Plainclothes is a New Zealand police drama television series. It ran from March until September 1995. It performed well in the ratings, averaging over 430,000 viewers. It was axed after one season.
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Synopsis
Detective Sergeant Georgina "George" Samuels leads a team of plainclothes police officers while having to deal with a sexist boss
Cast
Rhondda Findleton as DS Georgina Samuels
Sean Duffy as Det LP Pitt
Pete Smith as Det Oscar Kingi
Erik Thomson as PC James Rose
Gillian Baxter as PC Linda O'Connor
Alan Dale as Sen Sgt Mitch Mitchell
Shane Wong as DC Paddy Lim
Carmel McGlone as Helena Mitchell
Brenda Kendall as Lilly Thomas
Dale Corlett as Noel Little
Amber Sainsbury as Tessa Samuels
Reception
Commenting on the first episode Phil Wakefield of the Evening Post gave it a mixed review saying "While tonight's premiere is as routine as police work itself, it shows promise in the performances, characterisations and dialogue." Also in the Evening Post Russell Mark gave it a mixed review commenting "But while the cast has been saddled with a substandard script, there is still plenty to recommend Plainclothes. The acting is top shelf and they've packed so many characters into the squadroom that there's plenty of potential for future programmes." He wrote of a later episode that the show "continues to go from weakness to weakness."