Critical Incident

While on patrol for a suspect who injured an officer the night before, Senior Constable Zil Ahmed pursues Dalia, but in the confusion and chaos of a busy train station a bystander is injured. An investigation is launched into the "critical incident". Ahmed must deal with the fallout of the investigation with Edith Barcelos, leading the critical incident investigation. There is mounting public pressure and internal pressure for answers. Ahmed wants to pin something on Dalia. Dalia herself becomes embroiled in the underworld she was trying to escape.{{Cite web |title=All lines crossed: Stan announces original series critical incident |url=https://www.stan.news/all-lines-are-crossed-stan-announces-the-stan-original-series-critical-incident-a-brand-new-psychological-crime-thriller |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=stan.news|date=12 March 2024 }}

• Akskay Khanna as Senior Constable Zil Ahmed {{Cite web |last=Vrajlal |first=Alicia |date=2024-08-14 |title='Critical Incident's Akshay Khanna On Playing A Cop, His Indian Roots, And People Pronouncing His Name Wrong |url=https://drawyourbox.com/posts/critical-incident-akshay-khanna-interview |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=drawyourbox.com |language=en-US}}
• Zoe Boe as Dalia Tun {{Cite web |last=Budiarto |first=Sharyn |date=2024-08-12 |title=Zoë Boe on exploring biculturalism and empathy in 'Critical Incident' |url=https://harpersbazaar.com.au/critical-incident-zoe-boe-interview/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Harper's Bazaar Australia |language=en-US}}
• Roxie Mohebbi as Senior Constable Sandra Ali {{Cite web |last=Watts |first=Megan |date=2024-08-17 |title=Kiwi star Roxie Mohebbi tackles weighty global issue in new series |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/roxie-mohebbi-nz-actor-discusses-her-new-australian-series-critical-incident/PXT27C57ORDEJKSDUOVALLSPSA/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}
• Hunter Page-Lochard as Ty Egan
• Jackson Heywood as Senior Constable Greg Hall
• Jai Waetford as Hayden Broadis
• Simone Kessell as Edith Barcelos
• Erik Thomson as Trevor Latt
• Zindzi Okenyo as Ivy Tsuma
• Heidi May as Cassie Milton
• Oliver Ackland as Senior Constable Peter Emery
• Josef Ber as Hugh Horvat
• Gerry Sont as Vic Kaczmarek
• CJ Bloomfield as Christian

On 13 March 2024, the series received funding from Screen Australia.{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=2024-03-13 |title=Screen Australia funding: Critical Incident, Sunny Nights. |website =TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/03/screen-australia-funding-critical-incident-sunny-nights.html |access-date=2024-08-27 |language=en-AU}} It was created on written by Sarah Bassiuoni executive produced by Sheila Jayadev, both of whom are former criminal lawyers. Jayadev, who is of Indian descent, previously worked on the film Ali's Wedding (2016) and the series Stateless (2020) and House of Gods (2024), and Bassiuoni was a co-writer on House of Gods. Some recently-retired police officers acted as consultants on the series.{{Cite news |last=Quinn |first=Karl |date=14 February 2024 |title='I'm bracing myself for pushback', says creator of mosque drama House of Gods |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/i-m-bracing-myself-for-pushback-says-creator-of-mosque-drama-house-of-gods-20240213-p5f4jg.html |url-access=registration |access-date=23 March 2024 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |department=Australian TV |publisher=Nine Entertainment |location=Sydney}}

The series was filmed in and around the areas of Western Sydney,{{Cite web |first =Stephen |last =Gaunson |date=2024-08-13 |title=Critical Incident: new series set in Western Sydney examines the role of policing in diverse communities – with mixed results |website =The Western Weekender |url=https://westernweekender.com.au/2024/08/critical-incident-new-series-set-in-western-sydney-examines-the-role-of-policing-in-diverse-communities-with-mixed-results/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |language=en-US| quote =This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. }} including Blacktown, Granville, Parramatta, and Greenacre.

The series was released on Stan on 12 August 2024.{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=2024-07-16 |title=Airdate: Critical Incident | website = TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/07/airdate-critical-incident.html |access-date=2024-08-27 }}

Reviews were mixed but mostly positive. Anthony Morris of ScreenHub gave the series four and half stars out of five and said it was "ahead of the pack",{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Anthony |date=2024-08-12 |title=Critical Incident, Stan review: Sydney crime drama leads the pack |website =ScreenHub Australia |url=https://www.screenhub.com.au/news/reviews/critical-incident-stan-review-sydney-crime-drama-leads-the-pack-2649286/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |language=en-AU}} Isabella Ross, writing in Mamamia, called the series "a new crime drama that'll have you hooked immediately", and a "must-watch". She praised the casting, and said that it "finally reflect these conversations [about policing and juvenile crime] on screen — which has rarely been done before".{{cite web | last=Ross | first=Isabella | title=The Stan Original Series Critical Incident review. | website=Mamamia | date=6 August 2024 | url=https://www.mamamia.com.au/critical-incident-on-stan/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806103903/https://www.mamamia.com.au/critical-incident-on-stan/ | archive-date=6 August 2024 | url-status=dead | access-date=4 March 2025}} Eliza Janssen wrote "This clear-eyed and uniquely Australian show is deft in how it visits those moments, and those helplessly human characters, that change the course of fate in between blinks".{{cite web | last=Janssen | first=Eliza | title=The line between law and justice gets murky in uniquely Aussie series Critical Incident | website=Flicks.com.au | url=https://www.flicks.com.au/features/the-line-between-law-and-justice-gets-murky-in-uniquely-aussie-series-critical-incident/ | access-date=4 March 2025}} Craig Mathieson of The Sydney Morning Herald gave it 3.5 stars, writing "this six-part limited series delivers what new talent should: a sense of the here and now".{{cite web | last=Mathieson | first=Craig | title=This Australian cop thriller delivers just what new talent should | website=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=7 August 2024 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/bright-new-talent-sparks-sydney-cop-drama-with-a-contemporary-kick-20240802-p5jyyg.html | access-date=4 March 2025}} Nathan Jolly wrote in Mumbrella "It's a nuanced take on what could have been a heavy-handed morality tale".{{cite web | last=Jolly | first=Nathan | title=but never shown on TV': Stan's Critical Incident shows the real Australia | website=Mumbrella | date=12 August 2024 | url=https://mumbrella.com.au/heavily-judged-and-discriminated-against-but-never-shown-on-tv-stans-critical-incident-shows-the-real-australia-843574 | access-date=4 March 2025}}

Stephen Gaunson wrote in The Conversation that Critical Incident "joins a long and impressive list of local crime dramas from streaming platforms"; however, despite its "compelling aesthetic as the backdrop... the story itself misses some key opportunities to engage in more in-depth discussions about the role (and justification) of policing in diverse communities".{{cite web | last=Gaunson | first=Stephen | title=Critical Incident: new series set in Western Sydney examines the role of policing in diverse communities – with mixed results | website=The Conversation | date=5 February 2025 | url=https://theconversation.com/critical-incident-new-series-set-in-western-sydney-examines-the-role-of-policing-in-diverse-communities-with-mixed-results-234686 | access-date=4 March 2025}} Luke Buckmaster of The Guardian rated the show two out of five stars, criticising the more "frustrating than suspenseful" plot.{{Cite news |last=Buckmaster |first=Luke |date=2024-08-11 |title=Critical Incident review – cop drama commits the worst crime: it's boring |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/aug/12/critical-incident-series-review-stan |access-date=2024-08-27 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

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