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- Original Title :
- Slings and Arrows
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Comedy / Crime / Drama
- Year :
- 2005–
- Directror :
- Vanessa Alexander
- Cast :
- Robyn Malcolm,Grant Bowler,Antony Starr
- Writer :
- James Griffin,Rachel Lang
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 43min
- Rating :
- 7.9/10
When Wolfgang "Wolf" West gets put away for 4 years, his wife Cheryl decides it's time for her family to go straight. But can they change the habits of a lifetime?
Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Robyn Malcolm | - | Cheryl West | |
Grant Bowler | - | Wolfgang West | |
Antony Starr | - | Jethro West / Van West | |
Siobhan Marshall | - | Pascalle West | |
Antonia Prebble | - | Loretta West | |
Frank Whitten | - | 'Grandpa' Ted West | |
Kirk Torrance | - | Detective Sergeant Wayne Judd | |
Brian Sergent | - | Eric | |
Tammy Davis | - | Munter | |
Katrina Browne | - | Caroline | |
Rohan Glynn | - | Glen Hickey | |
Dane Dawson | - | Kurt | |
Michelle Ang | - | Tracy Hong | |
Trevor Sai Louie | - | Mr. Hong | |
Roy Ward | - | John Stierson |
Car license-plate numbers spotted:
- Wayne Judd (Kirk Torrance)'s car: ZP8822
- Cheryl (Robyn Malcolm)'s car: ACU560
- Van (Antony Starr)'s car: ZS2632
- Mr Hong (Trevor Sai Louie)'s car: H0NG
'WINZ' is the acronym for "Work and Income New Zealand" which is the government department responsible for handling all matters relating to financial and employment search assistance for beneficiaries (largely the unemployed, sickness, single parent families, retirees etc), within NZ.
First appearance of Glen Pickering as Van/ Jethro (Antony Starr)'s body double.
(#1.1) is titled "Slings and Arrows". The title is a nod to Robin Hood. In the legend of Robin Hood, Robin Hood was a thief and archer whom stole from the rich and gave to the poor. Wolfgang West (Grant Bowler) and the West family are criminals.
Wolf (Grant Bowler) is arrested by Detective Sergeant Wayne Judd (Kirk Torrance) whom Cheryl (Robyn Malcolm) would later have affair with and Cheryl later admits to Jethro (Antony Starr) in Series 2 that she had the affair with Judd, so she could hurt him after the way he treated her. Originally, Cheryl could had conspired with Judd to have Wolf wrongly arrested and sent down for a crime he never committed.
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