The BEST episodes of Secret City season 1
Every episode of Secret City season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Secret City season 1!
Beneath the placid facade of Canberra, amidst rising tension between China and America, senior political journalist Harriet Dunkley uncovers a secret city of interlocked conspiracies, putting innocent lives in danger including her own.
#1 - The Light on the Hill
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/3/2016
Harriet's story on missing Chinese dissidents may have embarrassed Beijing into returning Sabine Hobbs to Canberra, but the connections to Australian intelligence and the murder remain hidden.
#2 - Ghosts in the Machine
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/26/2016
Determined to become hunter rather than prey, Harriet convinces ASIO agent Charles Dancer to pursue her attacker and the murderer while she investigates how a Chinese assassin can operate in Australia with apparent impunity.
#3 - Falling Hard
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/19/2016
A sophisticated cyber attack cripples Australia's air traffic control for 13 terrifying minutes. All the evidence points to China seeking vengeance for their dead sailor.
#4 - The Watchers
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/5/2016
One person Harriet has questioned in pursuit of her story is dead, another is missing. The conspiracy may be hidden deep, but it involves those who are powerful, ruthless and with a great deal at stake, but Harriet won’t stop no matter how deadly her quest becomes. In this game no-one is pure, but are their machinations politics as usual or do they cover something darker? Now, as Harriet continues her search for the truth, someone closer to her inner circle is found murdered.
#5 - A Donation to the Struggle
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/5/2016
Political journalist Harriet Dunkley sees the gutted body of a young man washed up on the lakeshore she suspects a conspiracy and determines that, whatever the personal or professional cost, she must pursue a story that could overturn everything Australians believe about our Government and our place in the world.
#6 - Beware the Jabberwock
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/12/2016
A shocking murder leaves Harriet shattered but angry. Australian intelligence agencies are determined to shut down the story, however, Harriet has been deliberately left a clue that only she will understand and as she pursues the trail of secrets, finds the pieces of several different puzzles forming a larger picture. People she should be able to trust are revealed as determined enemies but she discovers an unlikely ally.