Standing over this wife who has a dangerous brain arterial condition and needs immediate surgery, Clunes' character, who has just unceremoniously locked the primary surgeon in a closet because he seemed incompetent, says to Catz (who just left him with the baby to go to Spain) "I have done this operation 7 times before ...... but I have never been married before." After the operation, there is a scene with Clunes in the washroom where the realization of what almost happened dawns, and there are tears in his eyes. I am not British, I don't understand the award process, but I have been reviewing films and TV for a very long time. Bottom line, they have given Oscars for performances that were less than what Clunes delivered in that one scene. This episode, which I guess could be the last in the series (with British TV you never really know) has themes of redemption that are simply astonishing, all the moreso because the opening episode in this season was a magnificent comedy and this episode is at the other end of the spectrum. Superb.
Review of Departure
