Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Winter TV Finales - The Twelve (Australian TV series)

The Twelve concluded tonight with a dramatic AF finale. 

Following the case of Kate, who is on trial for the alleged murder of her niece and how the twelve jurors bring their personal lives and prejudices to the courtroom. Kate Mulvany stars as lead Kate Lawson. Is she guilty or innocent? No spoilers here folks!

As the season has rolled on, it's topped the Tuesday ratings on Foxtel being the most watched show with just under 100,000 live viewers. That doesn't count all the folks like me waiting for the series to have it's latest episodes land on Binge at 5pm on Tuesdays.

Sam Neill also stars as Brett Colby, Kates lawyer. While Marta Dusseldorp plays Lucy Bloom. The twelve include, Brendan Cowell as Garry Thorne, Brooke Satchwell as Georgina Merrick, Hazem Shammas as Farrad Jessim, Pallavi Sharda as Corrie D'Souza. Ngali Shaw as Jarrad Saunders, Catherine Van-Davies as Vanessa Young, Bishanyia Vincent as Lily Powell, Damien Strouthos as Alexi Menelaus, Nic Cassim as Simon Cavanaugh, Daniel Mitchell as Peter Brodsky, Gennie Nevinson as Margaret Brown, Toby Blome as Greg, Warren Lee as Trevor Morros & Susan Kennedy as Melissa Curry.

Whiles the cast also includes the Lawson and Spears family along with some of The Twelves other family/connections. They are Jenni Baird as Diane Lawson, Matt Nable as Nathan Spears, Silvia Colloca as Sonia Spears, Coco Jack Gillies as Claire Spears, Ben Mingay as Flip Menelaus, Hamish Michael as Jamie Merrick, Louisa Mignone as Dectective Sam Chedid, Charlotte Lucas as Belinda Bain and finally Avishek Sharma as the judge's associate.


The Twelve could easily return for a second season, with a fresh set of twelve jury along with a new case. The Kate Lawson story is well and truly done and dusted. However it took to the final seconds of the first ten episode run, for that moment.

Filmed in parts of Parramatta and Sydney, it was an interesting look into what goes into a case, along with the jury as well.

Foxtel need to tell Australian stories, this like Wentworth was high quality local drama. We have had some good local dramas of late. This is up there with the better ones. I do hope The Twelve will return to Foxtel with a new tale in the future.

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