PROTECTION

Detective Inspector Liz Nyles (Siobhan Finneran) works in witness protection. SPOILER ALERT! Her world is turned upside down when two adults residing in one of her safe houses are murdered and her colleague Detective Sergeant Paul Brandice (Barry Ward) is shot. Liz had been having an affair with Brandice and he should not have had access to the safe house’s location. The murders prompt an internal investigation and Liz is put in a precarious position as she tries to protect the victims’ 12-year-old daughter while working to prove her own innocence and determine who is behind the killings. As tensions rise every officer becoming a potential suspect and mistrust grows. The police incompetence and disregard for the rules is frustrating, yet the cast delivers convincing performances, with Finneran shining in the lead role. The final episode was a bit confusing and frustrating, with a convoluted bunch of revelations and everything being too neatly tidied up without much consequence. Decent British drama.