# Territory (2024)

> A canceled Australian outback drama in which rival factions of a cattle-station family fight over the world's largest property after it is left without a clear heir.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/159416

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 57 min
- Status: Canceled
- Genres: drama, western
- Created by: Timothy Lee, Ben Davies
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Anna Torv, Robert Taylor, Michael Dorman, Sam Corlett, Philippa Northeast, Jay Ryan, Kylah Day, Sara Wiseman
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28703559/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: brooding, tense, gritty, dusty

## What critics say

Audiences rated the series mixed, with its outback land-war family drama praised for its scale and cast but held back by a thin single season.

## Synopsis

Territory (2024) is an Australian western drama created by Timothy Lee and Ben Davies for Netflix. Set on the largest cattle station in the world, the series follows the Lawson family after the property is left without a clear heir, and rival relatives descend on the land to claim it. Anna Torv plays Emily Lawson, Robert Taylor plays Colin Lawson, and Michael Dorman plays Graham Lawson, with Sam Corlett, Philippa Northeast and Jay Ryan among the other principal players. The engine of the show is a generational struggle in which each faction maneuvers over the land, the cattle business and the family's standing, with every episode built around new pressure on the station and on the loyalties within the family. Its single season runs six episodes of roughly fifty-seven minutes each, a serialized story with a tough, dusty texture. The tone is hard-edged and brooding, with tense family confrontations set against the vast and unforgiving outback. Fans of Yellowstone and Succession will find resonance in its mix of rural western grit and dynastic power politics, and the show rewards viewers who enjoy long-form character drama. Its story was cut off before the central question of the inheritance was settled.

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