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Deep Water

★ 6.8 4K votes 2016–2016 1 season · 4 episodes Ended SBS
Queer storiesLGBTQ+ lives and relationships at the center.This show: 8/10Detective mysteryCrime-solving from the investigator's side of the table.This show: 8/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 8/10Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 7/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Noah TaylorYael StoneJeremy Lindsay TaylorDanielle CormackBen OxenbouldDan Spielman
Starring
Noah TaylorYael StoneJeremy Lindsay TaylorDanielle CormackBen OxenbouldDan Spielman
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
063125188250

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About

"A cold case that indicts a whole era"

Deep Water is a four-part Australian miniseries that follows a detective reopening a string of unsolved deaths of gay men around Bondi Beach, cases originally dismissed decades earlier. Blending a cold-case procedural with a wider look at institutional prejudice, it moves at a deliberate, moody pace rather than a thriller sprint. The performances and the sense of buried, systemic injustice are what carry it, more than shock twists. It's a compact, somber watch that trades pulse-pounding suspense for a slow-burn reckoning with how those crimes were overlooked in the first place.

Watch it for

the way it reframes a real cold case as a broader indictment of institutional indifference.

Maybe skip if

you want a fast-paced thriller rather than a slow, somber character-driven investigation.

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All Seasons

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Season 12016
7.376243h 32m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Episode #1.17.2
22055 min
▶2Episode #1.27.4
19754 min
▶3Episode #1.37.3
17350 min
▶4Episode #1.47.4
17253 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Noah Taylor Nick Manning
Yael Stone Tori Lustigman
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor Oscar Taylor
Danielle Cormack Brenda Lopez
Ben Oxenbould Chris Toohey
Dan Spielman Rhys
Craig McLachlan Kyle 'Hammers' Hampton
William McInnes Chief Inspector Peel
Olivia McNamara Young Cheryl
John Brumpton Eddie Mac

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