"Silent Witness" Fallen Idol: Part 1 (TV Episode 1998) Poster

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(1998)

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7/10
Sam has almost taken a back seat.
Sleepin_Dragon11 December 2019
What happened to Gemma? Who caused her death?

There appears to be a change up, Sam has been so involved in the Detective work in the last few that The Police were almost not needed, she's pretty much stuck to her day job here.

It's not the most gripping episode, but it is good, and benefits from two main things, firstly the performance of the brilliant Lesley Manville, secondly the dramatic and shocking ending. Who is he?

It's slow to start, but opens up. 7/10
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9/10
Childhood Terror
Hitchcoc11 February 2019
Two young women are at the center of this one. One is the murder victim, Gemma, who was found at the foot of the stairs in a house put on the market by her real estate broker parents. She was also pregnant. The other is a teenaged girl, a violinist, who is despised by her mother for some reason. We begin to find out that the father is a predator. The sickness of these relationships are what moves the authorities to investigate deeply. There is also a young man who is a incredibly emotional. So far, Sam hasn't gotten deeply involved other than in a professional way. A good episode with lots of unanswered questions.
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1/10
What happened to this great show?
ladyseakayaker-0576515 March 2021
After 2 seasons of excellence, all of a sudden there's overacting, terrible scriptwriting, and amateurish horrible direction? I'm not sure I even want to give it a reprieve to go on to the next title. I know it's an old series, but it's so bad, it made me shout back at the tv in disgust. I've never seen such aJeckyll+Hyde change of direction in an established show before. And I did at least finish the story in PT2. It does not redeem itself.
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