Inspector Lynley One Guilty Deed (2001–2008) Online

A good episode.

SPOILER : A notorious criminal thinks better of his wicked ways when his own daughter is killed. He intends to become a supergrass and provide evidence that will enable the police to put away other criminals for a long time. He returns to his home town to try to make what amends he can for a bad deed he and others were involved in years before.

When all is revealed towards the end there are shades of Barbara Vine.

When the supergrass is murdered on the beach near where he grew up, Lynley and Havers arrive and gradually unravel the threads.

Many of the characters are more sympathetic than they first appear to be.

Havers has fond memories of the seaside town herself, from childhood holidays. She finds out about the tragedy that led to her family going elsewhere.

There are some amusing incidents in this episode, including Lynley's reaction to staying on the caravan site that Havers loves. You will wish for more when she sings Karaoke in the club.

Very well-produced, I thought, apart from a speech error from Lynley in the first few minutes :'laying' instead of 'lying' Urggghhhh. Otherwise excellent.

Inspector Lynley and his partner Barbara Havers investigate "One Guilty Deed" in this season 5 episode.

When a criminal who is turning state's evidence is murdered in his home town, Lynley and Havers get the case. The home town is seaside and a place where Havers spent many happy childhood summers with her brother in a seaside caravan. She's thrilled and excited to be there. There is only one caravan left that she and Lynley share; he's less than thrilled about roughing it.

Havers befriends a woman who lives in the town, whom she remembers from her childhood. As she and Lynley attempt to sort through what happened, the gangster they suspect of murdering their victim is also killed.

Havers begins to suspect the murders may be tied to the death of a little boy who had drowned years before.

What makes this episode so good is that it starts in one direction and goes into another, and also we get to see a new, cheery side of Havers as she belts out karaoke at a local club.

Lynley is in a foul mood, particularly at the beginning. Both actors do a wonderful job, and the seaside resort looks like incredible fun, particularly an old building with turquoise turrets. Being American, I was not familiar with caravan parks or, in fact, caravans, so the episode was especially fascinating.

This is one of the better Lynleys, mixing a dark, sad story with some lighter moments.

It's a shame Inspector Lynley didn't go longer than 6 seasons, whereas shows like Saved by the Bell went on for way too long.

Lynley and Havers head off to a seaside area (where Havers had wonderful memories growing up) to investigate the murder of a guy shot on a beach (who in turn lost his daughter to an assassin's bullet intended for him a few months earlier). Havers is so excited when she and Lynley manage to book a caravan in a resort, as their base. What's interesting is that Havers and Lynley are comfortable with each other with no suggestion of any romance, especially when Lynley comes out of the caravan shower. Also I was impressed by Nathaniel Parker's acting, especially when he sees the caravan Havers booked them in, not condescending but more bemusement.

Seeing Havers doing karaoke with the caravan park owner was excellent, "Sisters are doing it for themselves"!! If there's an Inspector Lynley soundtrack then the full rendition should be on it.

Deborah Sheridan-Taylor, who plays Erika Pollard, is incredibly beautiful and poised, and she deserves to have more prominence as an actress. Valerie Lilley who plays Pat McRae, put on an incredibly moving and nuanced performance as the mother who lost her son in the seaside town all those years ago.

The ending was very said, and it sort of embodies the saying, "You can't go home again".

Due credit also to the production team, including Chan Chau (Production Coordinator), Mark Galbraith (Production Executive), Lindsay Hall (Production Runner), and Zoe Liang (Floor Runner).

As he always does in every piece he's in, Rupert Procter steals the show as Simon Henshaw in this episode of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. Procter is so vivacious, energetic, and so authentic in his role. He also gets the dialect of the type of background his character might have come from just right--and it's very different from Procter's real-life dialect. Procter is the best!