Director: Greg McLean
Nobody planned for the Lawson cattle empire to unravel this fast, but that is exactly the premise driving "Territory," the 2024 Australian outback drama built around a succession crisis.
What is Territory about?
The world's largest cattle station sits without a clear heir when its aging patriarch's grip finally slips, and the vacuum pulls in everyone who has ever wanted a piece of the Lawson land. Desert gangsters see an opening. Indigenous elders press old claims that predate any station fence. Billionaire mining interests circle with checkbooks ready. And rival cattle barons, sensing weakness, start making moves of their own. What begins as a family argument over inheritance widens into something closer to a territorial war, fought across sunburnt plains and boardrooms alike, with the Lawsons themselves increasingly unsure whether they can hold onto what generations before them built. Anna Torv and Robert Taylor anchor the family's fracturing core, while Michael Dorman, Sam Corlett, and Jay Ryan play the outside forces testing every weak point in the Lawsons' claim to the land.
Cast & crew
Anna Torv and Robert Taylor lead as the family members fighting to keep the Lawson station intact, with Michael Dorman and Sara Wiseman filling out the household's uneasy alliances. Sam Corlett, Tuuli Narkle, Jay Ryan, and Jake Ryan play the outside players — from rival ranchers to mining interests — who each want a stake once the succession cracks open.
Context & significance
Directed by Greg McLean, known for lean, tension-driven filmmaking, "Territory" uses the vastness of the Australian outback as more than scenery — the empty horizon becomes a character in itself, isolating the Lawsons even as outside pressure closes in from every direction. The series leans into western genre conventions, land disputes, standoffs, shifting alliances, while grounding them in a distinctly Australian setting rarely explored at this scale.
Where & how to watch
"Territory" is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so viewers can follow the family's unraveling dynasty in Farsi from the first episode. Browsing the page costs nothing, and streaming the series only requires logging into a free K-Time account through an interface built with the Farsi-speaking diaspora in mind.