On this episode of Plot Patrol, host Duncan McCauley is joined by Mick O’Connell, retired Senior Constable from the New South Wales Police, to chase down George Miller’s high-octane Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). With society reduced to dust and gasoline, what does policing even mean when there’s no law left to enforce? Duncan and Mick break down Max Rockatansky’s credentials as a cop-turned-wanderer, the chain of command in a warlord’s wasteland, and whether traffic offences still count when you...
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On this episode of Plot Patrol, host Duncan McCauley is joined by Mick O’Connell, retired Senior Constable from the New South Wales Police, to chase down George Miller’s high-octane Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). With society reduced to dust and gasoline, what does policing even mean when there’s no law left to enforce? Duncan and Mick break down Max Rockatansky’s credentials as a cop-turned-wanderer, the chain of command in a warlord’s wasteland, and whether traffic offences still count when you...
Episode 1: The Wicker Man – Fact, Fiction, and Flaming Paganism
Plot Patrol
10 minutes
2 months ago
Episode 1: The Wicker Man – Fact, Fiction, and Flaming Paganism
In the debut episode of Season 2 of Plot Patrol, host Duncan McCauley teams up with retired island police sergeant Angus MacLeod to put the cult classic The Wicker Man (1973) under investigation. From missing girls and pagan rituals to the infamous fiery finale, they dig into what the film got right—and hilariously wrong—about real police work in Scotland’s remote island communities. Expect sharp insight, cheeky banter, and a verdict on whether Sergeant Howie’s investigation would stand up in...
Plot Patrol
On this episode of Plot Patrol, host Duncan McCauley is joined by Mick O’Connell, retired Senior Constable from the New South Wales Police, to chase down George Miller’s high-octane Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). With society reduced to dust and gasoline, what does policing even mean when there’s no law left to enforce? Duncan and Mick break down Max Rockatansky’s credentials as a cop-turned-wanderer, the chain of command in a warlord’s wasteland, and whether traffic offences still count when you...
