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Season 1

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Two misfits, thrown together by chance in the middle of the Australian desert, forge bonds in a quest to transport a precious piano from one side of the country to the other.

Where to Watch Season 1

8 Episodes

Day One
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Episode 1Day OneSelf-destructive musician Lucky hasn't spoken to his family in years, but he packs up his battered old piano for a 4,000-mile road trip across Australia when he hears his estranged mother is dying.
Day Two
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Episode 2Day TwoLucky struggles without his anxiety medication. While waiting for a chemist to open in Port Agusta, Meg picks a fight with bikers at the pub.
Day Three
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Episode 3Day ThreeThe two unlikely travel buddies experience a monumental coming-of-age moment as Meg experiences her first ever period. But after changing her tampon in a roadside toilet, she accidentally leaves her purse behind in the cubicle. Officially out of money, Lucky and Meg's day gets a whole lot worse when they run out of fuel as well, just as the local highway patrol is escalating its manhunt in the area for two highly wanted persons.
Day Four
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Episode 4Day FourWaiting for their ute to be repaired, Meg and Lucky join a campground party on the Great Australian Bight, but the night takes a nasty turn when Lucky discovers a suicide note.
Day Five
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Episode 5Day FiveLucky wakes up to find that Meg has taken off with the ute and the piano, leaving him all alone in the scorching Nullarbor heat. He contemplates giving up and going home, but a potentially poisonous snakebite causes him to have a vision of his mother, who urges him to find the piano and keep going.
Day Six
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Episode 6Day SixLucky transforms himself into a newly responsible, sensibly dressed man. Deciding his primary duty is to take care of Meg, he abandons his piano and moves on. But after facing some home truths and receiving more news about his mother, he is sent into a new spiral of despair.
Day Seven
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Episode 7Day SevenAfter dropping Meg at her mother house in Kalgoorlie, Lucky gets a phone call from Megs father, worried sick about his daughter's whereabouts. Upon learning that Meg doesn't have a mother, Lucky frantically drives back to town to find her.
Day Eight
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Episode 8Day EightArriving at the Flynn family home in Perth, Lucky has a touching reunion with his mother, but his homecoming gets a much frostier reception from his brother Toby. Finally, the penny drops as to why it was so important to bring the piano all that way.