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The unknown phone seemed to have been planted on her deliberately and the suggestion is that the message is from Tom. I’m sorry”, in the moments before this scene. Especially as Nikki received a text saying, “I can’t let it go. Though the outcome is left to the audiences’ imagination, it’s likely not good. There just isn’t the same feeling of familiarity with him yet as there is with Caves and Carr who joined, I think, only the year before.This is short-lived, as the final scene sees Tom entering Oscar’s prison cell a month later after pretending to be his lawyer. Three years on from his first appearance, you still get the feeling that his colleagues haven’t quite warmed to him just yet, and I sort of feel that way too. He wasn’t the most prominent figure this series, but did have one week where he got fairly heavily involved.

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She’s another character where the friendship and camaraderie of all those working together at the Lyell shines through and was another welcome addition of the cast a few years ago.įinally, returning for only his third series was Richard Lintern as Thomas Chamberlain. I also love the fact that she has hardly any time for the big police chiefs who walk into the Lyell Centre thinking miracles can be achieved. As Clarissa, Carr never fails to make me laugh with either the banter she has with her partner in crime (see what I did there?) or just how excited she gets about being able to fire off some guns. Liz Carr returned also as Jack’s trusty assistant Clarissa Mullery.

The friendship between the loyal-to-the-end forensic investigator and Nikki shone even more brightly this year, and the hint of hot-headedness about him made me, I mean us, love him even more. Although he only joined the cast a few years back, Caves is now one of the second longest-serving stars, and with the way he moulded the character of Jack, it’s not hard to see why he was a hit with viewers. Then we move onto the lovely Jack Hodgson played by the equally lovely David Caves who makes me very happy every week, and is probably the other reason why I eagerly anticipate the show’s return each year, although I’m sure you won’t be able to fathom out why this may be – other female viewers may especially struggle *winks*. Once more, Fox proved to us all why fans have never once bored of the terrific performances she always turns out for us as the brilliant woman whose only goal is to seek justice for those who can’t seek it for themselves – something that is crystal clear in her weekly outings as Nikki.

She came out of it alive and kicking though and managed to stay out of trouble until the final episode of the year’s run when she nearly got herself killed. In the first story of the series, Nikki’s future was looking pretty bleak when she got arrested for murder, and then upon her release, a hitman paid a visit to her flat. The longest returning cast member, Emilia Fox, reminded us all why Nikki Alexander is everyone’s favourite pathologist again this time round. So, this year, all the main characters returned.

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