Top of the Lake(TV show/series, 2013-2017)

Name: Top of the Lake
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2013
Rating: 3.6

TV-MA

Scripted Reality in 2 seasons with 13 episodes

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 155 votes)

Top of the Lake is a mystery drama television series created and written by Jane Campion and Gerard Lee, and directed by Campion and Garth Davis. It was broadcast in 2013, and the sequel, entitled Top of the Lake: China Girl, in 2017. It is Campion's first work for television since An Angel at My Table in 1990. Series 1 follows Detective Robin Griffin (Elisabeth Moss) and deals with her investigation of the disappearance of a pregnant 12-year-old girl in New Zealand. Series 2, China Girl, is set in Sydney five years later, as Detective Griffin investigates the death of an unidentified Asian girl found at Bondi Beach. Top of the Lake was co-produced for BBC Two in the UK, BBC UKTV in Australia and New Zealand, and Sundance Channel in the United States. It has been generally very well received. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Top of the Lake

Golden Nymph for Best Mini Series

About Top of the Lake

A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.

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Trailer for Top of the Lake + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Top of the Lake Season 1 - BBC Player(Trailer, 0:35)

Top of the Lake Seasons and Episodes

07/27/2017Season 2: China Girl - 6 episodes

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.

#1 | 07/27/2017China Girl

3.3/5 (with 10 votes)

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.

#2 | 08/03/2017The Loved One

3.4/5 (with 10 votes)

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.

#3 | 08/10/2017Surrogate

3.6/5 (with 10 votes)

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.

#4 | 08/17/2017Birthday

3.4/5 (with 9 votes)

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.

#5 | 08/24/2017Who's Your Daddy?

3.4/5 (with 9 votes)

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.

#6 | 08/31/2017The Battle of the Mothers

3.8/5 (with 2 votes)

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.

03/18/2013Season 1 - 7 episodes

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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Additional Information

Official websites:

www.sundance.tv

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: New Zealand

Plays in: Laketop

Made by: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Screen Australia, See-Saw Films, UKTV, Sundance Channel, Escapade Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 25 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Bosnian (BS), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 03/18/2013

Last episode released on: 08/31/2017

Cast: Elisabeth Moss, David Wenham, Peter Mullan, Holly Hunter, Gwendoline Christie, David Dencik, Alice Englert, Nicole Kidman

Creator: Jane Campion

Executive Producer: Jane Campion

Composer: Mark Bradshaw

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"悬湖之上"

"湖中谜案"

"湖畔谜案"

"迷湖劫"

"Το Μυστικό της Λίμνης"

"Top of the Lake: China Girl"

Keywords: police detective, female cop, female detective, small community, sexual abuse, new zealand, missing child

Camera Setup: Single-camera setup

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