Deadloch

6.3
2023

Two vastly different female detectives are thrown together to solve the murder of a local man in the sleepy seaside hamlet of Deadloch.

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Seasons

8 Episodes • Premiered 2023

The Tasmanian town of Deadloch, a once sleepy seaside hamlet, is left reeling when a local man turns up dead on the beach. Two female detectives are thrown together to solve the case: Fastidious local Senior Sergeant Dulcie Collins and a rough as guts blow in from Darwin, Senior Investigator Eddie Redcliffe along with their overeager junior constable Abby. As the town prepares to launch the annual arts, food and culture event - Winter Feastival - the trio have to put their differences aside and work together to find the killer.

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1. Episode 1

5.0

On the eve of the Deadloch Winter Feastival, the body of local football club coach Trent Latham is found on the beach. Local Senior Sergeant Dulcie Collins takes charge but soon Detective Eddie Redcliffe arrives from Darwin to lead the investigation causing friction.

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2. Episode 2

4.8

In an effort to link a previously unsolved death, Dulcie exhumes the former mayor’s body and raises the ire of the community. The boat of Sam O’Dwyer, who disappeared years ago, is set on fire, while Eddie chases a hooded figure through the bush.

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3. Episode 3

4.2

As the Deadloch Feastival program continues despite two murders, the body of another suspect is found on the shore of the lake. Despite the victim being dead for five years, Dulcie suspects that it’s linked.

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4. Episode 4

4.7

While Dulcie and Cath’s relationship hits a very rough patch, new suspects are named and dismissed, but it’s Eddie’s slip up at a press conference that really makes an impact

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5. Episode 5

4.7

In the aftermath of Eddie’s press conference, Deadloch is in a state of panic and the killer strikes again; taking the count up to five. Eddie and Dulcie jump from suspect to suspect as relationships crumble around them.

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6. Episode 6

4.9

When the most compelling suspect ends up being a close friend of Dulcie’s – it creates conflict in multiple relationships. Meanwhile the evidence is piling up, and more bodies are emerging.

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7. Episode 7

4.6

Men start fleeing the town as more bodies are recovered and a shocking pact is revealed.

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8. Episode 8

4.7

The killer’s spree continues and with all the town’s men in danger Commissioner Hastings is chasing the wrong lead. Dulcie, Eddie, Sven and Abby continue to investigate the murders in secret, and they finally work out who the killer is.

Cast

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Kate Box

Dulcie Collins

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Madeleine Sami

Eddie Redcliffe

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Nina Oyama

Abbie Matsuda

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Tom Ballard

Sven Alderman

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Pamela Rabe

Margaret Carruthers

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Holly Austin

Skye O'Dwyer

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Kris McQuade

Victoria O'Dwyer

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Duncan Fellows

Ray McLintock

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Kartanya Maynard

Miranda Hoskins

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Shaun Martindale

Phil McGangus

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Katie Robertson

Vanessa Latham

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Susie Youssef

Aleyna Rahme

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Mia Morrissey

Nadiyah Zammit

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Leonie Whyman

Tammy Hampson

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Harry Radbone

Tom O'Dwyer

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Mick Davies

Mike Nugent

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Astrid Wells Cooper

Claire Connelly

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Reviews

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3/10

If it weren’t for caricaturizing men, there wouldn’t be a show. Deadloch builds its comedy on reducing nearly every male character to a stereotype—buffoonish, sexist, or simply incompetent. That choice doesn’t just limit the humor, it flattens the entire narrative. A satire can be sharp without being one-note, but here the punchline is always the same, and the story suffers for it. The homosexual empowerment trope is overplayed.

The imbalance is hard to ignore. If the roles were reversed and women were written with the same broad ridicule, the backlash would be immediate and fierce. Yet in this case it’s packaged as bold "social commentary". The result is less a compelling mystery and more a predictable exercise in mockery—smug where it should be clever, shallow where it should be biting.

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