THIRD SEASON:
This hit original crime drama returns with White Collar’s Marsha Thomason as DS Jenn Townsend, who must get under the skin of a complicated family to solve the death of a young aspiring boxer.
From Amazon there is now a third season each of whose 6 episodes last about 45 minutes.
Lead detective is a newcomer D.S. Jenn Townsend, played by Marsha Thomason. Her personal difficulties conflict with her investigation into the beating death of one of the sons in a Muslim family headed by the mother Miriam Rahman, played by Rina Mahoney.
D.S. Townsend is divorced and is now living with her two children and a new lover Chris Fischer, played by Barry Sloane. Chris has his own two children, one of whom is very difficult and quite nasty toward one of Townsend’s children Conor. Conor is desperately unhappy and wants to return to his father.
In the Rahman family in addition to the dead boxer son, there is a troublesome Adnan and deaf-mute Jamal. Fortunately Townsend’s sidekick D.S. Karen Hobson, played by Eric Shanagher, knows sign language and can communicate with the devout Muslim Jamal.
Another great season well worth watching.
SECOND SEASON:
From Amazon there is now a second season also with 6 episodes and a complete story.
Acting and plot continue to be worthwhile watching. Once again the human interest is at least as important as the crimes (plural) involved. Lisa starts out as an underdog in the police department but by the end of the 6 episodes she shines at the top while having suffered along with many other characters in the interim.
Still very much worth a watch.
FIRST SEASON:
From Amazon Prime:
When Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong is assigned to a missing persons investigations, it initially seems like any other – tragic, but all too familiar. This time, it is especially challenging for her not to get emotionally involved.
From Amazon Prime you can stream the 6 45-minute episodes of this TV series. It may be called Season 1 but any following season does not seem likely because the story is complete in 6 episodes.
If everyone involved is somehow badly affected in a plot, is that plot called a tragedy? This story comes across as bad news for all the characters.
Telling you how the story starts is not a spoiler since it happens immediately at the beginning. You see the officer Lisa going out for a “girls night out” in a night club. She hooks up with a stranger and they have sex outside in an ally behind the club. From then on the plot thickens. Murder, drugs, delinquent children, infidelity, assault, and missing persons are all on the list.
Among the delinquents are Lisa own two children. Fortunately her mother lives with her and usually substitutes for Lisa who is too often called away with some emergency. Holly, the missing girl, is a member of the dysfunctional Meredith family which has the usual problems (unfaithful dad, etc.) and also has a live-in grandmother. These two families have real problems with their children, and their lives intertwine.
Similar to many such detective series, but the human interest in the 6 episodes held our attention.