Top of the Lake

2013

4.5

33 reviews

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Season 1 episodes (6)

1 Paradise Sold

3/24/13

Season-only

While visiting her dying mother, Detective Robin Griffin takes on the case of a twelve-year-old pregnant girl, Tui, who then disappears.

2 Searchers Search

3/31/13

Season-only

Robin's search for the pregnant twelve-year-old Tui in the vast southern wilderness starts to uncover secrets in the small community living on the edge of 'Paradise'.

3 The Edge of the Universe

4/7/13

Season-only

Robin makes a breakthrough in her investigation but Al warns that her own dark past is colouring her judgement.

4 A Rainbow Above Us

4/14/13

Season-only

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

5 The Dark Creator

4/21/13

Season-only

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

6 No Goodbyes Thanks

4/28/13

Season-only

Matt reveals a secret that almost destroys Robin as the investigation reaches its shocking conclusion.

About this show

A powerful and haunting story from Oscar winning writer/director Jane Campion starring Elisabeth Moss, David Wenham, Peter Mullan and Holly Hunter. 12 years old and 5 months pregnant, Tui Mitcham walks into a freezing lake ... then disappears. Robin Griffin is a gutsy but inexperienced detective called in to investigate. As Robin becomes more and more obsessed with the search for Tui, she slowly begins to realize that finding Tui is tantamount to finding herself - a self she has kept well hidden. Set against one of the most amazing and untouched landscapes left on the planet, Top of the Lake is a powerful story about our search for happiness where the dream of paradise attracts it dark twin, the fall.

Ratings and reviews

4.5

33 reviews