I enjoyed this two parter, but a lot more without the misery and obsessive bi-polar depression of Brian and his endless selfishness. All he cares about is himself, and how he feels. He is willing to drag Sandra Pullman down the tubes with him, by directly disobeying every command.
This is a comedy drama, but in real life, a loose nutjob like Brian would get himself and his boss and possibly his co-workers all terminated for Brian's many failures to follow orders, and his refusal to follow procedures. Not to mention punching a senior officer and leaking a tape to the mother of an alleged victim.
None of that would happen except on TV, especially the part where Embleton has totally outsmarted Brian, and then confesses into a tape recorder and while Brian's wife is also a witness. Just Bush League nonsense.
So while Dennis Lawson and Jerry are doing a great job investigating the Gibraltar murder, in drops Brian like a wet sack of brownies, to make it all about himself. He goes to the casino, confronts the owner, ignores the advice of his colleague / co-worker, just off the rails all the time. Who could work with anyone like that?
I really enjoyed the chemistry between Dennis and Jerry a lot. They made their scenes work. Brian just makes everything awkward. His goodbye should have been one episode, not four.
This is a comedy drama, but in real life, a loose nutjob like Brian would get himself and his boss and possibly his co-workers all terminated for Brian's many failures to follow orders, and his refusal to follow procedures. Not to mention punching a senior officer and leaking a tape to the mother of an alleged victim.
None of that would happen except on TV, especially the part where Embleton has totally outsmarted Brian, and then confesses into a tape recorder and while Brian's wife is also a witness. Just Bush League nonsense.
So while Dennis Lawson and Jerry are doing a great job investigating the Gibraltar murder, in drops Brian like a wet sack of brownies, to make it all about himself. He goes to the casino, confronts the owner, ignores the advice of his colleague / co-worker, just off the rails all the time. Who could work with anyone like that?
I really enjoyed the chemistry between Dennis and Jerry a lot. They made their scenes work. Brian just makes everything awkward. His goodbye should have been one episode, not four.