Major Spoiler Alert!!!
Well,if this is the end of S & B it went out on an okay finish. The murder mystery and path to catching the killers was okay. Though my pet peeve with British cop shows is when the police go into dangerous situations alone (Mitch in the previous episode and Rachel in this one). While Janet and Rachel are experienced and trained police, they are unlikely to survive a hand to hand encounter with an average sized male criminal.
But if this is the end, I think it would be interesting to look at one of the major criticism of the show - the negative depiction of the men on the show.
Yes, some of the men were losers. Dom was a fire hazard as well as a killer. Kevin was an incompetent and a leaker (didn't everyone peg him as the prime suspect from the beginning) and Pete couldn't keep pants zipped up when he was in a parking lot with Rachel's mom. Sheeesh Pete - how horny does a guy have to be to sink so low?
I think the only males to not screw up were Lee and Janet's husband. At least he never cheated on Janet and only left when he discovered she had cheated on him.
But while the men were occasionally guilty of juvenile behavior or stupidity, the three main characters were not exactly paragons of upstanding virtue throughout the series.
Gill has to leave the job because of her drinking on the job. And Janet couldn't see what she and Andy were doing was wrong if she wanted to stay married.
And then there is Rachel. From the beginning when she tracked down her married boyfriend with Janet's knowledge to the end where she returns from London pregnant she was a constant stream of stupid decisions. If she had a choice between a good decision or a stupid and bad choice, she was a sucker for the stupid and bad. Yet she got chosen to run Syndicate 9 after Gill left.
In the end, I think the writers saw the cast as being comprised of both good and bad characteristics as all humans are. They weren't the by-the-book cops on Dragnet or the compromised crew of The Shield. Instead they were in between, trying to do a job while coping with the issues we all face as parents or spouses or friends. And I will occasionally go back and watch some of the episodes again and that is something I can't say about a lot of shows.
In the end, I would give season 5 a 7 out of 10 but the series as a whole gets an 8.5 out of 10. So good job Janet and Rachel.
Well,if this is the end of S & B it went out on an okay finish. The murder mystery and path to catching the killers was okay. Though my pet peeve with British cop shows is when the police go into dangerous situations alone (Mitch in the previous episode and Rachel in this one). While Janet and Rachel are experienced and trained police, they are unlikely to survive a hand to hand encounter with an average sized male criminal.
But if this is the end, I think it would be interesting to look at one of the major criticism of the show - the negative depiction of the men on the show.
Yes, some of the men were losers. Dom was a fire hazard as well as a killer. Kevin was an incompetent and a leaker (didn't everyone peg him as the prime suspect from the beginning) and Pete couldn't keep pants zipped up when he was in a parking lot with Rachel's mom. Sheeesh Pete - how horny does a guy have to be to sink so low?
I think the only males to not screw up were Lee and Janet's husband. At least he never cheated on Janet and only left when he discovered she had cheated on him.
But while the men were occasionally guilty of juvenile behavior or stupidity, the three main characters were not exactly paragons of upstanding virtue throughout the series.
Gill has to leave the job because of her drinking on the job. And Janet couldn't see what she and Andy were doing was wrong if she wanted to stay married.
And then there is Rachel. From the beginning when she tracked down her married boyfriend with Janet's knowledge to the end where she returns from London pregnant she was a constant stream of stupid decisions. If she had a choice between a good decision or a stupid and bad choice, she was a sucker for the stupid and bad. Yet she got chosen to run Syndicate 9 after Gill left.
In the end, I think the writers saw the cast as being comprised of both good and bad characteristics as all humans are. They weren't the by-the-book cops on Dragnet or the compromised crew of The Shield. Instead they were in between, trying to do a job while coping with the issues we all face as parents or spouses or friends. And I will occasionally go back and watch some of the episodes again and that is something I can't say about a lot of shows.
In the end, I would give season 5 a 7 out of 10 but the series as a whole gets an 8.5 out of 10. So good job Janet and Rachel.
