The
central mystery of the fraud case, naturally, deepens as we work our way
through the miniseries. To be perfectly
honest, I’m not entirely sure what it’s about.
I know there are Swiss bank accounts, gentrification seems to be
involved in some way, and now there’s evidence of super-secret exchanges taking
place on foreign soil. First Cassidy and
now McRae have received discouragement from their respective hire-ups on their
pursuit of the case. Whether that means
their bosses are in on it or just don’t believe them, I don’t know. McRae seems to lean towards the latter.
At the
start of the episode, I was a little surprised to find Cassidy prosecuting the
eponymous Vicky, a cheerful young criminal who seems out-of-place in the fraud
stuff of the previous outing.
Ultimately, though, it makes sense that Cassidy is hearing other cases;
it seems that McRae is, more than anything, keeping him on ice for when he
needs a prosecutor, rather than treating him like an actual member of the
team. However, we quickly return to the
mystery at hand, with even more than money, jobs, and development at stake.
McRae
proves himself to be a definite big-picture sort. He comes into conflict with Cassidy here over
his behavior – his tunnel-vision focus on cracking the case ignores other’s
people’s time, commitments, and safety.
McRae is equally comfortable making outrageous demands on those under
him and putting a potential informant in jeopardy, all for the sake of the
truth.
His
behavior seems at odds with his overall manner.
He’s a tireless, one could argue obsessed, investigator, but while he
brings the intensity when he’s questioning someone, his default setting is
almost languid. It’s strange; he’s
obviously thrown his full attention at the case, and yet the way he speaks and
moves is so blasé. Is he trying to
project an image of unflappability? Does
he just think it makes him seem cool or enigmatic? Who knows?
It’s
interesting to me, the way the other officers/agents/whoever-they-are kowtow to
him. His accent clearly marks him as
“not from these parts,” so he can’t have been there long. Add to that his youth and the fact that he
looks a bit like a teenager in his dad’s suit, and it’s evident that he hasn’t
had much time to make a name for himself anywhere. So why does everyone respect him so much and
defer to him? I wonder if we’ll learn
more about his background and how he got where he is.
Susan
Brown, who guest starred in Torchwood: “Children of Earth” with PC and recently
showed up in Broadchurch, appears in
this episode. Also cropping up is a very
young-looking Ian Hart, Professor Quirrell himself.
Warnings
Add in
some sexual content here.
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