Janet King: Season One 2014

     Steven Blakely is the police commissioner and he is accused of giving his cancer-stricken wife a fatal dose of morphine.  Senior Prosecutor Janet King has just returned from maternity leave and she is assigned to the case.  Soon after the start of the investigations, Steven Blakely is missing.  It could be a possible suicide and can be determined if his body is found?  Danny Novak is questioned after he is seen on surveillance camera with Blakey on the day he was last seen.  Janet King and Erin are accused of an affair and this must be the reason Erin was promoted?  Someone in the Department has leaked this false news to the press?  Janet’s car is blown up in front of her home.  This incident endangered Janet, Ash and their two children.  Janet is assigned protection and relocated temporarily.  Ash and the children are separated from Janet and also taken to an unknown destination for their safety.

     There is a lot going on in this season and a covered up child pornography ring may be behind some of the crimes.  The inside person giving false information to the press needs to be severely reprimanded.  Another complication is the investigation of Janet by Judge Renmark.  He is a master of intimidation and he advises Janet that the only way to salvage her career would be to go into private practice.  Don’t ever enter into a stare down with Janet!!  3 ½* (I liked this series)

8 part TV series, 3 discs, 3 episodes on 2 discs and 2 episodes on the final disc, Crime with Marta Dusseldorp, Vince Colosimo, Damian Walshe-Howling, John Howard, Hamish Michael, Ella Scott Lynch, Andrea Demetriades, Indiana Evans, Jeanette Cronin, Peter Knowitz, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Christopher Morris, Aimee Pedersen, Sonia Todd, Anita Hegh.

Note:  Imdb 7.9 out of 10, Amazon 4.3* out of 5* with 294 reviews, New York Times 4.6* out of 5* with 656 reviews, Acorn Online 4.5* out of 5* with 278 reviews.

Special Note:  Filmed in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.  This series was created as a spin-off from the 2011 legal drama Crownies and there are three seasons.  Marta Duseldorp and Anita Hegh were also in Paradise Road of 1997.