They get their man (and their woman). When it comes to the evil being done to the disenfranchised, we can't always give them justice. The world is cruel and it doesn't follow the rules we would like it to. A type of slave labor group has been enlisted by a truly evil man. An autistic boy is made to pay a price for something he didn't do. Choices are made that can never be reversed. Banks and Morton work some things out when she keeps up a dogged investigation into the character of the aforementioned boy. This is a complex episode.
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European slavery uncovered
safenoe6 November 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I love DCI Banks and it's a travesty of justice that it got axed after only 5 glorious seasons. Reminds me of when another top flight detective series, Inspector Lynley, met a premature end for a mysterious reason. Why oh why can't DCI Banks return? Surely it's time for a reboot.
Anyway, here this episode has various strands...a personal loss for Banks (the voucher scenes are quite poignant, as is when Banks calls his Mom to hear her voice on the answering machine), the murder of a young Estonian lady and another farm worker, the harassment of a young obsessive compulsive guy, and European slave labor on a farm (which was reminiscent of the Scott & Bailey episode Lost Loyalty which screened only months earlier).
To cap things off, David, the father of Annie's baby, appears much to Banks' chagrin.
DCI Banks is grim and it's not for everyone, but I love it, along with Vera, Lynley, The Last Detective, and Rosemary and Thyme.
Anyway, here this episode has various strands...a personal loss for Banks (the voucher scenes are quite poignant, as is when Banks calls his Mom to hear her voice on the answering machine), the murder of a young Estonian lady and another farm worker, the harassment of a young obsessive compulsive guy, and European slave labor on a farm (which was reminiscent of the Scott & Bailey episode Lost Loyalty which screened only months earlier).
To cap things off, David, the father of Annie's baby, appears much to Banks' chagrin.
DCI Banks is grim and it's not for everyone, but I love it, along with Vera, Lynley, The Last Detective, and Rosemary and Thyme.
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