Gail

Three people died in hospital in the days after the meal, including Ms Patterson's former in-laws, Don Patterson, 70, and Gail Patterson, 70, as well as Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66.

Three people died in hospital days after the July 2023 lunch, including Patterson's former in-laws, Don Patterson, 70, and Gail Patterson, 70, as well as Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66.

The 37-year-old has been a fixture on screen as Gail's son David since 2000, when he was 12.

Gail Lynch, one of the organisers, says the group was born out of frustration, "disgruntled people find each other, and they need a mechanism to have their voice heard," she says.

But a few of the new season’s best characters are wholly original, including Catherine O’Hara’s Gail, Eugene’s gloriously sardonic wife who takes on the mixed bag of being the only therapist in Jackson.