User Reviews

The character of Ronald Merrick (Tim Pigott-Smith) hadn't appeared since the episode before the last one, and in that, he was a shell of himself, making a confession that didn't exonerate what he did in the second episode. Now he's even less of a shell, and appears briefly, making it obvious that his storyline is running out. His character is talked about towards the beginning of the episode, and he appears later on. There are some great moments in this episode featuring Dame Peggy Ashcroft, exposition type scenes that reveal a lot of what has not been discussed. As the war is over, more conflicts are building up as the British are losing power in India and changes are obviously coming. Newsreels mixed with the filmed footage of the script really promotes the historical significance of everything going on, and the slow moving story lines of earlier episodes begin to make sense as you see everything unfold in a natural way that makes the memory of them a bit more acceptable even though when watching them it becomes confusing over the intro of new characters and the back burner of several others. The ending here is very shocking, quite horrifying actually. It makes sense based on something that was discussed about an earlier character in a previous episode. Because of all of this, the series is building back up to a high, so the storylines of Susan and Sharon when mixed with their mother, Judy Parfitt, a bit contrite in her scenes, and Ashcroft's character are a lot more riveting.