After a great but complicated episode last time this series is getting near its thrilling conclusion and this weeks instalment brings a personal side to Harry's story.
Harry Clayton's(James Nesbitt)brother Rich(Stephen Hagan)wakes up to find his girlfriend Barbara(Lisa Dillon)shot dead by one of the guns he has collected and himself covered in blood.
Harry is ordered off the case as its to personal but begins his own investigation with Eve's(Sienna Guillory)help believing Rich was framed by a dodgy minder named Collins(John Hopkins)who may involved with the mysterious bad guy Golding who both Harry's wife Anna(Eve Best)and Nikhail(Sendhil Ramamurthy)the prison governor she is seeing are too trying to unmask.
How can Harry help Rich from serving a long prison sentence as well as keeping Eve safe after she gets too close trying to stop Collins(which Harry also does afterwards)and trying to find out just who Golding is whilst having crooked people trying to frame him for another crime,has his luck with the bracelet run out as he needs it more than ever.
A return to form after last weeks very good but complicated and slightly camp episode this weeks episode was a cracker with a Bourne type feel to it with Rich trying to prove his innocence and the edge of your seat last 15 minutes where we get the bracelet coming to Harry's rescue again and a great punch up plus it ends spectacularly.
Once more this series has like every episode in it so far been made that little bit better by the storming cast of excellent actors as it can be far fetched and if the cast isn't the strongest it could be average fluff.Leading it brilliantly as ever is Jimmy Nesbitt who might have his finest character yet in Harry who is so much more interesting and complicated than your normal TV cop and i'd put him in the Luther or Jim Gordon type league as someone always on edge and going close to breaking the laws he is meant to be stopping to make sure the bad guys lose,he is a supreme talent who is as good serious as he is very funny.
He is backed up by top actors like Amara Karen as his sceptical partner Suri who because of Rich's arrest really does doubt Harry's innocence in other cases and we start to see a side to her that is trying to do her job properly and not bending the rules to help Harry(its better when they are a partnership though)as she interrogates Rich to try and admit he killed his girlfriend.Best as Anna and Steven Mackintosh as Harry's boss Winter are superb as always as they as well as others start coming together in the plot threads though Hagen as Rich is a bit wooden as he isn't that convincing in the serious side of the story after he was mostly a comedy sidekick to Nesbitt in the series thus far plus Guillory as ever isn't the greatest actress around.
This episode roared along with thrills and spills all over the place and crosses and double crosses everywhere.The start with Rich covered in blood was like a scene from Se7en and as I said the episode as a whole felt like a TV version of the Bourne movies with full blooded fights and chases going on especially the last part of the episode where the bracelet comes in handy and both Harry and Eve get into great fights with Collins(that guy needs a good slap)and it ends grippingly as Harry is framed himself for murder in another cover up job,is it by that Keyser Soze type bad guy Golding which sets up next week nicely.
Possibly the most twisty turny and action packed episode of the whole series with things for Harry getting very personal and the illusive Golding pulling everybody's strings with Bourne style fights,more impressive acting by all(especially Mr Nesbitt)and a thrilling finale,its all getting interesting now alright.
Harry Clayton's(James Nesbitt)brother Rich(Stephen Hagan)wakes up to find his girlfriend Barbara(Lisa Dillon)shot dead by one of the guns he has collected and himself covered in blood.
Harry is ordered off the case as its to personal but begins his own investigation with Eve's(Sienna Guillory)help believing Rich was framed by a dodgy minder named Collins(John Hopkins)who may involved with the mysterious bad guy Golding who both Harry's wife Anna(Eve Best)and Nikhail(Sendhil Ramamurthy)the prison governor she is seeing are too trying to unmask.
How can Harry help Rich from serving a long prison sentence as well as keeping Eve safe after she gets too close trying to stop Collins(which Harry also does afterwards)and trying to find out just who Golding is whilst having crooked people trying to frame him for another crime,has his luck with the bracelet run out as he needs it more than ever.
A return to form after last weeks very good but complicated and slightly camp episode this weeks episode was a cracker with a Bourne type feel to it with Rich trying to prove his innocence and the edge of your seat last 15 minutes where we get the bracelet coming to Harry's rescue again and a great punch up plus it ends spectacularly.
Once more this series has like every episode in it so far been made that little bit better by the storming cast of excellent actors as it can be far fetched and if the cast isn't the strongest it could be average fluff.Leading it brilliantly as ever is Jimmy Nesbitt who might have his finest character yet in Harry who is so much more interesting and complicated than your normal TV cop and i'd put him in the Luther or Jim Gordon type league as someone always on edge and going close to breaking the laws he is meant to be stopping to make sure the bad guys lose,he is a supreme talent who is as good serious as he is very funny.
He is backed up by top actors like Amara Karen as his sceptical partner Suri who because of Rich's arrest really does doubt Harry's innocence in other cases and we start to see a side to her that is trying to do her job properly and not bending the rules to help Harry(its better when they are a partnership though)as she interrogates Rich to try and admit he killed his girlfriend.Best as Anna and Steven Mackintosh as Harry's boss Winter are superb as always as they as well as others start coming together in the plot threads though Hagen as Rich is a bit wooden as he isn't that convincing in the serious side of the story after he was mostly a comedy sidekick to Nesbitt in the series thus far plus Guillory as ever isn't the greatest actress around.
This episode roared along with thrills and spills all over the place and crosses and double crosses everywhere.The start with Rich covered in blood was like a scene from Se7en and as I said the episode as a whole felt like a TV version of the Bourne movies with full blooded fights and chases going on especially the last part of the episode where the bracelet comes in handy and both Harry and Eve get into great fights with Collins(that guy needs a good slap)and it ends grippingly as Harry is framed himself for murder in another cover up job,is it by that Keyser Soze type bad guy Golding which sets up next week nicely.
Possibly the most twisty turny and action packed episode of the whole series with things for Harry getting very personal and the illusive Golding pulling everybody's strings with Bourne style fights,more impressive acting by all(especially Mr Nesbitt)and a thrilling finale,its all getting interesting now alright.