Top of the Lake

Top of the Lake

No ordinary place. No ordinary crime.

Ended First aired 18/Mar/2013 United States English 3 season(s) 14 episode(s)
CrimeDramaMystery
A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.
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Season 2 · Season 2: China Girl
6 episode(s) · Air date: 27/Jul/2017
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Season two begins four years on from the explosive ending of season one. Detective Robin Griffin has returned to Sydney attempting to rebuild her life. When the unidentified body of an Asian girl washes up onto Sydney’s Bondi Beach, the case seems hopeless, until detective Robin Griffin discovers that China Girl didn’t die alone.

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Season two begins four years on from the explosive ending of season one. Detective Robin Griffin has returned to Sydney attempting to rebuild her life. When the unidentified body of an Asian girl washes up onto Sydney’s Bondi Beach, the case seems hopeless, until detective Robin Griffin discovers that China Girl didn’t die alone.

S2E6
The Battle of the Mothers
Air date: 31/Aug/2017 · Runtime: 57 min
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Robin and Pyke are desperate to find out if hostage Mary is alive, while Adrian struggles to make sense of the crime scene at Silk 41. As dawn breaks, the gunman is on the loose in Bondi and the beach is about to be flooded with people.

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Robin and Pyke are desperate to find out if hostage Mary is alive, while Adrian struggles to make sense of the crime scene at Silk 41. As dawn breaks, the gunman is on the loose in Bondi and the beach is about to be flooded with people.

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S2E5
Who's Your Daddy?
Air date: 24/Aug/2017 · Runtime: 60 min
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Robin finds a surprising love, but as Puss puts another arm of his audacious plan in place and suspicion grows around Silk 41, her fears for Mary escalate. Then Miranda drops a bombshell that brings her closer to the dead girl.

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Robin finds a surprising love, but as Puss puts another arm of his audacious plan in place and suspicion grows around Silk 41, her fears for Mary escalate. Then Miranda drops a bombshell that brings her closer to the dead girl.

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S2E4
Birthday
Air date: 17/Aug/2017 · Runtime: 59 min
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There's a breakthrough in the case when Robin interviews Silk 41 regular Brett who suspects that China Girl is his ‘Girlfriend Experience’. Puss tests Mary’s love with a surprise for her 18th birthday celebration.

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There's a breakthrough in the case when Robin interviews Silk 41 regular Brett who suspects that China Girl is his ‘Girlfriend Experience’. Puss tests Mary’s love with a surprise for her 18th birthday celebration.

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S2E3
Surrogate
Air date: 10/Aug/2017 · Runtime: 60 min
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Robin is galvanised by her theory that China Girl is a surrogate and ignores the threat of Al Parker’s imminent case against her. Mary accuses Robin of being manipulated by Pyke and Julia into believing Alexander is dangerous.

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Robin is galvanised by her theory that China Girl is a surrogate and ignores the threat of Al Parker’s imminent case against her. Mary accuses Robin of being manipulated by Pyke and Julia into believing Alexander is dangerous.

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The Loved One
Air date: 03/Aug/2017 · Runtime: 60 min
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Armed with the fact that China Girl was pregnant, Robin launches into the investigation, including inside Sydney's sex industry. The meeting with her daughter's parents veers off the rails and puts contacting Mary at risk.

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Armed with the fact that China Girl was pregnant, Robin launches into the investigation, including inside Sydney's sex industry. The meeting with her daughter's parents veers off the rails and puts contacting Mary at risk.

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China Girl
Air date: 27/Jul/2017 · Runtime: 56 min
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Detective Robin Griffin is newly back in Sydney, haunted by the baby she had as a teenager and partnered with an eager new recruit, Miranda. When a body in a suitcase washes up on Bondi Beach, Robin is determined to take the case.

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Detective Robin Griffin is newly back in Sydney, haunted by the baby she had as a teenager and partnered with an eager new recruit, Miranda. When a body in a suitcase washes up on Bondi Beach, Robin is determined to take the case.

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Season 1 · Season 1
7 episode(s) · Air date: 18/Mar/2013
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While visiting her dying mother in New Zealand, Detective Robin Griffin begins investigating the disappearance of Tui Mitcham, a twelve-year-old pregnant girl from the small town of Laketop.

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While visiting her dying mother in New Zealand, Detective Robin Griffin begins investigating the disappearance of Tui Mitcham, a twelve-year-old pregnant girl from the small town of Laketop.

S1E6
No Goodbyes Thanks
Air date: 15/Apr/2013 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 49 min
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With fresh intelligence on where Tui’s hiding, Matt launches a full-scale search party. Before Robin can intervene, tragedy strikes.

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With fresh intelligence on where Tui’s hiding, Matt launches a full-scale search party. Before Robin can intervene, tragedy strikes.

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S1E5
The Dark Creator
Air date: 08/Apr/2013 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 49 min
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Robin is back on the case, whilst Matt gathers troops to hunt his daughter down. Tui's friends trek deep into the mountains to celebrate her birthday, with tragic consequences.

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Robin is back on the case, whilst Matt gathers troops to hunt his daughter down. Tui's friends trek deep into the mountains to celebrate her birthday, with tragic consequences.

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S1E4
A Rainbow Above Us
Air date: 01/Apr/2013 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 49 min
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A violent indiscretion sees Robin thrown off the case but she cannot let go. Her passionate affair with Johnno, Tui's half-brother, intensifies and complicates.

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A violent indiscretion sees Robin thrown off the case but she cannot let go. Her passionate affair with Johnno, Tui's half-brother, intensifies and complicates.

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S1E2
Searchers Search
Air date: 18/Mar/2013 · Runtime: 49 min
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As Tui's disappearance remains unsolved, fear for her survival increases, while her father solicits help, Robin has a run-in with the girl's half-brother and a perverted local.

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As Tui's disappearance remains unsolved, fear for her survival increases, while her father solicits help, Robin has a run-in with the girl's half-brother and a perverted local.

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Paradise Sold
Air date: 18/Mar/2013 · Runtime: 49 min
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In a breathtaking but remote mountain town in South Island, New Zealand, a twelve year-old girl named Tui is discovered to be pregnant. Local police enlist help from Detective Robin Griffin, a child protection specialist who has recently returned to the area to care for her mother.

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In a breathtaking but remote mountain town in South Island, New Zealand, a twelve year-old girl named Tui is discovered to be pregnant. Local police enlist help from Detective Robin Griffin, a child protection specialist who has recently returned to the area to care for her mother.

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Season 0 · Specials
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From the Bottom of the Lake, the making of Top of the Lake
Air date: — · Runtime: 45 min
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An intimate portrait of Jane Campion and her collaborators at work on six hour crime mystery story for television "Top of the Lake".

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An intimate portrait of Jane Campion and her collaborators at work on six hour crime mystery story for television "Top of the Lake".

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Cast

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Elisabeth Moss
Elisabeth Moss
Det. Robin Griffin
David Wenham
David Wenham
Det. Al Parker
Peter Mullan
Peter Mullan
Matt Mitcham
Holly Hunter
Holly Hunter
GJ
Lucy Lawless
Lucy Lawless
Caroline Platt
Thomas M. Wright
Thomas M. Wright
Johnno Mitcham
Skye Wansey
Skye Wansey
Grishina
Geneviève Lemon
Geneviève Lemon
Bunny
Robyn Malcolm
Robyn Malcolm
Anita
David Dencik
David Dencik
Alexander "Puss"
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman
Julia
Gwendoline Christie
Gwendoline Christie
Miranda
Alice Englert
Alice Englert
Mary
Linda Ngo
Linda Ngo
Sinn
Jacqueline Joe
Jacqueline Joe
Tui
Jenny Wu
Jenny Wu
Kiki
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Eddie Campbell
Putty
Robyn Nevin
Robyn Nevin
Jude Griffin

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Hiroo Minami
Hiroo Minami
Stunts
Ariel Kleiman
Ariel Kleiman
Director
Garth Davis
Garth Davis
Director
Emile Sherman
Emile Sherman
Executive Producer
Iain Canning
Iain Canning
Executive Producer
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Philippa Campbell
Producer
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Charlotte Howley
Production Executive
Gerard Lee
Gerard Lee
Writer
Jane Campion
Jane Campion
Director, Executive Producer, Writer

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