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This group have all be summoned before a government offical for failing to vote in the recent election (compulsory voting in Australia!). They all have the same excuse: ie claiming to be "super heroes". Richard (the official) has serious doubts and confronts the group. But maybe their claims are not so silly after all!

Simon Stacey is an achiever, although his wealth has come through dubious means. He is cocky and confident, and a keen gambler. A shocking arson attack on his home by a satanic cult has ignited events long thought to be over.
Stacey knows more about the apparent death of his family than he is letting on. He orchestrates his confinement in a psychiatric hospital in an effort to seek out members of the cult, and to avoid the clutches of Detective Inspector John Cochran and his protégé Cathy Inglis. He struggles against the regimentation of the system, and in particular with Eddy, one of the nurses. Stacey befriends Kim, also a nurse, and after what appears to be a suicide of one of the patients, she helps him escape the psychiatric ward. His freedom however, is short lived, as he is completely deceived by Kim and becomes a prisoner in her house and at the mercy of the cult.
Cochran’s belligerent and chauvinistic attitude tests the young Inglis every step of the way as she tries to prove she has what it takes to help solve the investigation and achieve her detective dream.
Cochran and his team always seem to be one step behind in their search for the truth. The investigation stalls as the bodies keep appearing. There is a mole in the department.
The secretive satanic cult, which has infiltrated many areas of society and of Stacey’s life, is planning a special service and a deadly sacrifice. Inglis uncovers some important information, and the cults intentions become all too clear to the investigating team.

Richard Anderson is a new, and reluctant, admission to the psychiatric ward at the insistence of his Psychiatrist Dr Trevor Elliot. He quickly becomes acquainted with an assortment of other unusual patients. However, it is not the patients that cause him the most concern. Eddy, a long serving and burnt out psychiatric nurse, seems to be treating him more harshly than he does the others inmates.
Mike is one of the senior nursing staff and a long-standing friend of Eddy’s. Generally he holds Ward 12A together reasonably well, but he is finding this increasingly difficult since Richard has been admitted. Mike has a special relationship with Susan, an intellectually impaired young woman with a behavioural disorder, and a current patient of Ward 12A. Susan can be quite volatile at times.
Theresa, a recently graduated psychiatric nurse with good intentions, supports Richard through his ordeals. She has a very overt dislike of Eddy, but gets on reasonably well with Mike. When she calls on Mike to do something about Eddy and his mistreatment of the patients their relationship takes a turn for the worse as Mike sticks solidly with his friend and colleague.
Richard has an unexpected and suspicious psychotic outburst during which he head-butts Eddy, smashing his nose.
It appears fortunate for both Richard and Theresa that Eddy’s retirement is only a matter of days away. Only after Eddy has left does Theresa finally realises that it was Eddy’s deliberate interference and drug tampering that caused Richard’s severe psychotic episode.
At an opportunistic moment Theresa allows Richard the chance to escape. However, despite his departure from Ward 12A, Richard’s nightmare is set to continue.

Ray Swanson, an ex-cop, sees himself as a public servant – that is getting hold of the perpetrators of violent crimes and arranging meetings with the victims or their families. Inspector Cochran suspects Swanson as the vigilante, but at best has only circumstantial evidence. But Swanson may have overstepped the mark when he brazenly nabs a notorious sexual predator out of police custody.