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Season 1 – Dead Lucky

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Police officer Grace Gibbs grows obsessed with catching the person who murdered her junior officer; Grace is joined by new trainee Charlie Fung, who is distraught over the death of his best friend.
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Dead Lucky — Season 1

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Robert Lloyd Los Angeles Times Oct 18, 2018
The plot is twisty. Go to Full Review
Michael Haigis Slant Magazine Sep 17, 2018
1.5/4
Dead Lucky is a tangle of plot threads that are either underdeveloped or overly intricate. Go to Full Review
Debi Enker The Age (Australia) Aug 15, 2018
Dead Lucky feels more like an exercise in dutiful box-ticking. Go to Full Review
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CT 8 @ct8787 Aug 9, 2026 So here’s a brief synopsis of this Australian train wreck pretending to be a limited TV series. You’ve got a guy, known by police whose robbed multiple convenience stores and killed 5 of 6 people while in the commission of these crimes, including an on duty police officer. Do the police put a task force together to get this guy…nope. They assign a detective with anger mgmt. issues (who they’re looking to fire) and a rookie to bring this guy down. They also provide the detective with no resources (including putting the home of the killers sister under surveillance) to apprehend this psycho until she completes her anger mgmt. sessions. You can’t make this stuff up. To call this show garbage is an insult to garbage. The only thing more baffling to me than how this project got greenlit in the first place, are the positive reviews. Have IQ’s really dropped this much in recent years? See more Stephen B @RT61866919 Jul 24, 2026 Nicely filmed, well paced, great acting - don’t listen to the haters See more Alex B @RT30001106 Oct 24, 2024 Mildly entertaining if you can overlook the cliché character development, wooden acting, and glaring plot holes. Yet another typical Aussie misfire. Honestly, who keeps producing this stuff? See more andrew s @Otis.C.Saw Oct 1, 2024 So much talent so willfully wasted. The dialogue in particular deserves a dis-honourable mention for its reliance on cliche. Wasn't there ANYBODY on the production that looked at what they were doing and said "Hey, you know what? This is pretty terrible, do you think we should get some other writers in?". See more Tom S @Acewrite13 Mar 23, 2024 [SPOILERS] At the end of the first episode a character is arrested and put in jail because he was at the scene and says "I think I did this"?! There is not one reason why he would confess to a crime he didn't commit, it's ridiculous. See more Jim S @RT83100695 Mar 16, 2024 Excellent quality mystery on itself and matched in quality by its presentation. The cinematography, direction, acting, music, lighting; all of it is the highest quality. Police procedure drives the story as the principles pursue a known sociopathic killer. A twisty story and cast of sympathetic characters assure the audience is kept thoroughly engaged. The director and the actors work wonderfully - there isn't an inauthentic moment from any of them; each actor manages to inhabit his or her character, which makes this series extra special. See more Read all reviews
Dead Lucky — Season 1

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jul 25, 2018 An armed robbery at a convenience shop reveals an infamous killer has returned to Sydney, and Detective Sgt. Grace Gibbs sets out to catch the culprit behind her colleague's murder. Details Episode 2 Aired Aug 1, 2018 Grace and Charlie find more and more holes in Mani's story as he continues to confess his guilt over Tony Hodge's murder, then the duo makes a shocking discovery. Details Episode 3 Aired Aug 8, 2018 As Charlie and Grace think they are finally closing in on Tony's elusive murderer, Bo-Lin gets herself entangled in a dangerous crime syndicate while Corey Baxter kidnaps another victim. Details Episode 4 Aired Aug 15, 2018 Charlie and Grace come to blows over which course to take when they investigate the second murder of the week; Grace finds it hard to ignore Charlie's intuition despite all the evidence pointing to involvement by Corey Baxter. Details
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Season Info

Director
David Caesar
Executive Producer
Nina Stevenson, Greg Sitch, Ellie Beaumont
Screenwriter
Ellie Beaumont, Drew Proffitt
Network
SBSAU
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Australian English
Release Date
Jul 25, 2018
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