A Special Relationship: Part 2

Seems the So called Superior Race (the Yanks) are doing what they always do by taking over everywhere they go it seems in this one as it's always their Rules even in our Country but my biggest Gripe is Nicky seems to be becoming a bit of a Bike lately (UK Terminology for Someone who sleeps around) and for a Pathologist her recall of the events after Sleeping with the American are Shockingly bad. Every episode is becoming the Nicky Show and it's getting Tedious. Come on writers get back to how this show used to be.

Good show, well developed story Blooper: Nikki locked in bathroom. Door opens inward. Why did the perp jam the chair against the bedroom surface of door????

If anyone deserves a little happiness, Nikkie certainly does. Like many TV heroines, she has been stabbed, kidnapped (numerous times), buried alive, has men she loves killed, and on and on. The guy who she falls for this time has issues with his career. Will he see her again. Every time one of these guys shows up, we never see him again. To stay on the show, she can't leave London. All that relationship stuff aside, this is a good story. Something took place in Mali in Africa and there is a ring of possible evidence. There is a good deal of tension here and it works quite well. The plot is sophisticated. The U.S. government comes off rather badly (let's see. Who's in office?).

After Matt's curious disappearance Nikki is left confused and upset, but determined to work out What's going on. Fergus is tormented by his past, and Thomas has found common ground with Rosie.

So the writers have it in for Nikki, she doesn't have a lot of luck, buried alive, held at gun point, kidnapped, shunned, now unlucky in love, give the girl a break. Seems like the writer was having a pop at the current American leadership through the show, I sensed a bit of a U.S. niggle.

Jefferson Hall had impressed in the first episode, Fergus was such an intriguing character, once again he was very strong in the role. Michael Landes was good, character was ok, in this episode it felt like he was there purely to lift Nikki. Simon Bubb stole the show as Peter, a great performance.

It was a very good conclusion, if I'm honest I'd say I thought the start was a little slow, but when it got going it was fantastic. A very different story for the show it felt like it could have been penned by John Le Carre.