Top of the Lake, The Complete Collection

On New Zealand's South Island a twelve-year-old girl walks into the waters of an alpine lake. Saved before she freezes or drowns, she is found to be pregnant. The police are called. The girl disappears. Detective Robin Griffin, recently returned to the area to care for her sick mother, is pulled in by the local police force to help with the case. Robin's investigation will send shockwaves through the town and dig up a personal history she had hoped to keep buried.

As the search for the missing girl grows in intensity, so do fears for her survival. Detective Robin Griffin pursues a suspect to his house for questioning but risks losing her own life by going after him. She gets a warrant to search Matt Mitcham's house but while there discovers something she hoped not to hear.

The case seems to be getting away from Robin. The girl is still missing and the community is beginning to buckle under the weight of suspicion. Under pressure herself, Robin rekindles a relationship with an old flame Johnno Mitcham, the older son of the Mitcham clan. But inviting her past back into her life may have been a mistake, old wounds are still raw and anger explodes into violence.

A violent indiscretion sees Robin thrown off the case. The police quietly close the case on the missing girl, there have been no leads and she is assumed dead. But Robin won't let go. Even as she tries to process the pain of her own past, Robin carries on working unofficially on the case, unearthing a small glimmer of hope.

The race is on to find Tui. Robin questions Tui's friend Jamie. He's been arrested for shoplifting groceries. Robin suspects he is feeding Tui and could be the father's baby. He won't give anything away. But then he too disappears soon after. Meanwhile, Matt Mitcham sends a posse of hunters into the bush to find his daughter.

Tui's birth is imminent. Robin is summoned to Matt Mitcham's to secure his confession. What she hears leaves her on her knees. Near despair Robin summons all she has left to get to Tui before Matt. Acting on instinct she heads off to confront the dark creator alone, where the investigation reaches its shocking conclusion.

Detective Robin Griffin remains haunted by the process of adopting her child and is eager to lose herself in a new case. Then reports come in that the body of an Asian girl has been washed up on a Sydney's Bondi beach.

As Robin pulls together theories around the pregnancy and murder of the dead girl, the meeting with Mary is put in jeopardy by her mother, Julia.

Galvanised by her theory that 'China Girl' is a surrogate, Robin ignores the threat of Al Parker's case against her and relishes her new relationship with Mary.

There's a breakthrough in the case when Robin and Miranda discover 'China Girl' worked at the brothel where Mary's boyfriend lives.

As Robin and Pyke's fears for Mary escalate, Miranda drops a bombshell that brings her closer to the dead girl and puts her on the wrong side of the law.

Robin must dig deep to confront the fact that a gunman has taken Mary hostage from Silk 41 and the brothel might be a link to the missing surrogates.

A behind the scenes look at the making of Top of the Lake.

The Emmy and Golden Globe-winning crime series returns for a second run.

The writers, directors and producers of Top of the Lake discuss the complex challenge of developing the story and characters for the second season.

The cast and crew discuss the reasons why they chose Sydney as the backdrop for Top of the Lake: China Girl.

The directors and producers explain the paradox of shooting a crime story finale on an idyllic beach.

Actor Elisabeth Moss talks about the character development of Detective Robin Griffin.

Actor Gwendoline Christie discusses the introduction of policewoman Miranda Hilmarson to the series.

Directors Jane Campion and Ariel Kleiman answer questions about their ideas for the second season.