[03/12/26 - 09:00 AM] "Mystery Road: Origin" Season 2 Premieres Monday, March 23 on Acorn TV This six-episode Acorn TV original series will drop additional episodes weekly on Mondays.
[via press release from AMC Networks]
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"MYSTERY ROAD: ORIGIN" SEASON 2 PREMIERES MONDAY MARCH 23 ON ACORN TV
New York, NY - March 12, 2026 - Mystery Road: Origin, the prequel to the acclaimed Australian crime drama Mystery Road, returns for its second season Monday, March 23 on Acorn TV and AMC+. This six-episode Acorn TV Original Series will drop additional episodes weekly on Mondays.
Mark Cole Smith (Beast of War) returns as a young Detective Jay Swan, who is still reeling from the events of last season and hoping for a fresh start. He and his wife Mary (Tuuli Narkle, Territory) relocate to the remote town of Loch Iris, believing it will give them a chance to rebuild. Instead, the move quickly takes a darker turn when Jay becomes drawn into a decades-old mystery involving secrets, murders, and unexplained disappearances. As his investigation deepens, long-buried truths begin to surface and threaten the present and the future he and Mary are trying to protect.
Clarence Ryan (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga) also returns this season alongside a strong ensemble cast, including Robyn Malcolm (The Survivors), Luke Carroll (Scrublands Silver), Aswan Reid (The New Boy), Shantae Barnes-Cowan (The Redemption), Geoff Morrell (Ice Road: Vengeance), Nicholas Bell (Bay of Fires), Alex Malone, Steve Le Marquand (Beast of War), Pippa Grandison (Population 1:1), Rarriwuy Hick (Kangaroo), Tammy Rock, Eloise Hart, Helen Morse and more.
An Acorn TV Original, Mystery Road: Origin Season 2 is produced by Greer Simpkin and David Jowsey for Bunya Productions for the ABC, with major production investment from Screen Australia's First Nations Department in association with Screen West and the Western Australian Screen Fund. Directed by Wayne Blair and Jub Clerc. Executive produced by Ivan Sen, Brett Sleigh, Rachel Okine. And financed in association with Screen NSW, with All3Media International handling international sales.
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