Directed by Academy Award(R) winner Jane Campion, "Top of the Lake: China Girl" is a crime mystery story that finds Detective Robin Griffin (Elisabeth Moss) recently returned to Sydney and trying to rebuild her life. When the body of an Asian girl washes up on Bondi Beach, there appears little hope of finding the killer, until Robin realizes that "China Girl" didn't die alone. Robin's search to discover the young girl's identity takes her into the city's criminal underbelly and closer than she could have imagined to the secrets of her own heart.
In this season premiere, Detective Robin Griffin is eager to take a new case when the body of an unidentified Asian girl washes up on Sydney's Bondi Beach, but she is haunted by the memory of a baby she gave up for adoption.