This is is the first (and best) of two scripts successfully submitted by teenage Professionals' fan Stephen Lister and, I have to say, it's an enjoyable and impressive episode.
It seems that someone with a massive grudge against CI5 has decided to start taking out its operatives one by one - and with some explosive results.
Cowley is the first target, with a bomb placed under his office chair... and he makes a narrow escape.
More 'hits' follow, and it's soon left to Bodie and Doyle to track down the mysterious and elusive assassin before he kills any more CI5 agents - including themselves.
This is an action-packed episode that zips along at at a fair pace - the identity of the assassin never really being found out until near the very end.
There's still space for humour - during a high-speed pursuit on foot, it seems Bodie would rather get into a tussle with a workman up a ladder, than actually chance his luck actually running underneath it! There's a fun scene too when they suspect Doyle's car has been booby-trapped, and carry out a careful and tense inspection.
CI5 operative Susan gets among the action too and proves her worth - it's a shame we didn't see a bit more of her on the frontline than we did in later episodes.
Fans of the long-running ITV police series The Bill will enjoy spotting Jack Meadows actor Simon Rouse in an early role - and EastEnders viewers will no-doubt recognize Bill Treacher in a very brief appearance.
There's some good filming too around Southall gasworks (a favourite location of the series that appears in several stories, as well as the opening title sequence).
All in all, a memorable, action-packed and explosive story that really delivers - and well done to young Stephen Lister for coming up with the goods, and to the show's producers for backing him.
It seems that someone with a massive grudge against CI5 has decided to start taking out its operatives one by one - and with some explosive results.
Cowley is the first target, with a bomb placed under his office chair... and he makes a narrow escape.
More 'hits' follow, and it's soon left to Bodie and Doyle to track down the mysterious and elusive assassin before he kills any more CI5 agents - including themselves.
This is an action-packed episode that zips along at at a fair pace - the identity of the assassin never really being found out until near the very end.
There's still space for humour - during a high-speed pursuit on foot, it seems Bodie would rather get into a tussle with a workman up a ladder, than actually chance his luck actually running underneath it! There's a fun scene too when they suspect Doyle's car has been booby-trapped, and carry out a careful and tense inspection.
CI5 operative Susan gets among the action too and proves her worth - it's a shame we didn't see a bit more of her on the frontline than we did in later episodes.
Fans of the long-running ITV police series The Bill will enjoy spotting Jack Meadows actor Simon Rouse in an early role - and EastEnders viewers will no-doubt recognize Bill Treacher in a very brief appearance.
There's some good filming too around Southall gasworks (a favourite location of the series that appears in several stories, as well as the opening title sequence).
All in all, a memorable, action-packed and explosive story that really delivers - and well done to young Stephen Lister for coming up with the goods, and to the show's producers for backing him.