Wellington Paranormal: episode guide

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Taniwha

Episode 2.01 (7)
NZ: Wed, October 16, 2019
Aus: Thu, November 28, 2019 (SBS)
Writer: Nick Ward
Director: Dean Hewison

Officers Minogue and O'Leary are back investigating all manner of supernatural activity in Wellington! From the minds of Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi.

Minogue and O'Leary head for the ocean when ten anglers disappear from around Wellington Harbour in mysterious circumstances.

Starring: Mike Minogue as Officer Minogue, Karen O'Leary as Officer O'Leary, Maaka Pohatu as Sergeant Maaka

With: Thomas Sainsbury as Parker, Byron Coll as Unhelpful Fisherman, Clarke Gayford as Himself, Jason Hoyte as Captain Quinn

Fear the Briannas

Episode 2.02 (8)
NZ: Wed, October 23, 2019
Writers: Amanda Alison
Director: Jackie Van Beek

Minogue and O'Leary go back to school when three teen witches start threatening students at a local girls' high school. But they soon learn their teasing can be just as damaging as their magical powers.

With: Thomas Sainsbury as Parker, Rosie Howells as Brianna A, Alice May Connolly as Bree-Anna Q, Neena Dekkers-Reihana as Briannah H, Mia Van Oyen as Neve, Miranda Harcourt as Mrs Hopper, Lucky Rurre as Phil

Mt Vic Hooters

Episode 2.03 (9)
NZ: Wed, October 30, 2019
Writer: Melanie Bracewell
Director: Tim van Dammen

Minogue and O'Leary unwittingly free the ghost of an old fashioned cop from the 1930s. Can they stop him before he shuts every pub in Wellington for being open after 6pm closing time?

With: Mark Mitchinson as Ghost Cop Miller, Nigel Harbrow as Cable Car Driver, Jack Sergent as Scooter Guy, Olivia Parker as Student

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Copy Cops

Episode 2.04 (10)
NZ: Wed, November 06, 2019
Writer: Cori Gonzalez-Macuer
Director: Tim van Dammen

The discovery of a dead policeman that looks exactly like Minogue leads the cops to a creepy motel in the country full of exact copies of themselves. Although some of them aren't that exact.

With: Ricky Dey as Bazza Shopkeeper

Haunted Nissan

Episode 2.05 (11)
NZ: Wed, November 13, 2019
Writer: Paul Yates
Director: Jackie van Beek

Minogue and O'Leary pull over a driverless 80s boy racer car only to discover it's haunted by the lovelorn ghost of the original owner. He's looking for his old girlfriend from 1989, but how will he react when he finds out she's moved on?

With: Thomas Sainsbury as Parker, Renee Lyons as Sharon, Joe Gordon as Shane, Camilo Ross Jr Leoo as Little Kid, Kawakawa Fox-Reo as Trent, Kate McGill as Zombie Woman 1, Susie Berry as Drunk Zombie Woman 2, Gina Lotta Laverty as Tagger

Mobots

Episode 2.06 (12)
NZ: Wed, November 20, 2019
Writer: Jemaine Clement
Director: Jemaine Clement

Out-of-date phones start forming into robots and terrorising the neighbourhood! Game of Snake anyone?

With: Thomas Sainsbury as Parker [uncredited], Lynda Topp as Mrs O'Leary, Benjamin Teh as IT Expert [Ben], Jemaine Clement as Mobot Voice, Ben Fransham as Mobot Movement Specialist

Christmas Special

Episode 2.07 (13)
NZ: Thu, December 19, 2019
Writer: Paul Yates
Director: Dean Hewison

Minogue and O'Leary go out on a busy Christmas Eve Patrol. They find the Devil at a mall, deal with an interdimensional vortex at a barbecue, discover a violent doll rampaging through a house, and answer a missing person call at an office Christmas party.

With: Thomas Sainsbury as Parker, Josh Thomson as Satan, Emma Draper as Mum, Dean Hewison as Dad, Daniel Dooley as Boy, Rose Garland as Girl, Richard Falkner as Kevin, Amy Tarleton as Hine, Kasiano Mita as Jeff, Jerome Chandrahasen as Ian, Carrie Green as Gayle