Harry announces his unexpected succession plan. Supported by his mother, Noel expands the family's operations, without his father's knowledge, by setting up a methamphetamine lab in PNG.

Episode 1 of 10, The Proposition

Drama

Crime

Set among the turquoise waters of Australia's Torres Strait, The Straits follows the life of a criminal family as they smuggle drugs into Australia and exotic wildlife out through blood ties in the Torres Strait Islands.

The Straits

Series 1

The Straits follows the life of a criminal family who smuggle drugs and exotic wildlife.

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Harry, Marou, and Noel go to PNG to square things with the Raskols and Quay Lin, the expat Chinese trader who works with them.

Episode 2 of 10, The Trouble With Raskols

Vlad, a hired killer, sets out for Cairns with a high powered rifle. Harry is his target, but who has hired Vlad?

Episode 3 of 10, Yawor My Lovely

Harry lies comatose in the hospital while his sons, led by Noel, go on the hunt for his attacker, calling on the Islander network in Cairns to assist.

Episode 4 of 10, The Hunt For Vlad

Police attention follows the blowing up of the clubhouse and Noel's siblings are angry with him. For the first time, Marou believes he would make the better leader.

Episode 5 of 10, Epiphanies

Marou's life is on the line and the family desperately work to save him. Meanwhile Sissi is alarmed to encounter Paddy's nephew, the backpacking Thomson, who has come looking for his relative.

Episode 6 of 10, The Price

Fresh out of hospital, Harry reasserts his authority and creates a plan to get Noel out of prison. Meanwhile, in an effort to earn their father's respect, Marou and Gary score a stash of drugs from a ship.

Episode 7 of 10, Poison

Kitty arrives on Zey Island to find that Gary has become involved with Bridget, a 16-year-old local girl.

Episode 8 of 10, The Big Mistake

Noel is on the run and makes a clandestine visit to his estranged wife, Antoinette, telling her he's going to South America. To Noel's delight, Antoinette says that she wants to join him there, with the kids.

Episode 9 of 10, Dead Reckoning

Marou arrives on Zey Island and accuses Gary of creating the circumstances that led to Lola's death. Meanwhile, Sissi has discovered that Thomson is planning to leave town, but will she leave with him?