Once again, problems within the department cause all kinds of problems. Morton is under investigation from an overzealous guy. Banks' daughter is kidnapped but the rules prohibit him from acting appropriately. Also, he is an emotional mess and not thinking straight. He probably would have been fired under many circumstances. Annie appears to have betrayed him--mostly because of her own ambition. Nevertheless, this is quite an engaging episode with some tension and some good acting. I'm hoping that next season, the daughter goes back to college, or at least away from the series.
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Bad boys, bad boys...
safenoe18 November 2016
Warning: Spoilers
This review relates to parts 1 and 2 of Bad Boy.
Bad boys, bad boys, what you're gonna do when they come for you...this episode of DCI Banks is the final episode of season 3. DCI Banks is one of my favorites and I wish a series had more episodes!!!
Anyway, here DCI Banks' daughter (Tracy) plays a central role in Bad Boys, falling for bad boy Jaffer "Jaff" Kitson, who goads another bad boy Mitchell Channing (who it turns out is the son of the elder bad boy Al Jenkins) into shooting Richard Martin in a road rage incident run amok. Richard was a DJ and I'm not sure if he was a bad boy, but imagine if Channing had targeted a VIP, TV celebrity, or someone like that who innocently drove by.
In the subplot, there's another bad boy. Supt Mike Trethowan tampered with evidence during a gun raid at the Doyle residence, to protect Alice Craig, who was inexperienced and also happened to be Mike's girlfriend. DS Annie Cabbot (who is now Banks' girlfriend) rights the wrongs through her internal investigation to clear DI Marton.
One consistent motif is the bad guy having a grand house in Yorkshire. Here bad boy Al Jenkins has an impressive mansion with impressive views.
DCI Banks is a bit of a bad boy as he tries to get his daughter back from the clutches of bad boy Jaff. He does so with the help of Mark Warburton (Syrus Low) in the heart-stopping final scene in Leeds.
Bad boys, bad boys, what you're gonna do when they come for you...this episode of DCI Banks is the final episode of season 3. DCI Banks is one of my favorites and I wish a series had more episodes!!!
Anyway, here DCI Banks' daughter (Tracy) plays a central role in Bad Boys, falling for bad boy Jaffer "Jaff" Kitson, who goads another bad boy Mitchell Channing (who it turns out is the son of the elder bad boy Al Jenkins) into shooting Richard Martin in a road rage incident run amok. Richard was a DJ and I'm not sure if he was a bad boy, but imagine if Channing had targeted a VIP, TV celebrity, or someone like that who innocently drove by.
In the subplot, there's another bad boy. Supt Mike Trethowan tampered with evidence during a gun raid at the Doyle residence, to protect Alice Craig, who was inexperienced and also happened to be Mike's girlfriend. DS Annie Cabbot (who is now Banks' girlfriend) rights the wrongs through her internal investigation to clear DI Marton.
One consistent motif is the bad guy having a grand house in Yorkshire. Here bad boy Al Jenkins has an impressive mansion with impressive views.
DCI Banks is a bit of a bad boy as he tries to get his daughter back from the clutches of bad boy Jaff. He does so with the help of Mark Warburton (Syrus Low) in the heart-stopping final scene in Leeds.
Bad Boy: Part 2
Prismark1011 September 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I thought Part 1 of Bad Boys was daft but engaging enough.
Part 2 continues in the same way. DI Morton gets suspended for playing things by the book and sent to the lions by the head of the armed response team who was protecting his own back.
Banks now has to break a few rules to rescue his daughter Tracy from Jaff Kitson. He has made demands via Al Jenkins.
I did think at this point. How did Jaff think he was going to get away with this? He has been involved in a murder and kidnapped a policeman's daughter. He is supposed to be a smart businessman and so far made mistake after mistake.
As for Tracy Banks. If she wants to lie with dogs, then no use complaining that she got fleas.
At least Cabot decides that there was more to Morton's suspension. So did I, the initial investigation and the suspension was done in record time.
If Morton has the book thrown at her what she allegedly do or not do. Banks should had a whole town library thrown at him by the end of this episode.
Part 2 continues in the same way. DI Morton gets suspended for playing things by the book and sent to the lions by the head of the armed response team who was protecting his own back.
Banks now has to break a few rules to rescue his daughter Tracy from Jaff Kitson. He has made demands via Al Jenkins.
I did think at this point. How did Jaff think he was going to get away with this? He has been involved in a murder and kidnapped a policeman's daughter. He is supposed to be a smart businessman and so far made mistake after mistake.
As for Tracy Banks. If she wants to lie with dogs, then no use complaining that she got fleas.
At least Cabot decides that there was more to Morton's suspension. So did I, the initial investigation and the suspension was done in record time.
If Morton has the book thrown at her what she allegedly do or not do. Banks should had a whole town library thrown at him by the end of this episode.
DI Morton would not have liked this script
A_Different_Drummer2 January 2023
... and being a stickler for the rules, would have arrested the writers. If you have ever been to medical school, one of the standard lectures you get when studying the circulatory system is that the heart is meant to operate without being noticed by the patient, and patients who pay too much attention to their heartbeat usually have poor outcomes. Similarly. In a proper drama, the writers are meant to be invisible. There should never be a moment, for example, when a viewer says, hey, wait a sec, the daughter is being a proper twit, so she walks out the door to run away with the same very man that her father has been investigating for the entire series?? And that is supposed to a complete coincidence I am supposed to accept? DI Morton would not accept that writing. And neither should you. ((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))
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