Lonely (27 Sep. 2004)

A twelve year old autistic child holds the key to the stabbing murder of his caregiver if DCI Lewis can get him to talk.

Director:

Alex Pillai

Writers:

Jeff Povey, Cath Staincliffe (creator)

Stars:

Caroline Quentin, Ian Kelsey, Paul Loughran

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Caroline Quentin	...	DCI Janine Lewis
Ian Kelsey	...	DI Richard Mayne
Paul Loughran	...	DS Butchers
Nicholas Murchie	...	DS Shap
David Schofield	...	DCS Hackett
Joe Tucker	...	Pete Lewis
Sushil Chudasama	...	Shaz Chowdhary
Liz White	...	Vicki Swift
Kevin Doyle	...	Larry
Ralph Ineson	...	Bob Urwin
Maggie O'Neill	...	Matilda Urwin
Richard Hoyle	...	Fergus Urwin
Dean Andrews	...	Will Harmon
Nicholas Sidi	...	Tim
Geoff Breton	...	Michael Lewis

Storyline

After the caregiver of a twelve year old autistic boy is stabbed to death in her home, DCI Lewis and her team discover she had been participating in a dating service and led an active sex life. There are many suspects, but the key to solving the case lies with the only eyewitness to the crime, the autistic son of two of the suspects, but he isn't talking to Janine... or even his own parents.

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Plot Keywords:

whodunit | blood spatter | detective series | office romance | police procedural | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 September 2004 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Granada Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

69 min 69 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

David Schofield, who plays DCS Hackett, yells at Janine, "We're all replaceable." By the next episode he had been replaced by Saskia Wickham as DCS Hogg.

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Quotes

DCI Janine Lewis: At the end of the day we always think of the kids.

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Connections

References Apocalypse Now (1979)

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Soundtracks

"The Look of Love"
Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Performed by Dusty Springfield

User Reviews

Murder in its simplest form

A young woman is found stabbed in her house, and the only witness seems to be the autistic boy she looked after and who cannot speak. There are indications that the killer must have been very tall, and the victim had no defense wounds on her arms. DCI Janine Lewis and her team start investigating her past; it seems that she had an ex-lover that she was running away from.

Though not as good as "Up In Smoke", this episode of "Blue Murder" still has plenty of red herrings to divert you; the final solution is both very simple and makes perfect sense. A new addition to the team, a female detective played by Liz White, is very cute ("Do you think he'll go for me?", she asks at one point, about a suspect she's going to meet in speed-dating. "I'll say he will", is everyone's reaction, including mine). **1/2 out of 4.