I'm writing this having NOT yet seen this episode, so I'm unaware of what I see listed is a "surprise ending".
I've seen a couple of previous series of this, decent shows, well written to have a disparate set of characters and suspects, gradually drawn together as the police narrow the list of suspects, and unravel what happened.
This series had to cope with the shock of Nicola Walker (excellent) being written out, as well as a complex case with a number of possible suspects, all pretty much lying through their teeth at every chance!
Nicola Walker's replacement had very big shoes to fill, and was lumbered by the writers giving her some personal issues to carry, as well as trying to fit behind the chief's desk. A further series will doubtless see her in a slightly easier to like way?
Two reviews on here are just CRASS -- I'll mention the misleading nonsense penned by Jennifer ("nearly all the main characters truly horrible" - well dear, welcome to police work?!) and "a character who'd committed the sin of being a Tory minister" - er, several years of sleaze and incompetence passed you by?! Oh, and the SUPER pretentious piece by David ("Tirer le rideau" - oooh, get YOU, En Francais?!), which showed that he hadn't watched properly, as the Khan character HAD been offered the chief's job, turned it down. The review by SunnyDaise (?!) is much more accurate, read that one if you're new to the series, which will doubtless come back for #6.
I've seen a couple of previous series of this, decent shows, well written to have a disparate set of characters and suspects, gradually drawn together as the police narrow the list of suspects, and unravel what happened.
This series had to cope with the shock of Nicola Walker (excellent) being written out, as well as a complex case with a number of possible suspects, all pretty much lying through their teeth at every chance!
Nicola Walker's replacement had very big shoes to fill, and was lumbered by the writers giving her some personal issues to carry, as well as trying to fit behind the chief's desk. A further series will doubtless see her in a slightly easier to like way?
Two reviews on here are just CRASS -- I'll mention the misleading nonsense penned by Jennifer ("nearly all the main characters truly horrible" - well dear, welcome to police work?!) and "a character who'd committed the sin of being a Tory minister" - er, several years of sleaze and incompetence passed you by?! Oh, and the SUPER pretentious piece by David ("Tirer le rideau" - oooh, get YOU, En Francais?!), which showed that he hadn't watched properly, as the Khan character HAD been offered the chief's job, turned it down. The review by SunnyDaise (?!) is much more accurate, read that one if you're new to the series, which will doubtless come back for #6.