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8/10
Atmospheric
safenoe16 October 2016
Warning: Spoilers
One thing I like about The Last Detective is the London atmosphere - the rain, the council flats, the pubs, the people, the gray skies. Not really much countryside like Midsomer.

Stephen Tompkinson sheds his comedic persona by starring as Simon Dabney, the prime suspect in the murder of an old college classmate. Stephen was fantastic in Drop the Dead Donkey, and he's now prominent as DCI Banks. This is set in the backdrop of a college reunion where sadly and unfairly Simon was shunned.

DC Davies and Julia attempt to patch up their marriage by pretending they don't know each other, and meeting in pub, and rediscovering what brought them together. Each time they try, Davies' police commitments unfortunately get in the way. This scenario reminds me of a Modern Family episode several years later, where Ty and Julie ignite their passion in a re-enactment in a bar (and hilarity ensues).

The flashback scene of Nick and Gill's lovemaking during their university days didn't leave much to the imagination.
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6/10
Friends Reunited
Prismark1022 November 2021
A university reunion of some graduates in the mid 1980s turns into murder.

The victim is wealthy Nick Roberts. The main suspect is Simon Dabney, a recovering drug addict and in financial problems.

The characters involved have complicated relationships. Nick is married to Caroline who was at university with him. He made Gill pregnant also at university him.

Nick has supported the child he had with Gill for almost 20 years but then received information that doubted his paternity.

Davies thinks that Simon might have been set up, he has a witness that could confirm his alibi but he had supposedly been dead for years.

Once again the third series is an improvement. A more interesting mystery the quirkiness works better but at times also feels clunky. Maybe it tries too hard to emulate the off beat humour of Jonathan Creek.

There is a good cast list that includes Steve Pemberton, Gina Bellman, Niamh Cusack and Stephen Tompkinson.
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