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Article: `Prime Suspect': Grim Reaper; Miniseries Slices Into the Underbelly of London
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- The Washington Post
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- April 28, 1994
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Even if all the other actors in it were terrible, it would be
worth watching "Prime Suspect 3" just to see Helen Mirren return in
the role of Chief Inspector Jane Tennison. She's played it twice
before, yet she still seems fresh in it; she's still exploring,
still discovering.
It's hard to remember a better fit between actor and role.
Mirren makes Tennison a thoroughly fascinating figure.
Anyone who thought the first two "Prime Suspects" a bit dark
and forbidding should be warned that the third miniseries, a
four-parter premiering under the PBS "Mystery!" umbrella at 9
tonight on Channel 26, is the grimmest yet. Tennison has been
transferred to the vice squad and promptly sets to ...