Hidden Truth

Action for the sake of action only at the end of this Frost. Very disappointing. And all contrived in a very silly way. George recalls that the boy had some model airplanes in his room. Hey! Obviously the boy's mother, in order to entice the boy to run away from some very bad baddies, told the boy she would take him to an airplane museum about a 100 miles away. Any copper would be able to figure that one out, eh. So half the Thames Valley police force screams down to the airplane museum, after hours, and lo and behold, they ARE there. And the baddie, too. All too unbelievable for what is usually a very well done English DCI drama.

Most of the content is correct but there are things that are against the modern English justice system in my humble opinion. I can name many things because as an Australian who has studied many English justice of the modern day.

I am also a movie and TV critic who lovers to commentate on many things regarding England.

I have always been fascinated with English Police TV shows.

David Jason is a magnificent actor and is one of my all time favorites.

I think Robbie and his Mum are very brave People to stand up to a killer and Robbie was an act of the utmost bravery and maturity.

What a show.

One overriding event in this is Jack's search for a lottery ticket worth 5.2 million pounds. As usual, the ticket has found its way into the cemetery of lost paperwork that Jack has accumulated. The main plot involves a woman and her son who are in witness protection, awaiting the trial of a ruthless man. The police screw up time after time. One shortcoming of this series is the lack of backup that is utilized. Also, there seems to be almost no securing of the space where the accused is being kept. He is able to make phone calls. Granted, he has an insider helping him, but why isn't this monster being supervised and kept in a maximum security situation. Of course, Jack's unconventional methods are called into question again. The conclusion is utterly devoid of reality and it ruins the entire episode which was awfully dull to start with.

Some reviewers trashed the episode. I thought it was still very good. The relationship between Jack and Mullet was less adversarial. It will be interesting if this continues in future episodes.

I'm beginning to see a pattern here; the later seasons of Frost are just not of the same caliber as the earlier seasons. This episode was a 20 minute story dragged out to an hour and 40 minutes. It was just a lot of stuff and padding around a fairly simple and cliched story line that just wasn't all that interesting. It was boring and old after the first half hour.