Thou Shalt Not Steal is the razor-sharp Indigenous comedy its star Sherry-Lee Watson has been waiting for

Arrente woman and actor Sherry-Lee Watson gets annoyed by a lot of media about Indigenous Australians for a simple reason: Where are the jokes? Not only does Thou Shalt Not Steal reunite Heartbreak High's Watson and McDonald, but also Otto and Taylor, who haven't acted together since 1997 film True Love and Chaos. Centring Indigenous resilience through humour Thou Shalt Not Steal's co-creators — Kaytetye cousins River and writer-producer Tanith Glynn-Maloney — were inspired by stories of mischief they heard growing up in and around Alice Springs. Walls up, walls down Robyn's voiceover opens episode one, nodding to the show's title immediately: "Them missionaries reckon thou shalt not steal. Watson points to it as one of the examples of the show's authenticity, noting that "different mob has different meanings around spitting".