TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL
Sundance, 9:00 p.m. ET
Part 2 of 3. This miniseries deepens tonight, with a series of character studies comparable to Jane Tennison’s in the original Helen Mirren mysteries on Prime Suspect. Elisabeth Moss’s detective, Robin Griffin, is even more troubled and burdened than she was in the first Top of the Lake miniseries in 2013. Nicole Kidman, as the mother of a rebellious young woman, is fragile and open and raw in a remarkably impressive way – and Gwendoline Christie, as Robin’s newly assigned partner, has just as many issues as the other two women leading this fine drama. Highly recommended. And in tonight’s Part 2, the stories of these three women begin to intersect more intensely, with each other and with the murder case under investigation. For full reviews, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower and Ed Bark's Uncle Barky's Bytes.