Top of the Lake

I took a flyer on Top of the Lake after it was nominated in an excellent class of dramas at the Golden Globes. It starts with a young girl walking into a lake without a word. You go on to find out she's a pregnant 12 year-old. Elizabeth Moss (Peggy Olson from Mad Men) plays a detective who makes it her job to find out who is responsible or impregnating a child. The town is run by the 12 year-old girl's drug-lord father. Everyone is essentially related apparently and Moss left the small New Zealand town for mainland Australia and was only back to visit her mother, who is dying of cancer. There's a lot of interesting things that slowly come out during the 7 episode series and I watched it all in one sitting essentially. It was tough to not just want to roll into the next episode, so thanks to Netflix for making that possible. Moss is excellent and pulls off a great New Zealand accent despite being American, I did have to check that up. Bottom Line: 8.4 out of 10. I really liked the show and hope it will return in some form for another season or more. It's certainly worth watching. Netflix it soon.