Happily, if not surprisingly, she nails it, starring as the frequently brusque Helen Tudor-Fisk. A lawyer whoâs relocated to Melbourne following a marriage break-up â her husband left her for an older woman â she fibs her way into a job with an unprepossessing firm of suburban solicitors.
Gruber & Gruber specialises in probate and will cases. Sexy, no? No. This is not a show that has any interest in the potentially glamorous side of the law: no headline-grabbing criminal cases or courtroom grand-standing here.
And, in keeping with the milieu, its quietly grumpy protagonist mostly gets around in shapeless dust-brown pantsuits and clumpy shoes. She canât do small talk, is uncomfortable about hugging and dislikes the word âmoistâ.