Mr. Inbetween: Australia's Hidden Masterpiece 

“Look, mate, d’you know who has a lot of feelin’s? Blokes who bludgeon their wives to death with a golf trophy.”

I will send my condolences to your roo’ wife

Be polite, throw piss at people.

How does one fight a kangaroo?

@@brainiac.computer punch the cunt in the nose. i'm an aussie if you can't tell

"I think I'm in the wrong room", f-ing loved him, mate

Spot on.

​@@themenacingbeast5437😊

well they were snivelling, self-vindicating, wife beating little cry baby wankers. so it is hardly surprising as he was a real gangster. the guy hosting the group was even worse than those attending in my view. a typical judgemental, "sexual predator supporting" government control freak. he hated ray because ray was the real face of public justice, not the police or any other government flunkies. ray basically embarrassed the others there.

The other great thing about those scenes is how they start out trying to be remorseful about being violent assholes, but then they start cracking jokes and backing each other up on their reasoning behind assaulting people, basically just broing out on their shared interest of being toxic pricks, and the group leader is too milquetoast to reign them in

Probably because it didn't have the artificial 'stars' behind it to get it the recognition. Fortunately the people are making it known and getting it the recognition which is more than deserving

All about the Benjamins target audience too small in the land down under.

Probably because it hasn't been that widely disributed. Many haven't seen it, others want to watch it but can't because it's not on the streaming service they have.

does he still live in st kilda lol?

Thats always nice to know. He seems like a really genuine guy, but what a talented man!! I work on radio, and did a whole section of my show a few montsha go about actors and actresses who arent nice in real life!! the most surprising one for me was Radar O'reilly in Mash!!

​@@david-jackson-willswait he wasnt nice?!

I love him. He's my newest acting hero. He's legit awesome and everyone who knows him relates same as you.

I would love to meet him as this show has had an impact on me ,I loved it ❤️

It’s Sydney migrants mostly. No, the rest of the country doesn’t sound like that.

@Advanceaustralia363 So where have you spent your entire life? Mossman to the CBD and back??? Dickhead…

@@advanceaustralia386wdym lol yes it does, what show were you watching

@@jrock5830 Sydney people think Australia is Sydney. Thanks for proving the point.

Oh, right, like you've never thrown a shrimp on the old barbie. Hah!.

Home-o-Erotic 🤣

​@@ray.shoesmith"Gary's Glitter Productions! :D" "...he was a pedo."

The dialogue comes off very authentic. It’s great.

​@@Majorwindy is Ture blue Aussie banter with Great Acting.

Only good Australian show I've ever seen.

It's right there with rake....

​@@huzcer nah sons and daughters must be up there too lol...... Guess you gotta be a certain age sorry mate 😂

Yea the actor who plays ray was a master at portraying that panicked calm parent vibe. 10/10 episode

Agreed! That episode was epic!!

Gary the GOAT

@@MrSkinnyWhale the episode where the druggies stole the car was hilarious!!

loved the ending of the episode, "we only sold those kids" like it's gon get sick fucks off the shovel...

Oh there wont be, That show was spectacular holler from Poland😊

Just finished it yesterday. Damn, it's good!

Same

Scott Ryan has said he's had enough of Ray Shoesmith. There won't be any more Mr Inbetween.

there won't be any new episodes. however you might have missed the movie it came from, same writer/director/star. The Magician. It's like a feature length episode.

That’s the magic. One minute he’s a sweet father and the next scene he blows someone away and there is very little difference in his demeanor.

​@@litedawg wouldn't hurt a big though

His shout out to chopper made me smile and laugh for the first time in several days. I needed that and Iam glad both are getting the attention they deserve.

I saw an interview with Scott about the dialogue.He said the characters did not stay on a script and thats why it felt natural.

It was an eye opener to me not only how natural the dialogue in the show was, but conversely it starkly pointed out just how unnatural the dialogue is on every other show. Mr Inbetween is unique because it sounds so real, which says something about everything else that's been made in Australia before or since

@@ray.shoesmith I saw an interview with Scott when they mentioned the dialogue style. He said the script was used as an outline and not to be exact so it allowed the characters to be more themselves. How else could Gary get so excited about a an artificial foot used to wank with.LOL

@@danielvandervort I mean, that makes sense, but surely in the last 70 or 80 years another movie or television show has employed the same philosophy on script vs dialogue. Yet still, nothing has sounded like this. It was genuinely like being a fly on the wall.

Yeh i wondered why i stopped watching Australian shows a long time ago, none of us speak like home and away. Your comment just gave me the epiphany thanks mate, itwas the unnatural dialogue!

yes. so much common dialogue. mate, wanker etc. good laugh

Did it make you feel like some dimmies?

​@@ray.shoesmithHaha, I wasn't sure what a dimmie was. I thought they were like a perogie, but they seem like a Chinese egg roll, but round. No, never had them, but man I want some!

@@hurricaneaquatics from wiki because I'm too lazy.. "A dim sim is Chinese-inspired meat and vegetable dumpling-style snack food, popular in Australia and to a lesser extent in New Zealand. It was popularized in 1945 by a Chinese immigrant in Melbourne who originally came from Guangdong, William Chen Wing Young, the father of Australian celebrity chef, author and TV personality Elizabeth Chong. The name derives from the pronunciation diim syiim in Toisanese, the predominant dialect spoken at the time by Central Melbourne's Chinese community. The commercial snack food normally consists of minced meat, cabbage, and seasoning, encased in a wrapper similar to that of a traditional siu mai dumpling. They are typically cylindrical, or sometimes a larger, globular shape. They can be steamed or deep fried, and are commonly dressed or dipped in soy sauce, or sweet chilli sauce. An alternative way of cooking dim sims is to barbecue them, by cutting the dim sim in half lengthwise and placing it on a hot barbecue" Cheap ones are so-so, but gourmet dimmies are something else altogether.

@@ray.shoesmith now I Really want one, lol. Thanks.

Sten= Stirling Enfield... Like Bren is Bruno Enfield... Edit: l shd add you're right mate, NO Sten had a curved mag. The C1 (devd in Canada was based on the Sten mechanism, but with a curved mag...it was adopted by the Poms in (54?). Also..2 schools of thought.. S.H.Thomas (or similar) & Enfield devd the Sten... Another book lve got says Sterling/Enfield.

SHepard TUrpin EN field = STEN.

@@ericsissenwein3601 Yep that's what google says...lve got a book (my old mans) that says Sterling/Enfield & another that says Maj.R.V.Shepherd & H.J.Turpin ....now you've said it, ld be inclined to believe it. The Australian made Sten was an Austen, before the Owen gun was produced. Edit: Then lve also read S.H.Thomas.. And the Armaments website says the EN stands for England not Enfield & that came from Shepherd himself, so l dunno mate, l rekn the Shepherd/Turpins right tho, it's on 4 different sites.

Sterling L2A3 (Mark 4) submachine gun if you want actual facts......

@@jinglesbluecat Yeah mate, ld already said no Sten had a curved mag...agreed with the top blokes answer... It was the 3 different origins of the meaning of Sten.

A Sterling reference.

I personally like the DC-17M, why just settle for a blaster rifle when I can have sniper rifle and grenade launcher with the right attachments.

It was a patchet, which is a silenced version of the sterling SMG, and successor of the STEN

@@APB3992 No, its just a Sterling SMG, no silencer fitted. The 'Patchett' was the prototype named after its designer, George Patchett.

and it ends up as an important weapon for Ray

He's currently helping Donut Operator try to write and start directing his own similar show.

What I love about the Aussies is that they have a “Fuck it” attitude and not bothered about offending anyone. It’s just like the way us Brits used to be before we lost our bollox and turned into a nation of yes men arse lickers.

Hey fella what about all the diggers in ww1 and ww2 that let you be alive to watch it be proud of the ones who fought and fell first!!

@@user-jy3tf2qf7h what the fuck does that have to do with being proud that this show came from the same country?

@@Munki so a show is what you’re most proud to be an Aussie hats what the fuck I mean hurt your little feelings sweetheart

It's said that the smile Ray gives before tossing the guy from the staircase in S1 E1 is the same smile he gives to the camera in that ending scene. Brilliant!

When I saw Ray's shit eating grin at the end of the last episode in the series before "Run" plays - first thing that came to my mind was, you're in for a treat boys 😁👍

you know me mate. never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn

I thought that was a banger of an ending. It was "Ah, there's the Ray we know and love."

Chopper Reid was an absolute throbber, a legend in his own mind.........

100%

The show ended with ambiguity. Did he take them out or did he get taken out? Great ending.

@@Munrubenmuz I think the answer is pretty obvious LOL

@@zwryy7622 im not sure its so obvious ....The 2 hitmen say " run " so maybe he did and ducking and diving got away ? or maybe Ray knowing hes still hunted has a gun tucked next to his seat which he grabs and kill the hitmen or maybe as he opens the taxi door a cop car pulls up behind them ? or ??? lots of ways he could have survived

What is really sad about Ray's girlfriend breaking up with him was her misplaced distrust. She simultaneously didn't know how dangerous he was and how off base her judgment of him was. The abused should feel safe and want to protect themselves, but Ray is literally the dangerous kind of guy who would protect her and never hit her. What felt out of character about that scene with her brother being tossed through the glass was that Ray knows how to hold it in until it's the right time to express his will. Maybe it was quitting the cigarettes. But you can understand her reaction.

Indeed. In this day and age, it's nice to see underrated gems being talked about

''To root'' means to fuck in the Australian vernacular.

Are you talking about the idea of taking money for killing? Because I can understand some technicality, like "You won't get punished for being an assassin, but we will still punish you for actually killing people"

@@gendor5199 my guess this is what they call "banter"

@@gendor5199 No you don't, it's Australia

​@K Canada what you on mate?😂

No way! Morag Tong is real?!?

@@slydubbeats mr.inbetween kept it short and sweet, it’s simple, relatable much more realistic than BB.

@@slydubbeats BB is very good but also very Hollywood. The final season was ridiculous.

Titcows and braphogs. Architect approved

💯💯💯

No we don’t

@@etwanican_7439maybe not as violent, but ray actually lives his life on respect and morals, he has rules. You can see it when he lets Dan live, or when he’s supposed to feed the body of a dead girl to pigs, but chooses to give her a burial instead, even when he has conversations with some of his targets that he knows. The flip side is what he does and how he treats people who don’t earn respect or give him any back. He’s a perfect example of a man that could’ve been good but got fucked over through his childhood and in going forward.

@@Jimbo_Fett so basically he’s not as cruel as other hit men? Also I seem to remember him having a man dig his grave, killing him, then realizing he got the wrong guy or he was innocent. He’s a killer either way.

Good afternoon, glowie

The Mystery Road series (2 of them) are excellent. There is a lot of amazing Australian TV worth watching. Not sure what u have access too though.

It is worth your time. I'm happy to see it being touted by someone.

Ending shows how there's only one retirement from life

A lot of rural towns are still like that, for better or worse.

I miss when we were polite enough not to swear on buses. At least we still queue properly I guess.

@@michaelhall5429 yeah, I’m 30 not sure how old you are but for my age swearing is not really seen as like a taboo word anymore. It’s just another word in everyday use. I don’t think it’s as rude as it used to be. But still, I know other people find it rude so try not to swear in the presence of them.

@@michaelhall5429 I think most average people are like that. They try not to swear around kids. But there are just some real pieces of shit out there that really stand out. You know the type. Teenagers who just don’t care about anyone but themselves.

I too miss the times when a person can get dragged off a bus and assaulted for how they were talking, because women are too sensitive for sharp words said in their vicinity.

I feel like Underbelly was a wasted opportunity. Great stories, but the execution just felt a little sub par, especially given the quality shows coming out at the time!

@LZEGION I don't know. Australian TV in general seems sub par because they recycle the same actors in nearly every show. Don't get ne wrong, there are some good actors here but they should let some new talent emerge. I don't watch normal "TV" anymore, so l am probably not the best person to voice my opinion but l really enjoyed the first 3 Underbelly series. For there time, l felt they well scripted. Obviously they could of been written a lot better but they were aiming at a wider audience not just true crime fans but for general audience of TV. Would love if some young gun Auzzie director did them again with more violence, grit and heart. Who knows, it could happen 🤙🏼

With a low population there’s only a limited amount of actors…and it’s not like America where you can get a foreigner to do the accent…our accent is to hard to do….to be fair.

@Bowriverblues That is part to blame buy l think it's name recognition and because they constantly want it in their productions, there is a push to keep the same top actors in nearly every show. At time on ads they've used the term "introducing" insert new actors name. Which l don't think is a bad thing but l am sure there are many talented actors that deserve a go but miss out because of the revolving door to m9re well know ones

@Sam Searle Yeah, nah mate. It wasn't. Sure you could do better?

Hate to be that guy but it’s a sterling not an austen

@@novusrex2639 It is a Sterling yeah. Which is weird, I'd think an Owen gun or F1 would be cool to see no?

@@maxiggy8069 an owen gun would be cool to see used in a modern setting.

Punisha, mate.

He's a bit nicer and funnier than the punisher 😆