[JackDidley]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Mr Inbetween is a rare find. I just started binging it- now through season 2 of 3. Then I'll watch the origin movie The Magician from 13 years earlier.

For 20 years, Ryan’s purpose has been Mr Inbetween, the story of Ray Shoesmith, a kind-hearted, cold-blooded hitman moving between the mundane (school drop-offs, picking up after the dog, shopping for socks) and the profane (contract killing, grave digging, violent retribution), shifting like a shadow between the underworld and a rich inner life devoted to a tween daughter, a terminally ill brother and a hilariously motley crew of mates.

^ That sums it up pretty well, from this good article:

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/he-was-decades-on-the-dole-and-going-nowhere-then-scott-ryan-hit-the-tv-jackpot-20221205-p5c3r6.html

Now I have to look for The Magician.