Summer Streamin' 24 - Thou Shalt Not Steal - Season One

Thou Shalt Not Steal is just another Australian series which has recently landed on streaming platform Stan.

Created by Dylan River and Tanith Glynn-Maloney, the series follows a pair of teenagers as they are chased across the desert by a sex worker and fraudulent preacher. 

Starring some newcomers, Sherry-Lee Watson, Will McDonald, along with local favourites Miranda Otto, and Noah Taylor.

Thou Shalt Not Steal is a 1980s-set road drama that follows young Aboriginal delinquent Robyn, who escapes juvenile detention and visits her terminally ill grandfather, Ringer, in the hospital. 

Ringer demands to be taken back home, where he claims to have an important errand.

After being unable to pay for a taxi, Robyn is confronted by the driver, Maxine, a madam who tries to recruit her as payment. After a scuffle, Robyn steals the taxi and flees with her Grandfather. Ringer's condition worsens during the drive and he tells Robyn her father is still alive and that he wants her to return a trophy to him. He passes away shortly before they reach the town.

Meanwhile, a fraudulent preacher, Robert, and his son, Gidge, hold court throughout the town, conducting sermons and secretly selling booze. Gidge desperately wants to leave his father and return to his mother in Adelaide.

Shortly after finding the trophy, Robyn discovers that police have come looking for her and she makes a plan to escape in the stolen taxi. Sensing an opportunity to go home, Gidge hides, stowed away under the backseat. Unaware of his presence, she sets off to find her father in Coober Pedy.

The next day, Maxine arrives in the town and begins making enquiries about the whereabouts of her taxi. Robert offers her the use of his car to track the teenagers down and they set off in pursuit.

The episodes are short, sharp with lot's of lip.

It is another Aussie on the road series, story. We do love a road movie, however the longer form (series or this could be a miniseries) is becoming popular too.

I wasn't the world's biggest fan of this series, however gym friends have enjoyed it.

I just didn't believe it was Stan's best local output. I am very excited for the return of Bump and Black Snow!

With so much local content out there at the moment, it makes for stiff competition. Next local series up on my streaming, Territory.