Crownies

The Australian Directors Guild today announced nominees in the 2012 ADG Awards.

Nominees for Best Direction in a TV Drama Series are Matthew Saville for The Slap (Ep 3 – Harry), Peter Andrikidis for East West 101 (The Price of Salvation), Jet Wilkinson for Crownies (Ep 22) and Peter Duncan for Rake (Ep 1 – vs Murray).

Nominated in the Documentary Series are Ivan O’Mahoney for Go Back to Where You Came From, Paul Scott for Outback Fight Club and Jacob Hickey for Immigration Nation. Nominated in the Documentary Stand Alone category are Phoebe Hart for Orchids: My Intersex Adventure, Celeste Geer for Then The Wind Changed, Robert Nugent for Memoirs of a Plague and James Bradley for Ochre & Ink. Continue reading »

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Crownies, ABC1, 9.33pm
Final. Conrad’s arrest for assault has major ramifications, and Erin becomes Janet’s stand-in birth partner at the last minute.

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When Conrad’s (Daniel Lissing) assault brief comes across Tracey’s (Jeanette Cronin) desk, Richard is questioned about what he knows about it. He realises the implications of his and Tatem’s (Indiana Evans) lie, and has to tell her what’s happened. She is devastated!

Janet (Marta Dusseldorp) and Lina (Andrea Demetriades) are told that Max Gardiner has been found dead and that Sean has confessed to killing him to protect their new baby. Virginia (Sacha Horler) begs for Janet’s help to keep Sean out of jail, and Janet promises to ensure charges against Sean don’t proceed. But the autopsy results take that decision out of her hands.

Still on her crusade, Miriam Mansie (Helen O’Connor) puts pressure on David (Lewis Fitz-Gerald) to retire, but Janet believes he should release the Quinn tapes to clear his name. But after much soul searching, David destroys the tapes for the sake of Quinn’s daughters, and decides to take some long overdue leave.

He appoints Tony (Peter Kowitz) to take over, and immediately Tony destroys Tracey’s whiteboard and suggests she return to work as an advocate. After consoling each other, former antagonists Tracey and Tatem go out to drown their sorrows, where Tatem and Richard’s estrangement takes an unexpected turn.

When Erin (Ella Scott Lynch) arrives for what she thinks is an exit interview, she is offered her job back. Unable to decide, she returns later to pick up a promised reference, and finds Janet is in labour. With Ash (Aimee Pedersen) un-contactable, Erin has no choice but to stay with Janet through the birth of the twins. 

9:30pm – Thursday, November 24 on ABC1

Although she’s doing well at work, Erin (Ella Scott Lynch) is left shaken by having coffee thrown at her, and frightened by the threat, wonders about her future at the DPP.

Tracey (Jeanette Cronin) assigns Ben (Todd Lasance) a new case assisting Tony (Peter Kowitz) regarding a woman who is suspected of defrauding her chronically ill brother, for whom she is primary carer. When Tony refuses to work with Ben, Lina (Andrea Demetriades) is brought in to take over… and what she discovers will potentially save a life and force her to question where her own loyalties lie with Andy (Christopher Morris).

Janet (Marta Dusseldorp) is close to going on maternity leave and to her dismay David (Lewis Fitz-Gerald) has seen fit to swap her heavy work for shorter, more practical matters – including that of the wayward ‘sunbathing penis’.

Miriam Mansie (Helen O’Connor) is keen to implement the budget cuts she’s been threatening at the DPP, and David is left with no option but to choose one solicitor from each group to be let go.

Tatum’s father Danny Novak (Marcus Graham) arrives to chat with a terrified Richard (Hamish Michael) about moving out, and tells Conrad (Daniel Missing) and Tatum (Indiana Evans) to sort things out. Richard takes solace in the company of Ben – and his luxury hotel suite.

Special Guests: Marcus Graham, Heather Mitchell Crownies will be repeated on ABC2 – Friday, November 25 at 10:20pm

9:30pm – Thursday, November 17 on ABC1

Erin (Ella Scott Lynch) is given her first major contest: a seemingly openand-shut ATM robbery case. But she’s taken aback when she discovers the defence barrister is the formidable Claudia Swann (Rhondda Findleton). She soon begins to realise she may be dealing with a case much more complex than it appears.

Conrad (Daniel Lissing) finds Richard’s (Hamish Michael) cougar porn stash and decides to confront him about his sexuality. Persuaded by Tatum (Indiana Evans) to maintain the lie, Richard once again manages to fib his way out of it.

But when Con catches Richard in bed with Lisa (Sara Wiseman), there can be no more denial. Things get heated and the lie divides the household. While Richard and Tatum retreat to the safety of work, Conrad goes on a bender…

Ben (Todd Lasance) is given a case with more than twenty defendants, but it’s a task that is made easier by the fact that they’re all hot gymnasts and Ben is in his element.

And the DPP is under fire from the new Attorney General, but no one is under any illusions. They know the broadside has been directed by Miriam Mansie (Helen O’Connor).

Special Guests: Marcus Graham, Rhondda Findleton.

Crownies will be repeated on ABC2 – Friday, November 18 at 10:20pm

9:30pm – Thursday, November 10 on ABC1

Assisting Tony (Peter Kowitz) on a simple case of assault with a knife, Tatum (Indiana Evans) visits a gaol, as the victim and the witness are both prisoners. However, when left alone with the witness, Tatum is cornered, and invokes her father’s reputation to threaten him.

In the aftermath of the police shooting, Lina (Andrea Demetriades) takes some time off to support Andy (Christopher Morris) – a task not made easy by the fact he’s unable to let her in. But a visit to the scene with him helps begin the slow healing process.

When David’s (Lewis Fitz-Gerald) informed that former Attorney General, Nicholas Quinn has died peacefully at home, he’s left reeling, having invested so much in attempting to bring him to justice.

Julie (Chantelle Jamieson) tells Ben (Todd Lasance) that she leaked the AG file. Ben’s father Geoffrey (Mark Lee) tells him to cut her loose and hang her out to dry. Ben refuses, but they still end up breaking up and the tension between Ben and his father boils over Ben moves out.

Richard (Hamish Michael) is forced to defer his much longed-for date with Lisa (Sara Wiseman) in order to work on a case before Judge Walker (Heather Mitchell) where his stubborn determination to stand up to her finally wins the day.

And still mortified by her drunken performance at Janet’s (Marta Dusseldorp), Erin (Ella Scott Lynch) stages a surprise baby shower. Unbeknown to her, Tracey had been planning a shower too. Special Guests: Marcus Graham, Mark Lee, Heather Mitchell.

Crownies will be repeated on ABC2 – Friday, November11 at 10:20pm

9:30pm – Thursday, November 3 on ABC1

Janet King (Marta Dusseldorp) and Lina Badir (Andea Demetriades) put aside their differences as they face the first day of the Max Gardiner (Nicholas Bakopoulis-Cooke) trial.

After a series of difficult witnesses, Sean Gardiner (David Franklin) gives his emotional evidence about the day Jake died, and Janet feels that she has successfully rebutted the idea that Max knew what he was doing was seriously wrong. However the defence barrister claims the Crown has no case, and to Janet’s shock, the judge agrees, directing the jury to acquit.

Having recently ‘come out’ as a couple at work and to their friends, Lina feels under pressure from Andy (Christopher Morris) to introduce him to her family, but only her brother Tariq (Elias Joujhdar) and his girlfriend Salwa (Taihra Swaine) turn up. The next morning, Andy leaves for a major police operation and later when Lina gets word a police officer has been shot, she can’t get hold of him.

Erin (Ella Scott Lynch) is dismayed when Joanne Mervich’s sentence appeal results in an increase in her sentence of six years. She goes to the women’s prison to see Joanne, but is shocked to discover that she has attempted suicide.

Ben (Todd Lasance) offloads a straightforward, if strange, brief to Richard (Hamish Michael) in the theft of ten thousand dollars from the wishing well at a child’s petting zoo. Meanwhile, feeling guilty about sleeping with Erin, Ben tries to make up for it by being the perfect boyfriend to Julie (Chantelle Jamieson).

Crownies will be repeated on ABC2 – Friday, November 04 at 10:20pm

9:30pm – Thursday, October 27 on ABC1

Richard (Hamish Michael) finds himself handling a trial at the last minute with only thirty hours to prepare. But after working all night his exhaustion makes him deal awkwardly and carelessly with the victim’s family.

With Tony (Peter Kowitz) giving Richard little support, another courtroom dressing down from Judge Walker (Heather Mitchell) ensues.

An angry Richard marches out of court, and smack into Lisa Simpson (Sara Wiseman), an attractive woman who’s not impressed at being knocked off her bike. But Conrad’s (Daniel Lissing) misguided romantic advice helps to motivate Richard, who later finds a way to impress her.

David (Lewis Fitz-Gerald) is ready and raring to go for the first day of the Quinn trial, but it’s derailed even before it begins by the prejudicial ranting of a shock jock.

And after the day from hell, Erin (Ella Scott Lynch) falls off the wagon, fights with Jimmy Butcher (Martin Crewes), and ends up in the surprised arms of Ben (Todd Lasance).

Ben and Julie (Chantelle Jamieson) decide to become more than ‘friends with benefits’, but their exclusive relationship is immediately at risk when Erin comes knocking on Ben’s door.

Special Guests: Heather Mitchell, Helen O’Connor Crownies will be repeated on ABC2 – Friday, October 28 at 10:30pm

9:30pm – Thursday, October 20 on ABC1

Janet (Marta Dusseldorp), Lina (Andrea Demetriades) and Det. Dylan Thorne (Toby Schmitz) are surprised when Virginia Gardiner (Sacha Horler), racked by guilt about her son Max, agrees to help the prosecution and provides them with a new statement.

Janet and Lina are still at loggerheads over young Max’s (Nicholas Bakopoulos-Cooke) guilt, and when Virginia crumbles during the committal in front of the formidable Judge Hansby (Tina Bursill), this already murky case is made even more complicated. Meanwhile, Lina realises it’s finally time she and Andy (Christopher Morris) came clean about their relationship.

Meanwhile, when Jimmy Butcher (Martin Crewes) scoops that Judge Rosenberg (Ritchie Singer) asked Julie (Chantelle Jamieson) to take the wrap for him on a driving offence, it starts a messy scandal that leads to Ben (Todd Lasance) breaking up with Julie, and Rosenberg losing his job.

However, Ben is excited to be going to the Supreme Court when a mother who drugged and smothered her child has been released from hospital and found to be mentally fit to stand trial. But when Crown Prosecutor Tony Gillies (Peter Kowitz) advises he’s already accepted a plea, Ben is furious, and goes straight to David (Lewis Fitz-Gerald), where his complaint falls on deaf ears.

Richard (Hamish Michael) prosecutes a ridiculous arson case, while Tatum (Indiana Evans) seeks welcome distraction from a boring wire tap case.

Special Guests: Zoe Carides, Toby Schmitz, Tina Bursill, Sacha Horler.

Crownies will be repeated on ABC2 – Friday, October 21 at 10:30pm

9:30pm – Thursday, October 13 on ABC1

Ben (Todd Lasance) and Tony (Peter Kowitz) work together to sort out the legal complexities of an exorcism case that may or may not go to trial. When her boyfriend Spencer (Stuart McRae) convinces Piper Burgess (Anna Bauert) that she is possessed by the devil, she agrees to be exorcised by a charismatic church pastor Alistair Hoy (Damian de Montemas), but only after Spencer had threatened suicide if she won’t agree. So Piper, deciding ‘a day of praying’ is a simple way to allay her boyfriend’s fears, agrees. But the exorcism turns into a violent attack, with Piper being held captive for three days.

Tired of only meeting other lawyers, Erin (Ella Scott Lynch) agrees to a blind date with Jesse (Nathaniel Buzolic), Conrad’s carpenter friend from the gym. But it soon becomes apparent they’re from different worlds, as Erin, working on the Jackson manslaughter case, realises that she needs someone hardened to the strains of her work. Her resolve to ignore him fails and she invites Jimmy Butcher (Martin Crewes) over…

After Ben (Todd Lasance) palms off two cases, DPP David Sinclair (Lewis Fitz-Gerald) tells him off for his self-interested approach to work. And Julie (Chantelle Jamieson) isn’t impressed by the similar attitude he’s showing in their relationship.

Special Guests: Damian de Montemas, Heather Mitchell Crownies will be repeated on ABC2 – Friday, October 14 at 10:30pm