Mystery Road (2018)

Two young farmhands disappear from a remote outback cattle station, and Aaron Pedersen's detective Jay Swan works the case alongside Judy Davis as the local cop, Emma James, who knows everyone and is not sure she wants to know more. What the search turns up is an old injustice the whole community has been living around. Rachel Perkins directed the first season, and the empty landscape makes every missing hour feel heavy. It is the most patient and least sensational show here, a good choice if you want a disappearance tied to history and land rather than twists. Season one is the self-contained story to start with.