I would agree with the one reviewer who criticized about the plot device of the faulty slider part not being fixed properly.
I would take the quibble a step further.
If an RAF mechanic had not fixed the serious problem which evidently only affected one plane, and was therefore not a manufacturing defect.. If the mechanic's negligence was widely known, even by the commanding officer of the unit. And finally, if the mechanic's dereliction of duty led to an ace pilot being badly burned, and out of commission, how is it that the mechanic, is not under some sort of house arrest? Instead he is free as a bird, able to get himself murdered?
I refer to the criticism as a "quibble" and I make light of it somewhat in my question, because it doesn't really effect the power of the episode--which rests, as usual, on the same writers being able to visually and verbally show us multiple points of view in a single episode.
The performances all around were outstanding, from Michael Kitchen's subtle and subdued responses to the stress he was feeling for his son, to the highly emotional and realistic breakdowns of so many of the characters in this episode.
A very touching episode.
I would take the quibble a step further.
If an RAF mechanic had not fixed the serious problem which evidently only affected one plane, and was therefore not a manufacturing defect.. If the mechanic's negligence was widely known, even by the commanding officer of the unit. And finally, if the mechanic's dereliction of duty led to an ace pilot being badly burned, and out of commission, how is it that the mechanic, is not under some sort of house arrest? Instead he is free as a bird, able to get himself murdered?
I refer to the criticism as a "quibble" and I make light of it somewhat in my question, because it doesn't really effect the power of the episode--which rests, as usual, on the same writers being able to visually and verbally show us multiple points of view in a single episode.
The performances all around were outstanding, from Michael Kitchen's subtle and subdued responses to the stress he was feeling for his son, to the highly emotional and realistic breakdowns of so many of the characters in this episode.
A very touching episode.