The essential episodes of Tribal
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Tribal — each pick states its reason.
- 01
The controversial new Tribal Police Chief is forced to team with a jaded Metro Police Detective and together they deal with their tragic first case.
- 02
Sam deals with the dead body of an indigenous man being overshadowed by a pipeline protest while Buke is suspiciously missing in action.
- 03
An explosion at an oilfield site sparks controversy between an indigenous energy company and the reserve’s citizens.
- 04
Dissention rises between Tribal and Metro departments after a Tribal officer is found murdered outside a water treatment plant.
- 05
Allegations of internal corruption and rising tensions between the departments peak when a known indigenous teen girl is reported missing.
- 06
Investigating who killed Sydney; Sam and Buke deal with the fallout from discovering the tomb of murdered Indigenous bodies under the city.
- 07
After a charity fundraiser, a high-profile Indigenous model is found dead wearing a traditional headdress.
- 08
Following a protest at a railroad blockade, the Tribal Police investigate the disappearance of a hitchhiking Indigenous teen.
- 09
Detective Bukansky struggles with flashbacks of being shot and is confronted with the event’s connection to the now-infamous tomb.
- 10
On the outskirts of the city in the neighbouring Dakota Reserve, a convicted wildlife poacher is found hanged.
- 11
A routine follow-up at a healing lodge takes a dangerous turn when an inmate is exposed and proves volatile.
- 12
An Indigenous man is found frozen to death on a remote reserve road.
- 13
South Metro fears retaliation from an Indigenous vigilante group after a judge’s home goes up in flames.
- 14
The bodies of a man and woman are discovered on the river bank, bound with faces painted red. The rift between Tribal and Metro escalates.
- 15
The Tribal and Metro partnership is in jeopardy following the scalping of a Metro cop. Sam and Buke face the reality of the future.
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