60 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestEjected from his sister's wedding, rapidly unravelling, Nik returns to Wakefield where his obsession over a missing puzzle piece culminates in his total recall of the horrifying truth of his past.
Nikhil Katira is a psychiatric nurse working at Wakefield, a facility perched on the edge of Australia's spectacular Blue Mountains. There's one problem - while his patients are getting better, he's getting worse.
Acting
Rudi Dharmalingam's trembling stillness — you'll clock every micro-expression
Direction
The ward breathes; corridors become characters
Score
Diegetic music that blurs reality and hallucination
Creator
Kristen Dunphy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Blue Mountains setting isn't postcard pretty — it's actively hostile, referencing Australia's history of institutional 'care' for displaced populations.
Dunphy based Nik's dissociation on actual psychiatric nurse testimonies; the 'getting better while getting worse' premise was a direct quote from her research.
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