TV series
Wakefield
Overview
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.
Details
- First air date
- 2021-04-18
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 8 episodes
- Genres
- Mystery, Drama
- Network
- ABC TV
- Production
- Jungle Entertainment
- Country
- AU
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Rudi Dharmalingam as Nik Katira
- Geraldine Hakewill as Dr. Kareena Wells
- Harry Greenwood as Trevor
- Bessie Holland as Tessa Knight
- Mandy McElhinney as Linda Crowley
- Felicity Ward as Collette
- Sam Simmons as Pete Seaman
- Guy Simon as Mr. Invisible
- Victoria Haralabidou as Cath
- Kershawn Theodore as 12 Year Old Nik
- Shapoor Batliwalla as Rashaal
- Nadee Kammellaweera as Jeshna
Creators and crew
- Kristen Dunphy - Creator
- Sam Meikle - Executive Producer
- Jocelyn Moorhouse - Director
- Kim Mordaunt - Director
- Kristen Dunphy - Writer
- Sam Meikle - Writer
Episodes
Episode 1
James is a running his finance business from the ward, Ivy is running from the screaming baby she can't bond with and when a song gets stuck in Nik's head, it triggers deeply buried memories he doesn't understand.
Episode 2
Raff's Loyalty to Genevieve is seriously tested when her sexual desire runs rampant. Kareena's attraction to Nik is reawakened. And Nik inadvertently injures Tessa when he steps in to protect Linda
Episode 3
As Nik searches for the ring that once belonged to his mother, memories of a catastrophic flood in India invade his consciousness, and we discover this is the ring he once used to propose to Kareena.
Episode 4
Kareena suggests that distressing phenomenon Nik's experiencing - that he's observing himself from outside of his own body - could be related to trauma from his past and we learn the person who died was a family member.
Episode 5
James suffers a catastrophic loss of identity, Tessa discovers her mother has disposed of all her belongings, and when Nik's mother comes to stay, memories of his baby brother plague him.
Episode 6
High on his successful application for the job, and with Come on Eileen finally out of his head. Nik's job application is successful and his desire for Kareena evolves into an invitation.
Episode 7
In the lead up to Renuka's wedding, Nik realises the details around his brother's death don't add up and while he continues to care for his patients, his grip on his own sanity is slipping.
Episode 8
Ejected 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.
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