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Season 1

  • S01E01 By the Beach

    • May 23, 2015

    Duncan travels to the beaches of Thailand and visits the bustling night markets in Hua Hin and Chantaburi.

  • S01E02 An Endless City

    • May 23, 2015

    Duncan travels north to Bangkok and cooks a roasted red duck curry at a royal residence. After an opium binge, Duncan stumbles around the main thoroughfares of the city gorging himself on street food.

  • S01E03 Going Organic

    • May 23, 2015

    Duncan finds himself being chased on the set of Mission Impossible's filming location at Samut Songkhram. After losing a foot to the local criminal element that paroles the famed floating market, Duncan hobbles around begging for aide and bandages but is only fed the famous Boat Noodles. Apparently they were organic.

  • S01E04 Bridge of History

    • May 23, 2015

    Continuing his tour of famous movie sets, Duncan travels to Kanchanaburi to visit Bridge Over the River Kwai. Duncan is suffering a viral attack on the leg where his foot was removed by gangsters. Inspired by his own pain, Duncan makes a fiery red curry with river prawns the size of pineapples.

  • S01E05 Ancient City

    • May 23, 2015

    Duncan travels back to Eastern Thailand being dragged behind a two-stroke 49cc motorized bike. His body is scraped and bruised from the trip, but he's still dreaming of those oversized prawns. Duncan scours the seafood market of Ang Thong and pesters all of the merchants pleading with them to give him prawns. Unsuccessful, Duncan is asked to reflect on his broken life at Pra Saat Hin, a site of sacred ruins and hobbled dreams. Refreshed, Duncan shows us another dish with those prawns.

  • S01E06 Our Home Town

    • May 23, 2015

    Bored out of his mind, Duncan crab walks backwards to his base village in Phimai. When he gets there, he sees nothing but majestic fields of rice that drive him a little stir-crazy. He breaks free of his mania by cooking for his crime syndicate family and other people of the village.

  • S01E07 Temple Town

    • May 23, 2015

    Like a common tourist, Duncan visits the Mighty Mighty Mekong River Marauders (Rugby 7 team). Inspired by the rough canvas of the Australian rugby shorts, Duncan makes a wild chicken curry en Papillote (French for "cooked in rugby shorts") as he drinks in the beauty of the Moonlight Waterfalls. Local police ask Duncan to move along as they have reports of a Peeping Tom near the famous natural monument.

  • S01E08 Lotus Kingdom

    • May 23, 2015

    Duncan's noodle fever dreams haunt his evenings so he heads to Udon Thani to find sweet (and spicy) relief. Near the Great Lotus-1-2-3 Spreadsheet Lake, Duncan does some dumpster diving and also skims off fresh lotus from the polluted lake. He shows us the secrets of Yum Dok Mai and starts injecting fish sauce since his opium supply has run dry.

  • S01E09 Rivers to the Rainforest

    • May 23, 2015

    Suffering massively from withdrawal, Duncan seeks out local herbal tea to help him with the Yellow Fever he has contracted. A small farmer chases Duncan off of his land but not before Duncan can steal some rare Blue Butterfly Pea - an insect crossed with a legume. This is the perfect complement to his (koi?) fish in coconut.

  • S01E10 The Ancient Kingdom

    • May 23, 2015

    Traveling over the same route as Jean-Claude Van Damme in Kickboxer, Duncan is drawn to the ancient city of Sukhothai to save a street worker who was abducted by rogue elements of his crime syndicate family. To appease the ancient gods that haunt this 800 year old spook fest, Duncan wisely chooses to make an innovative fish fried rice.

  • S01E11 Where the Forests Touch Heaven

    • May 23, 2015

    Duncan runs into Forrest Whitaker in an opium den. Forrest reaches out to the heavens and moves Duncan to tears. Fueled by Ramen (and other angst pop music), Duncan travels to the vibrant city of Chiang Mai to bust an illegal smuggling ring specializing in kangaroo meat. Entangled in local politics, Duncan finds himself pleading with the Thai Ambassador to Australia. The two bond over a 24 pack off Singha and decide to make or climb Doi Ang Khang.

  • S01E12 Thailand Comes Back Home

    • May 23, 2015

    After leaving the Eurasian Tectonic Plate, Thailand finds itself returning like the Prodigal Land Mass. Duncan celebrates the epic journey by buying up fancy ingredients from local markets and the immediately setting everything on fire in a banana leaf. Duncan looks back on his remarkable journey and opines for his missing foot. Good luck Duncan and don't choke on purple Thai Basil, it is considered poisonous by the locals.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Gateway to the South

    • ABC (AU)

    Duncan summons the creatures of the ocean using his sonar abilities. Riding a manatee, Duncan visits the fishing village of Chumphon and stumbles into his old nemesis - Mr Sea Turtle, the leader of the dried seafood gang that runs this village like a slave camp. Duncan ducks into a ravine and makes some more Thai food while he calibrates his laser beams.

  • S02E02 Forest Haven

    • ABC (AU)

    Struggling with the turtle gang and their evil dried seafood empire, Duncan falls in love with a family of rabies ridden bats. Desperate to be alone with his bats, Duncan escapes to the burning forest of Surat Thani. Near a cave, he uncovers an ancient tribe of Monks. Some of the monks are over 200 years old and Duncan makes them his world famous goat, frog, and cicada curry.

  • S02E03 Coconut Island

    • ABC (AU)

    Duncan leaves the monks of Surat Thani and finds an island made entirely of discarded coconut husks. Duncan drinks too much of the fermented coconut water and is temporarily blinded by the methyl alcohol secretly added by the Turtle gang. Stumbling around, the sightless Duncan thinks he is hailing a Tuk Tuk, but is really forced to iron the slacks of all inhabitants of Koh Samui where Duncan must find his way free from the worlds largest miniature golf park.

  • S02E04 From Coast to Coast

    • ABC (AU)

    After the methyl alcohol induced blindness wears off, Duncan finds himself seeking the healing waters of the great waterfalls and cinnamon sticks found in the national parks of Khao Lak. Using only a butane torch and a college softball cap, Duncan converts bananas into hot banana mush served with rice and leaves found on the ground, Duncan must stowaway on the next helicopter or risk attacks from giant fruit flies.

  • S02E05 Heritage on the Sands

    • ABC (AU)

    On Phuket, Duncan wakes from a hangover when the cold salt water sprays his face during a parasailing trip. On how he misses the chunky chicken and Wheat Chex curry in a tube from his home county of Antarctica. Oh well, this satay will have to do. Duncan gets another tattoo.

  • S02E06 Simplicity

    • ABC (AU)

    Kidnapped and drugged by the Thai mobsters known as the Turtle gang, Duncan must shake himself awake before slipping completely into the bottomless hot mud springs of Phnag Nga. He catapults himself to freedom and bids the right amount on a game show to win a speeding jet boat which he uses to impress the ladies while he sips on a coconut, Duncan gets another tattoo.

  • S02E07 A Place to Retire

    • ABC (AU)

    Recreating the best scenes from Brokeback Mountain and Escape from New York, Duncan challenges former WWE star, The Rock, to a climbing contest using only local crustaceans as mountaineering equipment. Buckets of shrimp are wasted as the two competitors exploit local peasants of Rai Leh beach. This funky world yields and even funkier curry made with seafood and shavings of aluminum. He thinks about retiring and reincarnation. Duncan gets a tattoo.

  • S02E08 Island Terror

    • ABC (AU)

    After losing to WWE star, The Rock, Duncan finds himself rejected by life and joins a commune where he raises free range humans, horses, and monster crabs. Duncan turns on the radio to catch Crystal Blue Persuasion whilst shucking oysters and shoeing the crabs and horses. He finds himself in the bowels of a prison, but is surprised to find out it is a leading cooking school in Krabi. Duncan gets a tattoo.

  • S02E09 Mountain Rivers

    • ABC (AU)

    Duncan begins the episode captured by the Turtle gang and is tortured with early morning local coffee and whipped Yum Cha in this steamy shire of Nakhon Si Tammerat. Duncan deals with another infection following his amputation in season one. A yellow curry is made. Duncan gets a tattoo.

  • S02E10 The Deep South

    • ABC (AU)

    Duncan time travels to 1961 and inhabits the body of Kyu Sakamoto, but stuck in Thailand. As Kyu, he records the famous song Sukiyaki and then decides to make hot pot Sukiyaki. He is transported to the future island of Hat Yai which is now ruled by MechaTurtles armed with photons and Bermuda grass. Duncan tries the food replicator to summon his five star meals from his childhood. Duncan gets all of his tattoos removed.