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Janet King: The Invisible Wound (series 2)

With gun crime exploding in the suburbs, Janet King is handpicked by a nervous government to head a Royal Commission into the surge of recent shootings.

Unlike the world of the DPP, the Royal Commission allows Janet and her team to become the investigators — they can raid, interrogate and have police seconded to them.

Conscripting solicitors Lina Badir (Andrea Demetriades), Richard Stirling (Hamish Michael), as well as the ambitious Owen Mitchell as Counsel Assisting, with Detective Inspector Andy Campbell as Police Liaison, Janet and her team peel back the complex layers of intrigue underpinning the illicit trade in weapons.

As Janet exercises her powers and begins uncovering the truth, criminal and political forces begin to stir, bent on shutting down the Royal Commission, even if it means destroying Janet in the process. A shocking reveal brings Janet's world crashing in on her as she faces legal proceedings of a deeply personal nature.

The Invisible Wound

Episode 2.01 (9)
Thu, March 24, 2016
627,000 viewers (6th)
Written by Greg Haddrick
Directed by Peter Andrikidis

A spate of gun violence in Sydney's suburbs has come to a political head with the murder of Todd Wilson on Australia Day. Responding to public pressure, the government hastily assembles a Royal Commission to investigate the issue and make recommendations. Janet King is chosen to head up the Commission.

Janet and her team believe solving the murder of Todd Wilson is integral to gaining a greater understanding into how guns are imported and circulated within NSW. With a witness who didn't see the shooter, and strange ballistics on the bullet, their best lead is a coke dealer, George Healy, who fled a car crash that occurred three minutes after the shooting — timing too coincidental to ignore.

Meanwhile, Janet is wrapping up a coronial inquest into the suicide of a corporal with PTSD. During her cross examination of Major Simon Hamilton, the man alleged to be responsible for tipping the corporal over the edge, Janet allows a little too much personal emotion to bubble to the surface.

Unable to find George, the Royal Commission seems to be at an impasse... until they discover that the witness, and Todd's friend, Keisha Wilson, has a bloodied bag containing $322,000 hidden in her house. Keisha is put under surveillance in the hope that if they play the long game she will eventually lead them to Todd's shooter. Tangible progress is made by locating and arresting George.

But when Janet pays a visit to Todd's grieving family she never suspects she'll be putting her own life on the line.

• Starring:
• Marta Dusseldorp as Janet King,
• Damian Walshe-Howling as Owen Mitchell,
• Andrea Demetriades as Lina Badir,
• Hamish Michael as Richard Stirling,
• Christopher Morris as Andy Campbell,
• Peter Kowitz as Tony Gillies,
• Leah Purcell as Heather O'Connor,
• Anita Hegh as Bianca Grieve,
• Philip Quast as Lincoln,
• Ewen Leslie as Patrick Boccaro,
• Aaron Jeffery as Simon Hamilton

• With:
• Terry Serio as Terry Renner,
• Melissa Bonne as Keisha Gibson,
• Arky Michael as George Healy,
• Simon Elrahi as Bahman Nobakht,
• Sarah Asmanious as Elaheh Wilson,
• Rahel Romahn as Sam Nobakht,
• Omar Al-Sobky as Amil Nobakht,
• Andrew Henry as Brett Bonar,
• Julia Billington as Karen Parker,
• Cheree Cassidy as Susie Nobakht,
• Sue Broberg as Adie Orsmond,
• Aimee Pedersen as Ash Larsson,
• Chelsea & Claire Lucas as Emma King Larsson,
• Harry & Jack Kinghorn as Liam King Larsson,
• Cody Kaye as Todd Wilson,
• Amanda Marsden as Mrs Allman,
• Jerry Retford as Process Server,
• Caroline Downs as Coroner,
• Milly Haddrick as Rose

Here And Now

Episode 2.02 (10)
Thu, March 31, 2016
613,000 viewers (9th)
Written by Stuart Page
Directed by Peter Andrikidis

In the aftermath of the drive-by shooting at the Nobakht house, the Royal Commission turns its attention to where George Healy got his gun. But even with the threat of a five-year jail sentence, he's not talking.

Meanwhile, Janet has been summoned to appear in the Equity Division of the Supreme Court by Ash's sister, Deborah Larsson, who is arguing for Ash's last remaining frozen embryo to be released to her so she has a chance of having kids. While Janet argues that the embryo is property — and furthermore, her property — an unhelpful Justice Felton and an emotional plea from Deborah foreshadow a far more complicated case than Janet anticipated.

Meanwhile, Keisha Gibson is now squarely in the spotlight as being involved in Todd Wilson's shooting because she fled the scene with a bag full of cash. Hoping she'll lead them to the shooter, Federal Police Sergeant Bianca Grieve coordinates the surveillance on Keisha, but it only leads to Richard, who convinces Keisha to turn the money in. But she's unable to shed any light on where Todd got the money.

As car crash victim Jane Carter's condition deteriorates, Janet warns George he's looking down the barrel of a manslaughter charge if she dies. He agrees to talk, but he wants full immunity and a new identity, which a less than impressed Attorney General, Lincoln Priest reluctantly agrees to grant.

CCTV footage is uncovered revealing that Todd broke into local developer Patrick Bocarro's Ferrari and stole a small box. But what was inside it? Was it something valuable enough to sell for $300,000? When Janet and Owen approach Patrick expecting animosity, they find an unexpected ally who says he's willing to help Janet in her strained relationship with the Attorney General.

Ballistics from the Nobakht drive-by reveal the gun matches two other shootings — the kneecapping of gambling addict Felix Murphy, and the murder of Ash Larsson. As Janet reels from this bombshell, Andy and Heather go to bring in George Healy... only to find him hanging from a tree.

• With:
• Genevieve Hegney as Deborah Larsson,
• Nicholas Hope as Justice Felton,
• Melissa Bonne as Keisha Gibson,
• Arky Michael as George Healy,
• Leeanne Walsman as Peta Vickers,
• Josef Ber as Robbie Carter,
• Simon Elrahi as Bahman Nobakht,
• Sarah Asmanious as Elaheh Wilson,
• Rahel Romahn as Sam Nobakht,
• Omar Al-Sobky as Amil Nobakht,
• Andrew Henry as Brett Bonar,
• Julia Billington as Karen Parker,
• Cheree Cassidy as Susie Nobakht,
• Chelsea & Claire Lucas as Emma King Larsson,
• Harry & Jack Kinghorn as Liam King Larsson,
• Cody Kaye as Todd Wilson,
• Heidi Eichler-Cavallo as Jane Carter,
• Will Gabriel III as Court Official,
• Shannon McCauley as Journalist #1,
• Benjamin Hanly as Journalist #2
• Mate Ruscic as Vincent,
• Greg Eccleston as Barrister

In Plain Sight

Episode 2.3 (11)
Thu, April 07, 2016
608,000 viewers (12th)
Written by Niki Aken
Directed by Ian Watson

The Royal Commission has now established that three crimes: the Nobakht drive-by; the murder of Ash Larsson; and the kneecapping of Felix Murphy, are all linked by the same gun. Under their terms of reference, Janet's unable to investigate her partner's murder, so her team concentrates on Felix. But he isn't talking. Believing the person who shot Felix is integral to solving the three crimes and to uncovering the bigger picture of firearm circulation, Janet targets Felix in an undercover operation, with Sergeant Bianca Grieve as the operative.

Meanwhile, Janet's court case over Ash's frozen embryo has gone to mediation. While confident that her legal argument is sound, she's dealt an emotional blow when one of Ash's emails is read out, articulating the pain Janet had unknowingly inflicted upon her partner.

Still reeling from this fresh personal blow, Janet is then told the DNA from George's crime scene matches Ash's killer, meaning he's closer than they thought — and could possibly strike again. Despite being urged to step down for her own safety, Janet refuses to be cowed. She asks Tony to take the twins to her mother's place in order to keep them safe as she realises her personal quest to solve Ash's murder is trespassing ever closer to the Commission's terms of reference.

With suspicion rife that Todd's money was the proceeds of the sale of a stolen Ferrari 458, it's revealed that in the missing hours before he died, Todd was with Karen Parker, a subordinate of Major Simon Hamilton. And that Major Hamilton bought the same model Ferrari two days before Todd was killed.

• With:
• Genevieve Hegney as Deborah Larsson,
• Melissa Bonne as Keisha Gibson,
• Terry Serio as Terry Renner,
• Leeanne Walsman as Peta Vickers,
• Josef Ber as Robbie Carter,
• Sarah Asmanious as Elaheh Wilson,
• Rahel Romahn as Sam Nobakht,
• Omar Al-Sobky as Amil Nobakht,
• Julia Billington as Karen Parker,
• Cheree Cassidy as Susie Nobakht,
• Stephen Hunter as Felix Murphy,
• Shameer Birges as Neil Calder,
• Raelee Hill as Maureen,
• Simon Davey as Lance Cusack,
• Chelsea & Claire Lucas as Emma King Larsson,
• Harry & Jack Kinghorn as Liam King Larsson,
• Cody Kaye as Todd Wilson,
• Heidi Eichler-Cavallo as Jane Carter,
• Ishak Issa as Guy in bar,
• Fury Granville as Girl in bar,
• Milly Haddrick as Rose,
• Richard Maait as Security Guard #1,
• Tom Hosegood as Constable,
• Eleni Leontsini as Yoga Instructor

The Smoking Gun

Episode 2.4 (12)
Thu, April 14, 2016
613,000 viewers (10th)
Written by Niki Aken
Directed by Ian Watson

After intense questioning of Lance Corporal Karen Parker, suspicion only seems to mount as it's revealed that Todd had defrauded her CO, Major Simon Hamilton. The Royal Commission questions Hamilton, but he denies owning a Ferrari, and also refuses to say where he was on the night Todd was killed.

But further investigation by the Commission uncovers that Todd didn't just steal Simon's credit card details, he stole his whole identity, which he then used to purchase the Ferrari. Though it does account for the bag of cash he had with him when he died, frustratingly, the car deal doesn't seem to explain why he was killed.

Meanwhile, in order to strengthen her claim to Ash's embryo, Janet tries to persuade the sperm donor, Tim Dolan, to support her. But in court Tim refuses to consent to either Janet or Deborah having the embryo, and says he wants it destroyed.

Sergeant Bianca Grieve goes undercover to make contact with Felix and manages to score a date with him. But their meeting is compromised when Richard and Keisha arrive at the same bar.

As suspicion of Simon Hamilton continues to mount, they receive a customs alert from Port Botany to say a container in his name is about to arrive. Expecting to find a cache of drugs, Janet and the team race to the docks, but when they open the container they discover a shipment of Zodiac PT92 semi-automatic handguns.

• With:
• Genevieve Hegney as Deborah Larsson,
• Stephen Hunter as Felix Murphy,
• Mitchell Butel as Tim Dolan,
• Nicholas Hope as Justice Felton,
• Terry Serio as Terry Renner,
• Melissa Bonne as Keisha Gibson,
• Julia Billington as Karen Parker,
• Leeanne Walsman as Peta Vickers,
• Sarah Asmanious as Elaheh Wilson,
• Omar Al-Sobky as Amil Nobakht,
• Cheree Cassidy as Susie Nobakht,
• Simon Davey as Lance Cusack,
• Ben Wood as Justice Sommerville,
• Benita Collings as Robyn King,
• Chelsea & Claire Lucas as Emma King Larsson,
• Harry & Jack Kinghorn as Liam King Larsson,
• Richard Maait as Security Guard #1,
• Michael Reid as Mechanic

Apprehended Violence

Episode 2.5 (13)
Thu, April 21, 2016
595,000 viewers (13th)
Written by Greg Haddrick
Directed by Grant Brown

The firearms are deactivated and Janet's team leaves the container under surveillance for collection, only to discover it's Amil Nobakht's phone number on the paperwork. But Amil doesn't initiate the pick-up.

With growing political pressure to start showing results, the AG, Lincoln Priest, orders Janet to write an interim report. But she refuses — saying she'll write it only when they make real progress.

Meanwhile, the embryo case is now in the probate division of the Supreme Court, where, with Tony's help, Janet finally succeeds.

During therapy, Keisha says she heard a woman's scream the night of Todd's murder. Lina and Andy have no luck finding this witness, so with the container still uncollected, Janet decides to escalate the undercover mission.

Undercover, Bianca and Andy arrange to stage a fight where he abuses and threatens her in front of Felix, hoping to trick him into revealing who shot him. Bianca surprises the team by showing up with her face bruised, making the abuse look more physical. The plan works and Felix contacts the standover man who shot him to warn Andy off.

Meanwhile, Janet is raided by the Corruption Commission who confiscate her devices. Meanwhile Andy and Bianca wait for Felix's shooter — a man who's potentially Ash's killer — and it's Brett Bonar who appears. And he's armed.

• Starring:
• Marta Dusseldorp as Janet King,
• Damian Walshe-Howling as Owen Mitchell,
• Andrea Demetriades as Lina Badir,
• Hamish Michael as Richard Stirling,
• Christopher Morris as Andy Campbell,
• Peter Kowitz as Tony Gillies,
• Leah Purcell as Heather O'Connor,
• Anita Hegh as Bianca Grieve,
• Philip Quast as Lincoln,
• Ewen Leslie as Patrick Boccaro,
• Gary Sweet as Roger Embry

• With:
• Genevieve Hegney as Deborah Larsson,
• Stephen Hunter as Felix Murphy,
• Mitchell Butel as Tim Dolan,
• Sarah Chadwick as Justice Stanton,
• Melissa Bonne as Keisha Gibson,
• Leeanne Walsman as Peta Vickers,
• Josef Ber as Robbie Carter,
• SImon Elrahi as Bahman Nobakht,
• Sarah Asmanious as Elaheh Wilson,
• Omar Al-Sobky as Amil Nobakht,
• Andrew Henry as Brett Bonar,
• Cheree Cassidy as Susie Nobakht,
• Jason Chong as Bao Long,
• Benita Collings as Robyn King,
• Sue Broberg as Adie Orsmond,
• Andrew James as Steve Moore,
• Cody Kaye as Todd Wilson,
• Melissa Brownlow as TV Journalist,
• Heidi Eichler-Cavallo as Jane Carter

The Thaw

Episode 2.6 (14)
Thu, April 28, 2016
628,000 viewers (12th)
Written by Felicity Packard
Directed by Grant Brown

When Bianca is forced to shoot Brett Bonar, Janet's best lead to the firearms, and finding Ash's killer, disappears.

Meanwhile, Bahman and Sam Nobakht are intercepted trying to leave the country with $30,000 in U.S. currency. They say they were returning to Iran to pay officials to keep Sam out of the military, an obligation, with ISIS pressing on the Iran-Iraq border, that could prove fatal. They say the money was for helping to import the container, but didn't know it held guns, and when they tried to pull out after Todd's death, Brett shot up their house.

Brett's flat contains an arsenal of weapons and DNA results tie him to the murder of George Healy — meaning he knew Ash's killer.

Janet is at the Corruption Commission under investigation for perverting the course of justice — the result of a text she sent Richard advising that drugs left in a common area make ownership impossible to prove. It seems someone has Janet in their cross hairs.

Too paranoid to name the person he owed money to, and by extension who ordered Brett to shoot him, Felix leaves Bianca a puzzle to solve which points to the name of the man responsible. And the answer suggests it's bookie- turned-businessman Bao Long.

Heather discovers from Simon's phone that he and Robbie Carter met on HookUp, a gay dating app. Is it all starting to fall into place?

• Starring:
• Marta Dusseldorp as Janet King,
• Damian Walshe-Howling as Owen Mitchell,
• Andrea Demetriades as Lina Badir,
• Hamish Michael as Richard Stirling,
• Christopher Morris as Andy Campbell,
• Peter Kowitz as Tony Gillies,
• Leah Purcell as Heather O'Connor,
• Anita Hegh as Bianca Grieve,
• Gary Sweet as Roger Embry

• With:
• Stephen Hunter as Felix Murphy,
• Melissa Bonne as Keisha Gibson,
• Leeanne Walsman as Peta Vickers,
• Josef Ber as Robbie Carter,
• Sarah Asmanious as Elaheh Wilson,
• Rahel Romahn as Sam Nobakht,
• Omar Al-Sobky as Amil Nobakht,
• Andrew Henry as Brett Bonar,
• Cheree Cassidy as Susie Nobakht,
• Andrew James as Steve Moore,
• Benita Collings as Robyn King,
• Chelsea & Claire Lucas as Emma King Larsson,
• Harry & Jack Kinghorn as Liam King Larsson,
• Stuart Cox as Plain clothes Detective,
• Jemwel Danao as Ambo #1,
• Cody Ross as Uniformed Cop #1,
• Heidi Eichler-Cavallo as Jane Carter

The Heart Of It

Episode 2.7 (15)
Thu, May 05, 2016
663,000 viewers (11th)
Written by Stuart Page & Greg Haddick
Directed by Peter Andrikidis

Growing increasingly impatient with the Commission's lack of results, the Attorney General, Lincoln Priest gives Janet an ultimatum: resign as Royal Commissioner or have her reputation ruined by the State Corruption Commission.

Janet refuses, but fortuitously for her, they quickly solve Todd Wilson's murder — a tragedy of errors involving Simon Hamilton, Robbie , Jane Carter, and a 3D-printed handgun.

Meanwhile, the fight over the embryo is headed for the Court of Appeal, where Deborah Larson mounts a challenge to the original decision to grant Janet ownership. The appeal is overruled.

As the hunt for Ash's killer continues, a series of events sees the suspicion on Bao Long mount. Bianca volunteers as Janet's minder, and the close living quarters lead to a new level of intimacy between them.

Janet hatches a plan to catch the importer of the handguns still sitting on the docks, but it requires placing an unprecedented amount of trust in Owen, a colleague typically governed by self-interest. As part of the ruse, Janet orders the suspension of the Royal Commission, and a termination of all surveillance operations, except for one hidden camera...

• Starring:
• Marta Dusseldorp as Janet King,
• Damian Walshe-Howling as Owen Mitchell,
• Andrea Demetriades as Lina Badir,
• Hamish Michael as Richard Stirling,
• Christopher Morris as Andy Campbell,
• Peter Kowitz as Tony Gillies,
• Leah Purcell as Heather O'Connor,
• Anita Hegh as Bianca Grieve,
• Philip Quast as Lincoln,
• Ewen Leslie as Patrick Boccaro,
• Aaron Jeffery as Simon Hamilton

• With:
• Genevieve Hegney as Deborah Larsson,
• Melissa Bonne as Keisha Gibson,
• Leeanne Walsman as Peta Vickers,
• Josef Ber as Robbie Carter,
• Simon Elrahi as Bahman Nobakht,
• Sarah Asmanious as Elaheh Wilson,
• Rahel Romahn as Sam Nobakht,
• Jason Chong as Bao Long,
• Brandon Burke as Justice McLeod,
• Julia Billington as Karen Parker,
• Cody Kaye as Todd Wilson,
• Jamie Vergan as Journalist,
• Karenza Stevens as Journalist,
• Heidi Eichler-Cavallo & Krystle Hill as Jane Carter
• David Semery as Security Guard

The Long Goodbye

Episode 2.8 (16)
Thu, May 12, 2016
673,000 viewers (10th)
Written by Greg Haddrick and Felicity Packard
Directed by Peter Andrikidis

A few days after the Royal Commission is suspended, the container of guns is collected and a camera inside reveals the surprise identity of the ringleader.

Owen follows him to a clandestine meeting, giving Janet proof that the corruption has spread to big business and government, and will ultimately bring down the biggest political scalp of all.

But until she's cleared at Corruption Commission, she can't go public with the findings. Tony steps in and cleverly traps the Commission with their own charter, and the investigation is dropped.

Janet's now free to expose the extent of the corruption and criminality in the importation and distribution of the guns, but the gunrunner has one more ace up his sleeve. He claims he knows who killed Ash, and warns they're planning an attack on Janet soon.

But when DNA findings reveal genetic markers for Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome — meaning the killer is female — Bianca is convinced it's Heather. And they have enough to arrest her as they wait for DNA confirmation.

Richard represents Heather at her bail hearing, but when the full face morphology results arrive, the identity of Ash's killer is revealed to be someone who was not only in front of Janet the entire time, but someone with access to her children, and with whom she is now trapped inside the empty Commission building. Now Janet has to fight to save her children and herself...

• Starring:
• Marta Dusseldorp as Janet King,
• Damian Walshe-Howling as Owen Mitchell,
• Andrea Demetriades as Lina Badir,
• Hamish Michael as Richard Stirling,
• Christopher Morris as Andy Campbell,
• Peter Kowitz as Tony Gillies,
• Leah Purcell as Heather O'Connor,
• Anita Hegh as Bianca Grieve,
• Philip Quast as Lincoln,
• Ewen Leslie as Patrick Boccaro,
• Gary Sweet as Roger Embry

• With:
• Leeanne Walsman as Peta Vickers,
• Genevieve Hegney as Deborah Larsson,
• Marshall Napier as Magistrate Schaeffer,
• Kate Fraser as Police Prosecutor,
• Benita Collings as Robyn King,
• Chelsea & Claire Lucas as Emma King Larsson,
• Harry & Jack Kinghorn as Liam King Larsson,
• Shannon Still as Journalist,
• Paul Cotter as Journalist,
• Parham Esmailpour as Heavy #1,
• Pita Kava as Heavy #2,
• Chris Naismith as Bikie,
• Daniel Misfud as Bikie,
• Joshua Farah as Bikie,
• Olga Miller as Stunt Performer,
• Georgie Blackwell as Stunt Performer,
• Paul Doyle as Stunt Performer,
• Jessie Guinarra as Jandamarra Doherty,
• Steven Riley as Brad