| "Samaritan" | ||
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| ← | UK, Episode 2.01 | → |
| Production number: First aired (US): 19 November 2010 First aired (UK): 11 January 2010 First aired (CAN): 30 July 2009 First aired (AUS): 18 February 2011 | ||
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| Written By Chris Chibnall Directed By Andy Goddard | ||
Summary[]
When a police constable, Nick Bentley, is shot by drug dealers while on foot patrol it seems like a pretty straightforward case. Brooks and Devlin eventually locate a witness who identifies one of the parties to the drug transaction and he finally tells the police what really happened. The witness also tells them something else: she saw another police constable standing in the shadows while the injured policeman was calling for help. The dead man's partner, PC Ray Griffin, claims to have been several blocks away when his partner was shot and lay bleeding to death but Brooks and Devlin find an anomaly in his formal statement and they decide to investigate. What they learn is that Bentley's fellow constables had recently learned of his sexual orientation and that his partner Griffin is the head of a Christian group of officers that rejects gays.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Bradley Walsh as Detective Sergeant Ronnie Brooks
- Jamie Bamber as Detective Sergeant Matt Devlin
- Harriet Walter as Detective Inspector Natalie Chandler
- Ben Daniels as Senior Crown Prosecutor James Steel
- Freema Agyeman as Junior Crown Prosecutor Alesha Phillips
- Bill Paterson as Crown Prosecution Service Director George Castle
Recurring Cast[]
- Patrick Malahide as Robert Ridley, QC
- Nicholas Blane as Oswald Spear
- Louise Howells as Anna Shorofsky
- Nicola Sanderson as S.O.C.O. Joy Ackroyd
- Tariq Jordan as Teddy
- Jessica Gunning as Angela
Guest Cast[]
- Ashley Rolfe as PC Nick Bentley
- Jamie Foreman as PC Ray Griffin
- Conor David McIntyre as Sergeant Howard Drake
- Will Beer as PC Barney Goodison
- Zienia Merton as Judge Katerina Rose
- Camilla Beeput as Maya
- Ashley Chin as Theo Carson
- Sheena Patel as Jaya Kapur
- Richard Rees as Ken Leong
- Kirsty Bushell as WPC Abbie Mellini
Background information and notes[]
- Adaptation of the Law & Order episode "Manhood".
- Matt Devlin asks how Alesha Phillips is doing after what happened in the events in the episode "Alesha". Meanwhile, George Castle and James Steel have a hard time trying to talk to her about it as well.
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