THE TWELVE: CAPE ROCK KILLER

The third season of this legal anthology sees returning barrister Brett Colby (Sam Neill) defend the husband of a close friend, Alan Chaplan (William Zappa) who is accused of murdering a woman writing a book about an unsolved crime from 1968. His trial leads to the re-examination of the cold case, where the suspect who murdered two teenage girls on a Cape Rock beach has never been found. The series also delves into the impact the case has on the personal lives of its twelve jurors and how their emotional baggage and interactions impact their decision making. Filmed in Western Australia, the facade, staircase, and foyer of the real Parliament House stand in for the Supreme Court. Neill is decent in his role, thought the material isn’t much of a stretch for him. A well-crafted Aussie thriller, with a surprise twist at the end. Shout out to my friend Claire Leach who played juror Regina Lewis.