'Best crime series' with 100% Rotten Tomatoes score casts Hemsworth for season 2

Prime Video is bringing back a "hilarious and gripping" mystery series with a Hemsworth star welcomed for season two.

Two years have passed since global hit Australian series Deadloch first aired and now a second series is on the way, this time entering its "tropical gothic era".

Coming out on Friday, March 20, 2026, the six-part comedy will see Detectives Dulcie Collins (played by Kate Box) and Eddie Redcliffe (Madeleine Sami) set up shop in the sweltering Top End, often referred to as the Northern Territory.

They are investigating the death of Eddie's former policing partner Bushy "but when the body of a local icon is discovered in a remote town, they are flung into a sweatier, stickier, croc-ier crime case".

Alongside the main cast Kate Box, Madeleine Sami, Nina Oyama and Alicia Gardiner, a Hemsworth will be starring in Deadloch season two.

Australian actor Luke Hemsworth will be portraying Jason Wade, a wildlife park owner and star of the show Jason Wade's Adventures Down Under.

He is best known for his roles as Nathan Tyson in Neighbours and Ashley Stubbs in HBO drama Westworld.

The 45-year-old actor is the older brother of Hunger Games and The Witcher star Liam Hemsworth and Thor actor Chris Hemsworth.

Other new cast members include The Great Gatsby's Steve Bisley, Time Bandits' Byron Coll, The Survivors' Damien Garvey and Savage River star Bev Killick.

Series two has got a lot to live up to though with the first season scoring a perfect score of 100% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.

"This show is a hidden gem. Such a surprisingly funny, endearing detective show", someone posted.

A second commented: "One of the best dark comedies I have watched in a long time", while another said: "Hilarious and gripping, I loved this series so much, I watched it twice."

While a fellow fan exclaimed: "One of the funniest and captivating crime shows I have ever watched!"

Deadloch season 2 premieres on Friday, March 20, 2026, on Prime Video.