Janet King

2014

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Released: 27 February 2014 Ended
Producted By: Screentime
Country: Australia
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/janet-king/
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Senior Prosecutor Janet King returns from maternity leave to confront a high-profile murder, and a conspiracy which will have shocking ramifications throughout the judicial system.

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pauln-16 * Spoilers *The head of the police and district attorney insist on prosecuting a woman for a murder with zero evidence there was any altercation, assault, or struggle. There's zero evidence that a murder even took place. The lady is an older out of shape woman. the man is a hardened police sergeant type. Unbelievably stupid. Then, a guy without any apparent discipline or military training shoots a woman in the head using a handgun from the back of a moving motorcycle at a distance of about 25 meters. again, unbelievable. I lasted 2 1/2 episodes and had to turn it off. I like the premise of the show and the characters, but if the writing is going to make the characters do unbelievable stupid things that no real life professional would ever consider, I have to conclude the show was written by a bunch of 12 year old girls during a slumber party. How anyone could say this was a riveting legal drama is beyond me. They must know absolutely nothing about the real world. Don't waste your time.
family-63052 Imagine you're a person who live by your own principle: committed to your family and work, you're forced to run a trial despite the lack of sufficient evidence (because you're not in the highest rank), that will be "Janet King" season 1 In season 2, you've been through a devastating lost, still working through your very own PTSD, then again you're offered to run an investigation by someone higher rank than you but somewhere along the line, you have no say in certain very important matter. Also you're being accused for something you have not done......how will you proceed?This TV series help me get through a lot of difficult times and I'm every grateful this TV series ever exist.
PartialMovieViewer What a relief...a female crime fighter without super powers or a cape. How dare 'Janet King' have a plot...these writers have talent too....hmmm. Skill...in TV entertainment...how offensive (sarcasm if you didn't get it.) Granted, I did think this show was probably not for me, but I lied to myself. This is very high quality stuff. Excellent scripts, the stories are woven into toe-tingly tales that make hair grow on my knuckles; the directing - sheesh - talk about skill - these people can probably direct a bazillion little kittens into a straight line, and the acting is so gob-smackingly delicious - the show screams, 'knife and fork.' Back to earth...the show is very interesting and paced like I like all my shows, breakneck speed. Marta Dusseldorp is a very talented actor, and her chops are all over this thing. She does tend to be a scene-hog, but unlike many other female stars, she does share some of the accolades. Heck - the entire cadre of actors reek of fantastic talent. Now there is one thing I have a problem with is..."The Tarzan Bad, Jane Good Premise." I should be numb to it by now, since Hollyweird has been man-bashing for years. At least with this show, I can look past it. Like Helen Mirren's, "Prime Suspect", "Janet King", takes P.C. to an extreme, so i will have to digest it in small morsels. I know many people can gourmandize on 'poor-me-isms', I am from 'the old school' so I have a hard time listening to too much whining. Before I go on, I can deal with some self-serving 'boohoos', but there is a breaking point. After experiencing enough, 'look-at-me' moments, I will simply reply with, 'Here's a hanky and call me in the morning', or simply, 'Grow up.' Additionally, I suggest employing reality checks when watching more than two episodes in a row. Now, I am certain that all Australian Men are not evil and/or shteutpid. So - I do need a break at times. I have to back away from the TV, and drink a Foster's (that's Australian for Beer - if you didn't know.) Once I clear my head and am no longer seeing pink kangaroos (usually after three Fosters) I can pick up where I left off. Anyways, this show is very good, what I would call a slam dunk. If you can look past the P.C. barrage, you will be in for an outstanding show. I highly recommend this.
Whistleblower2 I commenced to watch this program with great expectations based on the promotion on the ABC television channel. How the ABC promotions can claim glowing approval from critics when it hasn't been screened is somewhat problematic.Having now watch two episodes I was particularly disappointed with the biased feminist left leaning lesbian relationship, the contrived relationship between prosecutors and police, the shallow stereotypical good guy bad guy characters and the sharp feminist anti anti male diatribe in the office. Overall it has what what appeared to me to be a second rate shallow plot full of stereotypes with very little in the way of redeeming features.There is a strong underlying feminist anti male thread running through this and the bulk of the acting is unconvincing. I will be surprised if as this series (which is a spin-off from the low rating series "Crownies" ) has any greater success despite the hype and hyperbola from the ABC.Compared to other ABC series such as the Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries and Dr Blake which are outstanding drama series this is but poor shadow. Altogether a most unenlightening experience.