Back to Life

When Miri Matteson returns home after eighteen years, she stumbles back into adult life in the coastal town she once knew, while the shadow of her past looms large.

Miri is excited about her first day working at Nathan’s fish and chip shop, but the community aren’t taking kindly to her return.

Miri and her neighbour Billy escape to an amusement park for the day, but Miri’s past continues to chase her. Meanwhile, Caroline attempts to end things with Dom for good.

Miri and Caroline embark on a road trip to visit Oscar’s aunt. But, when an accident stalls them, they are forced to discuss how Caroline truly feels about Miri’s time in prison.

A terrible coincidence puts Miri back in the community’s firing line as she becomes the key suspect in a new crime. Caroline and Oscar attempt to revive their relationship.

After being locked in a cell once again, Miri gets out determined to tell her side of the story and to finally get the town on her side.

Miri is moving on with her life with a new job and a date with Billy. But her past returns to trouble her with the arrival of a surprise visitor.

Between modern day sex and bank accounts, Miri is once again baffled by the world today as she navigates both her new job and her budding relationship with Billy.

While the town prepares for Lara’s vigil, Miri is unwittingly taken to meet Billy’s family for the first time, and attempts to reinvent herself.

A series of disasters threaten to derail Miri’s first date with Billy. Meanwhile, Caroline and Oscar find a visitor on their doorstep and must finally reckon with Caroline’s affair.

With the former police chief still missing, Miri takes her driving test. Oscar enlists Dom to help with his environmental activism.

Knowing she must go to the police, Miri’s final day with Billy is interrupted by his domineering mother.