Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act
(TV 2006)
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Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act
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| Helen Mirren | ... | ||
| Stephen Tompkinson | ... |
Sean Philips
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| Laura Greenwood | ... |
Penny Philips
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| Eve Best | ... |
Linda Philips
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| Gary Lewis | ... |
Tony Sturdy
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Katy Murphy | ... |
Ruth Sturdy
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| Frank Finlay | ... | ||
| Tom Bell | ... | ||
| Robert Pugh | ... | ||
| Brendan Coyle | ... |
DCS Mitchell
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| Robbie Gee | ... |
DI Traynor
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| Russell Mabey | ... |
DS Cox
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Laura Doddington | ... |
DC Wood
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| Heshima Thompson | ... |
Curtis Flynn
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Carolyn Pickles | ... |
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Helen Mirren returns for the final time as Jane Tennison in the long-awaited Prime Suspect 7. Retirement looms for Detective Superintendent Tennison, but as her career draws to a close, the body of a missing schoolgirl is found, and the hunt for her killer begins. However, as Jane and her colleagues work to identify their prime suspect, the emotional fallout from the murder begins to take its toll on the battle-scarred detective. As the investigation gets underway, Jane is not only dealing with the imminent death of her father, but also an addiction to alcohol which she is desperately trying to keep hidden. There are plenty of twists and turns as Jane confronts her toughest challenge yet: herself, as the popular award-winning series reaches its devastating finale. Written by Paul McCluskey
This is a way for Tennison, Mirren, Granada, and Prime Suspect to bow out gracefully. This is a classy production nearly four hours long and some have suggested the actual crime story is secondary to the personal portrait. Perhaps, perhaps not - but when you're ushering out an icon like this series you have to give time to that too.
Hats off to Tom Bell for his final appearance in the series. He was magnificent from day one, episode one, and he was exceptionally excellent here as well.
A word about the series as a whole: Dick Wolf didn't write it. This is no random shuffle, no one dimensional drama. It's thick and it's gutsy and everything is in three stark dimensions and ultimately it's not even crime drama either: it's very much social commentary. People don't work this hard and this long at something only to have a forty five minute L&O filler.
The first episode introduced the characters - and how they do it is something the hacks in Hollywood should bloody well study. 2 is about racism. 3 is about child molestation. 4 is about motherhood, corruption, and a return to 1. 5 is about gangs. 6 is about genocide. 7 is about... ?? Watch it and see.
Another word about the series: no sooner had the final part of The Final Act been shown than ITV came out with a beautiful boxed set. 10 DVDs all told with commentary and interviews on the last of them. Personally I find it a bit annoying after spending 70 quid to be reminded on each disc that I wouldn't steal a car so I wouldn't steal a DVD. But it's a beautiful set and a no-brainer as for purchase.
And Taylor's a lucky man, hitched as he is with a goddess.