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The Straits (2012)

Crime · Drama

Set among the turquoise waters and lethal wildlife of Australia’s Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait, The Straits is an exotic, darkly humorous crime drama. The Montebellos are not your average Australian family. Modern day smugglers, their family business is transporting drugs into Australia and guns and exotic wildlife out, making use of ties of blood and loyalty in the Torres Strait Islands.

IMDb rating
7.1 (613 votes)
Seasons
1
Streaming (US)
Spectrum On Demand
Language
EN
Type
Mini-series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2012)

8.04 avg 10 episodes 7.5 → 8.4 55 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 30 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 22 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 22 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 19 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 20 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 17 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 17 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 20 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 18 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 20 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Proposition7.530
2The Trouble with Raskols7.722
3Yawor My Lovely8.122
4The Hunt for Vlad7.419
5Epiphanies7.920
6The Price8.417
7Poison8.017
8The Big Mistake8.620
9Dead Reckoning8.418
10Fatherhood8.420