Darby and Joan (2022–present)

TV ShowOn airDrama, Mystery2 seasons, 14 episodes
Darby and Joan posterReview score: 76%

Plot

Retired Australian detective Jack Darby is fleeing his past mistakes, while English widow Joan Kirkhope is attempting to outrun her grief. Their worlds collide on a remote backroad. They couldn't be more different: the directionless, blunt Aussie and the sharp-tongued Englishwoman. But thrown together and drawn into the intriguing mysteries lurking in the isolated, tropical corners of a vast continent, it quickly becomes clear the most fascinating mystery they face is each other. Thus begins an epic love story; a non-stop road movie; a mystery series; an Outback odyssey. Darby and Joan asks: can you find yourself in the middle of nowhere?

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  1. 01Darby and Joan S01E08Episode 8S01E08 · 8.0When Jack is struck by a hit-and-run driver, it sparks some unexpected truths and the return of a threat from Jack's past. As Jack recovers, he and Joan track down Ian's long-lost son, who holds the keys to the mystery. But is she ready to put the past to rest? And will the new threat facing Jack see the end of this journey together?
  2. 02Darby and Joan S02E06Episode 6S02E06 · 8.0After receiving a mysterious clue to the location of the gun that can clear Jack's name, he and Joan race to its remote hiding spot. But they are hotly pursued, and Jack and Liz suspect someone close to home is behind everything.
  3. 03Darby and Joan S02E02Episode 2S02E02 · 7.5In a small surfing town, Jack and Joan come to the aid of a victim of a hit-and-run, local nurse Gillian. When they learn she has been implicated in a series of suspicious deaths at the hospital, they realize many people may have wanted her dead.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode8Episodes2022Aired 6.1Season avg
  1. S01E01Darby and Joan S01E01Episode 1August 8, 2022 5.5After a vehicular collision with the enigmatic Jack, Joan's first stop in her (covert and novice) investigation into her husband's betrayal
  2. S01E02Darby and Joan S01E02Episode 2August 8, 2022 6.5Jack takes a detour to a banana plantation to help his longtime friend and former brother-in-law, Declan, recover a cache of stolen guns. It
  3. S01E03Darby and Joan S01E03Episode 3August 15, 2022 6.8At a remote, mountaintop campground, and after a devastating revelation about Ian's past, Jack and Joan take a moment to unwind with a frien
  4. S01E04Darby and Joan S01E04Episode 4August 15, 2022 5.0As Jack and Joan prepare for her first southern hemisphere Christmas by the beach, a reef dive goes catastrophically wrong, and Joan does al
  5. S01E05Darby and Joan S01E05Episode 5August 22, 2022 6.2In a small outback town on New Year’s Eve, Joan’s search for answers about Ian is waylaid when the motorhome runs out of fuel. Taking jobs a
  6. S01E06Darby and Joan S01E06Episode 6August 22, 2022 6.5Jack reconnects with Elyse, the daughter of Rosemary, the bride Jack left at the altar. A surf lifesaving champion, Elyse believes someone t
  7. S01E07Darby and Joan S01E07Episode 7August 29, 2022 4.3Rebecca's sudden arrival throws Joan into turmoil as she struggles with how to tell her daughter about the murder charges against Ian. Traci
  8. S01E08Darby and Joan S01E08Season's bestEpisode 8August 29, 2022 8.0When Jack is struck by a hit-and-run driver, it sparks some unexpected truths and the return of a threat from Jack's past. As Jack recovers,

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2024–25Aired 6.8Season avg
  1. S02E01Darby and Joan S02E01Episode 1December 30, 2024 7.0The search for answers about Jack's past leads him and Joan into the path of two warring brothers whose fight over the family farm escalates
  2. S02E02Darby and Joan S02E02Episode 2December 30, 2024 7.5In a small surfing town, Jack and Joan come to the aid of a victim of a hit-and-run, local nurse Gillian. When they learn she has been impli
  3. S02E03Darby and Joan S02E03Episode 3January 6, 2025 6.5Joan's estranged sister, Max, invites her and Jack to an island resort, but when a guest is kidnapped, the sisters must work together to fin
  4. S02E04Darby and Joan S02E04Episode 4January 13, 2025 6.5Jack and Joan's stay at a winery is interrupted when a fire breaks out and nearly kills an employee; at first, it looks like an act of sabot
  5. S02E05Darby and Joan S02E05Episode 5January 20, 2025 5.0Max reveals that she's engaged to a man she just met, but when he collapses during a night of drinks, Jack and Joan suspect that someone tri
  6. S02E06Darby and Joan S02E06Season's bestEpisode 6January 27, 2025 8.0After receiving a mysterious clue to the location of the gun that can clear Jack's name, he and Joan race to its remote hiding spot. But the

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Cast

Bryan BrownBryan BrownJack DarbyGreta ScacchiGreta ScacchiJoan KirkhopeJolene AndersonJolene AndersonDetective Inspector Liz Darby

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