In Ned Jelli's family, journalism and working the news pit of Sydney sleaze for Rupert is in the genes. And everyone knows, you can't escape your genes, or your family. At 39, Ned returns to the news empire he started his career at when he was 19, and his life has come full circle. And for a lost boy like Ned, where 20 years have been spent eddying around the same small course of Bondi, babes, and booze, this is the final sign he's going nowhere fast. Held back by his own fear and loathing, and searching for the perfect woman to fill the black hole where his heart should be, Ned continues the fatal and often fatally funny trajectory he began in 'The Lost Boys'. Set among the newsrooms of Sydney, 'Hello Darkness' is a sharp, demonic exposé of the world of journalism from an insider, and of the cost of being less than you hoped you would be, and wishing for all that is beyond your reach.