Packed to the Rafters (Complete Season 4) - 6-DVD Set ( Packed to the Rafters - Complete Season Four (22 Episodes) )

Packed to the Rafters (Complete Season 4) - 6-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

$40.99

Alternate Title: Packed to the Rafters - Complete Season Four (22 Episodes)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 2&4 )

Running Time:
950 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Nicholas Bufalo

Written By:
David Lawrance

Actors:
Rebecca Gibney ..... Julie Rafter (122 episodes, 2008-2013)
Erik Thomson ..... Dave Rafter (122 episodes, 2008-2013)
Michael Caton ..... Ted Taylor (122 episodes, 2008-2013)
George Houvardas ..... Nick 'Carbo' Karandonis (121 episodes, 2008-2013)
Hugh Sheridan ..... Ben Rafter (103 episodes, 2008-2013)
Angus McLaren ..... Nathan Rafter (102 episodes, 2008-2013)
James Stewart ..... Jake Barton (83 episodes, 2009-2013)
Jessica Marais ..... Rachel Rafter (75 episodes, 2008-2013)
Hannah Marshall ..... Loretta Schembri / ... (65 episodes, 2010-2013)
Zoe Ventoura ..... Melissa Bannon (65 episodes, 2008-2013)
Sabella Storey ..... Ruby Rafter (64 episodes, 2010-2013)
Hannah Storey ..... Ruby Rafter (64 episodes, 2010-2013)
Ryan Corr ..... Coby Jennings (61 episodes, 2009-2013)
Jessica McNamee ..... Sammy Rafter (55 episodes, 2008-2013)

Synopsis:

Season 4 of Packed to the Rafters traces the family's fortune as they attempt to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of Melissa's death. Strong family bonds ensure that traumatised Ben receives warm support as he takes his first steps back into the work-force. Slowly he learns to smile again, embracing a newfound interest in gardening and a growing friendship with his boss's daughter, Emma, which might hold promise of something more. And there are further love issues in the Karandonis household, with Carbo and Retta choosing to elope rather than face the comic extravagance of a Karandonis wedding. Julie and Dave meanwhile are forced to deal with the consequences for Rachel and Jake of a dangerous accusation flung at him by a drunken woman he encounters on a rugby weekend away. Rachel's feelings for Jake are tested to the limit, especially when her boss throws into the confusing mix the chance of a lifetime to work in New York. Julie and Dave also wrestle with the unexpected arrival in their lives of new family members, not the least being the release from prison of Dave's father, Tom. Tom's never quite predictable manipulations ultimately force Dave to take a heartbreaking stand, and cause him to initially misjudge the intentions of his half-brother, larrikin pub musician Matt. Julie meanwhile finds a new best friend in Donna, though their initial exchanges are hilariously uncompromising. Meanwhile Nathan is searching for a new direction in life and his desire to travel forces Julie and Dave to undertake some soul-searching of their own. And Ted is also keen to find a greater purpose, mentoring a troubled twelve year old boy.

Season 4
What Lies Beneath S4, Ep1 8 Feb. 2011
Ben returns from the road trip, nobody asks why exactly Nathan isn't with him, allegedly staying with a girl. Still unable to sleeping Mel's room, he's found in his car, so Rachel moves out of his home room to Jake's, in fact forcing poor house-mate Coby into the garage and nearly driving both boys crazy. Carbo's panic ultimately spills to Retta in anticipation of his domineering mother Rit'a arrival for the engagement party. She's surprisingly easy, even declares to like Retta, but during the Greek party admits her own marriage is wrecked.
In with the New S4, Ep2 15 Feb. 2011
Nathan is finally back, he and Ben can't hide long that they parted in utter confusion, actually after Ben's mindless cliff dive landed him in hospital. The annual garage cleaning and municipal collection renders Dave and Julie nostalgic, but Rita can't decide whether everything in the house her husband gave should be thrown out or not, driving the helpful residents crazy. Jake takes Coby along on a rugby team bonding trip. Jake insists to 'save' drunk, slutty waitress Jodi from mates' rough after party, only to be the only name she remembers.
Careful What You Wish For S4, Ep3 22 Feb. 2011
Jake is the object of a police investigation after Jodi filed an abuse complaint, ignoring the names of Camel's gang. A party finally gets Ben back in the mood to live his life post-Mel. Having seen an original painting while nosing in Coby's garage, Rachel makes it the key piece of an advertising campaign, but Coby refuses to show it to anyone, even in private. Grandpa Ted takes in interest in Chinese things after meeting shadow dancer Mai Wong.
Other People's Eyes S4, Ep4 1 Mar. 2011
Ben is spirited enough to return to Carbo's home and join in a ruthless prank war. Nathan's itching powder makes Ben's application for a bar job with the club's new owner awkward, but he still gets it. Jake is deeply hurt that Rachel fails to believe and support him unconditionally now his rugby mates gave Jodi's complaint some credibility. Coby ultimately agrees to sell the painting, as he explains a hobby secret as a result of childhood abuse, just before its unavailability deservedly costs lying home spy Rachel's job. Julie makes up with now divorced Hamish, who is...
The Taste of Freedom S4, Ep5 8 Mar. 2011
Thanks to Dave's glowing testimony in court, Coby, who feared a jail term, gets off with a suspended sentence. Even Carbo gets a bit jealous when Retta smothers embarrassed Nathan with excessive kindness. Ben finally scores another date, but leaves Emma in the middle of the night, only to discover it's the new club owner's daughter. Jake is depressed by his upcoming trial, yet Rachel considers behind his back to accept to promotion to New York. Nathan wants a new job, but rather then applying decides to start some novel Internet shopping site, counting on the ...
The Dollshouse S4, Ep6 15 Mar. 2011
Ben can't resist watching without warning when the flyer Nathan has spread for his spare parts web site contains a saucy ambiguity. Jake gets his court date and asks Rachel to stand by him, ignoring about her New York dream job offer. Carbo has his first conflict with Retta when she first refuses a 'sanctiminious' orthodox wedding, as he reunited parents demand, then insists he can only have it if he attends Sunday mass with her regularly. Jake is turned away by her friend when he tries to explain his innocence to Jodi, but it gets her thinking and her return visit ...
Sweet Sorrow S4, Ep7 23 Aug. 2011
Even Coby is surprised when Tom turns up, paroled early and promising to keep out of trouble. Jake leaves it till the last minute to give Rachel her goodbye present, unlike Coby. She hesitate whether even to invite Jake to her send-off family dinner, getting conflicting advice from her brothers, who rival to pose as her favorite, and their parents, who ponder whether to be strong or openly emotional.
The Male Communication Handbook S4, Ep8 30 Aug. 2011
Alex is back from New Zealand early, having cheated on his girlfriend, and overdoes the Sydney nightlife to compensate for near-inexistent prospects of a steady relationship. Coby moves back into the garage. Carbo, insulted not to be asked in the first place, needs some convincing until he joins Nathan's Internet car parts firm, crucially bringing knowhow and the garage. Tom pretends being overstretched trying to start over, actually manipulating Dave to offer his and the boys's help with cleaning up the old country home where Coby grew up, to be sold, then invite Tom...
From Little Things S4, Ep9 6 Sep. 2011
Ben is finally his cheerful self again, yet his job seems in peril due to the crazy, rules-obsessed novice owner and Julie confronting her, yet that ends well. The Rafters make desperate Hamish see sense and reconsider running from custody court with baby Jack. Nathan's business is finally taking off. Tom still manages to pull the wool over everyone's eyes and discredit Ted's suspicions. Jake soldiers on.
Big Kids S4, Ep10 13 Sep. 2011
Ben's friendship with Emma blossoms, but he denies being in love. Nathan's Internet business starts generating income. After Nathan discovers that Tom spends his 'busy job application' and 'working' days in a pub, Coby verifies, yet admits his loyalty remains with the grandpa who took him in as abandoned child. Dave gets suspicious about Julie's mystery hobby and purchases, in fact a pole dance act at the burlesque class which Ben's boss Donna Mackey lured her to, so Dave snaps at 'suspect outsider' Hamish. Retta gets her first interior design job, but needs Carbo to ...
Swimming in the Gene Pool S4, Ep11 20 Sep. 2011
Even Jake couldn't make Coby keep his promise to Tom to attend a family dinner with the girl who propped up at hospital: Coby's hated sister Bree Jennings, who was raised by their mother, who left him with Tom. She keeps bothering Coby at Jake's, where Alex take to her. In order to marry Doug, Jake and lex's mother must finally divorce their father, who left them after Alex's birth and now wants to meet his sons. Alex won't even hear about it, Jake doubts and consults Dave. Tom stands by her version that his daughter was no picnic for Bree. Carbo and Retta practice ...
You've Got to Have Friends S4, Ep12 4 Oct. 2011
Coby still can't convince anyone that sister Bree is bed news, Jake soon allows Alex to ask her over for dinner and even to sleep over. Ben kindly offers to help Tom get back in shape, but he cheats cruelly. Ben also offers Tom a menial club job, initially turned down, but Ted makes clear the ex-con's resume offers far bleaker perspectives. Julie discovers Donna's neurotic obsession but overdoes helpfulness. With Emma as secret weapon, Ben, Nathan, Carbo and Retta win Nick Stephen Jones's 1980s trivia quiz.
Tipping Point S4, Ep13 11 Oct. 2011
Despite Coby's warnings, Alex lives to please Bree and even Jake is seduced to kiss her. Envious of former employee Warney's success, Dave bids for an urgent, too large job, for which Ben and Nathan grudgingly turn up all weekend, but the only three laborers who accepted all bail out, so he must hand back the contract and hope to 'start an empire'. Carbo's Greek family sends Rita's huge wedding dress and his cousin Voula to help preparing a Barnum production, but Nick ends up giving her the sneaky private ceremony she prefers.
Trust Issues S4, Ep14 18 Oct. 2011
Ben considers investing Mel's life Insurance in Tom's mate's nightclub, but hesitates even after Dave turns down using it to upscale his electrician firm. Nathan finally agrees to help with Dave's firm marketing, for sic months. After Jake makes Alex face that Bree isn't really interested in him, she finally moves out, to Coby's great relief. CarobRetta plans to tell their house-mates first about their low-key wedding but chicken out and decide to have the great show after all, for their unsuspecting families. Dave can't help making fun of Donna's equally neurotic ...
Risky Business S4, Ep15 25 Oct. 2011
Ben still denies his obvious, probably requited feelings for Emma. Tom gets him to take the boys out clubbing at his so-called mate's present, popular night-club, suggesting they should both invest their capital in his next project. Nathan, who feels praised too much by Dave for the six months marketing deal, is hurt Ben rather listens to Emma then his business-smart brother, but ends up approving Chris Papas as potential investment partner. The still undisclosed newly-weds are embarrassingly active in bed. The boys suggest Julie should shot over-protecting Ruby. Tom,...
Second Chance S4, Ep16 14 Feb. 2012
Ben stubbornly insists on giving Tom, who obviously stole his insurance fortune, the benefit of the doubt, and refuses to 'break Dave's heart', so the boys agree to search the thief themselves for 24 hours. That requires embarrassing excuses, notably at Nathan's expense, while CarboRetta assume they're planning a stag party. Even after Coby thinks of checking Tom's 'working' girlfriend Brenda since his boyhood, leading to the cash being returned, Ben offers Tom a way out, even with the cash. After Coby confess Tom masterminded 'his' construction sites thefts, the ...
Small World S4, Ep17 14 Feb. 2012
Ted makes a jocular remarks about professional electricians' events, which inspires Julie to book a table for six at the impending annual awards ceremony. Coby is delighted when she even has new business cards printed, so he starts handing them out everywhere. Dave hates being dragged along, but Nathan grabs any excuse to avoid a dinner Retta insists on hosting, now just with poor Ben and Emma, for her sole colleague and 'friend' Tina, who has to cancel due to one of her countless accidents. The friendly taxi driver whom Julie bumped into is discovered by Coby to be ...
Sign of the Times S4, Ep18 21 Feb. 2012
Dave is determined to finish his first-ever really big job even if it kills him, but the boys feel there are limits to loyal toil. Only when they remind exhausted, constantly oversleeping Dave he actually forgot his wedding anniversary, a first, and give him a weekend in a resort, conjuring his recurring dream, a reprieve seems won. Dave refused to meet Matt during the job, but now the boys call him in, desperate for another pair of hands, and bond with the aspiring musician, like Dave once was. Hearing Ben plan his bachelor party, Carbo owes he already eloped but ...
Leap of Faith S4, Ep19 28 Feb. 2012
Dave still won't meet Matt, but the boys drag him along to a concert, where sort of a musicians bond is established. Ben quickly regrets having accepted to join CorboRetta using up Tina's expiring movie theatre subscription, fearing it can be construed as going steady with Emma 'too soon', especially as it's how he hooked up with Mel. Jake tells Bree they can't be a couple, even now Alex has moved on with a new girlfriend elsewhere. Ted looks for a 'new challenge', but can't get a job except from Dave out of pity, and the skydiving introduction Julie buys for him ...
Butterfly's Wings S4, Ep20 6 Mar. 2012
Besides brewing his own beer 'Ted's Tap', and despite the bottle all around, Ted is approved for the Great Mates program, as substitute father figure for super-shy preteen Cooper. The wedding comedy gets a hairdresser extension. A serious of impromptu arrangements forces Dave to take Ruby along to the huge construction site, where the pressure to avoid a hefty delay fine is unbearable, so he grumpily scolds Matt's presumed excuses for arriving late and his endless stories. After involuntary babysitter Coby is distracted, Ruby wonders off and might have fallen to her ...
Sleepwalking S4, Ep21 13 Mar. 2012
The Rafter brothers can't help gloating when CarboRetta's secrecy blows up in their face as anxiously sleepwalking Carbo's parents arrive early, so it's too late to tell them about the eloping. During the bachelor party, Carbo tells his father Theo, who makes him swear secrecy to mother Rita. After an equally drunk hen night and an heirloom gift, Retta tells Rita. Ben smooths everything out by explaining Nick's dilemma and afterwards admits to Emma it's time to give their own love a chance. Dave starts planning expanding his business, yet turns down Ben's insurance ...
Endings and Beginnings S4, Ep22 20 Mar. 2012
Ben plans a romantic dinner with 'dessert' while CarboRetta are on honeymoon, but due to a misunderstanding it's cut short and the 'happy couple' returns rowing. The boys are delighted with a visit from Dave's one-hit band mate Steve Wilson, who became a professional and assures Nathan not to hold a grudge about their common ex, who, by the way, died of an overdose. Coby makes an entry remote control for Dave's new HQ just in time for the opening, but feels a failure just because of of a battery failure. Coby's misery peeks when Nathan, who already decided to cut his ...

Centres around Dave and Julie Rafter and their three children Rachel, Ben and Nathan. On the eve of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary the couple thinks that they are finally about to have the house to themselves. But home is a very welcome refuge for their children and when unforeseen problems loom, they return like a boomerang.

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