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Officer Jane Porter

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Sarah Wayne CalliesSarah Wayne Callies
Sarah Wayne Callies was raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is the daughter of two university professors. ...

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When Tarzan escapes into the concrete jungle of New York City where he encounters the strong-willed NYPD detective Jane Porter. Jane's perfectly ordered life is turned upside-down by her attraction to Tarzan and his dangerous yet profoundly untainted morality.

Romantically involved with another member of the force, Detective Michael Foster, Jane is left to choose between reason and instinct, civilization and pure humanity, her head and her heart. While the rivalry between Tarzan and Michael quickly becomes explosive, the sudden shift in Jane's world also affects her partner Sam Sullivan. Though he appears brash and irreverent, Sam is a dedicated cop, and he is stunned by Jane's reckless behavior and her obsession with this mysterious fugitive.

Now that Tarzan is a part of her life, Jane sees everything differently, especially her work with the police force. Crimes of violence, greed and revenge suddenly take on a deeper and more disturbing meaning, and she is more troubled than ever before by what she sees. Looking at society from Tarzan's perspective, Jane begins to wonder what it really means to be "civilized."

Drawn together from different worlds, Tarzan and Jane share passions that are only heightened by the gulf between them. Tarzan's feelings for Jane now keep him in New York, but his view of the world is unchanged. Confronted with a city that exists in shades of gray, Tarzan still sees everything in black and white. When he comes across an innocent person in trouble, he reacts swiftly and sometimes brutally, guided by the sense of justice that is the core of his being.



Episode Screenshots

01x08 - The End of the Beginning
Season 1, Episode 08
01x00 - Pilot (unaired)
Season 1, Episode 00
01x05 - Emotional Rescue
Season 1, Episode 05
01x01 - Pilot
Season 1, Episode 01
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Officer Jane Porter Quotes

01x06 - Surrender Season 1 / Episode 6: - Surrender

Kathleen Clayton: Hello, Jane.
Officer Jane Porter: Have you seen John?
Kathleen Clayton: Yeah, I have.
Officer Jane Porter: All right, where is he?
Kathleen Clayton: At the airstrip in Lindenhurst. I'm sending him back.
Officer Jane Porter: Back where?
Kathleen Clayton: Took a bit of doing, but one of my jets is taking him as far as Brazzaville. It's in the Republic of Congo. He'll make the rest of the way on his own.
Officer Jane Porter: What?
Kathleen Clayton: He's going home.
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