As the case continues the girls whittle there list of suspects down to just three; all of them working on the railway out of St. Pancras. They pass there list on to the police but as they don't seem interested they decide to pay a visit to each of their wives to learn a bit more about them. This doesn't help them identify the killer but it does prove that it wasn't one of those three. It looks like the theory about the killer being a railway worker was wrong; so who else would young women get of a train with; it must be somebody they trust
or somebody with something they want! A check on similar cases suggest that he killed before; twelve girls in total! They believe the killer must be an expert at misdirection as clues were left to suggest that other men were responsible; some of whom were hanged. In an attempt to lure out the killer they use Lucy as bait on the train and she soon gets a man's attention.
The story, in this the second of three episodes, moves along nicely as the former Bletchley girls continue to use their wartime skills to track the killer. There was a greater sense of danger this time as they put themselves in dangerous situations; deliberately in Lucy's case and, as the episode ends, accidentally in the case of Susan. The actresses all perform well as do the actors playing Lucy and Susan's husbands; Ed Birch was particularly chilling as Lucy's abusive husband even though only appearing briefly. The only real fault I spotted was that they caught a Southern Railway train out of St. Pancras as any railway buff will tell you St. Pancras was on the LMS although by the '50s the railways had been nationalised so it should have been a British Railways train a minor quibble that shouldn't spoil anybody's enjoyment!
By the time the episode ends we know exactly who the killer is, how he gained his skills and why he kills; now we just have to hope he is caught before he strikes again! I'm certainly looking forward to seeing how it ends although I'll be sad to see the series end.
The story, in this the second of three episodes, moves along nicely as the former Bletchley girls continue to use their wartime skills to track the killer. There was a greater sense of danger this time as they put themselves in dangerous situations; deliberately in Lucy's case and, as the episode ends, accidentally in the case of Susan. The actresses all perform well as do the actors playing Lucy and Susan's husbands; Ed Birch was particularly chilling as Lucy's abusive husband even though only appearing briefly. The only real fault I spotted was that they caught a Southern Railway train out of St. Pancras as any railway buff will tell you St. Pancras was on the LMS although by the '50s the railways had been nationalised so it should have been a British Railways train a minor quibble that shouldn't spoil anybody's enjoyment!
By the time the episode ends we know exactly who the killer is, how he gained his skills and why he kills; now we just have to hope he is caught before he strikes again! I'm certainly looking forward to seeing how it ends although I'll be sad to see the series end.