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Top of the Lake

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'Top of the Lake: China Girl' Season 2, Episode 6: The Battle of the Mothers

I have to be honest: I didn't love the way this season of "Top of the Lake" ended. It felt weirdly rushed and wasn't as visually stunning as Season 1 or some of the earlier Season 2 episodes. Because the vibe was lacking, I
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'Top of the Lake: China Girl' Season 2, Episode 5: Who's Your Daddy?

In this episode, the characters find out everything we already knew or strongly suspected: * Miranda and Adrian are using a surrogate for their baby. Miranda thought she was a student, but she's Mahlee, the sick girl with the panda bear at Silk 41. * Robin tells Miranda that Puss
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'Top of the Lake: China Girl' Season 2, Episode 4: Birthday

This episode was hard to watch. Puss is maybe one of the most despicable, vomit-inducing TV villains I've ever come across. If I encountered a man like him in the real world, I don't think I could retain my composure as well as Robin. I would
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'Top of the Lake: China Girl' Season 2, Episode 3: Surrogate

Today I saw a review on The Atlantic with this subheading: "Elizabeth Moss, Nicole Kidman, and Gwendoline Christie star in a returning series gone very wrong." Admittedly, I haven't finished the season yet, but after an episode like this one, I'm pretty shocked there&
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'Top of the Lake: China Girl' Season 2, Episode 2: The Loved One

In Season 1 of "Top of the Lake," Jane Campion worked with an Australian co-director named Garth Davis. He only directed one episode alone, but worked with Campion on 4 others. At the time, I was like, "Who the hell is this guy?" He was an
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'Top of the Lake: China Girl' Season 2, Episode 1

"Top of the Lake" is back and I couldn't be happier. Jane Campion is one of the best living directors and I'm happy to watch her work on the big or small screen. If you've never watched "Top of the Lake&
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