Plot Synopsis

Co-created by Rachel Griffiths, TOTAL CONTROL is a one-hour drama series about one woman -- marginalized through the color of her skin and the desperate history of her people, her gender, and her class -- navigating her way to real power. Indigenous woman Alex Irving walks out of the offices of the Magistrates Court and becomes a national hero. A domestic abuser has gone rogue with a gun and Alex happens to be there at exactly the wrong time. When Alex drags a woman to safety and ends up facing the gunman down, the footage of her insanely brave actions goes viral. Everyone sees it. Everyone wants to know who she is, especially the nation's Prime Minister. Rachel Anderson is the country's Prime Minister and her coalition government is riven with infighting, besieged by opposition attacks and bad press. She needs something from left field to save the party and her career. So, when some of Alex's social media postings come to light, suggesting her politics might mesh with those of the government, the PM overrides her party and drafts Alex into the Senate. TOTAL CONTROL had its U.S. premiere on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT, as SundanceNow released the first episode. A new episode from the six-episode first season debuted on SundanceNow each Thursday through January 21, 2021.
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Season 2 of TOTAL CONTROL made its U.S. debut on Thursday, January 20, 2022, as SundanceNow released the first episode of the new season. A new episode drops each Thursday through February 24. Alex Irving is back but this time she's doing things her way. Can the ultimate outsider find a new way in and take control of a political establishment determined to shake everything she values?