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''Jack Irish'' is a 2016 Australian television series based on the novels by Peter Temple. It aired in Australia via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The show stars Creator/GuyPearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Creator/AaronPedersen and Roy Billing.

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''Jack Irish'' is a 2016 Australian television series based on the novels novels by Peter Temple. It aired in Australia via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The show stars Creator/GuyPearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Creator/AaronPedersen Creator/AaronPedersen, Shane Jacobson and Roy Billing.
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''Jack Irish'' is a 2016 Australian television series based on the novels of the same name by Peter Temple. It aired in Australia via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The show stars Creator/GuyPearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen and Roy Billing. [[WordOfGod According to ABC, the TV show is not connected to the television movies that have previously aired in the same network]].[[note]]To be honest, some of the history of some relationships already established in the TV series between Jack and most of the recurring characters can be best viewed in the TV movies.[[/note]]

The show has ran for three seasons from 2016 to 2021.

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''Jack Irish'' is a 2016 Australian television series based on the novels of the same name novels by Peter Temple. It aired in Australia via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The show stars Creator/GuyPearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen Creator/AaronPedersen and Roy Billing. Billing.
Initially, three TV movies were released from 2012 to 2014, directly adapting the first three novels. A full series was subsequently produced, with three seasons airing from 2016 to 2021.

[[WordOfGod According to ABC, the TV show is not connected to the television movies that have previously aired in the same network]].[[note]]To be honest, some of the history of some relationships already established in the TV series between Jack and most of the recurring characters can be best viewed in the TV movies.[[/note]]

The show has ran for three seasons from 2016 to 2021.
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* EurekaMoment: Jack gets these both from the Fitzroy Youth Club and Harry.
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* DoItYourselfTheme: Creator/GuyPearce sings a cover of "God Will Cut You Down" for the opening credits of the series.

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* DoItYourselfTheme: DoItYourselfThemeTune: Creator/GuyPearce sings a cover of "God Will Cut You Down" for the opening credits of the series.

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* ChurchOfHappyology: The Way of the Church is a shady Christian church in Australia that doesn't hesitate to use cover ups to prevent anything embarrasing from biting them in the back.

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* ActorAllusion: The ColdOpen of the final episode is similar to a scene in Film/TheTimeMachine2002: Guy Pearce's character imagines a happy life with his wife and two children.
* ChurchOfHappyology: The Way of the Church is a shady Christian church in Australia that doesn't hesitate to use cover ups to prevent anything embarrasing embarrassing from biting them in the back.back.
* DoItYourselfTheme: Creator/GuyPearce sings a cover of "God Will Cut You Down" for the opening credits of the series.
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* ShownTheirWork: Since some of the scenes were shot in the Philippines, you can expect to hear correct and proper Tagalog.

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* ShownTheirWork: Since some of the scenes were shot in the Philippines, Philippines in the first season, you can expect to hear correct and proper Tagalog.
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-> '''Drew:''' ''"Apart from that, all good?."''

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-> '''Drew:''' ''"Apart from that, all good?."''good?"''
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-> '''Jack Irish:''' ''"My car’s been stolen, I’ve lost a client, and now they’re trying to pin a murder on me."''
-> '''Drew:''' ''"Apart from that, all good?."''
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* ChurchOfHappyology: The Way of the Church is a shady Christian church in Australia that doesn't hesiste to use cover ups to prevent anything embarrasing from biting them in the back.

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* ChurchOfHappyology: The Way of the Church is a shady Christian church in Australia that doesn't hesiste hesitate to use cover ups to prevent anything embarrasing from biting them in the back.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Via Crucis, a shadowy group consisting of persons from the Way of the Church, Victoria-based politicians, businessmen and other prominent VIPs. They're behind the massacre in Mindanao in trying to buy up land there by using a bogus bank to skirt Filipino banking laws and deploying contractors overseas. The culprits were trying to emulate American defense contractors like Booz Allen and Black Water.

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* TheManBehindTheMan: Via Crucis, a shadowy group consisting of persons from the Way of the Church, Victoria-based politicians, businessmen and other prominent VIPs.[=VIPs=]. They're behind the massacre in Mindanao in trying to buy up land there by using a bogus bank to skirt Filipino banking laws and deploying contractors overseas. The culprits were trying to emulate American defense contractors like Booz Allen and Black Water.
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''Jack Irish'' is a 2016 Australian television series based on the novels of the same name by Peter Temple. It aired in Australia via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The show stars Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen and Roy Billing. [[WordOfGod According to ABC, the TV show is not connected to the television movies that have previously aired in the same network]].[[note]]To be honest, some of the history of some relationships already established in the TV series between Jack and most of the recurring characters can be best viewed in the TV movies.[[/note]]

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''Jack Irish'' is a 2016 Australian television series based on the novels of the same name by Peter Temple. It aired in Australia via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The show stars Guy Pearce, Creator/GuyPearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen and Roy Billing. [[WordOfGod According to ABC, the TV show is not connected to the television movies that have previously aired in the same network]].[[note]]To be honest, some of the history of some relationships already established in the TV series between Jack and most of the recurring characters can be best viewed in the TV movies.[[/note]]

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''Jack Irish'' is a 2016 Australian television series based on the novels of the same name by Peter Temple. It's currently airing in Australia via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with a total of six episodes, the first one released on February 11, 2016. The show stars Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen and Roy Billing. [[WordOfGod According to ABC, the TV show is not connected to the television movies that have previously aired in the same network]].[[note]]To be honest, some of the history of some relationships already established in the TV series between Jack and most of the recurring characters can be best viewed in the TV movies.[[/note]]

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''Jack Irish'' is a 2016 Australian television series based on the novels of the same name by Peter Temple. It's currently airing It aired in Australia via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with a total of six episodes, the first one released on February 11, 2016.Corporation. The show stars Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen and Roy Billing. [[WordOfGod According to ABC, the TV show is not connected to the television movies that have previously aired in the same network]].[[note]]To be honest, some of the history of some relationships already established in the TV series between Jack and most of the recurring characters can be best viewed in the TV movies.[[/note]]



* ChurchOfHappyology: The Way of the Church (Via Crusis) is a shady Christian church in Australia that doesn't hesiste to use cover ups to prevent anything embarrasing from biting them in the back.

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* ChurchOfHappyology: The Way of the Church (Via Crusis) is a shady Christian church in Australia that doesn't hesiste to use cover ups to prevent anything embarrasing from biting them in the back.



* FromBadToWorse: Jack not only investigates the death of a couple of international students, but he [[spoiler:realizes that a doctor he knows has her husband funds a scientist who goes rogue and hides before he's killed.]]
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: The missing person's case and frameup job done to Jack leads him to investigate the case further to the Philippines in the first season.

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* FromBadToWorse: Jack not only investigates the death of a couple of international students, students in the second season, but he [[spoiler:realizes that a doctor he knows has her husband funds a scientist who goes rogue and hides before he's killed.]]
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: The missing person's case and frameup job done to Jack leads him to investigate the case further related to the Philippines in the first season.


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* TheManBehindTheMan: Via Crucis, a shadowy group consisting of persons from the Way of the Church, Victoria-based politicians, businessmen and other prominent VIPs. They're behind the massacre in Mindanao in trying to buy up land there by using a bogus bank to skirt Filipino banking laws and deploying contractors overseas. The culprits were trying to emulate American defense contractors like Booz Allen and Black Water.
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* ChurchOfHappyology: The Way of the Church is a shady Christian church in Australia that doesn't hesiste to use cover ups to prevent anything embarrasing from biting them in the back.

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* ChurchOfHappyology: The Way of the Church (Via Crusis) is a shady Christian church in Australia that doesn't hesiste to use cover ups to prevent anything embarrasing from biting them in the back.

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The show has ran for two seasons and it'll end after the third season.

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The show has ran for two three seasons and it'll end after the third season.
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* RealityEnsues: Due to Jack stumbling onto a motel room with the dead corpse of a kidnapper and a loaded weapon nearby when VP officers raided it, it wouldn't be that hard to assume that he had something to do with it.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Due to Jack stumbling onto a motel room with the dead corpse of a kidnapper and a loaded weapon nearby when VP officers raided it, it wouldn't be that hard to assume that he had something to do with it.
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The show has ran for three seasons and it'll end after the fourth season.

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Taking place in both Australia and in the Philippines, the first season has ex-lawyer Jack Irish is recruited to help in a missing person's case in Melbourne after someone was abducted in the state and the Victoria Police had no clues on solving the case. Meanwhile, a massacre mysteriously takes place somewhere in Mindanao [[FarEastAsianTerrorists by armed Muslim radicals]]. While Jack takes on the case and [[TheScapegoat getting framed in the process]], he finds out that [[MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot the missing person's case is tied to something big going on in the Philippines.]] It's an Australian-Filipino co-production.

The second season starts with Jack getting involved in investigation the death of a foreign student studying in Australia after shes gets into an accident. He later checks into a pharmaceutical company that's somehow involved with a college in shady activities with ties to a series of illegal drug testing on humans. It's an Australian-Indian co-production.

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Taking place in both Australia The show has ran for three seasons and in the Philippines, the first season has ex-lawyer Jack Irish is recruited to help in a missing person's case in Melbourne it'll end after someone was abducted in the state and the Victoria Police had no clues on solving the case. Meanwhile, a massacre mysteriously takes place somewhere in Mindanao [[FarEastAsianTerrorists by armed Muslim radicals]]. While Jack takes on the case and [[TheScapegoat getting framed in the process]], he finds out that [[MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot the missing person's case is tied to something big going on in the Philippines.]] It's an Australian-Filipino co-production.

The second season starts with Jack getting involved in investigation the death of a foreign student studying in Australia after shes gets into an accident. He later checks into a pharmaceutical company that's somehow involved with a college in shady activities with ties to a series of illegal drug testing on humans. It's an Australian-Indian co-production.
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* FarEastAsianTerrorists: The Muslim radicals in Mindanao when they shot up an entire village in the 1st episode.

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* FarEastAsianTerrorists: The Muslim radicals in Mindanao when they shot up an entire village in the 1st episode.first season.
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* FromBadToWorse: Jack not only investigates the death of a couple of international students, but he [[spoilers:realizes that a doctor he knows has her husband funds a scientist who goes rogue and hides before he's killed.]]

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* FromBadToWorse: Jack not only investigates the death of a couple of international students, but he [[spoilers:realizes [[spoiler:realizes that a doctor he knows has her husband funds a scientist who goes rogue and hides before he's killed.]]
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''Jack Irish'' is a 2016 Australian television series based on the novels of the same name by Peter Temple. It's currently airing in Australia via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with a total of six episodes, the first one released on February 11, 2016. The show stars Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen and Roy Billing. [[WordOfGod According to ABC, the TV show is not connected to the television movies that have previously aired in the same network]].[[note]]To be honest, some of the history of some relationships already established in the TV series between Jack and most of the recurring characters can be best viewed in the TV movies.[[/notes]]

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''Jack Irish'' is a 2016 Australian television series based on the novels of the same name by Peter Temple. It's currently airing in Australia via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with a total of six episodes, the first one released on February 11, 2016. The show stars Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen and Roy Billing. [[WordOfGod According to ABC, the TV show is not connected to the television movies that have previously aired in the same network]].[[note]]To be honest, some of the history of some relationships already established in the TV series between Jack and most of the recurring characters can be best viewed in the TV movies.[[/notes]]
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''Jack Irish'' is a 2016 Australian television series based on the novels of the same name by Peter Temple. It's currently airing in Australia via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with a total of six episodes, the first one released on February 11, 2016. The show stars Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen and Roy Billing. [[WordOfGod According to ABC, the TV show is not connected to the television movies that previoused aired in the same network]].

Taking place in both Australia and in the Philippines, the first season has ex-lawyer Jack Irish is recruited to help in a missing person's case in Melbourne after someone was abducted in the state after the Victoria Police had no clues on solving the case. Meanwhile, a massacre mysteriously takes place somewhere in Mindanao [[FarEastAsianTerrorists by armed Muslim radicals]]. While Jack takes on the case and [[TheScapegoat getting framed in the process]], he finds out that [[MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot the missing person's case is tied to something big going on in the Philippines.]] It's an Australian-Filipino co-production.

The second season starts with Jack getting involved in investigation the death of a foreign student studying in Australia after shes gets into an accident. He later checks into a pharmaceutical company that's somehow involved with a college in shady activities. It's an Australian-Indian co-production.

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''Jack Irish'' is a 2016 Australian television series based on the novels of the same name by Peter Temple. It's currently airing in Australia via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with a total of six episodes, the first one released on February 11, 2016. The show stars Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen and Roy Billing. [[WordOfGod According to ABC, the TV show is not connected to the television movies that previoused have previously aired in the same network]].

network]].[[note]]To be honest, some of the history of some relationships already established in the TV series between Jack and most of the recurring characters can be best viewed in the TV movies.[[/notes]]

Taking place in both Australia and in the Philippines, the first season has ex-lawyer Jack Irish is recruited to help in a missing person's case in Melbourne after someone was abducted in the state after and the Victoria Police had no clues on solving the case. Meanwhile, a massacre mysteriously takes place somewhere in Mindanao [[FarEastAsianTerrorists by armed Muslim radicals]]. While Jack takes on the case and [[TheScapegoat getting framed in the process]], he finds out that [[MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot the missing person's case is tied to something big going on in the Philippines.]] It's an Australian-Filipino co-production.

The second season starts with Jack getting involved in investigation the death of a foreign student studying in Australia after shes gets into an accident. He later checks into a pharmaceutical company that's somehow involved with a college in shady activities.activities with ties to a series of illegal drug testing on humans. It's an Australian-Indian co-production.

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The second season starts with Jack getting involved in the death of a foreign student studying in Australia after shes gets into an accident. He later gets framed for the murder and he goes on the run after Jack finds clues that a college the student was enrolled in was involved in shady activities. It's an Australian-Indian co-production.

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The second season starts with Jack getting involved in investigation the death of a foreign student studying in Australia after shes gets into an accident. He later gets framed for the murder and he goes on the run after Jack finds clues that checks into a pharmaceutical company that's somehow involved with a college the student was enrolled in was involved in shady activities. It's an Australian-Indian co-production.



* FromBadToWorse: Jack not only investigates the death of a couple of international students, but he gets on the run again after being accused of being involved in a crime.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: The missing person's case and frameup job done to Jack leads him to investigate the case further to the Philippines.

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* FromBadToWorse: Jack not only investigates the death of a couple of international students, but he gets on the run again after being accused of being involved in [[spoilers:realizes that a crime.
doctor he knows has her husband funds a scientist who goes rogue and hides before he's killed.]]
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: The missing person's case and frameup job done to Jack leads him to investigate the case further to the Philippines. Philippines in the first season.
** The second season starts with a vehicle accident after a foreign student somehow wanders into its path.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: In a G-Mail page, the death of Lakshmi Agarwal was recorded to be in 2015, which is when the first season started. The second season's first episode showed a title card of three years later, making in 2018 when the second season starts.

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''Jack Irish'' is a 2016 Australian television series based on the novels of the same name by Peter Temple. It's currently airing in Australia via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with a total of six episodes, the first one released on February 11, 2016. The show stars Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen and Roy Billing. [[WordOfGod According to ABC, the TV show is not connected to the television movies that previoused aired in the same network]]. The show is an Australian-Filipino co-production.

Taking place in both Australia and in the Philippines, ex-lawyer Jack Irish is recruited to help in a missing person's case in Melbourne after someone was abducted in the state after the Victoria Police had no clues on solving the case. Meanwhile, a massacre mysteriously takes place somewhere in Mindanao [[FarEastAsianTerrorists by armed Muslim radicals]]. While Jack takes on the case and [[TheScapegoat getting framed in the process]], he finds out that [[MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot the missing person's case is tied to something big going on in the Philippines.]]

The second season starts with Jack getting involved in the suicide of a foreign student studying in Australia. He later gets framed for the murder and he goes on the run.

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''Jack Irish'' is a 2016 Australian television series based on the novels of the same name by Peter Temple. It's currently airing in Australia via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with a total of six episodes, the first one released on February 11, 2016. The show stars Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen and Roy Billing. [[WordOfGod According to ABC, the TV show is not connected to the television movies that previoused aired in the same network]]. The show is an Australian-Filipino co-production.

Taking place in both Australia and in the Philippines, the first season has ex-lawyer Jack Irish is recruited to help in a missing person's case in Melbourne after someone was abducted in the state after the Victoria Police had no clues on solving the case. Meanwhile, a massacre mysteriously takes place somewhere in Mindanao [[FarEastAsianTerrorists by armed Muslim radicals]]. While Jack takes on the case and [[TheScapegoat getting framed in the process]], he finds out that [[MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot the missing person's case is tied to something big going on in the Philippines.]]

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The second season starts with Jack getting involved in the suicide death of a foreign student studying in Australia. Australia after shes gets into an accident. He later gets framed for the murder and he goes on the run.
run after Jack finds clues that a college the student was enrolled in was involved in shady activities. It's an Australian-Indian co-production.


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Taking place in both Australia and in the Philippines, ex-lawyer Jack Irish is recruited to help in a missing person's case in Melbourne after someone was abducted in the state after the Victoria Police had no clues on solving the case. Meanwhile, a massacre mysteriously takes place somewhere in Mindanao by [[FarEastAsianTerrorists by armed Muslim radicals]]. While Jack takes on the case and [[TheScapegoat getting framed in the process]], he finds out that [[MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot the missing person's case is tied to something big going on in the Philippines.]]

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Taking place in both Australia and in the Philippines, ex-lawyer Jack Irish is recruited to help in a missing person's case in Melbourne after someone was abducted in the state after the Victoria Police had no clues on solving the case. Meanwhile, a massacre mysteriously takes place somewhere in Mindanao by [[FarEastAsianTerrorists by armed Muslim radicals]]. While Jack takes on the case and [[TheScapegoat getting framed in the process]], he finds out that [[MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot the missing person's case is tied to something big going on in the Philippines.]]
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted for scenes shot in the Philippines.
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'''Jack Irish''' is a 2016 Australian television series based on the novels of the same name by Peter Temple. It's currently airing in Australia via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with a total of six episodes, the first one released on February 11, 2016. The show stars Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen and Roy Billing. [[WordOfGod According to ABC, the TV show is not connected to the television movies that previoused aired in the same network]]. The show is an Australian-Filipino co-production.

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'''Jack Irish''' ''Jack Irish'' is a 2016 Australian television series based on the novels of the same name by Peter Temple. It's currently airing in Australia via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with a total of six episodes, the first one released on February 11, 2016. The show stars Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen and Roy Billing. [[WordOfGod According to ABC, the TV show is not connected to the television movies that previoused aired in the same network]]. The show is an Australian-Filipino co-production.



* WesternTerrorists: Jack investigate the case that leads to an Australian fighting for Muslim radicals somewhere in the Philippines.

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* WesternTerrorists: Jack investigate the case that leads to an Australian fighting for Muslim radicals somewhere in the Philippines.
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'''Jack Irish''' is a 2016 Australian television series based on the novels of the same name by Peter Temple. It's currently airing in Australia via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with a total of six episodes, the first one released on February 11, 2016. The show stars Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen and Roy Billing. [[WordOfGod According to ABC, the TV show is not connected to the television movies that previoused aired in the same network]]. The show is an Australian-Filipino co-production.

Taking place in both Australia and in the Philippines, ex-lawyer Jack Irish is recruited to help in a missing person's case in Melbourne after someone was abducted in the state after the Victoria Police had no clues on solving the case. Meanwhile, a massacre mysteriously takes place somewhere in Mindanao by [[FarEastAsianTerrorists by armed Muslim radicals]]. While Jack takes on the case and [[TheScapegoat getting framed in the process]], he finds out that [[MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot the missing person's case is tied to something big going on in the Philippines.]]

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* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted for scenes shot in the Philippines.
* FarEastAsianTerrorists: The Muslim radicals in Mindanao when they shot up an entire village in the 1st episode.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: The missing person's case and frameup job done to Jack leads him to investigate the case further to the Philippines.
* PoliceAreUseless: The Victoria Police weren't able to get major clues to solve a missing person's case, which is why Jack Irish was recruited to solve it.
* RealityEnsues: Due to Jack stumbling onto a motel room with the dead corpse of a kidnapper and a loaded weapon nearby when VP officers raided it, it wouldn't be that hard to assume that he had something to do with it.
* ShownTheirWork: Since some of the scenes were shot in the Philippines, you can expect to hear correct and proper Tagalog.
** During a reception party hosted by the Australian embassy, a guest notes that the plan to create a power plant may not solve tensions between native Muslim and Christian communities since the latter would mostly benefit from it.
* WesternTerrorists: Jack investigate the case that leads to an Australian fighting for Muslim radicals somewhere in the Philippines.

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