Two misfits, thrown together by chance in the middle of the Australian desert, forge bonds in a quest to transport a precious piano from one side of the country to the other.
EPISODE 1
Day One
Down-at-heel musician Lucky Flynn has to drive his cherished piano from Sydney to Perth, but his plans are thrown into chaos when he has a collision with a teenage girl. He agrees to escort the injured teen to the nearest hospital, but soon comes to realise that won’t be the last he’ll be seeing of her.
EPISODE 2
Day Two
Having lost his anxiety pills, Lucky is in a hurry to get to Port Augusta to see a doctor to renew his script. But when Meg claps eyes on a shining pink lake, she insists they stop the car to explore it.
EPISODE 3
Day Three
Meg unexpectedly loses all of her and Lucky's money, and to make matters worse, they run out of petrol.
EPISODE 4
Day Four
Meg drags a reluctant Lucky to a campsite party, and Lucky makes a disturbing discovery when he comes across a suicide note.
EPISODE 5
Day Five
When Lucky wakes to find Meg has taken off with his piano, he’s ready to admit defeat. But after getting bitten by a snake, he has a vision of his mother who urges him to keep going.
EPISODE 6
Day Six
Lucky decides to abandon his piano and take responsibility for Meg’s welfare, but news about his mother sends him into a new spiral of despair.
Tim Minchin
Milly Alcock
Ella Scott Lynch
Daniel Lapaine
Heather Mitchell
Daniel Frederiksen
Chris Taylor