Your dad's a snitch, your name's a lie, and your new neighbors might kill you. Welcome to the burbs.
7.055 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestLincoln knows that Sydney is no longer safe, but Bec wants to stay to meet their daughter; and Pinder has to cut the family loose.
In order to survive, Troy Quigg must take his family into witness protection and give evidence against his former employer, vicious crime boss Nils Vandenberg. Now known as the Swifts with fresh identities, the Quiggs are ripped from their Gold Coast home and dumped in Western Sydney. Dislocation puts immense pressure on everyone.
Acting
James Stewart's slow-burn collapse as a man unbecoming himself.
Writing
Matt Ford's sharp dissection of witness protection as domestic horror.
Production
Western Sydney as suffocating purgatory—no beaches, no escape.
Creator
Matt Ford
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title's double meaning: hiding from killers, and hiding from who they were. The show treats witness protection as psychological warfare, not safety.
Stephen Curry's John Pinder—a handler who treats witness protection like social work gone septic—was reportedly based on real AFP anecdotes Matt Ford collected over years.
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