes the seat of government to move down the hill to its old home.

Incriminating multimedia and a missing US Defence Secretary puts Cleaver firmly in the sights of the Secret Service as it comes to light that the suspected terrorist attack may have been caused by something much more benign.

Barrister Cleaver Greene's life continues to spiral out of control. As usual, he runs to Missy, a high class call girl who works at a brothel also frequented by Cleaver's friend, Attorney General, Joe Sandilands.

After mislaying his suit at a fancy-dress party Cleaver is not only forced to do the walk of shame, but to speak to the house... dressed as a zebra; and he becomes the prime suspect in an assassination attempt.

It's a new week and a new Prime Minister. Indigenous Liberal Greg Peters has come to the fore to lead the country with his own agenda; just as there's panic in the Capital as ministerial diaries are to be published.

War is looming in the South China Sea; a cabinet reshuffle is on the cards, and the plumbers handled! The move back to New Parliament House is on, but not before the Mid-Winter Ball; and a feud is buried for political gain.

Cleaver sees his 'Missy' out on the arm of his nemesis David Potter; and is hoodwinked into defending a scheming woman.

Cleaver defends David and Barney sees it as a betrayal; Fuzz gets Missy drugs and then she seduces him. Wendy has a date with an old flame; and a free David announces he's standing for the Senate.

Red and David's affair is front page news; Missy decides she wants marriage and children; Cleaver is facing the consequences of the dark path he trod to recover his father's estate.

After a 21-week term Peters is out as PM and Morrow is in; Cleaver's own plumbing issues shed light on the true cause of the explosion at Parliament House; and an intended hit gone wrong results in a Senate resignation.

Wendy reluctantly takes Cleaver in when he's evicted, while Barney is reeling from the costs of his rescue. David and Scarlet's romance is slowly being scuttled by her children; and Missy is desperate for drugs.