Regan (John Thaw) meets Regan (Ray Winstone) in this rather tedious story. Mainly because it is set in a court martial and most of it consists of the trial. It is all very dry.
Kinross and Jones are Royal Navy sailors who are both accused of setting the barrack room on fire.
It might have helped if the viewer had seen how the incident happened.
However the way the story is structured, seeing the incident would have robbed it of its various nuances. Bullying, romance, jealousy.
The episode is a misfire. Even the side stories were not that interesting including a surprise party thrown to celebrate the Kavanagh's wedding anniversary.
Kavanagh himself was so miffed that his client lied to him that he does not bother much with mitigation. Maybe Kavanagh should had found the reasons he lied before sentencing happened. So Kavanagh could had gone hell for leather to try to get him off lightly.
There is a confrontation at the end between Kavanagh and an officer with a big chip on his shoulder (Winston) which is powerful and yet also unsatisfactory.
Kinross and Jones are Royal Navy sailors who are both accused of setting the barrack room on fire.
It might have helped if the viewer had seen how the incident happened.
However the way the story is structured, seeing the incident would have robbed it of its various nuances. Bullying, romance, jealousy.
The episode is a misfire. Even the side stories were not that interesting including a surprise party thrown to celebrate the Kavanagh's wedding anniversary.
Kavanagh himself was so miffed that his client lied to him that he does not bother much with mitigation. Maybe Kavanagh should had found the reasons he lied before sentencing happened. So Kavanagh could had gone hell for leather to try to get him off lightly.
There is a confrontation at the end between Kavanagh and an officer with a big chip on his shoulder (Winston) which is powerful and yet also unsatisfactory.