McLeod's Daughters (Seasons 1–8)

McLeod's Daughters (2001) is an Australian drama series you can watch online on iFILM. Two half-sisters — steady, ranch-hardened Claire and city-raised Tess — unexpectedly inherit Drovers Run, a sprawling cattle station in the South Australian outback.

Tess arrives planning to sell and leave. She stays. Eight seasons later, the show had become one of the longest-running dramas on Australian television, airing on Nine Network through 2009. Simmone Mackinnon, Lisa Chappell, Bridie Carter and later Rachael Carpani carry the ensemble through droughts, accidents, family secrets and a rotation of men who underestimate them then come around.

For viewers who want wide open country and women holding things together by sheer will, this hits exactly right. Stream McLeod's Daughters online on iFILM.