Thirty-minute episodes rarely carry this much tonal whiplash, but this 2018 Australian series, created by and starring Scott Ryan, keeps switching registers without ever losing its footing, one scene domestic and the next unmistakably violent.
What is Mr Inbetween about?
The series follows Ray Shoesmith, a man juggling the ordinary demands of parenthood, a past marriage, a current relationship, and a close friendship, the same tangle of obligations most people manage, except that his day job is contract killing for hire. Director Nash Edgerton and creator Scott Ryan let those two halves of Ray's life sit next to each other without much comment, trusting the contrast to do the work rather than spelling it out. The cast alongside Ryan includes Chika Yasumura, Brooke Satchwell, Jeremy Sims, Damon Herriman, and Justin Rosniak, filling out the family and criminal circles that pull at Ray from opposite directions. Set in Australia with production ties to the United States, the show favors short, tightly built episodes over sprawling arcs, which keeps each installment feeling complete on its own even as the larger relationships carry forward.
About the cast
Scott Ryan both created the series and plays Ray, the role the show is built around, with Chika Yasumura, Brooke Satchwell, Jeremy Sims, Damon Herriman, and Justin Rosniak rounding out the ensemble that surrounds him at home and at work.
Context & significance
Nash Edgerton, known internationally for stunt and directing work as well as acting, directs the series, giving the violence a physical, unglamorous quality that matches the show's low-key domestic scenes rather than clashing with them. The half-hour format is unusual for crime drama, a genre more often built around hour-long episodes, and that compression is part of what gives the series its particular rhythm.
Watching Mr Inbetween on Ktime
The series streams on K-Time with a free account login required to watch, though the page itself can be read without one. Both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles are available for this title, part of K-Time's Farsi-first approach to building its library for the Iranian diaspora, alongside search and recommendations tuned for that audience.