7.1/101,296 votesLoading...#1 - China Girl
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/27/2017
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.
Director: Jane Campion
Writer: Gerard Lee, Jane Campion
7.2/101,168 votesLoading...#2 - Paradise Sold
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/18/2013
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.
Director: Jane Campion
Writer: Gerard Lee, Jane Campion
7.2/10651 votesLoading...#3 - The Battle of the Mothers
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 8/31/2017
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.
Director: Jane Campion
Writer: Gerard Lee, Jane Campion
7.3/10981 votesLoading...#4 - Searchers Search
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/18/2013
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.
Director: Jane Campion, Garth Davis
Writer: Gerard Lee, Jane Campion
7.3/10905 votesLoading...#5 - The Edge of the Universe
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/25/2013
Robin makes a breakthrough in her investigation, but Al warns that her own dark past is colouring her judgement.
Director: Garth Davis
Writer: Gerard Lee, Jane Campion
7.4/10612 votesLoading...#6 - Who's Your Daddy?
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/24/2017
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.
Director: Jane Campion
Writer: Gerard Lee, Jane Campion
7.5/10869 votesLoading...#7 - A Rainbow Above Us
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/1/2013
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.
Director: Jane Campion, Garth Davis
Writer: Gerard Lee, Jane Campion
7.5/10843 votesLoading...#8 - The Dark Creator
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/8/2013
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.
Director: Jane Campion, Garth Davis
Writer: Gerard Lee, Jane Campion
7.5/10670 votesLoading...#9 - The Loved One
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 8/3/2017
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.
Director: Ariel Kleiman
Writer: Gerard Lee, Jane Campion
7.5/10638 votesLoading...#10 - Surrogate
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 8/10/2017
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.
Director: Ariel Kleiman
Writer: Gerard Lee, Jane Campion
7.5/10621 votesLoading...#11 - Birthday
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 8/17/2017
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.
Director: Ariel Kleiman
Writer: Gerard Lee, Jane Campion
7.7/10827 votesLoading...#12 - Top of the Lake
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/15/2013
Tui is about to give birth. Matt reveals a secret that almost destroys Robin. The investigation reaches its shocking conclusion.
Director: Jane Campion
Writer: Gerard Lee, Jane Campion
7.8/10870 votesLoading...#13 - No Goodbyes Thanks
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/15/2013
With fresh intelligence on where Tui’s hiding, Matt launches a full-scale search party. Before Robin can intervene, tragedy strikes.
Director: Jane Campion, Garth Davis
Writer: Gerard Lee, Jane Campion
The Worst Episodes of Top of the Lake
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A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:SundanceTV
Worst Episodes Summary
"China Girl" is the worst rated episode of "Top of the Lake". It scored 7.1/10 based on 1296 votes. Directed by Jane Campion and written by Gerard Lee, Jane Campion, it aired on 7/27/2017. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Paradise Sold".