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Rake

★ 8.5 9K votes 2010–2018 5 seasons · 40 episodes Ended ABC TV
Antihero leadA protagonist doing bad things you can't stop watching.This show: 10/10Dark comedyFinding the laughs in grim and taboo material.This show: 9/10Addiction & viceSubstance abuse and self-destruction up close.This show: 8/10LegalCourtrooms, lawyers and the machinery of the law.This show: 8/10CynicalDeeply distrustful of institutions and human motives.This show: 8/10Morally grayNo clean heroes or villains anywhere in sight.This show: 8/10Genius leadExceptional intellect as the protagonist's engine.This show: 7/10Dialogue-drivenThe writing's voice is the main event.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Richard RoxburghMatt DayKate BoxCaroline BrazierAdrienne PickeringKeegan Joyce
Written by
Richard RoxburghPeter DuncanCharles Waterstreet
Starring
Richard RoxburghMatt DayKate BoxCaroline BrazierAdrienne PickeringKeegan Joyce
Written by
Richard RoxburghPeter DuncanCharles Waterstreet
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A charming disaster of a man, brilliantly unraveling"

Rake follows Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but catastrophically self-destructive Sydney barrister who wins impossible cases in court while torching every relationship, debt, and vice outside it. Each episode mixes a colourful, often absurd legal case with the slow-motion train wreck of his personal life: bookies, mistresses, drugs, and a long-suffering circle of friends and exes. The tone is sharp, funny, and unexpectedly tender, carried almost entirely by Richard Roxburgh's magnetic performance. It's fast-talking, morally messy, and very Australian in its irreverence, more character study wrapped in dark comedy than conventional legal drama.

Watch it for

Richard Roxburgh's electric, career-defining performance as the most charismatic disaster in legal fiction.

Maybe skip if

you need likeable, stable protagonists or dislike cringe-heavy self-sabotage comedy.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Season 12010
8.02K87h 15m
Cleaver Greene is a brilliant attorney capable of working miracles for clients whose less-than-spotless reputations complicate their defense.
Season 22012
8.51K87h 20m
Defense attorney Cleaver Greene's personal life is an ongoing disaster, but he still pursues his cases with tireless resolve on behalf of his clients.
Season 32014
8.51K87h 20m
Amid new restaurant ventures, new loves and a prison sentence, there's still time for Cleaver Greene to defend the indefensible.
Season 42016
8.592787h 19m
Cleaver crashes back to earth and tries to lay low, but staying out of trouble has never been his strong suit.
Season 52018
7.088987h 25m
Terror! Scandal! Ill-fitting zebra costumes! When you're a senator, these sorts of things tend to just sort of happen.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Richard Roxburgh Cleaver Greene
Matt Day David Potter
Kate Box Nicole
Caroline Brazier Wendy Greene, Wendy
Adrienne Pickering Melissa Partridge
Keegan Joyce Fuzz Greene, Fuzz (Finnegan) Greene
Russell Dykstra Barney Meagher
Damien Garvey Cal McGregor
Danielle Cormack Scarlet Meagher, Scarlet Engels
Tom Poulton Max Meagher

Crew

Peter Duncan
Charles Waterstreet

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