The first season was given a special release on 10Play on 4 April 2020 as a part of the streaming website's "10 shows in 10 days" promotion[4] during the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6] A second season premiered on streaming service Paramount+ on 12 July 2022.[7]
Premise
The series is set in Sydney and is about two women from vastly different backgrounds with explosive secrets that could destroy everything they hold dear.[1][8]
Heavily pregnant supermarket shelf-stacker Agatha is obsessed with Meghan Shaughnessy's seemingly perfect life. But is there more to her covetous gaze than simply admiration?
Two years after Agatha kidnapped Meghan’s baby Ben, it is time for Agatha to be tried in court. Meghan, Jack and their entire family have attempted to move on as best they could, but their lives have remained deeply affected by the trauma. A young investigative journalist, hungry to report on Agatha’s side of the story, hounds Meghan for information.
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Old secrets threaten to re-emerge and ruin lives once again, as Jack’s former affair with Rhea comes back to haunt him, while Grace’s and Simon’s blossoming relationship makes Meghan uncomfortable in more ways than one. Agatha orchestrates subterfuge while in prison, playing dangerous power games with guards, fellow inmates and the prison’s authorities.
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As Lorelei’s podcast about Agatha’s story becomes a success, Meghan continues to shun the ambitious young journalist. But Lorelei persists with her investigations and eventually comes face to face with Agatha. Meanwhile, Agatha fights to hold on to her baby as the authorities attempt to identify the prison officer who fathered it. Grace and Simon decide to make their relationship known to Grace’s sister Meghan, but Meghan’s past with Simon has a potentially destructive secret at its core.
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2 August 2022 (2022-08-02)
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Tensions erupt, with Meghan and Jack's marriage in tatters. Meanwhile, Lorelei finds she's gone a step too far, but will a visit from the police be enough to deter her? Everyone is all out to salvage what they value most from the wreckage.
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Meghan finds herself in jail with the last person she would have wanted to encounter. Meanwhile, Lorelei is out of control, and it’s those who are closest to her who are able to spot the early signs.
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Agatha and Meghan face their hardest trials yet, but neither can predict what's coming.
International broadcast
In Ireland, the series was broadcast on RTÉ One from 9 June 2020 and made available to stream on RTÉ Player.[16] Season 2 was broadcast from 2 August 2022 on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.[17]
In the United Kingdom, the series is broadcast through the BBC. The first season was allocated a primetime slot on BBC One in July 2020, and all episodes were concurrently available on BBC iPlayer.[18]
The show screens on streaming service Sundance Now in the United States.[7]
