S01.E05: Episode 5

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The prosecutor's disappearance becomes connected with a death.

A scuffle in a newspaper office sees Carl making headlines, and Moira sees a therapist.

Air Date: May 29, 2025

 

Edited June 1 by Snazzy Daisy

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Dr. Loo is played by Frances Mayli McCann — the wife of Slow Horses' Christopher Chung.

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“Where I come from, when facts are being so clearly ignored, it’s never because of incompetence.”

Wise words, Akram.

It’s interesting that Sam Haig was a journalist who normally covered organized crimes. Logically, he would be investigating coverups in government agencies and law enforcement as well.

Hardy tells Rose that the “boobrie” is actually called the cormorant.

Finally, some clues have led Team Doolally to Kirsty Atkins. It’s revealed that Merritt agreed to talk to Sam Haig after Kirsty was attacked by 2 prisoners.

Dept Q needs to consider the possibility that the Finch case may not be related to the botched investigation of Merritt’s disappearance.

[tennisgurl]

Carl, Akram, and Rose are becoming a pretty good team, even if Carl hasn't really acknowledged it. He's even been caught in the act of mentoring. 

Very interesting that Sam Haig was a journalist looking into organized crime, but is it actually connected to the crime? There are a lot of different suspects and crimes and backstory here and I am still trying to keep track of everything. 

I like getting more layers to Merritt, she might have been cold and prickly but she wasn't totally cold and unfeeling, despite what most people said about her.

Does Merritt feel responsible for what happened to her brother, did she accidently cause his attack? Is that what took her from angry party girl to ambitious prosecutor? 

[Raja]

By the way Moira reacted to "DC Salim" Merritt's action as a prosecutor isn't all that different than from anyone else in those services. 

Everything seems to be pointing towards Merritt's boss except the four years of torture reads as more personnel than that. 

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2 hours ago, tennisgurl said:

I like getting more layers to Merritt, she might have been cold and prickly but she wasn't totally cold and unfeeling, despite what most people said about her.

Does Merritt feel responsible for what happened to her brother, did she accidently cause his attack? Is that what took her from angry party girl to ambitious prosecutor? 

I can't get a read on Merritt yet. When she told the caregiver that William was a grown man and not her baby, I understood her concern. But she was so brusque! 

The character that bugs me is the therapist. I've never been to therapy, but it seemed like she had a flirtatious manner with Carl in their fist interaction. Moira's a bitch, but she's not stupid. 

And that legal guardian! She should have known Carl peeped her game at their first meeting and that he would be back. I want to see her prosecuted.😠

 

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On 6/3/2025 at 2:06 PM, Raja said:

Everything seems to be pointing towards Merritt's boss except the four years of torture reads as more personnel than that. 

I think the boss is a red herring.  He just seems too easy of a pick - he's been a dick from the beginning, there's a thread of something is off about him.  But I think it's too obvious.

I don't think the institution lady is behind Merritt's abduction.  I think Karl has rightly pegged her as somehow benefitting off of the institutionalization of people with rich families.  But I think that's the extent of it.

The question is, who has something to gain by Merritt being abducted but not killed?  I'd think by this time (4 years) Merritt is more of a pain/burden than whatever they're getting from torturing her.  It has to be a lot of work, and expense, to keep her alive.  If her trust fund isn't being drained, what's the motivation?

Speaking of the trust fund, it doesn't make sense that there's a court appointed attorney as trustee, yet Merritt's home has been allowed to sit vacant, vandalized.  The trustee would have the legal ability to sell it, and put those assets in the trust for Michael.  I'm wondering if this is a plot hole, or serves a plot purpose.