Top of the Lake
Top of the Lake Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.7 | |
| S2 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.2 |
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"Bleak beauty wrapped around a buried crime"
A detective investigates the disappearance of a pregnant twelve-year-old girl in a remote New Zealand lakeside town, unearthing a web of abuse, silence, and small-town complicity. Elisabeth Moss anchors it as a haunted, dogged investigator, with Holly Hunter as the leader of a strange lakeside commune. It's slow, moody, and gorgeously shot, more interested in trauma and atmosphere than procedural twists. The second season shifts to Sydney with a different case but the same unflinching tone. It rewards patience with genuinely unsettling, emotionally raw storytelling rather than easy thrills.
Elisabeth Moss's raw, unglamorous performance anchoring a story about buried small-town trauma.
you want a brisk procedural rather than a slow, emotionally heavy character study.
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