The Sweeney was a great series in my opinion.
I thought this was one of the best episodes ever.
Vic Labbett, brilliantly played by James Booth, is a violent and unpleasant crook who has returned to England to pick up some cash from a previous robbery. However, he intends to exchange the hot money for some diamonds by using a go between. He is calculating, manipulative and ruthless in the way he uses people including John Rhys-Davies who helped him get away before, Veronica Lang as his wife and Helen Gill as his mistress. Labbett shoots the go between, played by John D Collins, because he believes that he has betrayed him to Regan and co but in fact Regan and co already knew he had returned by the fact that Labbett had been spotted by one of Regan's snouts.
Labbett is eventually caught when Regan tells his wife about his mistress which she didn't have any idea about and his wife tells Regan where Labbett is likely to be picked up from by plane.
I thought this was a great episode. Booth produces a great performance as the unpleasant crook. The other characters are also excellent, especially Lang as the faithful wife cruelly cheated on by Labbett. It is good that Labbett gets his just desserts at the end. Even then he still tries to pretend to Rhys-Davies that the police are making up the story about the diamonds because Labbett had intended to get away without returning or giving Rhys-Davies any of his share. There is even a pretty good car chase at the end with a Triumph and Jaguar getting wrecked !.
I thought this was one of the best episodes ever.
Vic Labbett, brilliantly played by James Booth, is a violent and unpleasant crook who has returned to England to pick up some cash from a previous robbery. However, he intends to exchange the hot money for some diamonds by using a go between. He is calculating, manipulative and ruthless in the way he uses people including John Rhys-Davies who helped him get away before, Veronica Lang as his wife and Helen Gill as his mistress. Labbett shoots the go between, played by John D Collins, because he believes that he has betrayed him to Regan and co but in fact Regan and co already knew he had returned by the fact that Labbett had been spotted by one of Regan's snouts.
Labbett is eventually caught when Regan tells his wife about his mistress which she didn't have any idea about and his wife tells Regan where Labbett is likely to be picked up from by plane.
I thought this was a great episode. Booth produces a great performance as the unpleasant crook. The other characters are also excellent, especially Lang as the faithful wife cruelly cheated on by Labbett. It is good that Labbett gets his just desserts at the end. Even then he still tries to pretend to Rhys-Davies that the police are making up the story about the diamonds because Labbett had intended to get away without returning or giving Rhys-Davies any of his share. There is even a pretty good car chase at the end with a Triumph and Jaguar getting wrecked !.
