Eli starts the day with a turbulent driving lesson from Slim. School bullies confront Eli with a challenge, but a deputy principal catches them in the act. Eli follows Lyle on a midnight errand.
2
"Boy Gets Chop"
Bharat Nalluri
11 January 2024 (2024-01-11)
Lyle shows Eli and Gus around his workplace and introduces them to his boss, Tytus Broz. Later, a surprise visit to Eli's house leads to trouble.
Eli and Gus show Frankie what they've planned for their future. Later, Eli attempts to get a job as a journalist at the local paper.
7
"Boy Meets End"
Kim Mordaunt
11 January 2024 (2024-01-11)
Eli finds an unlikely source for a story to submit to The Courier-Mail. New evidence leads Caitlyn to uncover the truth about the criminal underworld.
Production
Development
The television adaptation rights of Trent Dalton's novel Boy Swallows Universe were acquired by Brouhaha Entertainment, Anonymous Content and Chapter One. On 4 March 2022, it was announced that an 8-episode limited series had been commissioned by Netflix, with producers Andrew Mason and Troy Lum of Brouhaha Entertainment, Sophie Gardiner of Chapter One, and Kerry Kohansky-Roberts and Toby Bentley of Anonymous Content.[7]
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the series an 82% approval rating based on 11 reviews.[13]
Luke Buckmaster reviewing the series for The Guardian rated it four stars out of five.[14] Kylie Northover reviewing the series for The Sydney Morning Herald rated the series as five stars out of five, "As in the book, the mood is a tightrope walk between despair and childish optimism; the brothers’ lives are shaped by trauma, but this sprawling story is infused with humour and great warmth, even for the adults who have let them down."[15]
