Mystery Road: Origin (season two) ★★★★

It’s been three years since the first award-winning season of the Mystery Road prequel that saw Mark Coles Smith step into the role of the younger incarnation of Detective Jay Swan, played in the original series (itself a film spin-off) by Aaron Pedersen. The first Mystery Road: Origin explained Jay’s backstory, especially his bitterness and his struggle with walking between cultures. Last season’s ending hinted at Jay’s future (some of which, of course, fans already know), and the journey towards that is continued in this second instalment, which is set some six months later.

Jay and his wife Mary (Tuuli Narkle) are embarking on a fresh start, having moved to Mary’s mother’s Country, a fading timber town called Loch Iris, shaded by the re

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