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BROTHERLY
LOVE (SERIES 3)
Written
by: Jimmy McGovern
Produced
by: Hilary Bevan Jones
Directed
by: Roy Battersby
Originally
Screened: 22/10/95 (Part 1), 23/10/95 (Part 2), 29/10/95 (Part 3)
It
is four months after Penhaligon threatened Beck with his own gun -
Beck himself pulled the trigger but the gun was not loaded. Beck
is now nearing the end of a stay in a mental hospital, apparently
recovering from his guilt over the death of Bilborough. Fitz pays
Beck a visit in the hospital, but he still refuses to admit that
he raped Penhaligon. Fitz and Penhaligon have hardly spoken since
the incident, and she is less than happy when he visits her to
tell her he has been to visit Beck. Fitz is further shaken by the
sudden arrival of his brother Danny who tells him that their
mother has died. Beck returns to the force just as they are
investigating the brutal murder of a prostitute, Jean McIlvanney,
by David Harvey, a married father of four. The evidence against
Harvey is strong but whilst he is custardy another similar murder
takes place and DNA samples seems to indicate it was the same man.
Beck returns to work, but the tension between himself and
Penhaligon is unbearable - and her attempts to try and trap him
into a confession are thrawted by Beck. Fitz meanwhile begins to
suspect David's brother Michael, a catholic priest who is also
conducting Fitz's mothers funeral. Fitz enters into confession for
his mother's funeral, but turns what is meant to be discussion
about him into an accusation of murder against Michael. After the
emotional funeral of Fitz and Danny's mother, Judith goes into
labour and gives birth to a boy.
Penhaligon
and another female officer dress up as prostitutes in order to try
and catch the killer, a move which doesn't help Beck's increasing
stress. Fitz later discovers Beck holed up in a pub. Beck soon
starts hyperventilating and unable to cope anymore finally
confesses to Fitz that he raped Penhaligon. He puts Fitz in a
difficult position, forcing him to swear on the life of his
children and claiming the meeting is one between "doctor and
patient", therefore Fitz cannot tell anyone - not even
Penhaligon - of his confession. The police and Fitz eventually
work out that killer is a woman and that it must be David Harvey's
wife, Maggie, who is copycat killing in order to get her husband
David released from prison. Ironically, it is Beck who finally
catches Maggie at the home of another prostitute and arrests her.
Fitz interrogates Maggie who proceeds to claim that she murdered
Jean McIlvanney and not her husband. With Maggie's confession, DCI
Wise has no other option but to release David Harvey from custordy.
After another confrontation with Penhaligon, and his anger at
David Harvey's release, Beck finally sees the opportunity to
achieve some justice. He re-arrests and handcuffs himself to
Harvey then contacts DCI Wise and threatens to jump from the roof
of the Ramada hotel. As Penhaligon and Fitz desperately reach the
top of the hotel, he finally confesses his guilt. He makes a
sincere apology to Penhaligon before jumping off the roof, taking
David Harvey with him.
The
Unofficial Guide To Cracker 1999-2006
(http://www.crackertv.co.uk)
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