A single-mom cop who brooks no nonsense at home or on the job.
When strangers ask Janine Lewis what she does for a living, she
tells them, "crisis management." And shes not kidding. As
detective chief inspector, she supervises a squad of cops
investigating some of Manchesters most brutal, highly publicized
crimes. As a single mom, she wrestles with soccer practices,
field trips, and schoolwork for her four children. She handles
her daily crises with energy and omb, protecting her kids as
well as the detectives under her command with a fierce maternal
affection.
Award-winning actress Caroline Quentin (Jonathan Creek, Men
Behaving Badly) portrays Janine with the perfect combination of
toughness and tenderness. And Ian Kelsey (Casualty) brings a
subtle vulnerability to his role as DI Richard Mayne, the lead
detective on Janines team. These tense, tightly plotted
mysteries show the everyday trials and triumphs of a woman
balancing career and family.
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Blue Murder Set 3 includes the three most recent episodes in this
crime drama and procedural starring Detective Chief
Inspector Janine Lewis (Caroline Quentin), a superwoman who
juggles career and motherly demands with finesse. Akin to Prime
Suspect, Blue Murder follows in the footsteps of American femme
detective programs like Murder She Wrote or Cagney and
Lacey, though this show reveals more of Detective Lewis's
domestic life to contextualize her moods and hunches in the
office. Set in Manchester, dialects are thick and one gets a
cultural education about dry wit in this seemingly crime-ridden
city. As Lewis struggles as a single mother, these three complex
episodes show how her team solves each case while further
developing character and their relationships with one another. In
"Not A Matter of Life and Death," the 19-year old black football
star, Duane Kent, is stabbed over what the team assumes is
a hate crime. However, as Kent's friends and siblings reveal this
young man's fast-paced double life, Lewis begins to suspect the
most innocent person. "Desperate Measures" opens with the
shooting of controversial physician, Dr. Halliwell. Lewis must
investigate several angles through forensics and heavy
questioning to determine revenge motivations against this corrupt
doctor. "Crisis Management" features a sergeant major murdered on
a base, who at first seems to have been killed out of
jealousy. As Janine develops a crush on a colleague, DI Richard
Mayne (Ian Kelsey) begins to see that other factors must be
considered. In each episode, one sees the deepening relationship
between Janine and Richard, her foil character. While Kent's
siblings are reluctant to share information about their brother's
death, for example, Richard is secretive about some medical
results he awaits. Similarly, Richard's attention to the case
increases exponentially once Janine gives extra thought to her
colleague. Blue Murder's strength is its interwoven plot
lines in which the personal and professional blend into one
vision of this woman's active, managerial life. --Trinie Dalton
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All three are well scripted and nicely acted. Quentin makes
Janine the most fascinating British female cop since Jane
Tennison. -- San Francisco Chronicle
Intricate storytelling, convincing characterizations and pleasing
plot twists are the hallmarks of this whodunit. -- DVD Talk
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