Holly Shanahan, Damien Avery & Andrew Laing on "Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud" (2011)

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Holly Shanahan, Damien Avery & Andrew Laing on "Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud" (2011)

Episode 4 of the New Zealand "Underbelly" miniseries "Land of the Long Green Cloud," found Holly Shanahan's (Camille, Jungle Fury) character, Detective Carole Derwent in even more trouble due to her investigation into the growing drug smuggling crimes of Marty Johnstone. While Carole's task force continues to fight for funding to track Marty's dealing which have him traveling to other parts of the world, Carole's family comes under fire, literally, when one of Marty's employees fires a shot gun into her house. Carole's partner, Max has enough and takes the kids to stay with his parents, forcing Carole to face the possibility that their move will be permanent, thanks to her job. Carole's police partner, Ben, who carries a secret crush on Carole, goes ballistic after the shooting and tracks down the suspected gunman, played by Ninja Storm voice actor Joel Tobeck. Ben beats him, as Carole and their boss, Detective Sergeant Mackenzie watch the attempted interrogation. Andrew Laing (Master Lope, Jungle Fury; voice of Venjix, RPM) reprises his role as Mackenzie, who grows more fed up with his team of detectives, especially when he discovers someone has leaked information to the newspapers about the task force funding. Carole & Ben's comrade, Detective Colin "Goose" Gosling, played by Damien Avery (Corporal Hicks, RPM) helps in the surveillance and interrogation of Marty's crew. He attempts to calm Ben in his rage so that they can question their suspect appropriately. When Goose brings up Ben's feelings for Carole being the catalyst for his violence, Ben gets even more upset. In the end, Carole's job becomes too much for Max, who tells her that he's moving with the kids. Carole tries to take her mind off the separation, but soon finds herself crying at work in the arms of Ben. A full zip of Holly Shanahan's screencaps is available to download below.

Holly Shanahan