Daniel is on a fast-track graduate scheme with the police, unlike Kate, who worked her way up from uniform. She works off her outrage at the police shooting range, where she meets the new member of Adam’s team, DS Daniel Tarrant ( Alistair Brammer). What isn’t said aloud is that she’s an uppity woman whose aggression and intellect, and even her unpleasantness, would be admired in a man.īack at the precinct, Kate, who arrested Garry, is convinced of his guilt. Desmond Ulrick, the elderly Head of Chambers Hubert Langton ( Michael Culkin), and Drysdale Laud ( Silas Carson) all complain that the defense cases Venetia takes on are damaging to the Chambers’ gentlemanly reputation. She makes it clear her goal is to destroy the old boy network of the Chambers, take over as Head, and put an end to nepotism.īarrister Desmond Ulrick ( Michael Maloney) is bringing his son, Matthew ( Alex Hope), of whom Venetia has a very low opinion, into the practice as a pupil.

Her first request is that they fire their Clerk, Valerie Caldwell ( Charlotte McCurry), the “dolly bird” (noticeable eyeshadow and a shortish skirt), who Venetia considers unprofessional. Venetia slaps her face and, for a moment, looks shocked and contrite as Octavia runs away and then arrives late to a Chambers meeting.

There’s even a Chapel in the complex, a recurring feature for Dalgliesh, who’s drawn to places of worship.Īt home after the case, Venetia and her daughter Octavia ( Daisy Waterstone) fight about her new boyfriend. Pawlett Court Chambers is the sort of setting we’ve come to expect from Dalgliesh –– archaic, picturesque, claustrophobic, and featuring an elite and insular set of characters/suspects, mostly at each others’ throats. It can be held in check, suppressed by a determined mind, but it’s hard –– a fight, a battle, which must be fought every day. The barrister for the defense, Venetia Aldridge ( Sara Stewart), who has a reputation for intelligence and aggression, quickly demolishes the neighbor on the stand, and Garry is declared innocent.Ī desire for vengeance is a powerful thing. The case rests on the evidence of a neighbor who thought she saw him enter the house at a specific time.

A prostitute has been brutally murdered in her home, and Adam and DS Kate Miskin arrest her nephew, Garry Ashe ( Yaseen Aroussi). Dalgliesh and his team investigate the murder of a controversial barrister, although her death isn’t the first we see in this two-part adaptation of P.

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