These comments refer to the whole two part story not just episode two.
As this story opens a young man, Kevin, in care is physically restrained. We then she a woman, who turns out to be his mother, driving along struggling to stay conscious; she swerves to avoid other road uses before crashing in to a lorry and dying. She had been drugged and it isn't long before the senior police officer investigating suspects Kevin despite the fact that his mental condition make the experts at the Lyell doubt his ability to commit such a crime. Back at the care home it is clear that the residents are being abused; the deputy manager is raping Serena, the woman Kevin likes, and another worker is turning a blind eye. Kevin decides to take her away but this ends in tragedy when he is killed by a police marksman who believes he is armed. While all this is going on Thomas is asked to perform a post mortem on a woman with dementia who turns out to have been poisoned... it emerges that her doctor also attends to the residents in the care home... could the cases be linked?
This was a gripping instalment although at times it wasn't an easy watch. We see that despite their conditions Kevin and Serena are in love most people around then can't see it; Toby Sams-Friedman and Rosie Jones did a brilliant job portraying these two characters. Charlie Creed Miles also impresses as Conor Flannery, the abusing deputy manager; this a character who really makes ones skin crawl; one moment he is being charming with the authorities the next he is horrible to the people he is meant to be caring for. Of the regular cast Liz Carr really stands out as Clarissa gets a larger role than usual and ends up in a very vulnerable position that should put most viewers on the edge of their seats. There are some flaws though; it seems unlikely that the police would shoot Kevin without warning him they were armed and a few too many people didn't seem too bothered about the deaths of people who require care. There is less of a mystery than usual but that doesn't matter as the story is tense and there is a moral message about the way people look at those in need that is effective without feeling like a sermon. Overall a really good story.
As this story opens a young man, Kevin, in care is physically restrained. We then she a woman, who turns out to be his mother, driving along struggling to stay conscious; she swerves to avoid other road uses before crashing in to a lorry and dying. She had been drugged and it isn't long before the senior police officer investigating suspects Kevin despite the fact that his mental condition make the experts at the Lyell doubt his ability to commit such a crime. Back at the care home it is clear that the residents are being abused; the deputy manager is raping Serena, the woman Kevin likes, and another worker is turning a blind eye. Kevin decides to take her away but this ends in tragedy when he is killed by a police marksman who believes he is armed. While all this is going on Thomas is asked to perform a post mortem on a woman with dementia who turns out to have been poisoned... it emerges that her doctor also attends to the residents in the care home... could the cases be linked?
This was a gripping instalment although at times it wasn't an easy watch. We see that despite their conditions Kevin and Serena are in love most people around then can't see it; Toby Sams-Friedman and Rosie Jones did a brilliant job portraying these two characters. Charlie Creed Miles also impresses as Conor Flannery, the abusing deputy manager; this a character who really makes ones skin crawl; one moment he is being charming with the authorities the next he is horrible to the people he is meant to be caring for. Of the regular cast Liz Carr really stands out as Clarissa gets a larger role than usual and ends up in a very vulnerable position that should put most viewers on the edge of their seats. There are some flaws though; it seems unlikely that the police would shoot Kevin without warning him they were armed and a few too many people didn't seem too bothered about the deaths of people who require care. There is less of a mystery than usual but that doesn't matter as the story is tense and there is a moral message about the way people look at those in need that is effective without feeling like a sermon. Overall a really good story.
