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TRUE ROMANCE (SERIES 3)

Written by: Paul Abbott

Produced by: Hilary Bevan Jones

Directed by: Tim Fywell

Originally Screened: 20/11/95 (Part 1), 27/11/95 (Part 2)

Janice is a lab technician at a University in Manchester who has become obsessed with Fitz, sending him a love letter which he reads out during a lecture. During a drink afterwards with his old friend and fellow psychologist Irene, Fitz meets Janice - but she is a bit surprised by his apparent lack of interest in her. She then proceeds to kill a male student by electrocution and cruelly dumps his body by a railway line. Judith and Fitz are arguing over the lack of money they have and Fitz is surprised when she tells him that Mark has got himself a job. Fitz later visits Mark after learning that he'd been depressed and finds out that his ex-girlfriend lost their baby but he promises not to tell Judith. Fitz and the police begin their investigation into the recent killings and start interviewing students at the University. During a drink together in a union bar, Fitz tries for some sort of reconciliation with Penhaligon, but any hopes he had are ruined when she tells him she doesn't love him. Later Fitz, clearly upset, confesses his feelings to Irene and recollects over some of the past events. Judith meanwhile and Fitz's brother Danny are becoming increasingly closer and Danny makes it clear to Judith that he wants a relationship with her but only if she is serious about him.

Another murder takes place, this time of another student who Janice entices back to her flat and again, electrocutes. Penhaligon points out that to Fitz that maybe he should be taken off the case as it is obvious that Janice is killing for him. Fitz realises Penhaligon is right and advises Wise to take him off the case and bring in Irene instead. Janice then sets out for her next victim - this time Fitz's son, Mark who she kidnaps and leaves chained and wired to a timer. Janice resorts to telephoning Fitz, but the police finally track her down at her flat but cannot find any sign of Mark. When she arrives in the interrogation room the exchanges between her and Fitz are as much about him and his marriage as it is about Janice and her crimes with Fitz desperately doing everything he can to try and find out Mark's whereabouts. Penhaligon announces that she is planning to resign after she shares brief words with Judith, who has heard every word shared between Fitz and Janice. With time running out, Fitz finally breaks Janice when he begins to unravel the trauma of her childhood and her relationship with her father. Janice finally tells him where Mark is, and Judith follows the police and Penhaligon to save Mark, but it seems Fitz and Judith's marriage at least cannot be saved.