For all of you who dig Australian murder mysteries, Netflix has another good one for you. The Survivors takes place in a small town in Tasmania and the difference in this series is the focus isn’t on the police, it’s on the town’s residents.
Evelyn Bay has a lot of secrets. A lot. And they all seemed to start fifteen years ago when three young people were lost at sea during a terrible storm. Two of them were hailed as heroes, as they died trying to save their friend, Kieran, who survived. Now, fifteen years later, adult Kieran, played by Charlie Vickers, has returned to Evelyn Bay for the anniversary memorial commemorating the tragedy. Oh, did I 
forget to mention that one of the boys who died trying to save him was his own brother, Finn. So, part of the drama that Kieran is coming home to is the fact that his mother, Verity, played by Robyn Malcolm, has never truly forgiven Kieran for being responsible for Finn’s death. And, of course, the rest of the town also blames Kieran for what happened that night, which is why he ran off to Sydney right after and hasn’t been back since.
So, on top of what already is a rocky homecoming for Kieran, there’s a murder that happens on the beach in town. The police are called in from Hobart, because it’s too big for the small town’s police to handle, and soon all the town’s secrets will be brought to light, one by one.
Was Kieran’s return to town right before the murder merely coincidence? Was the murder connected to the memorial? What is everyone hiding?
So many questions…and they all get answered in six riveting episodes of The Survivors.
The Survivors is available to stream on Netflix.