Hale, Mike (24 September 2018). "Review: In 'Mr. Inbetween', the Hit Man Feels Your Pain". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 17 July 2020. Metcalf, Mitch (25 October 2019). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.24.2019". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019 . Retrieved 25 October 2019.

FX Sets Premiere Date for Third and Final Season of "Mr Inbetween" ". FX (Press release). 15 April 2021 – via The Futon Critic.Yeoman, Kevin (12 September 2019). "Review: Mr. Inbetween Season 2". Screen Rant . Retrieved 17 July 2020. One of the most enjoyable aspects of the film for me is that it is so Australian-centric, for want of a better word. This film isn't trying to imitate Tarantino (like ever other debut film featuring a gun fight), nor is it making a desperate grab for international attention, like most of the dreary "quirky" (i.e. crap) comedies receiving funding from the government. The result is a highly distinctive film that feels completely original. Mistrustful of Brittany's new boyfriend Adrian, Ray has Gary come with him to a beach they are on and spy on them, only for Brittany to notice him. Gary starts a home pornography business, but only attracts the attention of a same-sex couple. The owner of Ray's frequented gym commits suicide after being scammed and losing his savings. Ray stops his son from hiring a hitman and offers to kill him for free, which he does by hanging him from his ceiling after taking all his money. Bill is moved into an assisted living facility, where he apologizes to Ray for his abusive childhood, lamenting how going to war changed him and wishing Ray could have known him as a better father before he changed. Metcalf, Mitch (8 November 2019). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.07.2019". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019 . Retrieved 8 November 2019. The half-hour series, created by, written and starring Scott Ryan and directed by Nash Edgerton, centers on Ryan’s Ray Shoesmith, a criminal for hire who collects debts, drugs and guns, and sometimes “takes care of people” in a permanent way as he juggles being a dad and taking care of an aging parent.

a b Metcalf, Mitch (26 September 2018). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.25.2018". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018 . Retrieved 2 October 2018. The third and final season, which premiered in 2021, received critical praise as well. The New York Times ranked it on their list of "Best TV Shows of 2021" [45] calling it "a smart, deadpan, quietly daft deconstruction of tough-guy clichés". [46] Critic Mike Hale of The New York Times praised it as "a small marvel of sustained tone. The slightest overstatement or sentimentality could capsize the delicate sendup of tough-guy clichés, but Ryan (who writes all the episodes and plays the protagonist, Ray Shoesmith) rarely makes a wrong step". [47] Awards and nominations [ edit ] Ray and Gary discover that one of their associates is an undercover cop, but Ray decides to drive him out into the wilderness and let him go rather than kill him. He is later kidnapped by Dave and Bobby, two hitmen hired by Davros to collect and deliver Ray to him, but stalls for time by revealing he has a strongbox hidden holding more money than they are doing the job for. The hitmen privately plan to take the money and deliver him to Davros anyway, and Ray leads them to the strongbox but claims to not remember the combination. As Dave buys a gas cutting torch, Bobby leaves Ray in the trunk of their car to go buy cigarettes and both return to find the car gone.Metcalf, Mitch (1 November 2019). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.31.2019". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019 . Retrieved 1 November 2019. a b Hale, Mike (12 September 2018). "Fall TV 2018: New and Returning Shows to Watch". The New York Times . Retrieved 17 September 2018. I have no doubt that, in time, Mr Inbetween will come to be viewed as one of Australia’s greatest TV shows. But don’t wait until that happens to watch it.