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Aussie peeps!

I just finished watching the Victorian Alps-set crime series High Country.

Before that, I binged on all the Mystery Road episodes and the prequels.

Peak Australian-gothic mystery stuff, & I love it.

What should I hit next? Any recommendations gratefully received. 🙏

TODAY IN QUEER TV HISTORY

HUNTER: "From San Francisco with Love" - 11/15/1986, NBC

Would you believe... still MORE homicidal lesbians on 1960s-80s American TV? In this case, a very dysfunctional couple (played by Philece Sampler and Laura Johnson) have bumped off one partner's husband and stepson for an inheritance. This episode was sort of the "last hurrah" for pigeonholing queer women so narrowly on US TV dramas.

By the end of 1986, portrayals of queer women were finally starting to diversify, and we even got the first lesbian regular role on a series two years later, on HEARTBEAT.

#lesbian #gay #bisexual #LGBTQ #TV #series #CrimeDrama

youtube.com/watch?v=4PD-zwLkno

I can highly recommend the BBC police drama, Better, on TVNZ+. It's about a detective, played wonderfully by Leila Farzad, who is corrupt on behalf of a local crime boss. Events conspire, as they do, to force her to choose the right path. It's intelligent and nuanced, if at times a little unbelievable. But the Brits do this stuff so well, so, Better is well worth watching.

#BBC #TVSeries #reviews #CrimeDrama

rottentomatoes.com/tv/better/s

Rotten TomatoesBetter: Season 1 | Rotten TomatoesWhen her beloved son almost dies, a corrupt police detective has a painful moral awakening.

#NowPlaying Lalo Schifrin, Bullitt Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Warner, 1968). A standout in the crime drama film score genre, this might be Schifrin’s best work. Never has a big band been so funky. This LP is a more recent reissue of the original score, though Schifrin re-recorded all the music in 2000 with the WDR Big Band in Germany (available on CD and digital) resulting in slightly different versions of the tunes with more modern recording fidelity. And of course the movie is amazing, a must-see (especially for SF folks). #vinyl #soundtrack #records #Bullitt #crimedrama

If you’re interested in #Abortion on TV, #ArcticCircle TV (Finland #Ivalo) is a must-see. Lina Kuustonen, Pihla Viitala , & Venla Ronkainen are amazing.

A lot of the dialogue is in English as the default common language between neighboring countries. Watch it in Finnish w/ subtitles on Topic TV.

If you’ve watched it, I’m curious as to what you think. #Heartbeat #AbortionDoping #DownSyndrome #GayRights #DrugAddiction #CrimeDrama #FeministTV #AbortionOnTV #NordicNoir #FinlandTV

🔴Undercover (1994) sees Columbo posing as a gangster on the trail of clues which will lead to the discovery of $4M in ill-gotten gains - the lost proceeds of a bank robbery, when all of the crooks involved were gunned down (after hiding the cash). Despite departing from the series formula, it was a ratings success - but one that broadly hasn’t stood the test of time. Good turn by Tyne Daly though.

#columbo #peterfalk #television #tv #crimedrama #1990s #90s #classic

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