Prime Suspect 

About Jane Timoney, an iconoclastic female detective who has to make her bones in a tough New York precinct that is dominated by men.

Creators:

Alexandra Cunningham, Lynda La Plante

Stars:

Maria Bello, Brían F. O'Byrne, Kirk Acevedo

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Maria Bello	...	Detective Jane Timoney 13 episodes, 2011-2012
Brían F. O'Byrne	...	Detective Reg Duffy 13 episodes, 2011-2012
Kirk Acevedo	...	Detective Luisito Calderon 13 episodes, 2011-2012
Peter Gerety	...	Desmond Timoney 13 episodes, 2011-2012
Tim Griffin	...	Detective Augie Blando 13 episodes, 2011-2012
Damon Gupton	...	Detective Evrard Velerio 13 episodes, 2011-2012
Kenny Johnson	...	Matt Webb 13 episodes, 2011-2012
Aidan Quinn	...	Lieutenant Kevin Sweeney 13 episodes, 2011-2012

Storyline

About Jane Timoney, an iconoclastic female detective who has to make her bones in a tough New York precinct that is dominated by men.

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Plot Keywords:

woman | female detective | policewoman | boyfriend girlfriend relationship | father daughter relationship | 

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Taglines:

Cop. An attitude.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 September 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Glówny podejrzany

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

ITV America, Film 44, Universal Media Studios (UMS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based off of the 1991 UK tv series starring Helen Mirren called Prime Suspect.

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Connections

Remake of Prime Suspect (1991)

User Reviews

Far Too Classy A Show To Survive

First off, the casting in Prime Suspect is excellent. Maria Bello is outstanding as the lead character, showing all the grit necessary to pull off the role with class and realism. What's truly outstanding is how Bello borrows nothing from Mirren's British adaptation, instead relying on her own interpretation of the flawed - yet gifted investigator Jane Timoney entirely. In short, this woman has some serious acting chops.

Her supporting actors are also brilliantly cast. Kirk Acevedo, a favorite of mine since OZ, gave weight to my initial interest in the show, and I'm glad he did. Should also add that the camaraderie between Acevedo and Tim Griffin is refreshing and portrayed very naturally, not at all contrived like so many other 'buddy' teams on NBC and other networks. (See the Hawaii 5-0 buddy team for a great example of contrived, forced, and utterly horrid 'buddy' performances) All in all I really can't say enough about the casting director. Obviously he/she is at the top of his/her game and we're all the better for having a proper ensemble to unveil some pretty compelling storytelling.

Speaking of the storytelling, every episode (I'm up to the latest - 6) are all based firmly in reality, the procedural aspects are depicted spot on and quite in line with how an investigation is actually run by most big city police departments. In fact the realism is most of why this show is so refreshing, as it seems to purposefully avoid the typical clichés present in other police drama/procedural (see: CSI) But alas, since this show was cursed enough to be picked up by NBC, I fully expect the corporate 'Talent Assassins' will be released from their dungeons soon enough to summarily kill this fine show from their line up of otherwise useless crud, thereby making room for some unoriginal trash. Perhaps we're finally in for the premiere of 'Real Housewives of Afghanistan' as it's replacement.

Yes, unfortunately I fully expect Prime Suspect to go the way of Trauma, Detroit 187, The Chicago Code, The Unusuals, and of course, Dinosaurs. So bloody unfortunate for the networks to continually tease audiences with quality and talent, only to have it fall away before having been given a proper chance, consistently replaced by retarded nonsense. Even more unfortunate that Prime Suspect is on NBC, as they seem to have the worst record out of all the networks for leveling the death blow ax to truly quality TV.