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The Sounds

Husband and wife Tom and Maggie Cabbott, from Vancouver, are starting life anew in the small town of Pelorus, New Zealand, where they are trying to open a salmon fishery with some seed money in the realm of a few million dollars from Tom's extremely wealthy and powerful industrialist father, Frank Cabbott. While the fishery is an unexpected boon to economically depressed Pelorus, Tom and Maggie had and have the primary goal to get away from the Cabbotts and the control they and their money have been able to wield in negatively affecting their lives, with Tom having felt like the neglected and dismissed member of the family. Things for Tom and Maggie change when out kayaking in the sound on his own one morning, Tom goes missing. Pelorus Chief of Police Jack McGregor, whose family comprises a good proportion of the several hundred total residents of Pelorus, leads both the investigation of Tom's disappearance and the search for what most eventually assume is his dead body. With this news making its way back to Vancouver, Frank or his heir apparent other son Nate Cabbott do not go to Pelorus, but rather send their prickly but effective forensic accountant Esther Ishikawa to Pelorus, not to discover what happened to Tom, but rather to discover what other activities Tom and Maggie may have been involved in that negatively affected the Cabbott organization.

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Cast & Crew See All

Rachelle Lefevre
Maggie Cabbott
Matt Whelan
Tom Cabbott
Matt Nable
Jack McGregor

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Open Water

Thu, Sep 3, 202043 mins

After having been apart for six weeks, Maggie joins Tom in Pelorus on the eve of the signing of the contract for the salmon farm, this the first deal Tom would have embarked upon outside his cutthroat family's business interests. The deal remains a point of contention between Maggie and Tom. While the farm is generally supported by the local community as a stimulus to the economy, Maggie will see first hand that it still does have its detractors. The morning after the public event before Maggie awakens but with her knowledge, Tom goes for a kayak paddle from the sailboat berthed in the isolated bay. Tom not returning within a reasonable time is when Maggie decides to call the police, the search and investigation led by Jack, his brother Stuart who is involved with the salmon farm project. While Jack cannot rule out such items as suicide or Maggie actually being involved in the disappearance, Maggie discovers something that shows she didn't know everything that Tom had being doing in New Zealand.

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Awards

  • 2021 - Best Original Score - Best Original Score - nominated
  • 2021 - APRA Screen Music Award - Best Original Music in a Series - nominated
  • 2021 - Best Contribution to a Soundtrack - - nominated
  • 2021 - Best Contribution to a Soundtrack - - winner

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