This introduces Brian Harrison (nice guy, chummy with Rita aka 'Coop') and Laurence James (nasty guy, fellow plotter with Sir Ian). There is a bit of unfortunate racial stereotyping, as so many of the nasty sneaky types who try to help government toady Sir Ian Rochester get rid of Deed are black (the Clerk of Court previous to Brian, Laurence James, and later a big bumptious judge) and one wonders what they were thinking with this casting.
The biggest let-down is the amount of sheer indulgence Deed gives his daughter Charlie. He's a high court judge, and one might think he knows where to draw the line on petulant childish requests, but no. When he tells the butler at the judges' lodgings that his daughter has given him this dog, and the butler asks "is she house-trained?" Deed replies "I hope so - she's 21", of course referring to Charlie. Unfortunately she very clearly isn't. It would be a spoiler to explain why in this instance, but throughout the series she repeatedly makes herself the most destabilising influence in Deed's career.
7/10.
The biggest let-down is the amount of sheer indulgence Deed gives his daughter Charlie. He's a high court judge, and one might think he knows where to draw the line on petulant childish requests, but no. When he tells the butler at the judges' lodgings that his daughter has given him this dog, and the butler asks "is she house-trained?" Deed replies "I hope so - she's 21", of course referring to Charlie. Unfortunately she very clearly isn't. It would be a spoiler to explain why in this instance, but throughout the series she repeatedly makes herself the most destabilising influence in Deed's career.
7/10.
