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The ending beggars belief. Boyd orders the team to walk away from three people who he knows are involved with organ trafficking. He also knows that two of the men are going to kill the other one.

The longer the series went on the more outrageous Boyds conduct becomes. He verbally abuses his team, breaks laws to get evidence, and verbally and physically abuses prisoners. He has apparently convinced himself that the end justifies the means.

The overall plot is interesting but the excesses of the Boyd character spoils the show. In real life Boyd would have been dismissed from the force or all his team would have resigned.

The early series were enjoyable but when Jack Deam came on the show the series turned into a mess. Deam is a good actor but his character is even more of a caricature of a policeman than a 1930's vintage Ealing comedy. Not sure whether it's the writing, directing or just Deam making horribly bad acting choices. His over-the-top style seems to have influenced the whole cast who now overact badly. It's sad to see a once enjoyable series go so far downhill.