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12 Episodes 2007 - 2007
Episode 1
60 mins
Assisted by a new pathologist, Dr. Eve Lockhart, Det. Supt. Boyd and his team re-open the case of a young man found dead in 1990 in a pit of concrete. He has signs of a beating but they also found part of an ear in his stomach. Boyd is surprised to learn of a nunnery near the crime scene as it isn't mentioned in the original police reports. When a man - minus an earlobe - is dropped off at a local hospital, Boyd wonders if there is a connection with their 16 year old case. When DNA testing reveals the two to be brothers, the evidence leads the police to organized illegal fighting.
Episode 2
60 mins
Having identified the dead boy as Davy McDonagh, the police try to determine why he and his brother Joe fought all those years ago and what exactly happened to Davy afterward. Having established a link between the McDonagh clan and the fight organizers, the solution to the case revolves around jealousy and the love of the same woman.
Episode 3
60 mins
The team is assigned to recover the skull of the Mahdi, taken from the Sudan as a war trophy at the end of the 19th century. No one has any idea where the skull may be, but Chief Superintendent Boyd is told that returning the relic is key to peace in the Sudan. He's also asked to look into the death 20 years previously of a Sudanese refugee, Omar Jaffiri, as there is evidence that his death and the disappearance of the skull may be connected. Their investigation leads them to the Fakir Society, a hundred year old private club that has many secrets.
Episode 4
60 mins
Having recovered a skull, the question is now whether it is that of the Mahdi. Information about Omar Jaffiri suggests that he may have been tortured before he died. His now adult daughter assists the police, event though she was quite young at the time of her father's murder in the family shop. What they deduce is a connection between the victim and the Fakir lodge, as well as the shadier side of government.
Episode 5
60 mins
When two bodies are found during the renovation of a building in the City, Det. Supt. Boyd and the cold case squad find themselves investigating a murder that occurred in 1992. The victims were apparently planning to run off as the police also find airline tickets and false passports. The couple was apparently having sex when a single bullet killed them both. They are identified as Mervyn Simmel, a securities trader who was under investigation for insider trading and Katherine Keane, a financial journalist responsible for uncovering several financial scandals. As the investigation continues, the police identify several possible suspects. Simmel had a falling out with his partner, Lucien Calvin, who subsequently left the financial industry. As for Keane, she was married and also had several lovers, so there is any number of suspects.
Episode 6
57 mins
The relationship of Boyd and Grace becomes strained as he comes closer to the killer and a scenario involving official corruption becomes apparent.
Episode 7
60 mins
James Jensen has just been released after spending 20 years in a psychiatric institution. He had admitted to killing three men and in the course of his trial, he attacked a male nurse that had been assigned to care for him. The judge ruled he was unfit to stand trial and was incarcerated indefinitely. On his release however, the widow of Henry Goss, one of the three victims, receives the wallets of each of the dead men. James has no recollection of the events leading up to his original arrest and can't explain some elements of his confession. James is however haunted by memories of his time at the Hickley Home for Children, where he grew up. The fact that all three of the original victims were in some way connected to the children's home does not escape the police's attention.
Episode 8
57 mins
Supt. Boyd believes James Jensen to have committed all three murders but Dr. Foley thinks otherwise. When a one-time resident of Hickley is murdered, the link to the home becomes obvious. The police learn that several of the children were regularly beaten and any one of them could have sought revenge. Forensic evidence however to several people being involved in the original three killings.
Episode 9
58 mins
The team investigates when a homeowner working in his garden finds a skeleton. The pathologist dates the death to 1967 and says it was definitely a murder. The current owners of the house have only been there for a relatively short time and it had been left derelict for many years. The police uncover a connection with Daniel Lennon who, 40 years ago, had killed his parents and was sent to a secure psychiatric institution from which he has only recently escaped. It is apparent that Lennon is familiar with the house and may have lived there at the time of the killing. Meanwhile, Boyd and Grace Foley have a row and she walks out.
Episode 10
58 mins
After Daniel Lennon attacks Dr. Raymond Parke, who is known for his unorthodox psychiatric views, the police try to learn more about the goings on at the house where the doctor experimented on his youthful patients in the 1960's. Grace returns temporarily to help with Daniel's nephew Mark, who is now showing many of the same symptoms as his uncle at that age. The pathologist provides crucial evidence on the death of Daniel's parents but as Daniel once again takes LSD in an attempt to jar his memories from 40 years ago, the police try to locate him before he can do harm to himself or others.
Episode 11
60 mins
This episode revolves around a cold case from May 1945, where a young girl was found stabbed to death in a London back street. The identity of the girl is finally revealed by her diary which was found in a derelict house. DC Mel Silver seemed to have worked on the case just before her death. So says Sarah, a Nazi hunter, who pretends to be working for Interpol. She sent a ceremonial SS-dagger to Boyd's team; this turns out to be the murder weapon, and it came from that same house, belonging to a family of Jewish-Polish decent, who seem to have a lot of secrets, leading right back right to the darkest chapter of German history. Meanwhile people start dying in the "now". To tell much more would be a spoiler. Expect a starring performance by Eileen Atkins as the matriarch.
Episode 12
59 mins
As the investigation continues, the police learn, through DNA tests that the Dusniak family may not be what they pretend to be. Boyd and the team must piece together a complex tale of deception and identity theft that ultimately reveals some of the horrors of WW II and the Nazi medical experiments. Boyd and the Mossad agent develop a personal relationship.