We come not to praise Prime Suspect but to bury it. Actually, NBC already buried it, burning off the last two…
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Lynda La Plante, Alexandra Cunningham
Synopsis
Jane Timoney, an iconoclastic female detective, must make her bones in a tough New York precinct that is dominated by men.
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