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Dalliance\u2019s title is a slight misdirect for this warm, funny and understated miniseries from father-and-son duo John and Dan Edwards<\/a> (Bump<\/a>; The F-Ward<\/a>).<\/p>\n Focusing on a messy, loveable group of 60-something friends in Sydney and featuring some of Australia\u2019s finest actors (including Hugo Weaving, Heather Mitchell<\/a>, David Wenham<\/a> and Georgie Parker), it\u2019s not really about an affair or tryst.<\/p>\n Instead, consider Dalliance as a spiritual sequel to Edwards snr\u2019s beloved shows The Secret Life of Us<\/a> and Love My Way<\/a>. It\u2019s an enrapturing ensemble drama about friends growing apart and together, filled with small, distinctly Australian moments (bonding over Aldi wine; selling off Zampatti dresses to make ends meet; a wild arvo at the Clovelly bowlo) that ground the show\u2019s heightened events.<\/p>\n Related Article Propinquity would be a much more accurate (and significantly less marketable) name for Dalliance. It\u2019s a word that former restaurateur Dani (Mitchell) and ex globe-trotting cameraman Billy (Weaving) playfully bicker over after they meet by chance on a Sydney ferry, when Billy hides from his washed-up rock star of a brother (Wenham) in the ferry\u2019s kitchen, run by Dani. Meaning nearness of person or place, it\u2019s a type of intimacy that could be kismet \u2013 or, if you\u2019re feeling cynical, simply the path of least resistance, a love made by ease and convenience.<\/p>\n Maybe, in Billy and Dani\u2019s case, it\u2019s the former? There\u2019s an undeniable chemistry between the duo, and when Dani suggests to Billy\u2019s wife, Rose (Georgie Parker), that she \u201crent\u201d Billy as arm-candy to a professional event she\u2019s been dreading, it seems as though Dalliance\u2019s affairs are in order.<\/p>\n Not so, for reasons Paramount+ requested I not spoil, despite occurring early into the pilot. What follows is a far more intriguing story, where the aftershock surfaces long-ignored fault lines and desires within Rose and Billy\u2019s friendship circle.<\/p>\n Wayne Blair (The Sapphires) plays a man walking out on a 34-year marriage that should have ended decades ago, entering an icy-cool dating pool; a free spirit (Catherine McClements<\/a>; Water Rats) questions whether her nomadic van-life is really what she wants, and Russell Dykstra (Rake) plays a gay man whose significantly younger boyfriend (Ryan Panizza) wants him to grow up. Now in their third acts, they all look back at their relationships, questioning what form of propinquity \u2013 fate or resignation \u2013 shaped their lives.<\/p>\n What\u2019s most admirable about Dalliance is that not all of its storylines neatly wrap by the end of its six episodes (though it\u2019s hard, for various reasons, to imagine a second season). It would be untruthful if these characters suddenly solved all their issues; thankfully, Dalliance isn\u2019t that naive.<\/p>\n Dalliance is now streaming on Paramount+.<\/p>\n Want more TV? We\u2019ve got you.Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n![\"Georgie](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d331436ebcf062f7b9f9f80695fe126e9b9946b5.jpeg\")
Georgie Parker as Rose, Hugo Weaving as Billy, and Heather Mitchell as Dani in Dalliance.<\/p>\n![\"Sam](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/98c69e9edea36dc1b41215713dfc85013ca79054.jpeg\")
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Kirk Torrance as Rex and Catherine McClements as Sarah in Dalliance. <\/p>\n