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Importantly, Irish gets together with investigative journalist Linda Hillier (Marta Dusseldorp), forming a romantic and professional relationship that spans the entire franchise. One thing leads to another, as these things go, with Irish’s subsequent investigations leading him to cover-ups involving the police and government ministers. The plot of Bad Debts involves an old client of Irish’s who calls him and is shot dead by a cop shortly after. So the plot darts ahead, setting a disciplined narrative pace sustained in every subsequent instalment. Irish has fallen from grace, that much is obvious. In this introductory scene Pearce looks sharp and schmick in a suit and tie in the next, which jumps ahead in time, he’s ratty and unshaven, collecting debts from a grubby-looking man in a dressing gown. She is murdered by a disgruntled client who snarls “Are you listening now, Jack?” before turning the gun on himself. The literal is the gunshot that kills Irish’s stunningly beautiful wife (Emma Booth). The first Jack Irish telemovie begins with a literal and figurative bang. If you answered “no” to that last question, seek medical help. If you answered “yes” to all three, then keep reading – because you’ll dig Jack Irish. One: do you like pacey and punchy cloak-and-dagger stories involving shifty people and high-level conspiracies? Two: do you appreciate genre writing (in this instance, adapted from Peter Temple’s best-selling crime novels) that doesn’t feel oppressively formulaic? And three: do you like Guy Pearce? If you’ve never dived into the Jack Irish universe before, this nifty spoiler-free guide – written in the middle of the night in a scuzzy Melbourne laneway, next to an overflowing rubbish bin with three very shady-looking dudes approaching the author, one armed with a crowbar, as Irish would want – will bring you up to speed.īut continue reading only if you answer yes to the following three questions. READ MORE: These ABC comedy shows are grappling with the cesspit of modern existence.

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Episodes from the four-part finale land weekly on ABC TV from June 13, with all immediately available to stream on iView.

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Or – as Bob Franklin’s goon-like character describes him throughout the series – “Jack fuckin’ Irish!”, the profanity-as-middle-name bestowing upon Guy Pearce’s titular character an appropriate degree of street cred.Īfter three telemovies chased by two TV seasons, the lawyer-cum-gumshoe’s latest and last production has arrived. This weekend marks the final hurrah of one Australian television’s most beloved and certainly most dishevelled investigators: Jack Irish.