Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd arrives on assignment in Brokenwood, a small town where memories - and animosities - run deep.
Cast:Neill Rea , Fern Sutherland , Cristina Serban Ionda , Nic Sampson , Elizabeth McRae , Karl Willetts , Pana Hema Taylor , Jarod Rawiri , Colin Moy , Tracy Lee Gray , Jason Hoyte , Roy Ward , Shane Cortese , Phil Peleton , Ascia Maybury , Zara Cormack , Rawiri Jobe , Jess Loudon
The coach of the rugby team is found dead, strapped to a goal post.
A cast member in The Brokenwood Theatre Society's production of Hamlet collapses and dies after a performance. But the smell of poison leads Shepherd to believe that he has not "shuffled off this mortal coil" without help.
When a severed human hand is discovered in a crayfisherman's catch, Shepherd and his team need to discover whose it is and whether its owner is still alive.
A touring musician is found electrocuted in what initially looks to be a suicide. As Shepherd investigates, he finds things are murkier than they first appeared.