Above the Law (TV series)
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The show centred around The Metro, an apartment complex with a cafe and community police station on the ground floor, and a penthouse owned by the recently jailed criminal "Vegas" Pete Murray.
The show was cancelled after 30 episodes, with 5 left unaired.
Cast
Main characters
- Alyssa-Jane Cook as Olivia Murray, the Amanda Woodward-esque daughter of corrupt businessman Pete Murray
- Scott Burgess as Bill Peterson, Pete Murray's right-hand man
- Bridie Carter as Debbie Curtis, senior constable at the community police station
- Jolyon James as Con Stavros, constable at the community police station
- Ingrid Ruz as Vicki Giovanelli, paramedic
- Nicholas Bishop as Matt Bridges, runs the Italian café Us2u
- Kristy Wright as Belinda Clark, aspiring model, waitress at the café
- Teo Gebert as Skeez Giovanelli, DJ, Vicki's brother
Guest characters
- Vic Rooney as 'Vegas' Pete Murray
- Meme Thorne as Sunny Rodriguez, Pete Murray's housekeeper
- Tim McGunn as Sean Reilly, Vicki's married co-worker and lover
- Tamsin Carroll as Narelle Reilly
- Caroline Brazier as Carla Benning
- Ditch Davey as Chris Clark, Belinda's cousin
- Imogen Annesley as Anna King, Matt's ex
- John Adam as DS John Morgan
- Lara Cox as Caitlin, Skeez's friend
- Liz Burch as Claire Waterford
- Lois Ramsay as Flo Price
- Mercia Deane-Johns as Joan Bartlett
- Scott McRae as Michael Curtis, Debbie's gay brother
- Murray Bartlett as Nathan Peters, Michael's partner
- Sarah Aubrey as Mary Stafford
- Mark Ferguson as Annie/Andie, trans character who dates Con
Episodes
Series one
Series two
Reception
In 2020, Fiona Byrne of the Herald Sun included Above the Law in her feature about "long forgotten Australian TV dramas that made viewers switch off."[1] Byrne quipped "Above The Law wanted to be Melrose Place on top of a police station, but it wasn't."[1] She said that the network thought the show would attract the "18–39 audience" but it "missed that mark" and did not gain older viewers either. She added "It was a highly promoted misfire; a case of lots of hype but little love from viewers."[1]
See also
References
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External links
- Script error: No such module "If empty". at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:WikidataCheck
- Above The Law at Memorable TV
- Above The Law at the National Film and Sound Archive