Prime Suspect Tennison
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‘Tennison’ Turns Helen Mirren’s ‘Prime Suspect’ Into Mush
When Prime Suspect premiered in the 1990s, star Helen Mirren and show creator Linda La Plante were rightly hailed for creating one of the most vivid and complex cops in TV history. Mirren’s work as Jane Tennison — an intelligent, overworked, embittered drone — was a revelation, not least of all because this potentially depressing character was so endlessly interesting: prickly yet likable, victimized by sexism yet never a victim. The new PBS prequel Prime Suspect: Tennison, which takes us back
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‘Prime Suspect: Tennison’: 5 Things to Know About the PBS Prequel
PBS's 'Prime Suspect: Tennison' is a prequel to the classic Helen Mirren drama.
