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[[caption-width-right:350:You know what the [[{{Cancellation}} the cancellation of the series]] means, Barbara? It means that [[FanPreferredCouple we]] are free to do ''[[MaybeEverAfter whatever we want]]''...]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:You know what the [[{{Cancellation}} the cancellation of the series]] means, Barbara? It means that [[FanPreferredCouple we]] are free to do ''[[MaybeEverAfter whatever we want]]''...]]
[[caption-width-right:350:You know what the [[{{Cancellation}} the cancellation of the series]] means, Barbara? It means that [[FanPreferredCouple we]] are free to do ''[[MaybeEverAfter whatever we want]]''...]]
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* EvilCostumeSwitch : For most of the episode Tania is shown wearing blue jeans and a flowing jumper with a fringed scarf-like neckline, which makes her look soft and fragile. After Lynley and Havers work out that Tania is actually Guy's partner in ''every'' sense, including rape and murder, and are looking for the video tapes to prove it, Tania switches into tight black jeans with a matching fitted black leather jacket, with a distinct EvilIsSexy vibe.
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* EvilCostumeSwitch : For most of the episode Tania is shown wearing blue jeans and a flowing jumper with a fringed scarf-like neckline, which makes her look soft and fragile. After Lynley and Havers work out that Tania is actually Guy's partner in ''every'' sense, including rape and murder, and are looking for the video tapes to prove it, Tania switches into tight black jeans with a matching fitted black leather jacket, with a distinct EvilIsSexy vibe.jacket.
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* TheWorfEffect: A subtle instance when Guy is introduced. Not many people have the personality to overshadow Lynley's, but Guy comes across as the more charismatic and level-headed of the two when they first meet at the seminar. That impression doesn't last for long once Lynley finds out Guy's "weak spot".
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* TheWorfEffect: A subtle instance when Guy is introduced. Not many people have the personality to overshadow Lynley's, but Guy comes across as the more charismatic and level-headed of the two when they first meet at the seminar. That impression doesn't last for long once Lynley finds out Guy's "weak spot".spot".
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* AbusiveOffspring: Guy adored his father, but he beat up his mother on at least one occasion.
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* AbusiveOffspring: Guy adored his father, but he beat up his mother on at least one occasion.occasion, on top of hating her and berating her.
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* AbusiveOffspring: Guy adored his father, but he beat up his mother on at least one occasion.
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* {{Sadist}}: Guy. According to an ex-girlfriend, he once said that the two most erotic words in the dictionary are "stop" and "no". He met his match in Tania.
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* {{Sadist}}: Guy. According to an ex-girlfriend, he once said that the two most erotic words in the dictionary are "stop" and "no"."no" (and ''not'' in a CasualKink sense). He met his match in Tania.
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* LoveMartyr: Tania persists on staying in her marriage with Guy despite the fact that he is a DomesticAbuser, emotional blackmailer and forces her to help with his crimes. {{Subverted}}, since Tania's is no martyr. He's never physically hurt her, and she's an equally keen participant in his atrocities.
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* LoveMartyr: Tania persists on staying in her marriage with Guy despite the fact that he is a DomesticAbuser, domestic abuser, emotional blackmailer and forces her to help with his crimes. {{Subverted}}, since Tania's is no martyr. He's never physically hurt her, and she's an equally keen participant in his atrocities.
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* BeautyIsBad: Guy Thompson.''[[note]]Self-explanatory note: played by James D'Arcy[[/note]]'' As DC Harvey remarks, it "doesn't look like he needs to abduct women."
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* BeautyIsBad: Guy Thompson.''[[note]]Self-explanatory note: played by James D'Arcy[[/note]]'' As DC Harvey remarks, it "doesn't look like he needs to abduct women."" Also, Tania.
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: Honeysuckle Weeks and James D'Arcy, playing a husband-and-wife BigBadDuumvirate, very nearly succeed in diverting fandom's focus on the FanPreferredCouple.
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: Honeysuckle Weeks and James D'Arcy, Creator/JamesDArcy, playing a husband-and-wife BigBadDuumvirate, very nearly succeed in diverting fandom's focus on the FanPreferredCouple.
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* BeautyIsBad: Guy Thompson.''[[note]]Self-explanatory note: played by James D'Arcy[[/note]]'' As DC Harvey remarks, it "doesn't look like he needs to abduct women."
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* HotGuysAreBastards: Guy Thompson.''[[note]]Self-explanatory note: played by James D'Arcy[[/note]]'' As DC Harvey remarks, it "doesn't look like he needs to abduct women."
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-> '''Lynley''': Stop feeling sorry for yourself. You saved her ''life'', Barbara. [[spoiler: Anyway, they're both going down now. For good.]]
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-> '''Lynley''': Stop feeling sorry for yourself. You saved her ''life'', Barbara. [[spoiler: Anyway, they're both going down now. For good.]]
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Based on the real [[spoiler: Paul Bernardo-Karla Homolka]] crimes. Lynley is back at work and busy leading the investigation for missing high-schoolgirl Sarah Middleton. Sarah was last seen talking to a red-haired woman in her mid-20s. One week after her disappearance, Sarah's body is dragged out from a pond. It appears that she was raped and then slit her wrists to escape her captor.
Soon afterwards, another high-schoolgirl, Kelly Stevens, goes missing. The possibility of the two disappearances being unrelated is ruled out when a witness reveals that she saw Kelly showing directions on a map to a man and a woman with red hair. The map in question is found at the site, and fingerprinting reveals two sets of fingerprints, which, however, have no match in the police database.
As the police begin sending appeals to the mystery red-haired woman to come clean and turn in her partner, a red-haired woman does turn up at a hospital, seeking medical assistance for a black eye and cut lip. The woman is Tania Thompson, and on Havers' questioning, she reveals that she was beaten up by her husband, Guy. Havers illegally collects Tania's fingerprints, and Lynley attempt to track down Guy and detain him on the pretext of domestic abuse.
Soon afterwards, another high-schoolgirl, Kelly Stevens, goes missing. The possibility of the two disappearances being unrelated is ruled out when a witness reveals that she saw Kelly showing directions on a map to a man and a woman with red hair. The map in question is found at the site, and fingerprinting reveals two sets of fingerprints, which, however, have no match in the police database.
As the police begin sending appeals to the mystery red-haired woman to come clean and turn in her partner, a red-haired woman does turn up at a hospital, seeking medical assistance for a black eye and cut lip. The woman is Tania Thompson, and on Havers' questioning, she reveals that she was beaten up by her husband, Guy. Havers illegally collects Tania's fingerprints, and Lynley attempt to track down Guy and detain him on the pretext of domestic abuse.
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Based on the real [[spoiler: Paul Bernardo-Karla Homolka]] Homolka crimes. Lynley is back at work and busy leading the investigation for missing high-schoolgirl Sarah Middleton. Sarah was last seen talking to a red-haired woman in her mid-20s. One week after her disappearance, Sarah's body is dragged out from a pond. It appears that she was raped and then slit her wrists to escape her captor.
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Soon afterwards, another high-schoolgirl, Kelly Stevens, goes missing. The possibility of the two disappearances being unrelated is ruled out when a witness reveals that she saw Kelly showing directions on a map to a man and a woman with red hair. The map in question is found at the site, and fingerprinting reveals two sets of fingerprints, which, however, have no match in the policedatabase.
database.
As the police begin sending appeals to the mystery red-haired woman to come clean and turn in her partner, a red-haired woman does turn up at a hospital, seeking medical assistance for a black eye and cut lip. The woman is Tania Thompson, and on Havers' questioning, she reveals that she was beaten up by her husband, Guy. Havers illegally collects Tania's fingerprints, and Lynley attempt to track down Guy and detain him on the pretext of domesticabuse.
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Soon afterwards, another high-schoolgirl, Kelly Stevens, goes missing. The possibility of the two disappearances being unrelated is ruled out when a witness reveals that she saw Kelly showing directions on a map to a man and a woman with red hair. The map in question is found at the site, and fingerprinting reveals two sets of fingerprints, which, however, have no match in the police
As the police begin sending appeals to the mystery red-haired woman to come clean and turn in her partner, a red-haired woman does turn up at a hospital, seeking medical assistance for a black eye and cut lip. The woman is Tania Thompson, and on Havers' questioning, she reveals that she was beaten up by her husband, Guy. Havers illegally collects Tania's fingerprints, and Lynley attempt to track down Guy and detain him on the pretext of domestic
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* AbuseMistake: Lynley is convinced that Havers is being carried away by her sympathy for Tania to think of her as Guy's victim instead of his partner in crime. [[spoiler:He's right.]]
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* AbuseMistake: Lynley is convinced that Havers is being carried away by her sympathy for Tania to think of her as Guy's victim instead of his partner in crime. [[spoiler:He's He's right.]]
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* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler: Tania and Guy]].
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* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler: Tania and Guy]]. Guy.
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* DomesticAbuse: The reason why Tania comes to Lynley and Havers' notice. [[spoiler: {{Subverted}} -- Tania injured herself to emotionally blackmail Guy into committing the second kidnap]].
* [[spoiler: EvilCostumeSwitch]] : For most of the episode [[spoiler: Tania is shown wearing blue jeans and a flowing jumper with a fringed scarf-like neckline, which makes her look soft and fragile. After Lynley and Havers work out that Tania is actually Guy's partner in ''every'' sense, including rape and murder, and are looking for the video tapes to prove it, Tania switches into tight black jeans with a matching fitted black leather jacket, with a distinct EvilIsSexy vibe.]]
* [[spoiler: EvilCostumeSwitch]] : For most of the episode [[spoiler: Tania is shown wearing blue jeans and a flowing jumper with a fringed scarf-like neckline, which makes her look soft and fragile. After Lynley and Havers work out that Tania is actually Guy's partner in ''every'' sense, including rape and murder, and are looking for the video tapes to prove it, Tania switches into tight black jeans with a matching fitted black leather jacket, with a distinct EvilIsSexy vibe.]]
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* DomesticAbuse: The reason why Tania comes to Lynley and Havers' notice. [[spoiler: {{Subverted}} -- Tania injured herself to emotionally blackmail Guy into committing the second kidnap]].
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*[[spoiler: EvilCostumeSwitch]] EvilCostumeSwitch : For most of the episode [[spoiler: Tania is shown wearing blue jeans and a flowing jumper with a fringed scarf-like neckline, which makes her look soft and fragile. After Lynley and Havers work out that Tania is actually Guy's partner in ''every'' sense, including rape and murder, and are looking for the video tapes to prove it, Tania switches into tight black jeans with a matching fitted black leather jacket, with a distinct EvilIsSexy vibe.]]
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* GutFeeling: Barbara's uncanny knack for sniffing out true villains [[spoiler:completely fails her in this episode]].
* HotGuysAreBastards: Guy Thompson.''[[note]]Self-explanatory note: played by James D'Arcy[[/note]]'' As DC Harvey remarks, it "doesn't look like he needs to abduct women."
* IronicEcho: All his talk of finding out one's enemy's "weak spots" and "weaknesses" comes back to bite Guy once Lynley becomes his enemy.
* HotGuysAreBastards: Guy Thompson.''[[note]]Self-explanatory note: played by James D'Arcy[[/note]]'' As DC Harvey remarks, it "doesn't look like he needs to abduct women."
* IronicEcho: All his talk of finding out one's enemy's "weak spots" and "weaknesses" comes back to bite Guy once Lynley becomes his enemy.
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* GutFeeling: Barbara's uncanny knack for sniffing out true villains [[spoiler:completely completely fails her in this episode]].
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* HotGuysAreBastards: Guy Thompson.''[[note]]Self-explanatory note: played by James D'Arcy[[/note]]'' As DC Harvey remarks, it "doesn't look like he needs to abduct women."
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* IronicEcho: All his talk of finding out one's enemy's "weak spots" and "weaknesses" comes back to bite Guy once Lynley becomes his enemy.
* HotGuysAreBastards: Guy Thompson.''[[note]]Self-explanatory note: played by James D'Arcy[[/note]]'' As DC Harvey remarks, it "doesn't look like he needs to abduct women.
* IronicEcho: All his talk of finding out one's enemy's "weak spots" and "weaknesses" comes back to bite Guy once Lynley becomes his enemy.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Guy. Yes, he had a DisappearedDad and a [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents an embarrassing mother]]. But his response to finding out that his dad had another family was [[spoiler:to beat up his mother]].
* LoveMartyr: Tania persists on staying in her marriage with Guy despite the fact that he is a DomesticAbuser, emotional blackmailer and forces her to help with his crimes. [[spoiler: {{Subverted}}, since Tania's is no martyr. He's never physically hurt her, and she's an equally keen participant in his atrocities.]]
* MasochismTango: Guy emotionally blackmails Tania into compliance with his plans by making her repeat her marriage vows "to stand by her man." On her part, Tania calls Guy her "husband and master". [[spoiler: In a nutshell: he's a sadist and control-freak. She's a sadist and {{Yandere}}. Both are perverted sociopaths.]]
* LoveMartyr: Tania persists on staying in her marriage with Guy despite the fact that he is a DomesticAbuser, emotional blackmailer and forces her to help with his crimes. [[spoiler: {{Subverted}}, since Tania's is no martyr. He's never physically hurt her, and she's an equally keen participant in his atrocities.]]
* MasochismTango: Guy emotionally blackmails Tania into compliance with his plans by making her repeat her marriage vows "to stand by her man." On her part, Tania calls Guy her "husband and master". [[spoiler: In a nutshell: he's a sadist and control-freak. She's a sadist and {{Yandere}}. Both are perverted sociopaths.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Guy. Yes, he had a DisappearedDad and a [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents an embarrassing mother]]. But his response to finding out that his dad had another family was [[spoiler:to to beat up his mother]].
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* LoveMartyr: Tania persists on staying in her marriage with Guy despite the fact that he is a DomesticAbuser, emotional blackmailer and forces her to help with his crimes.[[spoiler: {{Subverted}}, since Tania's is no martyr. He's never physically hurt her, and she's an equally keen participant in his atrocities.]]
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* MasochismTango: Guy emotionally blackmails Tania into compliance with his plans by making her repeat her marriage vows "to stand by her man." On her part, Tania calls Guy her "husband and master".[[spoiler: In a nutshell: he's a sadist and control-freak. She's a sadist and {{Yandere}}. Both are perverted sociopaths.]]
* LoveMartyr: Tania persists on staying in her marriage with Guy despite the fact that he is a DomesticAbuser, emotional blackmailer and forces her to help with his crimes.
* MasochismTango: Guy emotionally blackmails Tania into compliance with his plans by making her repeat her marriage vows "to stand by her man." On her part, Tania calls Guy her "husband and master".
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* PsychoticSmirk: [[spoiler: Tania]]'s expression at the end.
* {{Sadist}}: Guy. According to an ex-girlfriend, he once said that the two most erotic words in the dictionary are "stop" and "no". [[spoiler: He met his match in Tania]].
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: The only reason the investigation proceeds at all is that Lynley and Havers don't agonise too much over illegally collected evidence and smokescreen charges.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Honeysuckle Weeks and James D'Arcy[[spoiler:, playing a husband-and-wife BigBadDuumvirate,]] very nearly succeed in diverting fandom's focus on the FanPreferredCouple.
* {{Sadist}}: Guy. According to an ex-girlfriend, he once said that the two most erotic words in the dictionary are "stop" and "no". [[spoiler: He met his match in Tania]].
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: The only reason the investigation proceeds at all is that Lynley and Havers don't agonise too much over illegally collected evidence and smokescreen charges.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Honeysuckle Weeks and James D'Arcy[[spoiler:, playing a husband-and-wife BigBadDuumvirate,]] very nearly succeed in diverting fandom's focus on the FanPreferredCouple.
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* PsychoticSmirk: [[spoiler: Tania]]'s Tania's expression at the end.
* {{Sadist}}: Guy. According to an ex-girlfriend, he once said that the two most erotic words in the dictionary are "stop" and "no".[[spoiler: He met his match in Tania]].
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: Honeysuckle Weeks and JamesD'Arcy[[spoiler:, D'Arcy, playing a husband-and-wife BigBadDuumvirate,]] BigBadDuumvirate, very nearly succeed in diverting fandom's focus on the FanPreferredCouple.
* {{Sadist}}: Guy. According to an ex-girlfriend, he once said that the two most erotic words in the dictionary are "stop" and "no".
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: The only reason the investigation proceeds at all is that Lynley and Havers don't agonise too much over illegally collected evidence and smokescreen
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Honeysuckle Weeks and James
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* UnholyMatrimony: [[spoiler: Honestly, just how did a sadist, twisted human being like Guy manage to find for a mate the equally sadist, twisted and {{Yandere}} Tania? What's worse, it happened in RealLife.]]
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* UnholyMatrimony: [[spoiler: Honestly, just how did a sadist, twisted human being like Guy manage to find for a mate the equally sadist, twisted and {{Yandere}} Tania? What's worse, it happened in RealLife.]]
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* TheWorfEffect: A subtle instance when Guy is introduced. Not many people have the personality to overshadow Lynley's, but Guy comes across as the more charismatic and level-headed of the two when they first meet at the seminar. [[spoiler: That impression doesn't last for long once Lynley finds out Guy's "weak spot"]].
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* TheWorfEffect: A subtle instance when Guy is introduced. Not many people have the personality to overshadow Lynley's, but Guy comes across as the more charismatic and level-headed of the two when they first meet at the seminar. [[spoiler: That impression doesn't last for long once Lynley finds out Guy's "weak spot"]].spot".
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* HandsomeDevil: Guy Thompson.''[[note]]Self-explanatory note: played by James D'Arcy[[/note]]'' As DC Harvey remarks, it "doesn't look like he needs to abduct women."
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* HandsomeDevil: HotGuysAreBastards: Guy Thompson.''[[note]]Self-explanatory note: played by James D'Arcy[[/note]]'' As DC Harvey remarks, it "doesn't look like he needs to abduct women."
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* [[spoiler: EvilCostumeSwitch]] : For most of the episode [[spoiler: Tania is shown wearing blue jeans and a flowing jumper with a fringed scarf-like neckline, which makes her look soft and fragile. After Lynley and Havers work out that Tania is actually Guy's partner in ''every'' sense, including rape and murder, and are looking for the video tapes to prove it, Tania switches into tight black jeans with a matching fitted black leather jacket, with a distinct EvilIsSexy vibe.]]
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It\'s Karla Homolka, not Katie Homolka a minor correction.
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Based on the real [[spoiler: Paul Bernardo-Katie Homolka]] crimes. Lynley is back at work and busy leading the investigation for missing high-schoolgirl Sarah Middleton. Sarah was last seen talking to a red-haired woman in her mid-20s. One week after her disappearance, Sarah's body is dragged out from a pond. It appears that she was raped and then slit her wrists to escape her captor.
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Based on the real [[spoiler: Paul Bernardo-Katie Bernardo-Karla Homolka]] crimes. Lynley is back at work and busy leading the investigation for missing high-schoolgirl Sarah Middleton. Sarah was last seen talking to a red-haired woman in her mid-20s. One week after her disappearance, Sarah's body is dragged out from a pond. It appears that she was raped and then slit her wrists to escape her captor.
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* MysteriousPast: One line of Barbara's -- namely, "...you don't understand the fear and isolation..." in her shouting match with Lynley -- hints that Barbara may have been subject to domestic abuse. This is supported by an earlier line from "[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS04E04WordOfGod Word of God]]" that she's "never had anything [she] could call a 'real relationship'", and certainly her behavior at the start of the series could be a result of that kind of abuse. But this is never explicitly stated in the text, and as this abruptly became the last episode, it was never explored further.
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* MysteriousPast: One line of Barbara's -- namely, "...you don't understand the fear and isolation..." in her shouting match with Lynley -- hints that Barbara may have been subject to some kind of domestic abuse.abuse before she met Lynley. This is supported by an earlier line from "[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS04E04WordOfGod Word of God]]" that she's "never had anything [she] could call a 'real relationship'", and certainly her behavior at the start of the series could be a result of that kind of abuse. But this is never explicitly stated in the text, and as this abruptly became the last episode, it was never explored further.
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-> '''Lynley''': Stop feeling sorry for yourself. You saved her life, Barbara. [[spoiler: Anyway, they're both going down now. For good.]]
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-> '''Lynley''': Stop feeling sorry for yourself. You saved her life, ''life'', Barbara. [[spoiler: Anyway, they're both going down now. For good.]]
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* AbuseMistake: Lynley is convinced that Havers is being carried away by her sympathy for Tania to think of her as Guy's victim instead of his partner in crime.
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* AbuseMistake: Lynley is convinced that Havers is being carried away by her sympathy for Tania to think of her as Guy's victim instead of his partner in crime. [[spoiler:He's right.]]
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* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: {{Discussed}}, or more accurately, "yelled about" during Lynley and Havers' argument about Tania:
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* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: {{Discussed}}, or {{Discussed}} -- or, more accurately, "yelled about" -- during Lynley and Havers' argument about Tania:
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* GutFeeling: Barbara's uncanny knack for sniffing out true villains [[spoiler:completely fails her in this episode]].
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* MysteriousPast: One line of Barbara's -- namely, "...you don't understand the fear and isolation..." in her shouting match with Lynley -- hints that Barbara may have been subject to domestic abuse. This is supported by an earlier line from "[[Recap/InspectorLynleyS04E04WordOfGod Word of God]]" that she's "never had anything [she] could call a 'real relationship'", and certainly her behavior at the start of the series could be a result of that kind of abuse. But this is never explicitly stated in the text, and as this abruptly became the last episode, it was never explored further.
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* TheWorfEffect: A subtle instance when Guy is introduced. Not many people have the personality to overshadow Lynley's, but Guy smoothly fends off Lynley's snarky remarks and even treats Lynley's unexpected gaining of an "upper hand" as a case in point for the message of his seminar to end up looking like the cooler man. [[spoiler: From then on it goes downhill for him]].
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* TheWorfEffect: A subtle instance when Guy is introduced. Not many people have the personality to overshadow Lynley's, but Guy smoothly fends off Lynley's snarky remarks comes across as the more charismatic and even treats Lynley's unexpected gaining level-headed of an "upper hand" as a case in point for the message of his seminar to end up looking like two when they first meet at the cooler man. seminar. [[spoiler: From then on it goes downhill That impression doesn't last for him]].long once Lynley finds out Guy's "weak spot"]].
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* ParentalIssues: These provide Guy's FreudianExcuse for his [[spoiler: sadism]].
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* ParentalIssues: These provide Guy's FreudianExcuse for his [[spoiler: sadism]].sadism.
* {{Sadist}}: Guy. According to an ex-girlfriend, he once said that the two most erotic words in the dictionary are "stop" and "no". [[spoiler: He met his match in Tania]].
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Guy's father, Mike. The one thing that seriously unsettles Guy is the possibility of his father's disapproval. Lynley uses it [[VillainousBreakdown to great effect]].
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Guy's father, Mike. The one thing that seriously unsettles Guy is the possibility of his father's disapproval. Lynley uses it [[VillainousBreakdown to great effect]].effect]].
* TheWorfEffect: A subtle instance when Guy is introduced. Not many people have the personality to overshadow Lynley's, but Guy smoothly fends off Lynley's snarky remarks and even treats Lynley's unexpected gaining of an "upper hand" as a case in point for the message of his seminar to end up looking like the cooler man. [[spoiler: From then on it goes downhill for him]].
* TheWorfEffect: A subtle instance when Guy is introduced. Not many people have the personality to overshadow Lynley's, but Guy smoothly fends off Lynley's snarky remarks and even treats Lynley's unexpected gaining of an "upper hand" as a case in point for the message of his seminar to end up looking like the cooler man. [[spoiler: From then on it goes downhill for him]].
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Guy. Yes, he had a DisappearedDad and a [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents an embarrassing mother]]. But his response to finding out that his dad had another family [[spoiler: beat up his mother]].
* LoveMartyr: Tania persists on staying in her marriage with Guy despite the fact that he is a DomesticAbuser, emotional blackmailer and forces her to help with his crimes. [[spoiler: He's never physically hurt her, and she's an equally keen participant in his atrocities.]]
* MasochismTango: Guy emotionally blackmails Tania into compliance with his plans by making her repeat her marriage vows "to stand by her man." On her part, Tania calls Guy her "husband and master" in private correspondence. [[spoiler: In a nutshell: he's a sadist and control-freak. She's a sadist and {{Yandere}}. Both are perverted sociopaths.]]
* LoveMartyr: Tania persists on staying in her marriage with Guy despite the fact that he is a DomesticAbuser, emotional blackmailer and forces her to help with his crimes. [[spoiler: He's never physically hurt her, and she's an equally keen participant in his atrocities.]]
* MasochismTango: Guy emotionally blackmails Tania into compliance with his plans by making her repeat her marriage vows "to stand by her man." On her part, Tania calls Guy her "husband and master" in private correspondence. [[spoiler: In a nutshell: he's a sadist and control-freak. She's a sadist and {{Yandere}}. Both are perverted sociopaths.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Guy. Yes, he had a DisappearedDad and a [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents an embarrassing mother]]. But his response to finding out that his dad had another family [[spoiler: was [[spoiler:to beat up his mother]].
* LoveMartyr: Tania persists on staying in her marriage with Guy despite the fact that he is a DomesticAbuser, emotional blackmailer and forces her to help with his crimes. [[spoiler: {{Subverted}}, since Tania's is no martyr. He's never physically hurt her, and she's an equally keen participant in his atrocities.]]
* MasochismTango: Guy emotionally blackmails Tania into compliance with his plans by making her repeat her marriage vows "to stand by her man." On her part, Tania calls Guy her "husband andmaster" in private correspondence.master". [[spoiler: In a nutshell: he's a sadist and control-freak. She's a sadist and {{Yandere}}. Both are perverted sociopaths.]]
* LoveMartyr: Tania persists on staying in her marriage with Guy despite the fact that he is a DomesticAbuser, emotional blackmailer and forces her to help with his crimes. [[spoiler: {{Subverted}}, since Tania's is no martyr. He's never physically hurt her, and she's an equally keen participant in his atrocities.]]
* MasochismTango: Guy emotionally blackmails Tania into compliance with his plans by making her repeat her marriage vows "to stand by her man." On her part, Tania calls Guy her "husband and
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* UnholyMatrimony: [[spoiler: Honestly, just how did a sadist, twisted human being like Guy manage to find for a mate the equally sadist, twisted and ClingyJealousGirl Tania? What's worse, it happened in RealLife.]]
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* UnholyMatrimony: [[spoiler: Honestly, just how did a sadist, twisted human being like Guy manage to find for a mate the equally sadist, twisted and ClingyJealousGirl {{Yandere}} Tania? What's worse, it happened in RealLife.]]
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* DomesticAbuser: Guy. [[spoiler: {{Subverted}} -- Tania injured herself to emotionally blackmail Guy into committing the second kidnap]].
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* DomesticAbuser: Guy.DomesticAbuse: The reason why Tania comes to Lynley and Havers' notice. [[spoiler: {{Subverted}} -- Tania injured herself to emotionally blackmail Guy into committing the second kidnap]].
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* IronicEcho: Lynley first met Guy was at a seminar, where Guy was giving a motivational speech on how to succeed by finding out one's enemy's "weak spot". Later:
--> '''Lynley''': ''[interviewing Guy, who's under arrest]'' Role play. Put yourself in their shoes. Get a nose for their vulnerability, find their weakness...
--> '''Guy''': Not exactly how it goes, but I'm thrilled you took something from [the seminar].
--> '''Lynley''': I did, Guy...I found out your weakness.
* LoveMartyr: Tania persists on staying in her marriage with Guy despite the fact that he is a DomesticAbuser, emotional blackmailer and forces her to help with his crimes. [[spoiler: He isn't, and she's an equally keen participant in his atrocities.]]
--> '''Lynley''': ''[interviewing Guy, who's under arrest]'' Role play. Put yourself in their shoes. Get a nose for their vulnerability, find their weakness...
--> '''Guy''': Not exactly how it goes, but I'm thrilled you took something from [the seminar].
--> '''Lynley''': I did, Guy...I found out your weakness.
* LoveMartyr: Tania persists on staying in her marriage with Guy despite the fact that he is a DomesticAbuser, emotional blackmailer and forces her to help with his crimes. [[spoiler: He isn't, and she's an equally keen participant in his atrocities.]]
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* IronicEcho: Lynley first met Guy was at a seminar, where Guy was giving a motivational speech on how to succeed by All his talk of finding out one's enemy's "weak spot". Later:
--> '''Lynley''': ''[interviewing Guy, who's under arrest]'' Role play. Put yourself in their shoes. Get a nose for their vulnerability, find their weakness...
--> '''Guy''': Not exactly how it goes, but I'm thrilled you took something from [the seminar].spots" and "weaknesses" comes back to bite Guy once Lynley becomes his enemy.
--> '''Lynley''': Idid, Guy...I found out your weakness.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Guy. Yes, he had a DisappearedDad and a [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents an embarrassing mother]]. But his response to finding out that his dad had another family [[spoiler: beat up his mother]].
* LoveMartyr: Tania persists on staying in her marriage with Guy despite the fact that he is a DomesticAbuser, emotional blackmailer and forces her to help with his crimes. [[spoiler:He isn't, He's never physically hurt her, and she's an equally keen participant in his atrocities.]]
* MasochismTango: Guy emotionally blackmails Tania into compliance with his plans by making her repeat her marriage vows "to stand by her man." On her part, Tania calls Guy her "husband and master" in private correspondence. [[spoiler: In a nutshell: he's a sadist and control-freak. She's a sadist and {{Yandere}}. Both are perverted sociopaths.]]
--> '''Lynley''': ''[interviewing Guy, who's under arrest]'' Role play. Put yourself in their shoes. Get a nose for their vulnerability, find their weakness...
--> '''Guy''': Not exactly how it goes, but I'm thrilled you took something from [the seminar].
--> '''Lynley''': I
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Guy. Yes, he had a DisappearedDad and a [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents an embarrassing mother]]. But his response to finding out that his dad had another family [[spoiler: beat up his mother]].
* LoveMartyr: Tania persists on staying in her marriage with Guy despite the fact that he is a DomesticAbuser, emotional blackmailer and forces her to help with his crimes. [[spoiler:
* MasochismTango: Guy emotionally blackmails Tania into compliance with his plans by making her repeat her marriage vows "to stand by her man." On her part, Tania calls Guy her "husband and master" in private correspondence. [[spoiler: In a nutshell: he's a sadist and control-freak. She's a sadist and {{Yandere}}. Both are perverted sociopaths.]]
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* PsychoticSmirk: [[spoiler: Tania]]'s facial expression loses the last vestige of sanity after ending up on the wrong side of TheReveal.
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* PsychoticSmirk: [[spoiler: Tania]]'s facial expression loses at the last vestige of sanity after ending up on the wrong side of TheReveal.end.
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* {{OOC}}: Lynley's '''''"WHERE IS SHE?"''''' to Tania. Thankfully, Havers takes him aside for a word before it gets worse.
* PsychoticSmirk: [[spoiler: Tania]]'s facial expression loses the last vestige of sanity after ending up on the wrong side of TheReveal.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Guy's father, Mike. The one thing that seriously unsettles Guy is the possibility of his father's disapproval. Lynley uses it to great effect to achieve a mini-VillainousBreakdown.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Guy's father, Mike. The one thing that seriously unsettles Guy is the possibility of his father's disapproval. Lynley uses it [[VillainousBreakdown to great effect to achieve a mini-VillainousBreakdown.effect]].
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* AbuseMistake: Lynley is convinced that Havers is being carried away by her sympathy for Tania to think of her as Guy's victim instead of his partner in crime.
* AloneWithThePsycho: {{Subverted}}. ''Twice.''
* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler: Tania and Guy]].
* CharacterDevelopment: Once upon a time, it would have been unthinkable for Lynley to shout at a woman, possibly because of a view that it is ungentlemanly to show anger to a weaker party. Over the years, his marriage to Helen and friendship with Havers have taught him a few things...
* DomesticAbuser: Guy. [[spoiler: {{Subverted}} -- Tania injured herself to emotionally blackmail Guy into committing the second kidnap]].
* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: {{Discussed}}, or more accurately, "yelled about" during Lynley and Havers' argument about Tania:
--> '''Lynley''': She trapped those girls knowing what Guy had planned!
--> '''Havers''': He had complete control over her, physically and mentally. You don't understand that fear and isolation...
--> '''Lynley''': Because I'm a man?
--> '''Havers''': Maybe!
--> '''Lynley''': Oh, and she's a poor helpless victim with no will of her own? Isn't that just a little bit sexist?
* FeudEpisode: Lynley and Havers repeatedly anger each other with their conflicting takes on the case, and even have a shouting match at one point.
* HandsomeDevil: Guy Thompson.''[[note]]Self-explanatory note: played by James D'Arcy[[/note]]'' As DC Harvey remarks, it "doesn't look like he needs to abduct women."
* IronicEcho: Lynley first met Guy was at a seminar, where Guy was giving a motivational speech on how to succeed by finding out one's enemy's "weak spot". Later:
--> '''Lynley''': ''[interviewing Guy, who's under arrest]'' Role play. Put yourself in their shoes. Get a nose for their vulnerability, find their weakness...
--> '''Guy''': Not exactly how it goes, but I'm thrilled you took something from [the seminar].
--> '''Lynley''': I did, Guy...I found out your weakness.
* LoveMartyr: Tania persists on staying in her marriage with Guy despite the fact that he is a DomesticAbuser, emotional blackmailer and forces her to help with his crimes. [[spoiler: He isn't, and she's an equally keen participant in his atrocities.]]
* ParentalIssues: These provide Guy's FreudianExcuse for his [[spoiler: sadism]].
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: The only reason the investigation proceeds at all is that Lynley and Havers don't agonise too much over illegally collected evidence and smokescreen charges.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Honeysuckle Weeks and James D'Arcy[[spoiler:, playing a husband-and-wife BigBadDuumvirate,]] very nearly succeed in diverting fandom's focus on the FanPreferredCouple.
* TitleDrop: A rare visual example.
* UnholyMatrimony: [[spoiler: Honestly, just how did a sadist, twisted human being like Guy manage to find for a mate the equally sadist, twisted and ClingyJealousGirl Tania? What's worse, it happened in RealLife.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: Guy's father, Mike. The one thing that seriously unsettles Guy is the possibility of his father's disapproval. Lynley uses it to great effect to achieve a mini-VillainousBreakdown.
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Based on the real [[spoiler: Paul Bernardo-Katie Homolka]] crimes. Lynley is back at work and busy leading the investigation for missing high-schoolgirl Sarah Middleton. Sarah was last seen talking to a red-haird woman in her mid-20s. One week after her disappearance, Sarah's body is dragged out from a pond. It appears that she was raped and then slit her wrists to escape her captor.
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Based on the real [[spoiler: Paul Bernardo-Katie Homolka]] crimes. Lynley is back at work and busy leading the investigation for missing high-schoolgirl Sarah Middleton. Sarah was last seen talking to a red-haird red-haired woman in her mid-20s. One week after her disappearance, Sarah's body is dragged out from a pond. It appears that she was raped and then slit her wrists to escape her captor.
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As the police begin sending appeals to the mystery red-haired woman to come clean and dob in her partner, a red-haired woman does turn up at a hospital, seeking medical assistance for a black eye and cut lip. The woman is Tania Thompson, and on Havers' questioning, she reveals that she was beaten up by her husband, Guy. Havers illegally collects Tania's fingerprints, and Lynley attempt to track down Guy and detain him on the pretext of domestic abuse.
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As the police begin sending appeals to the mystery red-haired woman to come clean and dob turn in her partner, a red-haired woman does turn up at a hospital, seeking medical assistance for a black eye and cut lip. The woman is Tania Thompson, and on Havers' questioning, she reveals that she was beaten up by her husband, Guy. Havers illegally collects Tania's fingerprints, and Lynley attempt to track down Guy and detain him on the pretext of domestic abuse.
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-> ''[Last lines of the show]''
-> '''Lynley''': Stop feeling sorry for yourself. You saved her life, Barbara. [[spoiler: Anyway, they're both going down now. For good.]]
-> '''Havers''': ''[half-reluctantly]'' All right, sir. ''[Beginning to smile]'' Just don't say, "I told you so."
-> ''[They exchange a HeldGaze, smiling, before Havers goes on her way and Lynley drives off]''.
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[[caption-width-right:350:You know what the [[{{Cancellation}} the cancellation of the series]] means, Barbara? It means that [[FanPreferredCouple we]] are free to do ''[[MaybeEverAfter whatever we want]]''...]]
-> '''Lynley''': Stop feeling sorry for yourself. You saved her life, Barbara. [[spoiler: Anyway, they're both going down now. For good.]]
-> '''Havers''': ''[half-reluctantly]'' All right, sir. ''[Beginning to smile]'' Just don't say, "I told you so."
-> ''[They exchange a HeldGaze, smiling, before Havers goes on her way and Lynley drives off]''.
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[[caption-width-right:350:You know what the [[{{Cancellation}} the cancellation of the series]] means, Barbara? It means that [[FanPreferredCouple we]] are free to do ''[[MaybeEverAfter whatever we want]]''...]]
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However, neither Tania nor Guy are easy to crack, and time is running out, since Kelly is diabetic and cannot survive very long without her medication. Moreover, Lynley and Havers have different opinions on how to run the case, and risk falling out.
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However, neither Tania nor Guy are easy to crack, and time is running out, since Kelly is diabetic and cannot survive very long without her medication. Moreover, Lynley and Havers have different opinions on how to run the case, and risk falling out.a major falling-out.
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Based on the real [[spoiler: Paul Bernardo-Katie Homolka]] crimes. Lynley is back at work and busy leading the investigation for missing high-schoolgirl Sarah Middleton. Sarah was last seen talking to a red-haird woman in her mid-20s. One week after her disappearance, Sarah's body is dragged out from a pond. It appears that she was raped and then slit her wrists to escape her captor.
Soon afterwards, another high-schoolgirl, Kelly Stevens, goes missing. The possibility of the two disappearances being unrelated is ruled out when a witness reveals that she saw Kelly showing directions on a map to a man and a woman with red hair. The map in question is found at the site, and fingerprinting reveals two sets of fingerprints, which, however, have no match in the police database.
As the police begin sending appeals to the mystery red-haired woman to come clean and dob in her partner, a red-haired woman does turn up at a hospital, seeking medical assistance for a black eye and cut lip. The woman is Tania Thompson, and on Havers' questioning, she reveals that she was beaten up by her husband, Guy. Havers illegally collects Tania's fingerprints, and Lynley attempt to track down Guy and detain him on the pretext of domestic abuse.
However, neither Tania nor Guy are easy to crack, and time is running out, since Kelly is diabetic and cannot survive very long without her medication. Moreover, Lynley and Havers have different opinions on how to run the case, and risk falling out.
Soon afterwards, another high-schoolgirl, Kelly Stevens, goes missing. The possibility of the two disappearances being unrelated is ruled out when a witness reveals that she saw Kelly showing directions on a map to a man and a woman with red hair. The map in question is found at the site, and fingerprinting reveals two sets of fingerprints, which, however, have no match in the police database.
As the police begin sending appeals to the mystery red-haired woman to come clean and dob in her partner, a red-haired woman does turn up at a hospital, seeking medical assistance for a black eye and cut lip. The woman is Tania Thompson, and on Havers' questioning, she reveals that she was beaten up by her husband, Guy. Havers illegally collects Tania's fingerprints, and Lynley attempt to track down Guy and detain him on the pretext of domestic abuse.
However, neither Tania nor Guy are easy to crack, and time is running out, since Kelly is diabetic and cannot survive very long without her medication. Moreover, Lynley and Havers have different opinions on how to run the case, and risk falling out.
