Secret City
A relentless muckraker pushes for truth and transparency in Australia’s corridors of political power, despite threats to her life and career.
- 2016-2019
- 2 seasons
- Netflix
- Suspense
- TV-MA
A relentless muckraker pushes for truth and transparency in Australia’s corridors of political power, despite threats to her life and career.
Season 2 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2019
Episode 1
Run Little Rabbit
51 mins
Secret City: Under the Eagle picks up with Harriet Dunkley, not long out of prison and who is unwittingly ensnared in a military and political cover-up with Catriona Bailey's fingerprints all over it. Harriet's search for the truth leads her back into Canberra's corridors of power, this time working for a maverick Independent MP. What she unearths is a military program so secret not even the Prime Minister knows about. Who is really running the country.
Episode 2
The War Zone
50 mins
Australian media reports on the death of Home Affairs Minister Catriona Bailey (Jackie Weaver), saying that the authorities are not releasing details to the public, but have instated an emergency lock-down on Parliament House. Harriet Dunkley (Anna Torv) watches the news, while reading the redacted report by Bailey on the bombing in Iraq that killed the entire family of Mina Almasi (Louisa Mignone).
Episode 3
Pale Horse
52 mins
The video's fallout wreaks political havoc, Mina asks Harriet to make a special delivery, and Cal is brought in for questioning.
Episode 4
Broken Bird
52 mins
William Vaughn's (Justin Smith) alarm rings, but he is already awake. There is a silent tension between him and his wife, Maj. Helen Wu (Renee Lim), after the events at the car park, where the couple ambushed Sami Almasi (Robert Rabiah) and his associate Mustafa (Parham Esmailpour), killing the latter, and stole their weapons. Vaughn's bullets missed Sami's vital organs, and he is currently in post-op. Wu is worried that he will retaliate, but Vaughn thinks Sami would not risk coming after the Director of the ASD. Wu disagrees.
Episode 5
From Whom the Bell Tolls
46 mins
Beneath the placid facade of Canberra, amidst rising tension between China and America, senior political journalist Harriet Dunkley (Torv) uncovers a secret city of interlocked conspiracies, putting innocent lives in danger - including her own. Inspired by the best-selling novels "The Marmalade Files" and "The Mandarin Code" by journalists Chris Uhlmann and Steve Lewis.
Episode 6
Two Cheers for Democracy
46 mins
Harriet searches high and low for a missing piece of evidence that may prevent a war. Markson comes home. Karen receives a disturbing message.
