Austin — Season 2
With Austin now bonded with his long lost father and spent time with him in the UK does he feel like his journey of discovery is over or only just begun?
About this season
With Austin now bonded with his long lost father and spent time with him in the UK does he feel like his journey of discovery is over or only just begun?
Episodes (8)
1. Episode 1
Aired 27 July 2025 • 26 min
Austin grapples with sudden literary fame when his novel is picked up by an international publisher. Meanwhile his previously estranged father Julian and stepmother Ingrid, sell their beloved Big Bear series to Australian TV.
2. Episode 2
Aired 3 August 2025 • 29 min
Julian is dropped from Big Bear's TV deal due to his "reputation", while Ingrid is named creative lead. Austin searches for a British backstory worthy of a book deal.
3. Episode 3
Aired 10 August 2025 • 27 min
Austin thinks he's on a date. Greta thinks it's a meeting. Julian goes rogue at the publisher's office, and Ingrid quietly edges toward a Big Bear deal without him.
4. Episode 4
Aired 17 August 2025 • 29 min
Austin fakes pop culture tastes to sell books. Ingrid starts her job as creative director of the new show and is confronted by the star, Rodger Corser wanting to change things. Julian bonds with Rodger and ruins everything.
5. Episode 5
Aired 24 August 2025 • 28 min
Austin bombs his press conference and book signing, Mel's romance is vetted by the government, and Julian's secret identity as a young queer bee-saving writer is exposed.
6. Episode 6
Aired 31 August 2025 • 29 min
After appearing on a controversial podcast and getting Haley fired, Austin faces a family intervention. Meanwhile, Ingrid is auditioning the whole of Canberra to find an actor to play Big Bear before she loses the show.
7. Episode 7
Aired 7 September 2025 • 27 min
Austin follows a rom-com manual to woo Haley, Ingrid flirts with Big Bear, and a kiss leads to disaster when the bear head comes off - literally.
8. Episode 8
Aired 14 September 2025 • 27 min
Ingrid quits Big Bear, Austin cancels fame, Mel races to stop a resignation, and Haley might be The One. All roads lead to Thunder Thursday - and one gloriously chaotic Canberra bus ride.