An event drama exploring the lives of Australian soldiers, the secrets they conceal, and a compelling mystery blurring the lines between killer and hero, truth and fantasy.

The story is a six-part event drama that surrounds the invisible men and women who fight for their country (Australia), what they bring home from the war, discovering what of themselves they've left behind, the secrets that must remain hidden; With a compelling mystery regarding a possible cover-up where the lines cross between killer and family man, hero and victim, truth and imagination or fantasy, are constantly changing.—TvSeries Fan

A series about a platoon of soldiers returning from Afghanistan after their section leader is killed in a controversial mission, one marred by bitter mistakes and cover-ups. Fighting Season is about an Army culture of stoic self-sacrifice that can corrode even the strongest marriage. About the politics of war and the bonds of mateship forged in a war-zone, of experiences so intense that those 'back home' in the civilian world can't understand. And about a secret these men will do anything to keep.