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Last King of the Cross
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Last King of the Cross

Fri, Feb 17, 2023
  • Drama
  • Crime
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

Inspired by John Ibrahim's best-selling autobiography, this series is an operatic story of two brothers, Sam and John Ibrahim who organize the street but lose each other in their ascent to power. The story tracks John Ibrahim's rise from a poverty-stricken immigrant with no education, no money, and no prospects, to Australia's most infamous nightclub mogul in Sydney's Kings Cross — a mini-Atlantic City, barely half a mile long with every form of criminality on offer.

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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Lincoln Younes
    Lincoln Younes
    as John Ibrahim
  • Claude Jabbour
    Claude Jabbour
    as Sam Ibrahim
  • Naveen Andrews
    Naveen Andrews
    as Ray Kinnock
  • Luke Arnold
    Luke Arnold
    as Dean Taylor
  • Matuse
    Matuse
    as Benny
  • Charlie Di Stefano
    Charlie Di Stefano
    as Tizza
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Episodes

2 seasons · 18 episodes

Running · 18 aired
Season 1
10 episodes · 10 aired
▾
  • E1
    Episode 1
    Aired · Fri, Feb 17, 2023 · 45m

    Wide-eyed teen John Ibrahim is eager to emulate his older brother Sam, a legendary enforcer in Kings Cross. He follows his brother into the most exotic red-light district — a jungle with no laws, but rigid rules and hierarchy.

  • E2
    Episode 2
    Aired · Fri, Feb 17, 2023 · 49m

    As John recovers from his stabbing, he begins to turn his dreams of being a nightclub owner into a reality — but as he is drawn deeper into the shadows of Kings Cross, it becomes chillingly clear that no favours come for free.

  • E3
    Episode 3
    Aired · Fri, Feb 24, 2023 · 62m

    As the war between John and Fat George escalates, the introduction of cocaine begins to imbalance the delicate ecosystem of Kings Cross.

  • E4
    Episode 4
    Aired · Fri, Mar 3, 2023 · 58m

    As the world of Kings Cross changes, John must adapt or die – but Nasa would rather bring everything down than face being put out to pasture. John learns that to rise in the world of Kings Cross, sometimes you have to leave others behind.

  • E5
    Episode 5
    Aired · Fri, Mar 10, 2023 · 52m

    In the wake of Nasa Kalouri's murder, a fracture grows between the two Ibrahim brothers as one spirals into ritual cocaine abuse and the other has their alliances tested.

  • E6
    Episode 6
    Aired · Fri, Mar 17, 2023 · 54m

    As Sam finds fraternity in a new chosen family, John is left to repel the advancing threat of Bui Doi as the Vietnamese gang look to take over Kings Cross.

  • E7
    Episode 7
    Aired · Fri, Mar 24, 2023 · 53m

    John is in a race against time to save Sam from a contract killer, but the Royal Commission into police corruption leaves John with few allies to trust.

  • E8
    Episode 8
    Aired · Fri, Mar 31, 2023 · 59m

    As all the major players of Kings Cross are brought to the witness stand, loyalties are questioned, allies are betrayed, and the Royal Commission changes Kings Cross forever.

  • E9
    Episode 9
    Aired · Fri, Apr 7, 2023 · 56m

    As the fallout from the Royal Commission and Ezra and Tien's partnership brings a new world order to Kings Cross, the Ibrahim brothers have two starkly different views on where they fit in the jungle.

  • E10
    Episode 10
    Aired · Fri, Apr 14, 2023 · 51m

    As John aspires to escape Kings Cross for good, the bombing of Ezra's Bentley and his subsequent revenge might make war unavoidable.

Season 2
8 episodes · 8 aired
▾
  • E1
    Episode 1
    Aired · Fri, Aug 30, 2024 · 53m

    John returns to find Kings Cross dead and must re-establish the rules of the strip while keeping younger brothers, Fadi and Michael, out of trouble while Sam serves time in jail.

  • E2
    Episode 2
    Aired · Fri, Aug 30, 2024 · 53m

    John makes a play for the biggest club on Oxford Street but owner Ray is hard to crack. Sam grows his Black Flag's chapter on the inside while Michael puts the Ibrahim family on the radar with another member of the force.

  • E3
    Episode 3
    Aired · Fri, Sep 6, 2024 · 52m

    John prepares to relaunch LDT and sets his sights on more clubs on Oxford Street as Dean quietly grows his drug trade and Sam's Black Flags chapter hits a speedbump.

  • E4
    Episode 4
    Aired · Fri, Sep 13, 2024 · 50m

    On New Years Eve, John has the licensing board breathing down his neck; Benny's dealers break into the club under Michael's watch.

  • E5
    Episode 5
    Aired · Fri, Sep 20, 2024 · 53m

    Sam is back on the streets and battling with John over how to protect Michael after Jed's fatal stabbing, while Doyle is given a new organised crime taskforce.

  • E6
    Episode 6
    Aired · Fri, Sep 27, 2024 · 49m

    John's clubs are being hit by masked attackers as violence increases on Oxford Street, while Doyle tries to use Katie's relationship with John as leverage to install her as a mole.

  • E7
    Episode 7
    Aired · Fri, Oct 4, 2024 · 52m

    John prepares Club Utopia for Mardi Gras while pursuing potential investors for his new-built Kings Cross, but he has a target on his back, and the hits keep coming.

  • E8
    Episode 8
    Aired · Fri, Oct 11, 2024 · 53m

    John faces more scrutiny from Benny and the local press as he attempts to outwit Ray and relaunch Kings Cross.