The Best Episodes Written By Jane Campion

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.7/10(18 votes)

   #1 - Top of the Lake

   S1:E74/15/2013

   Tui is about to give birth. Matt reveals a secret that almost destroys Robin. The investigation reaches its shocking conclusion.

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   7.5/10(22 votes)

   #2 - Searchers Search

   S1:E23/18/2013

   As Tui's disappearance remains unsolved, fear for her survival increases, while her father solicits help, Robin has a run-in with the girl's half-brother and a perverted local.

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   7.3/10(20 votes)

   #3 - A Rainbow Above Us

   S1:E44/1/2013

   A violent indiscretion sees Robin thrown off the case but she cannot let go. Her passionate affair with Johnno, Tui's half-brother, intensifies and complicates.

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   7.3/10(6 votes)

   #4 - The Battle of the Mothers

   S2:E68/31/2017

   Robin and Pyke are desperate to find out if hostage Mary is alive, while Adrian struggles to make sense of the crime scene at Silk 41. As dawn breaks, the gunman is on the loose in Bondi and the beach is about to be flooded with people.

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   7.1/10(21 votes)

   #5 - No Goodbyes Thanks

   S1:E64/15/2013

   With fresh intelligence on where Tui’s hiding, Matt launches a full-scale search party. Before Robin can intervene, tragedy strikes.

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   7.0/10(26 votes)

   #6 - Paradise Sold

   S1:E13/18/2013

   In a breathtaking but remote mountain town in South Island, New Zealand, a twelve year-old girl named Tui is discovered to be pregnant. Local police enlist help from Detective Robin Griffin, a child protection specialist who has recently returned to the area to care for her mother.

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   7.0/10(21 votes)

   #7 - The Dark Creator

   S1:E54/8/2013

   Robin is back on the case, whilst Matt gathers troops to hunt his daughter down. Tui's friends trek deep into the mountains to celebrate her birthday, with tragic consequences.

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   7.0/10(17 votes)

   #8 - Surrogate

   S2:E38/10/2017

   Robin is galvanised by her theory that China Girl is a surrogate and ignores the threat of Al Parker’s imminent case against her. Mary accuses Robin of being manipulated by Pyke and Julia into believing Alexander is dangerous.

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   7.0/10(15 votes)

   #9 - Who's Your Daddy?

   S2:E58/24/2017

   Robin finds a surprising love, but as Puss puts another arm of his audacious plan in place and suspicion grows around Silk 41, her fears for Mary escalate. Then Miranda drops a bombshell that brings her closer to the dead girl.

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    6.9/10(18 votes)

    #10 - The Loved One

    S2:E28/3/2017

    Armed with the fact that China Girl was pregnant, Robin launches into the investigation, including inside Sydney's sex industry. The meeting with her daughter's parents veers off the rails and puts contacting Mary at risk.

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    6.8/10(21 votes)

    #11 - The Edge of the Universe

    S1:E33/25/2013

    Robin makes a breakthrough in her investigation, but Al warns that her own dark past is colouring her judgement.

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    6.3/10(20 votes)

    #12 - China Girl

    S2:E17/27/2017

    Detective Robin Griffin is newly back in Sydney, haunted by the baby she had as a teenager and partnered with an eager new recruit, Miranda. When a body in a suitcase washes up on Bondi Beach, Robin is determined to take the case.

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    6.3/10(16 votes)

    #13 - Birthday

    S2:E48/17/2017

    There's a breakthrough in the case when Robin interviews Silk 41 regular Brett who suspects that China Girl is his ‘Girlfriend Experience’. Puss tests Mary’s love with a surprise for her 18th birthday celebration.

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