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All right, dear friends. I’ve been banging my head against how to recap these last three episodes of Janet King for a while now, which is part of why they’re so late, along with travel and the incredibly time-consuming process of beating down daily panic attacks over the incipient collapse of American democracy. (Case in…
Guys! I am sorry this is so late! Half of being a writer is apologizing for either tardiness or inadequacy, but I really am sorry this recap is overdue. I had intended to write a combined recap for episodes five and six, but all my formerly-trusty sources for watching Australian television have failed me, so…
In the past few weeks, I’ve done a lot of thinking about how being a TV fan is a lot like being in a romantic relationship. I came to this analogy in writing about Wentworth, and though my conclusions there were significantly less charitable, I think the same principle holds true for Janet King. I…
You know, any time I start to complain about my job, I firmly remind myself that I get to watch and write about television for a living, and I shut my mouth. I know I’ve got it easy. But guys, recapping the middle episodes of a Janet King season is HARD! The plots are so…
I am very happy to report that after a lackluster season premiere, Janet King is back. That comes as a huge relief, because it has been A TOUGH WEEK, PEOPLE. Sense8 got cancelled, Wentworth was off its game, and the world generally seemed to be hurtling blithely toward apocalypse. We needed a hero, and SOME…
Hello and welcome to The Dart for Janet King: A Sticky Wicket. Having now gotten the only cricket-related expression I know out of the way, let’s dive in. I have some critical things to say about this episode, so I’m going to start by saying something nice. Here it is: out of all the shows…