Thompson on Hollywood: 'Top of the Lake' Recap 2: Bringing Out the Dead and Missing

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'Top of the Lake' Recap 2: Bringing Out the Dead and Missing Mar 26th 2013, 02:00 While last week's two-hour premiere of "Top of the Lake" dealt with the blunt one-two shock of a pregnant pre-teen girl and then her disappearance, this week's episode deals with the classic detective-story trope of obsession with a missing person. As is often the case, an obsession with the missing brings out an obsession with the dead. Robin (Elisabeth Moss) is giving her fiancé in Sydney the run-around, putting off his phone calls and texts while starting an affair with Laketop local Johnno (Thomas M. Wright), a Mitcham brother seemingly estranged from his vile family. She and Johnno have a relationship history, albeit one we know little about. A past teen romance is hinted at: When kissing Robin at her isolated Laketop cabin, Johnno asks her if he was her first kiss, to which she responds: "My first long kiss." I find it fascinating that in Robin's search for pre-teen Tui, she herself is falling into a relationship with resonances of her own teen backstory. She also... Media files: top-of-the-lake.jpg (image/jpeg)

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