Product Description
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A top cop dedicated to her job and devoted to her
family.
On the job, Janine Lewis deals with drive-by executions,
decomposed bodies, and abducted children. At home, she interviews
nannies, schedules parent-teacher conferences, and bolts
breakfast on the run. Such is the life of a Detective Chief
Inspector on the Manchester force who also happens to be a
single mum raising four kids. Caroline Quentin (Jonathan Creek,
Men Behaving Badly) brings sensitivity, passion, and wry humor to
her role as a woman balancing the demands of a high-risk,
high-profile profession with the need to nurture her
high-maintenance family. Ian Kelsey (Casualty) co-stars as DI
Richard Mayne, Janine's sexy second in command - a source of
romantic and sometimes professional tension on their tight-knit
team.
In four taut crime dramas, Blue Murder realistically depicts the
everyday toils and triumphs of work alongside the
insistent tug of family life for a single mother.
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE text interviews with stars Caroline
Quentin and Ian Kelsey and cast filmographies.
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The first season of Blue Murder was very good; the
second season verges on great. It may not reach the brittle
heights of Prime Suspect--the writing isn't as psychologically
rich--but it's in the same weight class. DCI Janine Lewis
(Caroline Quentin, Jonathan Creek) isn't a super-sleuth. She's a
single mother with four kids, an uneasy relationship with her
ex-husband, and sexual tension with her lead detective, Richard
Mayne (tall and handsome Ian Kelsey). She runs her investigative
team with brisk efficiency, while her home life tends towards
chaos. She navigates the twisty plots of these four episodes not
through lightning bursts of deduction, but by piecing evidence
together bit by bit--and this diligence is wonderfully engaging.
Seemingly simple events slowly unveil a more complex and
troubling story: A drowned dog leads to identical twins and
infidelity; a mean prank draws four men into murder and revenge;
robbery, hit and run, and the killing of a cop are intricately
connected. During the investigation of a missing child, Mayne
starts a new relationship and Lewis starts to lose her cool
reserve. Careful plotting, vivid dialogue, solid acting from all
the regulars (particularly Paul Loughran and Nicholas Murchie as
Lewis's detective sergeants), and consistently sharp turns from
the guest cast make Blue Murder a must-see for any fan of
American procedurals like Law & Order or CSI. Who would
have guessed, when Quentin was a supporting player on Men
Behaving Badly, that she'd become such a superb dramatic actor?
--Bret Fetzer
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Review
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"One of the more engrossing procedurals that's come my
way in recent years" -- Film.com
"Quentin is terrific, adding credibility and nuance to the
series" -- San Francisco Chronicle
"They're all winners -- and they may even be more compelling than
the series' impressive previous episodes" -- DVD Talk
"Top flight crime series" -- MemorableTV.com
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