Edge of Darkness Episode 4 "Breakthrough"

This episode was the most like a conventional thriller so far, but as everyone's allegiances have started to come into the open, that's probably to be expected. It's interesting to note how economical the writing is - you don't feel that it's rushing through the plot and scenes are given the time they need, but there's a lot of plot going and a lot of ground gets covered.

Craven does seem to come out of the hospital a changed man, suddenly much more willing to do things, rather than just see what's happening. You can see it as perhaps a response to the shooting - he knows now that the only way to find out what he wants is to go for it head on, as all the subtle approaches he's tried mean people keep winding up dead.

I'm not sure if it was during this episode or the one before, but I realised just how much the mobile phone has changed the nature of the thriller. It's interesting to see police officers have to go into phone boxes to make calls, and people being able to put themselves easily out of contact.

Craven and Jedburgh now have potentially conflicting orders for when they go into Northmoor, but as neither have shown that they're the type to take orders willingly, it'll be interesting to see what happens.

Right, time to watch the last two episodes, I think.