From the 'next time' preview, looks like Jack gets all sweary again.  I like it.

Huge thanks to Channel 5 press for new Jack promo images for this episode, now added to our episode guides!

© Channel 5

© Channel 5

I finally got to see this last night.  I lurved it so much!  Sweary Jack, the green jumper (massive fan of that green jumper and jeans combo) and #teamsass... it was awesome.  And because it didn't concentrate so much on the victim, it wasn't so gut-wrenching.  Did feel like one of their most positive (outcome) cases.  But then they threw in the death at the end.  But the karaoke made up for it.

Also love Jack-centric story line, the fact that Jack was able to reconcile with something weighing on him from his past, in this case the corrupt former mentor, and to learn that there were reasons he did it - puts Jack willing to cross the line in the pedophile case into new light too.

A re watch of this episode recently has inspired a need to put down some thoughts, particularly about Jack and Damien's performance.

This s not the most emotionally intense episode of the series in terms of the storyline, though it still is powerful in that respect. But the most intense and captivating part for me is Jack's coming face to face with his previous police mentor David Eboda and his reactions and shifts across the case.

The fascinating parallel between David Eboda as a cop destroying evidence and doing time for it and Jack almost planting evidence in the last series and Martha covering up for him (It's not a direct parallel as Jack didn't do it in the end, and his intention was to catch the bad guy, whereas David's actions meant the bad guy would go free) but nevertheless, that parallel was there for me.... and added an incredbly though provoking undercurrent to the whole episode. (My thoughts included ..Should jack be so judgemental? what would have happend to Jack if he had gone through with it? what would have happened to Jack if Martha hadn't had his back?)

Martha made no bones about telling him not to fuck the case up because of his history with David and possible over involvement. And Jack was filled with seething simmering barely contained rage - thinking of the scene mentioned in my last post when he first knocked on David's door... the scene in the interview room below (thanks to Jane for the GIf!)

and then it coming to a head when Jack and David are outside and it becomes clear that Jack's anger is also filled with the emotion of being let down by someone he looked up to and That David had other reasons for his actions that Jack was not previously aware of.. his son's life was being threatened.  A moral question hanging in the air for us as the audience (what would we do in that situation?) and for Jack.

And at the end, there seems to have been an internal shift for Jack when he talks to Charlie and she tells him he's changed his tune.

What is so powerful about this journey for Jack is the hallmark Damien talent of conveying emotion silently.. but so intensely. It is palpable and kinetic...I felt myself holding my breath and being effected on a deep level almost in a subliminal way.. his performance shines in this one and is about as far from 2 dimensional as you can get, nuanced.. contained but at the same time so much energy emanating from him. And for me is the reason this particular episode is so suspenseful and tension-filled.

Could say more.. but for now would love to hear everyone else's thoughts!