King - Episode 2.01 - Alina Mikute - Synopsis

EPISODE 201
TITLE: “ALINA MIKUTE”
Written by: Adriana Maggs
Directed by: Jerry Ciccoritti
Air Date: Febuary 29

LOGLINE
Jessica King risks her career and her unit when she connects the son of former Police Chief Fielding to human trafficking and the murder of a stripper.

SYNOPSIS
A domestic fight at an upscale residential house. A husband, wife and the husband's mistress brawl by the pool. The next day, the mistress is found dead and Graci throws a hot case in King’s lap… the husband, Henry Fielding Jr., is the son of the former Police Chief. The same Chief Jess King called “a corrupt ass-grabber” in a video that went viral online. King was banished to the phone room and Fielding Sr. was forced into retirement. But he still has many allies amongst the rank and file – maybe even Derek Spears. King and her team learn that the young woman was a stripper, pregnant, and struggling to get free of her biker employers - dreaming of a new life.

Starting over with Danny and defending the hiring of the new MCTF detective, Pen Martin, Jessica King finds herself in a standoff with her most powerful enemy as she tries to dispense justice in death for a woman who never received it in life.



KING is a character-driven drama centered on JESSICA KING - a charismatic but unconventional female cop. KING is the lead investigator of Toronto’s Major Crimes Task Force, the unit that handles the most volatile and challenging cases the city can spit up: murder, rape, robbery, gang violence, serial and predatory crime. Her eccentric, obsessive approach to police work, packaged in pencil skirts with tightly tailored white shirts, makes her stand out, and not always in a good way. But King doesn’t need to be liked; she needs to solve cases.

Jess meets the challenges of each case while juggling her pregnancy, her husband’s gambling and the changing dynamics of the team. KING and husband DANNY SLESS have decided to start afresh: they’ve sold the house, paid off Danny’s gambling debts, and are starting to get excited about the baby.

Firmly in control of the M.C.T.F., Jess rebuilds the team according to her style and her needs. Her fresh ‘legs’ include PEN MARTIN a hot shot from the Spin Unit and INGRID EVANS, one of Organized Crime’s most experienced players. These new team members will inevitably shake things up and DEREK SPEARS will have to adjust if he wants to stay relevant.
Ticking clocks, fear of someone killing again, a victim dying before King finds them...every case is critical and Jess needs to solve it and solve it fast. But Jess is also going to be a mother, and she wants at all costs to save her third marriage. Can Jess King have it all?

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