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Five Bedrooms–Season 1, Episode 5 (Five Lies)

As everyone else has told their story, so to speak, it didn’t surprise me that this episode switched the narrator to Harry and focused on him. This episode mainly focuses on Harry’s tug of war between wanting to be with Pete and coming out to his mother. Harry and Pete manage to have a great second date and hook up,

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Harrow–Season 2, Episode 5 (Ab Initio)

This episode confirmed what I thought the promos were telling me–Simon was murdered. The episode kicks off with Simon’s dead body floating in the river to inform the viewers what they most likely would have suspected, it then cuts to Fairley doing Tai Chi in the park where it’s also revealed Harrow is gleefully watching Fairley. Harrow gets a call

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Mr Black–Season 1, Episode 5

This episode explores Angela’s romantic past when her ex-boyfriend, Mark Strauss, comes to town. Of course Mr Black talks him up and tells Angela he can’t believe they broke up in front of Finn, while watching him being interviewed on The Project. Angela reveals that Mark got the foreign correspondent job offer and she didn’t want a long distance relationship. Mr Black

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Five Bedrooms–Season 1, Episode 4 (Zero Dollars)

In this episode, the narrator is switched to Liz and focuses on her life, or rather the fact that it is spiralling out of control. Liz talks about her life in her old, predictably large house, and then compares it to life in the house with the others. When she comes home from work, Harry tells her they’ve been robbed

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Harrow–Season 2, Episode 4 (Aegri Somnia)

This episode is similar to the first season’s Hic Sunt Dracones with Harrow and this time, Grace instead of Saroya, heading to North Queensland for the case of the week. The case of the week revolves around the discovery of Benjamin Raza with his legs missing at a beach in Port Astor. While Benjamin is initially believed to be a victim

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Five Bedrooms–Season 1, Episode 3 (Three Millimetres)

As I predicted in my review of the previous episode, this episode switches the narrator to Ben and focuses on him. The gang have been living in the house together for a couple of months now and Ben’s behaviour—specifically his apparently slow pace of getting the house painting finished, sending his tradie mates to Harry for skin checks, and his

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Five Bedrooms–Season 1, Episode 2 (Twenty Guests)

Now that the pilot has aired and the premise and characters of the show has been established, the fun of story arcs and subplots can begin. This episode switches its focus and narrator to Heather, as the pilot ended with the gang agreeing to swap Lachlan with Heather. The episode kicks off with Heather packing her bags in front of

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