45 minSeason 1 • Episode 5
LatestDavid has a romantic encounter while Robin and Margaret reconcile. Laniet comes home the night before the murders.
On June 20, 1994, five members of the Bain family were found dead in their Dunedin home. The atrocity captured the nation, and it remains one of New Zealand’s most controversial cases. This dramatised version tells the story of each of the family members in the months leading up to their deaths.
Acting
Joel Tobeck's haunted patriarch will wreck you.
Direction
Refuses to hand you answers. Infuriating and brilliant.
Production
Dunedin becomes a character: bleak, beautiful, oppressive.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Bain case split New Zealand for decades — this series reignited debates that had never really died.
David Bain himself called the series 'a work of fiction' and refused to participate, while other family members consulted heavily.
