Glitch (Australian TV series)

Glitch
Genre	Drama Paranormal
Directed by	Emma Freeman
Starring	Patrick Brammall Emma Booth Genevieve O'Reilly Emily Barclay Ned Dennehy Aaron L. McGrath Sean Keenan Daniela Farinacci Hannah Monson Andrew McFarlane Rodger Corser John Leary Luke Arnold Rob Collins Pernilla August
Composer	Cornel Wilczek
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer	Tony Ayres
Producers	Ewan Burnett Louise Fox
Production locations	Castlemaine, Riddells Creek, Monegeetta, Victoria, Australia
Editor	Mark Atkin
Running time	55 minutes
Production company	Matchbox Pictures
Original release
Network	ABC Netflix
Release	9 July 2015 (2015-07-09) – present

Glitch is an Australian television program which premiered on 9 July 2015 on ABC. The series is set in the fictional country town of Yoorana, Victoria, written by Louise Fox, Kris Mrksa, and Giula Sandler, and directed by Emma Freeman. It is produced by Ewan Burnett and Louise Fox, with Tony Ayres serving as an Executive Producer.

The first season was awarded Australian television's two highest accolades for best drama.

On 26 October 2015, ABC TV renewed the show for a second series of six episodes. Series two began shooting in January 2017. The second season was co-produced by Netflix, which currently streams it globally outside Australia, New Zealand, and Africa. In addition, the first series was made available to stream on Netflix globally on 15 October 2016. Series 2 premiered on 14 September 2017 in Australia and premiered on 28 November 2017 internationally on Netflix.The show's renewal for season 3 was announced via Facebook on 20 August 2018 and began filming on 17 September 2018.

Plot

James Hayes (Patrick Brammall) is a small town policeman in Yoorana, Victoria. He is called to the local cemetery in the middle of the night after seven people have risen from the dead in perfect health but with no memory of their identities. They are determined to discover who they are and what has happened to them. James struggles to keep the case hidden from his colleagues, his family, and the world, with the help of local doctor Elishia McKellar (Genevieve O'Reilly). The seven people are all linked in some way, and the search begins for someone who knows the truth about how and why they have returned.

Cast

Main

• Patrick Brammall as Sgt. James Hayes
• Genevieve O'Reilly as Dr. Elishia McKellar
• Emma Booth as Kate Willis
• Emily Barclay as Sarah Hayes
• Ned Dennehy as Patrick "Paddy" Fitzgerald
• Sean Keenan as Charlie Thompson
• Hannah Monson as Kirsten "Kirstie" Darrow
• Aaron McGrath as Beau Cooper
• Rodger Corser as John Doe/William Blackburn
• Andrew McFarlane as Vic Eastley
• Daniela Farinacci as Maria Rose Massola (series 1)
• John Leary as Chris Rennox
• Luke Arnold as Owen Nillson (series 2)
• Rob Collins as Phil Holden (series 2)
• Pernilla August as Nicola Heysen (series 2)

Recurring

• Anni Finsterer as Caroline Eastley
• Lisa Flanagan as Kath
• Tessa Rose as Sharon
• Gerard Kennedy as Leon Massola
• Antonio Kapusi-Starow as Young Leon
• Phoebe Gorozidis as Anna
• Alison Whyte as Lucy Fitzgerald
• Greg Stone as Russell
• Jacob Collins-Levy as Rory Fitzgerald
• Leila Gurruwiwi as Kalinda
• James Monarski as Carlo Nico
• Lex Marinos as Steve Tripidakis

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	6		9 July 2015 (2015-07-09)	13 August 2015 (2015-08-13)
2	6		14 September 2017 (2017-09-14)	19 October 2017 (2017-10-19)

Episodes

Series 1 (2015)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Australian viewers
1	1	"The Risen"	Emma Freeman	Louise Fox	9 July 2015 (2015-07-09)	511,000
Sergeant James Hayes is called to the cemetery late at night to find six naked, filthy, disoriented people. He begins an investigation and is shocked to discover that one of them is his late wife Kate, who had died two years before. The returned remember their first names, but all except Kate seem not to know who they are. Carlo speaks only Italian; he realizes who he is late in the episode and begins talking about his brother Alessandro. Dr McKellar happens to be treating a man named Alessandro who is in his 90s, so James takes Carlo to see him. On the road to Alessandro's house, Carlo begins bleeding from the eyes. James stops to see if he is all right; Carlo leaves the car and turns to ash as he crosses the bridge. James tells Dr McKellar what happened, asking her to keep it secret until they can learn more about what is happening. Vic finds Carlo's grave after witnessing his death on the bridge. James heads home, and it is shown that he has a new wife who is pregnant. As the episode comes to a close, another man is seen digging his way out of his grave.
2	2	"Am I in Hell?"	Emma Freeman	Kris Mrksa	16 July 2015 (2015-07-16)	442,000
Kate remembers that she underwent a mastectomy, but now she has her breasts again. Dr McKellar runs some tests on her and does not find any irregularities, meaning that her cancer seems to have gone. The man seen emerging from his grave at the end of the previous episode runs into a female change room. The Risen try to work out who they are and why they have returned. Kristen starts to experience bleeding as she and James approach the bridge where Carlos died, and James stops the car. Meanwhile, James is torn between his two loves and turns to Vic for help. Fearing for their safety, Elishia hides the Risen from Vic. Kate and Maria run to the cemetery, where Maria realizes that her daughter Anna is also dead. They then go to Kate and James' house and Kate is devastated to learn that James has a new wife, her old friend Sarah. Vic has an accident while driving his car, but he seems to be left with only a gash on his forehead. Elishia takes the Risen to an unknown location and will not tell James where they are.
3	3	"Miracle or Punishment"	Emma Freeman	Giulia Sanders	23 July 2015 (2015-07-23)	N/A
Vic is behaving very strangely after his accident and is obsessed with finding the Risen. James finds Maria in a church. She tells him to take her to see her husband, who is suffering dementia and is in a rest home, in exchange for her taking him to where the rest of the Risen are hidden. During the visit, her husband calls her a whore, distressing her and prompting her to remember a scene in which a boy tried to caress her legs. Maria and James go to see that boy, now a middle-aged man, and Maria asks what happened on that occasion. He says that she slapped him. James asks him how Maria died, and he replies "in a car accident." Meanwhile, Elisha and the rest of the Risen realize that there is an invisible boundary around the town. Paddy has a revelation about his identity and takes a box from his old house. Kate and James spend the night together. As the episode comes to a close, Maria is crying at her daughter's tomb, and Vic approaches her saying that he has been looking for her to help her.
4	4	"There Is No Justice"	Emma Freeman	Kris Mrksa & Louise Fox	30 July 2015 (2015-07-30)	N/A
Vic convinces Maria that Elishia is not really trying to help them, but that she is trying to use them for her own professional gain. He convinces her to take him to the Risen by making her believe that they can bring her daughter back to life. She realises that he is not really trying to help her; she tries to get away from him but he kills her. Kirstie gets restless and sets off to find some answers for herself, and James helps her discover that she was murdered and her boyfriend was convicted—but she realises that he did not do it. John leaves the group due to his unpredictable and aggressive behaviour and ends up assaulting a store clerk. He later attempts suicide due to his inability to remember anything about his past. Elishia helps him uncover his past as a murderer. James gets a tip on Paddy and finds him in the woods and takes him to the others. After much effort, Paddy finally opens the box that he took from his house. Kate reveals herself to James' new wife Sarah.
5	5	"The Impossible Triangle"	Emma Freeman	Louise Fox	6 August 2015 (2015-08-06)	332,000
Sarah struggles to come to terms with Kate being alive. She, James, and Kate try to navigate their complex love triangle and come to terms with what to do. Charlie uncovers some confusing things about his past from a local bar keep, while Vic tracks down Elishia and John. Vic is aggressive with Elishia and John attacks him but Vic gets the upper hand with his gun and forces Elishia to call James. Paddy remembers his wife and realises he is kin to Beau and his family. He enlists Beau to help him get his house and wealth back. Vic attacks James, Elishia, Paddy and Beau but injures himself chasing them and they finally get the upper hand. James discovers Maria's body in Vic's car.
6	6	"There Must Be Rules"	Emma Freeman	Louise Fox	13 August 2015 (2015-08-13)	383,000
Elishia and James deduce that Vic murdered Maria and James tries to confront Vic as to why. He is given Morphine by Elishia before he can give any information which is suspicious. James must get supplies for Elishia so she can operate on Vic, due to the injury he sustained in the chase earlier. Charlie and Kirstie bury Maria as they operate. Chris picks up Kate after stopping her on her motorcycle, and they speak to Kate's Mum on his phone in the car. Chris still attempts to arrest Kate and locks her in a cell at the station. James come to get Kate so she can help with Vic's operation as she used to be a nurse. When Vic awakes he gives John a silver whistle that Elishia had from his grave, he uses it and everyone suddenly remembers everything about their deaths. This makes John believe Vic so he helps put all the risen into Elishia's car, with force, and they take them to the bridge out of town. Whilst they attempt to force everyone over the bridge James begs them to stop, before shooting Vic in the head killing him. Sarah goes into labour but there are complications and James waits for the outcome. Elishia grabs all of her medicine before leaving the barn in tears and driving off into the night. Back at the hospital Baby and mother are OK, but the doctor tells James that she was technically dead for a moment. James looks at Sarah whose eyes are fractionally open, but then close again and her head turns away, and James pulls away also. He listens to a voicemail from Chris who investigated Elishia, Dr Keller and discovered she had died 4 years ago.

Series 2 (2017)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Australian viewers
7	1	"The Rare Bird"	Emma Freeman	Louise Fox	14 September 2017 (2017-09-14)	N/A
Four years ago, Elishia wakes up in a morgue. In the present, James remains suspicious of Sarah, who seems to be recovering quickly, has memory loss, and is acting erratic. James asks to see Vic's grave and it is revealed that the Risen cannot get to his grave due to the invisible barrier blocking them. It appears to be moving or shrinking. John breaks into a house and is approached by a woman, Dr. Heysen, who knows exactly who he is. She says that Elishia used to work for her and offers him information on how Elishia brought the Risen back. She reveals his real name is William Blackburn. James investigates Elishia and talks to her former partner and discovers she was researching cell regeneration before she died of a stroke four years ago. Caroline tells Chris that Vic is missing. Chris asks James to help him track down his phone at the property where the Risen are. Kate gets close with a local named Owen. Beau's step-dad Phil returns after an explosion on his oil rig. Elishia comes to James' house to ask for help saving John as Sarah watches through the window.
8	2	"Two Truths"	Tony Krawitz	Louise Fox	21 September 2017 (2017-09-21)	N/A
9	3	"All Too Human"	Tony Krawitz	Giulia Sanders	28 September 2017 (2017-09-28)	N/A
James admits to Sarah that he killed Vic. She tries to persuade James to tell Chris everything. Phil enters the house where the Risen are sleeping and absorbs info from them without waking them. He is looking for Elishia but she and William have left. Elishia tries to help William understand how they are connected. She tells him that she brought him back on purpose and the others were just an accident. They discover the boundary is contracting even further. Sarah admits she has had a headache since Nia was born. Later she continues to communicate with Phil to help him find Elishia. They meet in the park and Phil absorbs info from her about Dr Heysen. He asks her if she knows why she is here and if she knows what she needs to do and she says she does now. She later reveals her headache is gone and she wants to help find Elishia. Elishia reveals to William they used to be lovers. She vows to fix the boundary. Phil follows Dr. Heysen to the cemetery where Elishia is. He chases her down and stabs her in the neck leaving her in the river where James and William find her dead.
10	4	"A Duty of Care"	Tony Krawitz	Louise Fox	5 October 2017 (2017-10-05)	N/A
James and William bury Elishia. Phil comes to Sarah's house to clean up from his injury and he leaves his bloody clothes at her house. The two talk about their purpose. He has fulfilled his by killing Elishia but says that Sarah has not fulfilled hers yet. Heysen reveals she knows about Vic and his crash where he died but thinks he brought himself back. James still does not trust Heysen. Kirstie tries to get info out of her old friend Vicky who lied to the police. Sarah takes a gun to the house where the Risen are staying. James realizes that Owen has a previous conviction for manslaughter and goes after him. William discovers that his fingers are growing back and takes Elishia's research folder for Heysen. Paddy's persistence to get his estate returned causes him to encounter some issues. Sarah finds Charlie and tries to kill him but suffers a haemorrhage. Sarah tells James to take Nia home, but he goes to Heysen's house and discovers he has gone with William. He then gets home and finds Phil's bloody clothes. He confronts Sarah with them. It is revealed that Chris's brother is the one that killed Kirstie.
11	5	"The Walking Wounded"	Emma Freeman	Pete McTighe	12 October 2017 (2017-10-12)	N/A
Kirstie tells Chris that his brother Peter killed her. Sarah distracts James from asking her questions about Phil's bloody clothes by telling him about the haemorrhage. The Fitzgerald boys attack Paddy and tie him to his house that is about to be demolished and take his will. James finds out from Beau that Phil is in town and suspects him of Elishia's murder. Adeline frees Paddy. Heysen and William replicate the vibration that Elishia was using in her research. Kate thinks she asked Sarah to help her die and asks Sarah for the truth. She tells her that she stole the drugs for her suicide but could not give them to her. Sarah apologises for not helping her then reaches for her gun but is interrupted by a car pulling up. Sarah tells Phil that James knows who he is. Chris runs into Kirstie at the lake house and is attacked by Phil who is there to kill the Risen. James arrives and subdues Phil with Chris and Kirstie's help. He takes him back to town and places him in a holding cell. Charlie remembers that he committed suicide to avoid dying slowly of TB. Paddy is killed by Sarah.
12	6	"The Letter"	Emma Freeman	Louise Fox	19 October 2017 (2017-10-19)	N/A
James gets Phil to admit that he is like Vic and his purpose was to kill Elishia for breaking the "rules" of the universe. He says he exists to enforce the rules. Beau tells James that Paddy is dead and James knows there is someone else hunting the Risen. Kate reluctantly breaks it off with Owen. As James drives, Paddy turns to dust and James finds the bullet that killed him. Paddy's lawyer comes to Beau's house and tells him that Adeline Fitzgerald wants to offer them 2 million dollars and a certain heirloom to release the estate from any future claims. Sarah frees Phil and they plan to kill the remaining 4 of the Risen. The group seeks sanctuary at the Noregard office. Heysen offers to help them recreate the original experiment to fix the boundary. James sees Phil is gone and knows Sarah let Phil out and is working with him to kill the Risen. He tells her he wishes she had just died. Sarah leaves Nia with the nurse before heading off with Phil to find the others.

Reception

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Outcome
2016	AACTA Awards	Best Television Drama	Glitch	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Hannah Monson	Nominated
		Best Original Score in Television	Cornel Wilczek, Episode 4	Won
2016	TV Week Logies	Most Outstanding Supporting Actress	Emily Barclay	Nominated
		Most Outstanding Newcomer	Hannah Monson	Nominated
2016	TV Week Logies	Most Outstanding Drama Series	Glitch	Won
		Australian Director's Guild Awards	Emma Freeman for Best Direction in a Television Drama Series	Won

Glitch was screened at Roma Fiction Fest in 2015.

External links

• Glitch on Netflix
• Glitch at IMDb