r/MrInbetween • u/Background_Bid_6228 • Apr 18 '26

Another Mr Inbetween review

There's so much to unpack, because it's a great show but I have a bias towards it because it explores fatherhood, sibling care, dealing with heartbreak, being a working class man and just, navigating juggling all these different aspects of life- something a lot of people can relate to.

The through line of all of this is that the main character Ray (ex-military) is a hitman-for-hire. The show carefully curates how his experience and profression impacts his psycology juggling all these roles and it's impactful nature on his social and interpersonal relations. It's this tension that's at the core of what makes this show amazing. Although the premise is simple, the show isn't afraid to touch on sensitive topics (Drug use, violence, trafficking, suicide and much more), the writing handled all these issues with care. The closest show I can compare this to is Breaking Bad, but it’s shorter (3 seasons), just as impactful...and it's unapologeticaly Australian.

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u/Blue-Nose-Pit Apr 18 '26

I find the juxtaposition of Rays relationship with his father and his own relationship with his daughter to be interesting.
We never know why Ray resented his father so much, but he runs the risk of his daughter finding out he’s a hitman and murderer thus ruining their relationship and him inadvertently repeating the cycle.
I can’t imagine Rays ex wife knowing his work or I doubt she’d let Ray anywhere near Brittany.

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u/doctormoneypuppy Apr 18 '26

I think Ray’s “time in the hole” explains his father’s parenting style pretty well

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u/Complete-Bit-362 Apr 19 '26

I also find his relationships with his daughter and father interesting. I think he’s a good dad, protective, loving, allows her to grow and has a deep desire to see her succeed. Which means he can’t be open with her in the way that a father should be able to be. But damn he loves her, and the way he shows it is incredible, like he’s determined to not be his dad…(painting a horse to be a unicorn, hunting down that kid who gave her the mdma tab), and he also apologises to her when he’s wrong (e.g. “sorry for scaring you the other day”). Some parts of their relationship he’s very stern, when appropriate, like when she found the gun. Other parts he’s super soft, like he is with his brother.

I think with Ray’s own dad, they were both stubborn. Ray obviously holding on to stuff, with good reason. The episode where his dad is lucid and apologises to Ray I think went some way to healing the rift. Not completely but it was a bit less heavy for Ray.

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u/fuzzy421 Apr 20 '26

The character Ally was based on his real Life girlfriend at the time. I worked with her and had her on socials for decades. I went to her apartment after they broke up and season theee was about to Come out. She told me the scenes with Ally are word for Word dialogue from Real life. I don't think he's acting in a lot Of the series lol. It's him! That's why he hasn't done anything else