Denise Kwon (Linda Park) - Jill's immediate superior at the DA's office, she clashes with her over her "bleeding heart" style. She is also antagonistic towards Jill due to her past romantic history with Hanson North. When the show returned after the writers' strike, the first episode credits no longer showed her name. But by the second episode, she was back in the credits as a series regular. Recurring cast Luke Bowen (Coby Ryan McLaughlin) – Jill's ex-boyfriend. He is an ER doctor at the fictional Mission Cross North. Jill and Luke have recently broken up after he finds that she had slept with Hanson. Hanson North (Kyle Secor) – Defense attorney who has a romantic history with Jill and is currently seeing her boss, Denise Kwon. Ed Washburn (Jonathan Adams) – Claire's husband. Currently uses a wheelchair full-time after being shot while serving as a police officer. Heather Hogan née Donnelly (Ever Carradine) – Tom's new wife. She is a kindergarten teacher who is eco-friendly, planning a green wedding. Pete Raynor (Joel Gretsch) – Lindsay's love interest in season 1, who is in town for only two weeks. Episodes The complete series was released on manufactured-on-demand DVD on 29 September 2014. Reception After reviewing the pilot and skipping the second advance episode, Tim Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle TV critic, published a highly critical review assigning the paper's lowest possible rating. New York Times TV critic Alessandra Stanley described many nuanced aspects of the show and concluded with, "Women's Murder Club is all right, but not good enough." Robert Bianco, USA Today critic, wrote a positive review titled "'Murder Club': A simple pleasure worth living for" and ending with, "Still, the actors are enjoyable, and their series in large part does what it sets out to do. It isn't nearly as good as Friday Night Lights, of course - few shows are. But unlike so many fall clunkers, it's competent. This season, that's a rather select club." Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times critic, wrote a positive review titled "'Murder Club' is worth joining". U.S. Nielsen ratings Season 1: #57, 8.964m Weekly ratings International broadcasting The series airs on and E! in Canada, Network Ten in Australia and TV3 in New Zealand. Reruns of the show currently air on Mystery TV in Canada. In Portugal, the series also airs on Fox Life (first-run) and TVI, but the latter airs the series