An ambitious six part story, linked by former pathologist Sam (Amanda Burton) and what's going on now with her and her husband's medical data company (Hugh Quarshie). The Health Minister is shot and killed by a long range assassin but was she the real target? It turns out that Nikki's former husband Matthew Gravelle is involved, causing her to withhold evidence from the police. (Did we know Nikki had been married, albeit briefly?) The opening two are by Ed Whitmore.
She and Jack are at least having some kind of a relationship, and she's there when his father dies in Ireland.
Into the main story are smaller ones: a woman claiming to have killed her husband (Christine Bottomly, writer Caroline Carver) - Duncan Preston is the old-school investigating officer and Simone's missing sister is a sub-plot; a burned body connected to a farm (writer Phil Mulryne). Jemma Redgrave rudely investigates again, Clive Russell and Mark Frost (Unforgotten, The Long Shadow) are familiar looking suspects.
Then we go back to the main story for the last two episodes - I feel this is maybe rather unwieldy storytelling, written by Alyn Farrow and Katerina Watson. Of course Sam isn't a bad guy! Of course the Chinese have a dodgy involvement! And of course it's all down to a corrupt Government official as usual! Security of personal data is a hammered home theme.
Ian Puleston-Davies is the (typically) belligerent DSU who finds out too late he should have been looking out for his No. 2 Shireen Farkhoy.
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