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Apex Predator

Episode 2.01 (7)
UK: Fri, October 31, 2025 (BBC One, 8:00)
Aus: Sat, November 15, 2025 (ABC, 7:30)
Written by Peter Mattessi
Directed by Tenika Smith

A scientist working at a shark research lab is found dead on a runaway boat. Mack suspects the death is a meticulously planned murder

Starring: Anna Samson as Mackenzie Clarke, Lloyd Griffith as Colin Cartwright, as Glenn Strong, Catherine McClements as Philomena Strong, Celia Ireland as Reggie Rocco, Aaron McGrath as Felix Wilkinson, Andrea Demetriades as Daisy Dixon

With: Ardal O'Hanlon as Dl Jack Mooney, Danielle Cormack as Asher Svensson, Michelle Lim Davidson as Susie Huen, Ron Smyck as Trevor Bongiovanni, Cameron Knight as Brian Chandler, Damian Walshe-Howling as Craig Park, Aileen Huynh as Clementine Clovelly, Greg Stone as Damo Rocco, Anarchy as Frankie The Dog, Yeye Zhou as Susie Stunt Double, Aiden Gillett as Brian Stunt Double

Killer Set

Episode 2.02 (8)
UK: Fri, November 07, 2025
Aus: Sat, November 22, 2025
Written by Alexandra Cullen
Directed by Tenika Smith

Mackenzie Clarke gets VIP access to the chart-topping band Point Ruin's reunion concert, when one of their members is murdered in the green room. But with all the suspects on stage at the time, how could the killer have done it? Away from the murder, Glenn and Daisy send out invitations to their wedding, and Mackenzie has to deal with her feelings when she's not invited.

With: Justine Clarke as Stephanie Brisbane, Tim Rogers as Luke Clyborne, Simon Lyndon as Jimmy Clyborne, Sam Delich as Rob Brisbane, Zoe Carides as Claire Barnard

Death Trip

Episode 2.03 (9)
UK: Fri, November 21, 2025
Aus: Sat, November 29, 2025
Written by Alexandra Collier
Directed by Tenika Smith

The CEO of a dating app is poisoned during a spiritual ceremony at a corporate retreat, yet no one else drinking the same psychedelic tea was affected. As Mackenzie Clarke tracks a pattern of deception, she finds herself in a world even murkier and more sordid than murder — online dating.

With: Sophie Bloom as Andie Ross, Catherine Vän-Davies as Brooklynn Lim, Meyne Wyatt as Scott Forbes, Miah Madden as Ayesha Abara, Roz Hammond as Jonsi Shiva, Richard Brancatisano as Dustin, Anarchy as Frankie The Dog

Checking Out

Episode 2.04 (10)
UK: Fri, November 28, 2025
Aus: Sat, December 06, 2025
Written by Chelsea Cassio
Directed by Helena Brooks

When some of Colin's friends visit from England to relive their legendary Dolphin Cove backpacking holiday, one of them wakes up to find a stranger's corpse in his locked motel room, with no sign of how the killer got out. While Colin is revisiting history with an old crush, Mack and Glenn take increasingly desperate steps to extinguish their growing fire.

With: Shiv Palekar as Rohan Khatri, Dannielle Woodward as Olivia Hattle, Ron Smyck as Trevor Bongiovanni, Shaw Cameron as Alfie Grove, Emma Diaz as Holly Perry, Zarene Dallas as Ivy Perry, Anarchy as Frankie The Dog

Chapter One: Murder

Episode 2.05 (11)
UK: Fri, December 05, 2025
Aus: Sat, December 13, 2025
Written by Marisa Nathar
Directed by Helena Brooks

A crime writer is found stabbed to death in his villa after announcing his controversial comeback book at a literary festival, but all of the suspects were on stage at the time of the murder.

With: Felix Williamson as Brendan Trapmore, Fayssal Bazzi as Will Pereira, Annie Maynard as Lena Shaw, Helen Thomson as Miranda East, Shari Sebbens as Ginny Shaw, Arthur Hadland as Baby Arlo, Ron Smyck as Trevor Bongiovanni, Anarchy as Frankie The Dog, Emily Lewis as Miranda Stunt Double

Til Death Do Us Part

Episode 2.06 (12)
UK: Fri, December 12, 2025
Aus: Sat, December 20, 2025
Written by Peter Mattessi
Directed by Helena Brooks

Mack interrupts Glenn and Daisy's wedding when an uninvited guest collapses, poisoned by a seemingly random wedding program. But by halting the wedding, has she finally pushed Glenn too far?

With: Alison Panetta as Ukulele Player, Toby Truslove as Christopher Fletcher, Toni Scanlan as Doris Carides, David Roberts as Malcolm Stringer, Susie Youssef as Joy Mina, Ron Smyck as Trevor Bongiovanni, Miranda Tapsell as Tabitha Dewitt, Frankie McNair as Cat, Anarchy as Frankie The Dog, Chloe Candarakis as Doris Stunt Double