CI5 run into trouble when a terrorist organization resumes its hostilities in London - but it turns out to be a splinter group of just two men, one of whom blames Doyle for the murder of his brother in a police raid years earlier, and is out for revenge.
This story isn't as straightforward as some episodes, and requires careful attention to keep up with exactly what's going on. The terrorist group in question are clearly the IRA in all but name - but for some reason it was felt to keep them more ambiguous. There are a host of recognizable guest stars - namely Michael Kitchen, James Cosmo and Babara Kellerman. Not to mention Billy Murray, who of course would later find fame as dodgy DI Don Beech in ITV's The Bill series.
It's all deftly directed by future Bond film director Martin Campbell, and the climactic scene as the boys race to intercept a ticking time bomb outside a government office building makes for a tense conclusion.
That being said though, there does seem to be something missing here that doesn't quite make this episode hit the mark in perhaps the way it should. Maybe the splinter group's motivations could have been signposted a little earlier, and the bomb sequence at the end could have been made even more dramatic with a longer build-up - and perhaps situated somewhere other than an outdoor parking lot!
But it's certainly not a bad episode, and zips along at a good pace - there's some good chase sequences, and Doyle certainly gets to be an all-out action man as his life increasingly becomes in danger with the terrorist cell having him firmly in their (gun) sights...
This story isn't as straightforward as some episodes, and requires careful attention to keep up with exactly what's going on. The terrorist group in question are clearly the IRA in all but name - but for some reason it was felt to keep them more ambiguous. There are a host of recognizable guest stars - namely Michael Kitchen, James Cosmo and Babara Kellerman. Not to mention Billy Murray, who of course would later find fame as dodgy DI Don Beech in ITV's The Bill series.
It's all deftly directed by future Bond film director Martin Campbell, and the climactic scene as the boys race to intercept a ticking time bomb outside a government office building makes for a tense conclusion.
That being said though, there does seem to be something missing here that doesn't quite make this episode hit the mark in perhaps the way it should. Maybe the splinter group's motivations could have been signposted a little earlier, and the bomb sequence at the end could have been made even more dramatic with a longer build-up - and perhaps situated somewhere other than an outdoor parking lot!
But it's certainly not a bad episode, and zips along at a good pace - there's some good chase sequences, and Doyle certainly gets to be an all-out action man as his life increasingly becomes in danger with the terrorist cell having him firmly in their (gun) sights...
