It was the first time the thought has crossed my mind that Vera, at 71, is too old to continue in the job. Here are my thoughts, in no particular order:ġ. I was pretty sure whodunit, but was completely taken by surprise at the denouement. It was a really complex screenplay Thompson tied up all the loose ends and kept me guessing right to the end. Writer Paul Matthew Thompson created well-defined characters (without becoming stereotypes) and I thought all the character actors were well cast.
I have to say, I really enjoyed this episode it was definitely up there with the best of Vera. Thanks Hannah for another great and perceptive review. My review of next week's episode: Broken Promise. Honestly, it's grumpy, passive aggressive Kenny Lockhart who should be Vera's wingman, not blandly handsome Aiden Healy. He just doesn't do anything, much less anything interesting. Dropped hints about his son and buying Vera healthy food does not an interesting character make. Meanwhile, Aiden - whose name I have dropped into this review right after Vera's as if he were her eccentric middle name rather than an individual - remains a blank. Alas, we don't get much more of the consequences of this story, because Vera isn't willing to going to go there with a regular character. When he turns up at her house, even for this kind of silly "did I send away an innocent man - couldn't 'ave I'm a straight shooter cop" plot, it has some weight. His relationship with his boss has the deepest roots, as well. These days, Kenny is the cast member with the most personality, excepting Vera.
It's a cliched subplot, but it does liven up the story a bit by drawing in our major characters. It doesn't take Vera long to figure out why he's so dead-set that Eddie Thurston killed his wife: he's afraid he bungled the case. He was involved in the investigation, and clearly has dark memories. The last member of Vera's original team, Kenny Lockhart, has a personal connection to the Thurston shooting. He maintains that two burglars shot her, but there was evidence she was running away with someone (Vera quickly susses out who: Brian Bennick, Nathan Weaver's co-worker). A husband, Eddie Thurston, was accused and convicted of shooting his wife, Laura. It turns out that Nathan was hiding out in a farmhouse where, ten years before, a murder took place. There's a lot of blame to go around in this episode, which generally focuses on the effects of guilt on the guilty. All the same, it's obvious she blames herself. She'd lost track of Nathan, and talks tough about his thefts of money from her. Nathan's mother, Diane, takes the news of his death stoically.
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