About this season
While the men are away fighting in WWII, two Women’s Land Army recruits join an Italian immigrant, her Indigenous domestic, and their draft-dodging farmhand to run the family farm – but can the improbable freedom and kinship they find survive beyond the war?
Episodes (8)
1. Get Behind The Girl He Left Behind!
Aired 27 September 2023 • 26 min
In 1940s Australia, the men are off fighting in WWII and Frankie finds herself in charge of her farm. She decides to enlist the help of two city dwellers to keep it running.
2. Furrowing the Führer's Brow
Aired 27 September 2023 • 26 min
All hands are needed as an insect infestation threatens the apple crop; Frankie tries to secure pesticide, but runs into a series of obstacles.
3. God Speed the Plough and the Woman Who Drives It!
Aired 4 October 2023 • 27 min
The group discovers that their internal baggage is as powerful as the patriarchy at blocking the road to their true selves.
4. She Talked! This Happened!
Aired 4 October 2023 • 27 min
The gang are faced with a profound moral issue that clashes with their attitudes, and realise they will have to let go of the things that no longer serve them to be able to survive.
5. Come And Join The Victory Harvest!
Aired 11 October 2023 • 29 min
Outside forces threaten the group's new-found bond, testing their strength and threatening to split them apart.
6. Catch Him With His Panzers Down!
Aired 11 October 2023 • 28 min
The group gains insight into a classic coercive tool of the patriarchy and uses it, only to discover that the repercussions for using are brutal.
7. We've Always Despised Them, Now We Must Smash Them!
Aired 18 October 2023 • 27 min
The group experiences life without friction, getting a taste of what life could be like and, when it comes under threat, realizing that it's worth fighting for.
8. We Took the Hill, Come and Help Us Keep It!
Aired 18 October 2023 • 27 min
As the war creeps closer, the group struggles to hold onto their collective dream. They're all forever changed by their time together and the knowledge that they're not alone.