6.055 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
LatestMarou arrives on Zey Island and accuses Gary of creating the circumstances that led to Lola's death. Meanwhile, Sissi has discovered that Thomson is planning to leave town, but will she leave with him?
Set among the turquoise waters and lethal wildlife of Australia’s Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait, The Straits is an exotic, darkly humorous crime drama. The Montebellos are not your average Australian family. Modern day smugglers, their family business is transporting drugs into Australia and guns and exotic wildlife out, making use of ties of blood and loyalty in the Torres Strait Islands.
Acting
Brian Cox growling in tropical humidity is *chef's kiss*
Production
Torres Strait as character—paradise and prison combined
Writing
Dark humor that actually lands amid genuine tension
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Aaron Fa'aoso co-created the series to showcase Torres Strait Islander stories rarely seen on Australian television.
The show dramatizes real tensions between Indigenous land rights, border policing, and the black market economy of Australia's northern frontier.
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