This episode was all about everyone having a bad day of some kind (except for Leonie and Graham, who didn’t make an appearance), and I’m going to review it character by character. Eliza and Pete Eliza and Pete work together with Arthur, a man who has inserted a cylindrical propane gas tank up his bottom, and tries to keep it
Read moreNow that the premiere has come and gone, establishing the story arcs and tone of the season, the rest of the season can get underway. The episode kicks off with the reveal that the bus driver of last week’s crash, Owen Tidwell, has been released on bail after being charged with causing death by dangerous driving. Anna has also spoken
Read moreThe job of a season premiere is to establish the season’s story arcs and pick up on any arcs that were started or left behind at the end of the previous season. This pilot did its job, but not perfectly. The episode makes it clear from the beginning that a year has passed and shows Eliza tending to patients with
Read moreThe job of a series finale is to bring a series and its final season’s story arcs to a satisfying close. I feel that this finale did its job well, but it would have been done perfectly, had the season been longer than four episodes. The episode kicks off with Real Nathan pulling off Nora’s VR Goggles and the two
Read moreThe job of a season finale is to wrap up the season’s story arcs and subplots, and to provide new story arcs and subplots for the second season (if there is one). I felt this finale did its job perfectly. The episode kicks off with Lauren, Daffy and Trev seeing Taya off to the Tiwi Islands, with Taya giving Lauren
Read moreThis episode is all about winning and losing, and not just on the footy field. The episode kicks off in unique fashion, with a split screen of Lauren’s and Ned’s lives as they currently live apart, showing the contrast in Ned competently looking after Leroy and his boys, and Lauren struggling to look after Taya. Daffy and Trevor push Lauren
Read moreThis episode is all about discoveries, good and bad. The episode kicks off with Taya’s footy game, and Leroy and Ned arguing over Ned’s coaching style, as Taya has scored the team’s only point and they have lost by over 50 points. Later, Cowboy surprises Lauren at the supermarket to cash in his favour, telling her to register a horse
Read moreThis episode is all about ‘faking it until you make it’ in a variety of ways. The episode kicks off with Lauren pretending to be sick on the day of a local fundraiser, so she has the time to sneak off to the Tiwi Islands to see Jarad Kirilima. However, Daffy immediately knows she’s faking it, and makes up her
Read moreThe job of a penultimate episode is to act as a springboard for the season (and in this case, series) finale. Whilst it was rushed, this penultimate episode provided some decent springboards for the finale. The episode kicks off with Real Nathan’s captivity and torture at the hands of Horizen being shown, with the reveal that Horizen’s new MRI technology
Read moreThis episode, which marks the halfway point of the season, is all about Taya’s ninth birthday. The episode kicks off with Lauren and Ned getting ready for Taya’s birthday party, with Ned having stayed up all night to bake her three-tier birthday cake and make healthy snacks for her friends to eat. Ned tells Lauren that his mother, Annie, is
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