A dying town. A killer's truth. The brand new Stan Original Series Scrublands premiered last Thursday. By sometime Saturday I had concluded the new Stan miniseries. Similar vibe to The Dry, this was high quality drama.
Like yesterday's film review (Saltburn), Hollywood should be a little scared post the strikes. Whilst I am excited some of the network shows will return for some mindless TV fun. The scripts and drama really don't compare to good Aussie yarns like this.
Scrublands was the first novel by Australian author Chris Hammer. So what's the drum with the four part series? In a small rural town arrives Sydney Morning Herald journalist Martin Scarsden (Luke Arnold), sent by his editor (Nicholas Bell) to do a puff piece on the recovery of the town.
Its been 12 months since local cop Const. Robbie Haus-Jones (Adam Zwar) was forced to shoot Father Byron Swift (Jay Ryan) dead after killing five locals,
Other character is Mandy (Bella Heathcote). Who of course is also a romantic interest for Arnold.
The cast are all excellent including shooter Jay Ryan, who is hunky AF whilst being a killer. While Arnold sadly only has one shirtless scene.
Stan have a habit of making great dramas. Prosper will land the other side of the silly season. Which in my mind will be another excellent little run.
There is another large run of Aussie content right now, with even more on the way. Paper Dolls next month on Paramount+, another season of Bump will land on Stan in the future. Whilst The Last King of The Cross will also have a second season. RFDS will also return in the future following a third season green light at the recent Channel Seven upfronts.
It has been a solid year for Aussie content. Scrublands joins a list of brilliant Australian series of 2023.
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