Tara Ward: The Survivors. Sara: Woman in the Shadows, Stick

The Survivors 

A young woman's mysterious death dredges up the past in a sleepy seaside town, where three young people lost their lives fifteen years ago and tore the town apart (Netflix). 

 

Sara: Woman in the Shadows  

A retired intelligence operative haunted by her son's premature death returns to spycraft and allies to unravel the mystery. While navigating old ghosts and dangers, she must balance justice for her son with learning who he really was (Netflix). 

 

Stick  

Pryce Cahill was headed for golf greatness when an on-course meltdown derailed his career; now struggling to stay afloat, he goes all in to mentor Santi a teenage phenom with high potential and maybe save himself (AppleTV+). 

 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to this Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast
from Newstalg z AB.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Twenty five past ten on News Talks AB, which means
it's screen time time. Tara awards here with her three
picks for watching or streaming stuff at home.

Speaker 3 (00:21):
Hey Tara, good morning.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Let's begin with a show on Netflix starring Robin Malcolm.
Tell us about the survivors.

Speaker 3 (00:28):
Yeah, if you see Robin Malcolm's name in a show,
you know it's going to be a great watch. And
this new murder mystery definitely is. It's based on a
book by Jane Harper and it's set in Tasmania, in
a small beachside town called Evelyn Bay, where fifteen years earlier,
a huge storm killed three people. Robin Malcolm plays one
of them. Plays the mother of one of the boys

(00:49):
who died, and the drama begins when her other son
returns home for a visit with his partner and their
new baby. A lot of locals still blame him for
the deaths during the storm, and there's a lot of
bad feeling, including from his own family. He meets a
woman who's come to town to investigate a disappearance that
happened at the same time as the storm and then
there's another murder, and so all of this starts to

(01:11):
dredge up a lot of grief and secrets and starts
to tear the community apart. And in a lot of ways,
The Survivors reminded me of the New Zealand series Friends
Like Her in that it's set in the small community
where everyone grew up together, everyone is connected. You've got
this isolated, beautiful setting, and there's lots of secrets under
the surface, and it's about grief and family and it's

(01:33):
about the legacy of trauma on people. It is set
up like a classic murder mystery, but there's a fantastic
cast here who take it well above that. And Robin
Malcolm plays this angry grieving mother so beautifully. She steals
every scene. So a fantastic series and a great binge
watch for the weekend.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
Right, Okay, that's The Survivors. That's on Netflix. Also on Netflix,
tell Us about Sarah.

Speaker 3 (01:55):
Yeah, this is another murder mystery, but quite different in
tone and style. This is an Italian series Newton Netflix,
and it's very gritty and dark and atmospheric kind of
Thriller's in Naples, and it's about a former secret service
agent whose adult son is killed in the opening moments
of the show. They've been estranged for several years, so

(02:16):
they didn't have a relationship. She doesn't know her son,
but she's determined to find out why he died and
prove that it wasn't an accident, and so she becomes
a spy again to solve the mystery of his death,
which means she has to confront all the ghosts from
her own past about why she stopped working, while also
uncovering the truth about her son's life and discovering about

(02:38):
who he really was. And I think this is one
for fans of really moody murder mysteries. This is slow
paced and thoughtful. It's not your big, explosive kind of thriller.
But I think the grittiness of it, and the Italian
setting and this unconventional kind of hero who thankfully has
not lost her ability to read lips from a distance
and do all the cool spy things, I think all

(03:00):
of that makes this worth checking out.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
Nice. Okay, that's Sarah. That's on Netflix and on Apple TV.
Tell us about stick.

Speaker 3 (03:07):
This is a new sports comedy series, and if you
are a golf fan, someone who has finally made a
TV show for you. This is pretty much Ted Lasso
for golf. It stars Owen Wilson. He plays a former
golf champion called Price who is long past his prime.
He's a bit washed up, he's getting chucked out of
his house, he's having a midlife crisis. And he meets

(03:27):
this young prodigy at the golfing range who has amazing
talent but just doesn't care about the sport. And so
Price agrees to coach him. And this becomes his shot
at redemption, ats sorting his own life out, and at
gaining the respect of the golfing world again by helping
this teenage player qualify for the US Amateur Championships. And

(03:48):
I think Apple TV is trying to emulate that Ted
Lasso success here. It's got that same kind of warm,
gentle comedy, that same kind of charm. It's not particularly deep,
you know, it's a bit cliched, but you can kind
of forgive that. Very easy to watch, one of those
shows you can chuck on on a Sunday afternoon and
just relax into fantastic.

Speaker 2 (04:07):
Okay, that's stick. That's on Apple TV. Sarah and the
Survivors are both on Netflix, and all of those shows
will be at NEWSTALKSHEDB dot co dot nz. Ray has
just flicked me a note to say, Jack, that chocolate
biscuit recipe you share before ten o'clock sounds amazing. Where
can I get it the same place? Ray, Go to
the News Talks EDB website and you'll be able to
find it there.

Speaker 1 (04:26):
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