7.060 minSeason 3 • Episode 7
LatestFitz is asking DCI Wise to replace him with Irene as the killer may stop killing if she realises she is not getting the shrink's undivided attention. Irene agrees to change, but finds the nature of the job, and the pictures of her dead students too much to stomach and goes missing.
The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.
Acting
Coltrane's Fitz—vulnerable, vicious, unforgettable.
Writing
McGovern's dialogue bites harder than the crimes.
Cinematography
Rain-soaked Manchester never looked more oppressively beautiful.
Creator
Jimmy McGovern
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robbie Coltrane took the role specifically to escape typecasting after comedy; it won him three BAFTAs.
Pioneered the 'damaged detective' template later copied by Luther and Sherlock—Fitz did it first and ugliest.
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