I'll Be Remembered

The final episode opens with Charlie Miller complaining that the system is fixed by the Establishment. All because Arsenal beat Millwall in the FA Cup late in the game.

DCI Brian Boyce has a complaint made against him. He too complains about the Establishment banding together to help out the likes of Edwyn Cooper.

I might have found this easy to believe if Boyce was not played by Hugh Bonneville, you could not really get much more establishment than him.

There is a scene in the police station where all the coppers have gone out on an urgent call. Leaving Cooper with one solitary policeman.

Boyce arrives and smells a rat. Did the director need to make it so obvious that what followed would be straight out of The Godfather!

It was the only interesting thing about this forgettable episode. The ending tells the viewers what happened to some of the real characters. Nothing about the fictional characters.

Even Kenneth Noye is let off lightly, no mention is made that he was later convicted of murder.

The Gold was really a disappointment and really made me wonder why it even got commissioned in the first place.

The net is closing in, and those at the very top of the chain get twitchy, their only option, to go after Boyce.

It really has been a great show, and here it gets a high quality concluding episode that it deserved. Surprises await, some ghosts are laid to rest, and some questions continue to go unanswered.

I've mentioned the acting throughout, with every episode, someone different has had the limelight, Tom Cullen and Jack Lowden were both excellent.

Does any song sum up the era better than Shout, by Tears for Fears, a song that screams of the anger of the time, an era where many struggled, had nothing, some did very, very well. This show truly managed to capture the visuals and vibe of the era.

At this point in time, it seems very likely that a second series is on the way, I can't say I think one is needed, as I'm not fully sure where they'll go with it, but it's been a ratings winner, so expect it back.

9/10.