‘Prime Suspect’ Preview: Plot, Cast, and Trailer

Maria Bello in Prime Suspect
Maria Bello in ‘Prime Suspect’ (Photo © NBCUniversal, Inc.)

Maria Bello stars as Detective Jane Timoney in NBC’s new primetime drama Prime Suspect. The series is based on the BBC show and is set to premiere on September 22, 2011.

Season one also features Aidan Quinn as Lt. Kevin Sweeney, Brian F. O’Byrne as Det. Reg Duffy, and Tim Griffin as Det. Augie Blando. Kirk Acevedo plays Det. Luisito Calderon, Damon Gupton is Det. Evrard Velerio, and Peter Gerety plays Desmond Timoney.

The Plot:From Emmy Award-nominated producers Peter Berg (NBC’s Friday Night Lights) and Alexandra Cunningham (Desperate Housewives) comes the crime drama Prime Suspect that takes a look inside a New York City homicide department. The series stars Maria Bello as tough-as-nails NYPD homicide Detective Jane Timoney, an outsider who has just transferred to a new squad where her new colleagues already dislike her.

Jane is confident and focused – and also rude, abrupt, and occasionally reckless. She has her vices, and rumors of a questionable past follow her everywhere – but at the end of the day, she’s an instinctively brilliant cop who can’t be distracted from the only important thing: the prime suspect.