History Series / Crownies

''Crownies'' is an Australian television {{dramedy}} series that first screened on [[Creator/TheABC ABC1]] in 2011. The series involves a group of solicitors fresh from law school, working with Crown Prosecutors, or 'Crownies', who are the public prosecutors in the legal system of Australia, working for the Office of the Department of Public Prosecution. The series is filmed in Sydney, New South Wales, but the story is set in a (fictional) unnamed state (although several Sydney suburbs are mentioned by name).

* ParkingPayback: In the first episode, Ben's grandfather parks in an able bodied surfer who parked in a disabled spot. This one does not end well, as Ben's grandfather ultimately recieves a beating that results in his death.

* AnarchronisticClue: A teacher accused of having sex with a student claims that a note the student had in her possession was written to his wife years earlier. Unfortunately for him, the note happens to mention a brand of alcopop that didn't exist at the time.

* FailedAttemptAtDrama: Richard angrily confronts the tennant he has been trying to evict. The {{Crowning Moment of Awesome}} is a little diluted by his riding off on a bicycle a moment later.

A {{spinoff}} miniseries, ''Janet King'', began in February 2014, with about 80% of the major characters returning. It opens with Janet returning to the DPP following her maternity leave and being assigned to the prosecution of a high-ranking police officer charged with assisted suicide.

* AmoralAttorney: Owen Mitchell openly admits to fudging evidence to put away criminals or lying about deals to convince witnesses to go to trial. [[spoiler: Not to mention the fact he's the one leaking rumors about Janet and Erin to the press, potentially costing Janet ''her job''.]]

* BigBad: In the first season of ''Janet King'' [[spoiler: police constable Jack Rizzoli]], who was revealed to have orchestrated the overarching plot. For ''Janet King'''s second season, [[spoiler: Patrick Baccaro]]. For its third season, [[spoiler: Darren Faulkes]].

** In ''Janet King'' Lina starts to lose it over a paedophile case, to the point where she attacks a man picking his daughter up from school in a fit of paranoia.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Ben isn't present for the first two seasons of ''Janet King'', but will make a comeback in season 3. Erin disappears after ''Janet King'''s first season.

* InsufferableGenius: Owen is great at closing cases, but is completely dismissive of his coworkers and utterly convinced of his own genius.

* ItNeverGetsAnyEasier: Both Erin and Lina have gone through this. Erin's lead to alcoholism and an eventual sabbatical. In ''Janet King'', Lina's increased aggression in the workplace leads to her taking mandatory therapy sessions.

* ApologisesALot: Richard is constantly apologising "profusely" to Judge Walker, usually because he's brought in uncooperative witnesses. She lampshades it in one episode, while she's forcing him to copy by hand a list of prior convictions that he'd given her without a chance to properly format them, while dealing with a sprained wrist. He then informs her that his wrist was sprained in a bike accident on the way to her lecture two nights ago. She reveals that the ambulance that picked him up also dented her Prius. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny He apologises. Profusely.]]

* ThrowingDownTheGauntlet: Richard does this to Tatum by [[CrowningMomentOfFunny pulling off a pair of imaginary gloves]].

''Crownies'' is an Australian television {{dramedy}} series that first screened on [[TheABC ABC1]] in 2011. The series involves a group of solicitors fresh from law school, working with Crown Prosecutors, or 'Crownies', who are the public prosecutors in the legal system of Australia, working for the Office of the Department of Public Prosecution. The series is filmed in Sydney, New South Wales, but the story is set in a (fictional) unnamed state (although several Sydney suburbs are mentioned by name).

* BigBad: In the first season of ''Janet King'' [[spoiler: police constable Jack Rizzoli]], who was revealed to have orchestrated the overarching plot. For ''Janet King'''s second season, [[spoiler: Patrick Baccaro]].

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Ben isn't present for the first two seasons of ''Janet King'', but will make a comeback in season 3.

* AmoralAttorney: Owen Mitchell openly admits to fudging evidence to put away criminals or lying about deals to convince witnesses to go to trial. [[spoiler: Not to mention the fact he's the one leaking rumors about Janet and Erin to the press.]]

* AmoralAttorney: Own Mitchell openly admits to fudging evidence to put away criminals or lying about deals to convince witnesses to go to trial. [[spoiler: Not to mention the fact he's the one leaking rumors about Janet and Erin to the press.]]