Should you watch Top of the Lake?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Top of the Lake
Series · 2013
A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.
The sides of Top of the Lake
- A detective back in her New Zealand hometown
- A pregnant twelve-year-old girl who vanishes
- A lake town ruled by a dangerous father
Top of the Lake is good for you if…
- you like a missing-girl case in a remote New Zealand town.
- you like a patient story that lets the lake and the mountains breathe.
- you want to watch Elisabeth Moss carry a detective who is barely holding on.
Top of the Lake is bad for you if…
- you can't watch stories about the sexual abuse of girls and women.
- you want a crime show with chases and shootouts.
About: trauma · abuse · going home · motherhood
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