Episode
Janet King: Playing Advantage
Overview
After the death of a young cricketer caught up in a betting scandal, Janet takes a job for the National Crime Commission investigating the dark world of organised crime and its links to match fixing and performance enhancing drugs.
Details
- Series
- Janet King
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2017-05-25
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Playing Advantage is Episode 1 in Season 3 of Janet King. It aired on 2017-05-25. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 3: Levelling the Playing Field
When Janet's father becomes the NCC's main suspect, she's torn between compromising the entire investigation & the need to pursue the truth. But as evidence against him grows, is a daughter's heart overruling a lawyer's head?
Episode 4: Running Out the Clock
If they find the drug responsible for Tyler's death, Nate will get off his manslaughter charge, but Maxine wants him to keep his mouth shut about the betting syndicate. The trial is fast approaching.
Episode 5: Game Changer
Janet helps homeless teen Pearl which leads her to the drug that contributed to Pearl's brother's death, uncovering a doping & betting scandal with sports agent Maxine Reynolds as key suspect.
Episode 6: Hard Ball
As the NCC closes in on the man who forced Clay to kill himself, Janet discovers who is behind the betting syndicate, placing both herself and her father in danger.
Episode 7: White Line Fever
Janet discovers Darren Faulkes is the mastermind of the betting syndicate, but with no evidence, the NCC is forced to launch an undercover mission using a most unlikely operative.
Episode 8: Little Victories
Janet is in a race against time to bring mastermind Darren Faulkes to justice. But the unexpected intervention of an old foe is about to derail Janet's entire investigation.