The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: The Finale (2007)

Yes, we were a bit gutted to realise that the final season only had two films unlike all the others.

Know Thine Enemy. Writer Ed Whitmore.

A schoolgirl is found dead and abused. Then another one goes missing. The tenuous clues are to a red headed woman and a possible map. This leads to abused wife Honeysuckle Weeks and her ghastly husband James D'Arcy, but are they the kidnappers? As the girl is also diabetic, we haven't got long. Mark Bonnar is an additional cop.

And Lynley and Havers fall out over how they each construe the case. But of course are reconciled at the end. I wonder if they knew it was the end? Who knows? One or both of them might have been heartily sick of it all by then. Interviewed by Ian Wylie in 2007 Sharon said

“I’m really going to miss it,” she told us.
“I think I would like, perhaps, an episode as a final episode, because we didn’t know that was the final episode that was ever going to be shot.
“So we haven’t had any round-up to anything. That might be nice.
“But, otherwise, I’m really enjoying a character which is probably more similar to me in a way. I’m enjoying the change.” (This would be a reference to Mistresses.)
We also spoke about the web campaign to save Inspector Lynley.
“Yeah, I’ve heard of it – bring it on. I’d like to do another one.
“If people thought that they might quite like that, that might be quite nice.
“I think Nat Parker is rallying up the troops as well – come on!” 

 

Havers: "I know we've got to watch this some time but,,,"
Lynley: "Not now."