Week 6
4th – 10th February 2012
Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit
Mission Afghanistan
Royal Marines:
3–4
5–22
23-27
28-31
32-43
44-50
51-57
58
59
60
61
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NCIS
The Spider and the Fly
(Series 8: 1/24)
The hit US drama based on the work of the
agency dedicated to crimes related to the US
Navy returns. Paloma Reynosa is trying to fulfil
her promise to get revenge for the death of her
father by setting her sights on Gibbs’s dad.
Picking up from where series seven left off (see
episode ‘Rule Fifty-One’), Gibbs’s dad Jackson is
visited in his hardware store by Paloma, head of the
Mexican Reynosa drug cartel. She is seeking to
make good her threat to get revenge for the death
of her father. After she turns the shop’s sign to
‘closed’, Jackson tells her he has been expecting
her and fires a warning shot. She then draws her
own gun and backs out of the store. Once outside
she gives an order to her men and they pepper the
shop with bullets. When the dust settles they
enter the building but find no sign of Jackson.
Six months later, Gibbs Sr is bemoaning his lot. He
feels that he is a virtual captive in his son’s house
with special agents patrolling the grounds to keep
him safe. The hunt for Paloma remains at a dead
end. DiNozzo is going over a recording of the gun
battle with Alejandro (Paloma’s brother) and his
men which was the last known sighting of Franks.
A helicopter crash then draws the attention of
DiNozzo, Jimmy, Ducky and Gibbs. Going through
the wreckage it is discovered that the two fatalities
were shot after the aircraft made an emergency
landing. The footage from the onboard camera
reveals one of the passengers was Paloma Reynosa.
In the autopsy room it is discovered that one of the
victims was a Reynosa gang member, Esteban
Lopez. Ducky, through analysis of the dead man’s
stomach and various insect bites, narrows down
where the gang and Paloma have been hiding out.
Making a reappearance from his own hideaway (a
Mexican convent in which he drank wine and
played cards with the nuns) is Franks who survived
the shootout. He turns up at Gibbs’ place to
unofficially join the security detail. Franks wants
to stop playing cat and mouse with the Reynosas
and tackle them head on.
Alejandro then turns up at NCIS HQ with the
security his ambassadorial position grants him. He
seems willing to propose a possible compromise.
His main agenda, though, is to discretely plant a
bug in Vance’s office.
On his way out Alejandro spits a thinly-veiled
threat towards Abby which raises the hackles of
Vance and Gibbs. Gibbs then gets a call from
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Saturday 4th – Friday 10th February
Paloma which is traced to outside his house.
Racing there, the team find one agent dead, but
Franks and Jackson emerge fit and well from the
basement perplexed by the commotion.
In Vance’s bugged office the location of a new safe
house is discussed before Alejandro is brought back
in to discuss reviving his deal. At that meeting Vance
rushes out when he is passed a note which reads
‘Paloma Reynosa killed’. Alejandro cannot help but
look at it, then storms out and heads to the new
safe house (the address of which he got from the
bug). There he opens fire but when his magazine
runs dry he is surrounded by a team led by Gibbs.
But the place was not empty, the bug had also
revealed the address of the safe house to
Alejandro’s sister and Paloma lies fatally wounded
among the carnage. Gibbs’ plan appears to have
won this battle in the war against drugs. But is
everything as it seems?
‘NCIS’
Cover Stories: Channel 5
Saturday 4th – Friday 10th February
Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit
Confession
(Series 10: 2/22)
The hard-hitting American drama series about
the work of the NYPD’s sex-crimes unit
continues. Benson and the team look into the
disturbing case of a teenager who hands himself
in saying he has abused his young stepbrother.
They are led to a website that appears to be
sympathetic to paedophiles.
As the new assistant district attorney Kim Greylek
(Michaela McManus, ‘The Vampire Diaries’, ‘One
Tree Hill’) is making her generally unwanted
presence felt, a teenager named Eric Byers walks
into HQ and says that he wants to report a sexual
assault. Speaking in an agitated manner to Benson,
he tells her that he is the perpetrator and that his
desire for his younger stepbrother, Cory, is
reaching dangerous levels. He tells Olivia that his
stepdad dislikes him and that he just wants the
images in his head to go away.
Cragen is not sure how to proceed as they have
never had a paedophile turn himself in before.
Olivia visits the Kelley household and talks to Eric’s
mother, Dana, who says that she knows of no
problem between her two boys. However, she
does mention an issue at school when Eric was
caught ‘playing doctors’ with a girl.
See page 18 for the complete synopsis.
Royal Marines:
Mission Afghanistan
Venus Fly Trap (2/6)
The Royal Marines of Lima Company have been
posted to Checkpoint Toki – a remote British
outpost deep in Taliban territory. Their thankless
task is to act as a magnet to draw enemy
aggression away from the nearby semi-deserted
village of Loy Manda, which is being rebuilt and
renovated after years of war.
A massive effort by the coalition forces to return
the village of Loy Manda to its former prosperity is
underway. The old bazaar is being cleared of
hundreds of improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
by the Royal Engineers whilst a British Female
Engagement Team (FET), drawn from the British
Army and the Royal Navy, are trying to persuade
Afghan women to take an active part in rebuilding
the community.
For this work to succeed and for the people to
feel safe enough to return to their homes, the
Taliban must be kept away at all costs.
The marines at Toki are in constant danger from
Taliban attack as well as the countless IEDs that
riddle the areas they must patrol every day. The
marines have already lost four men in the
protection of Loy Manda but they must continue
to take the fight to the enemy.
See page 10 for the complete synopsis.
‘Royal Marines: Mission Afghanistan’ ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’
Films: Channel 5
Sphere (1997)
Sci-fi thriller in which a mysterious sphere is
discovered in a spaceship at the bottom of the
ocean. Those who enter the ship find that their
innermost thoughts are lent physical form. A
group of investigating scientists becomes trapped
inside the ship. They soon find they must
overcome their deepest fears in order to survive.
Barry Levinson (‘Disclosure’, ‘Rain Man’) directs a
script based on Michael Crichton’s bestseller.
Director
Barry Levinson
Starring
Sharon Stone, Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L Jackson
Capricorn One (1978)
Acclaimed conspiracy thriller about a Mars landing
hoax. Just before the launch of the first manned
space flight to Mars, NASA discovers the
life-support system is faulty and pulls the astronauts
from the capsule. To avoid the damaging fallout,
NASA fakes the entire mission in an abandoned air
force base out in the desert while the world
watches it on TV. The astronauts go along with the
deception, until they see the shuttle burn up on
reentry and realise that their lives are in danger for
real. As they make their bid for freedom, a
tenacious investigative journalist also smells a rat.
Director
Peter Hyams
Starring
Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston, OJ Simpson
Private Benjamin (1980)
Light-hearted story of a widow who joins the army.
Following her elderly husband’s death on their
wedding night, the widow is duped into signing up
for the Women’s Army Corps. Fort Biloxi proves a
disastrous initiation, but amidst the mayhem the
young woman discovers self-esteem for the first
time in her life.
Director
Howard Zieff
Starring
Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante
Pete’s Dragon (1977)
Disney musical fantasy combining live action and
animation. An orphaned boy in turn-of-the-century
Maine runs away from his foster family with the
help of a protective and lovable dragon, whom
only the boy can see. They end up in a small
seaside town where the boy makes friends with
the lighthouse keeper and her father.
Director
Don Chaffey
Starring
Helen Reddy, Mickey Rooney, Shelley Winters
Shanghai Noon (2000)
Comedy western-cum-martial arts caper in which
the Chinese emperor’s clumsy guard embarks on a
mission to rescue a kidnapped princess. His
adventure takes him to the Wild West, where he
teams up with a bungling train robber to ensure
justice prevails.
Director
Tom Dey
Starring
Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu
The Mask of Zorro (1998)
Big-budget Hollywood revival of the popular Zorro
story. To avenge his wife’s murder and the kidnap
of his daughter 20 years earlier, an ageing Zorro
(Anthony Hopkins) escapes from prison, recruits
an outlaw (Antonio Banderas) and teaches him
everything he knows. The two men unite to defeat
Zorro’s mortal enemy and foil his plan to establish
an independent Republic of California. Cue plenty
of sword fights, buckling of swashes, dastardly
villains and, of course, a beautiful, brave heroine
(Catherine Zeta-Jones). Directed by Bond specialist
Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, GoldenEye).
Director
Martin Campbell
Starring
Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Antonio Banderas wields a flashing blade in ‘The Mask of Zorro’
Films: Channel 5
Saturday 4th – Friday 10th February
300 (2006)
Stylish historical epic retelling the fierce battle at
Thermopylae in 481BC. The Spartan king,
Leonidas, and his tiny army of 300 followers
provided inspiration for the whole of Greece as
they fought the massed ranks of the Persian army
whose commander, King Xerxes, had up to a
million warriors at his disposal.
Director
Zack Snyder
Starring
Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham
Road House 2: Last Call (2006)
All-action crime sequel in which a DEA agent
heads to his uncle’s small-town saloon to find out
who murdered his famous father and who is now
threatening his uncle. He soon learns that a local
drugs baron is behind the violence. The criminal
wants to buy the saloon to use as a cover for his drug
running operation – and will do anything to get it.
Director
Scott Ziehl
Starring
Johnathon Schaech, Jake Busey, Crystal Mantecon
Danielle Steel's Safe Harbour (2007)
Romantic drama. Two people who have both
suffered tragedies meet by chance on a beach.
Despite the odds, a romance between the pair
blossoms, before being dashed to pieces by a
terrible secret.
Director
Bill Corcoran
Starring
Melissa Gilbert-Boxleitner, Rebecca Staab, Brad Johnson
Sudden Impact (1983)
In the fourth of the Dirty Harry series, Inspector
Harry Callahan is shipped out of San Fransisco by
his superiors and becomes involved in the hunt for
a brutal killer who has carried out a series of
murders in a small seaside town.
Director
Clint Eastwood
Starring
Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle
Accused at 17 (2009)
Drama. A teenager is accused of murdering a
classmate and claims that she was framed by her
best friend. Her mother must try to find the truth.
Director
Doug Campbell
Starring
Cynthia Gibb, Nicole Gale Anderson, Janet Montgomery
Wandering Eye (2011)
Neglected by her husband, a young woman meets
a man on a website set up for organising
adulterous relationships. However, when he is
murdered, she finds herself on the hitlist of a serial
killer using the service to hunt his next targets.
Director
Francois Dompierre
Starring
Amanda Righetti, Krista Bridges, Andrew Shaver
Murder among Friends (2001)
Crime mystery in which a wannabe actress,
determined to clear the name of a friend who has
been arrested for murder, joins forces with a
world-weary detective to form an unrivalled
crime-solving duo.
Director
Michael Kennedy
Starring
Donnamarie Recco, Greg Evigan, Jennie Raymond
The Detonator (2006)
Action thriller in which an undercover CIA agent
attempting to thwart the sale of a nuclear weapon
is forced to do battle with a dangerous horde of
murderous arms dealers.
Director
Po-Chih Leong
Starring
Wesley Snipes, Silvia Colloca, Tim Dutton Gerard Butler leads the battle in ‘300’
Films: Channel 5
Saturday 4th – Friday 10th February
Fairfield Road (2010)
Sentimental drama about a Boston-based political
strategist on a fast-track career whose life takes a
dramatic turn when he loses his current job, his
future job and his girlfriend in one day. After going
through a devastating 24 hours, the young man
retreats to a remote town in Cape Cod, only to fall
in love with a bookshop owner and become
involved in the local election battle. However, the
man faces more upheaval when he receives a new
high-level job offer and his former girlfriend
arrives back on the scene.
Director
David Weaver
Starring
Jesse Metcalfe, Natalie Lisinka, Derek McGrath
The Last Samurai (2003)
Action adventure in which an American Civil War
veteran is hired by the Emperor of Japan to train an
army to quash a rebellion by the last of the
samurai. Events take an unexpected turn when he
is captured by the enemy and finds his inner
warrior being unleashed by the very people he was
fighting against. As he trains in combat, another
assault is launched, and the onus falls upon him to
preserve the samurai’s ancient codes of honour.
Director
Edward Zwick
Starring
Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall
Soaps: Channel 5
Neighbours
Rhys finds Chris in the nick of time. Toadie is
desperate to clear his name when he is framed
for the attack on Chris. When Susan asks Paul to
investigate Peter Noonan, he finds enough
ammunition to halt the mall development. Rhys
is still trying to wangle a place on the surgery
programme. Michael’s feelings for Emilia are
rekindled during a surfing lesson.
Monday 6th – Episode 6311
As the police gather a strong case against him for
the attack on Chris, Toadie realises he has been
stitched up by his boss to hurry along the shopping
centre development. Chris has been left for dead.
Rhys finds him and performs emergency surgery to
save his life. Kate goes partying with Emilia.
Tuesday 7th – Episode 6312
Toadie comes across some forged emails sent in
his name, but establishing his innocence means
Cast Lou Carpenter Tom Oliver Dr Karl Kennedy Alan Fletcher Susan Kennedy Jackie Woodburne Paul Robinson Stefan Dennis
Jarrod ‘Toadfish’ Rebecchi
Ryan Moloney Libby Kennedy Kym Valentine Ben Kirk Blake O’Leary Charlie Hoyland Jacob Brito Rebecca Robinson Jane Hall Lucas Fitzgerald Scott Major Callum Jones Morgan Baker Kate Ramsay Ashleigh Brewer Noah Parkin Orpheus Pledger Sophie Ramsay Kaiya Jones Lyn Scully Janet Andrewartha Mark Brennan Scott McGregor Andrew Robinson
Jordan Patrick Smith
Summer Hoyland Jordy Lucas Michael Williams Sandy Winton Natasha Williams Valentina Novakovic Emilia Jovanich Freya Stafford Sonya Mitchell Eve Morey Chris Pappas James Mason Samantha Fitzgerald Simone Buchanan Jade Mitchell Gemma Pranita Kyle Canning Chris Milligan Harold Bishop Ian Smith Michelle Tran Haiha Le Rhys Lawson Ben Barber Executive producer Susan Bower A Fremantle Media Australia production Press: [email protected] 020 7436 3633 Images: [email protected] 020 8612 7878
asking Paul to corroborate his alibi. Peter is pulled
in for questioning, but things look black for Toadie
when evidence linking him to the attack is found in
his car. Karl and Susan argue about who Summer
should live with. Chris surprises Andrew and
Summer with some embarrassing revelations.
Wednesday 8th – Episode 6313
Hoping he can turn up evidence to clear Toadie,
Susan asks Paul to investigate Peter. He agrees as
it coincides with his wish to stop the development.
But after a damaging article achieves his aim, he
leaves Toadie in the lurch. Having saved Chris,
Rhys is now a public hero but will his newfound
status get him into the surgery programme? Kyle
is puzzled when Jade refuses to commit.
Thursday 9th – Episode 6314
When Michael struggles with preparing for the
new year as school principal, Emilia reminds him of
the inspiring teacher he used to be. Michael needs
to get away from the paperwork so he convinces
Emilia to go surfing. Rhys launches a devious plan
to get one of the surgical trainees to drop out so
he can take their place, but the plan backfires.
Lucas is invited to visit Dan and Adam in Sydney.
Friday 10th – Episode 6315
When Jade injures her foot and is told not to move
for a week, she is forced to face her worst
nightmare: relying on someone else. Michael does
his best to suppress his feelings for Emilia, but
invites her to join him for a surf again. Andrew
decides to re-start Robinson Entertainment, hoping
to make some quick cash. He looks for an event to
throw and Sophie suggests a gig.
Coming Soon
Andrew tries to win back Paul’s trust.
Lucas brings Chris’s attacker to justice.
Toadie clears his name but has to fight for his job.
Susan makes an unexpected friend.
Lucas goes to extremes to win Emelia back.
Monday 6th – Friday 10th February
Rhys (Ben Barber) goes to work when he finds Chris (James Mason) unconscious at the garage
Monday 6th – Friday 10th February
Home and Away
Liam surprises Bianca by proposing. Miles leaves
for Thailand. April’s second thoughts about
losing her virginity vanish when she sees Dex
kissing Dallas. Spiked punch heightens emotions
and tempers at the formal dance. Sid is in trouble
after taking the law into his own hands. A face
from the past returns to the Bay.
Monday 6th – Episode 5431
Miles finds out Elijah is in love with Leah. John sees
Heath selling drugs to school kids and demands
that Charlie do her job. Keen to keep Indi from
finding out about the money he lent his sister,
Romeo takes on extra work at the surf club and
unwisely listens to a request to supply confidential
information about the resort to an unknown third
party. With the house to himself, Sid invites Roo
for a romantic dinner.
Tuesday 7th – Episode 5432
Indi suspects Romeo when Harvey uses confidential
information in his campaign against Alf and the
development. Convinced Liam is having second
thoughts about giving up his bachelor lifestyle,
Bianca is in for a big surprise. Miles urges Elijah to tell
Leah about how he feels. Later, after spending quality
time with Leah and VJ, he makes a drastic decision.
Wednesday 8th – Episode 5433
Dex runs into Dallas again and learns that she has
lost her job. Anxious about her son, he persuades
Roo and Alf to let her stay at the caravan park.
April sees Dex give Dallas an innocent kiss as he
exits her caravan and leaps to the wrong conclusion.
The news is out that Miles is moving to Thailand.
Leah feels guilty as they say their goodbyes.
Thursday 9th – Episode 5434
On the day of the dance, Casey is released in time to
take Ruby. Left without a date, Dex takes Sasha.
April is with Xavier and all set to lose her virginity.
Spiked punch inevitably heightens tempers and
emotions, leading to a night of misunderstandings,
flare-ups and confessions. Arriving in time to see Stu
slap Sasha, Sid sees red and loses his temper.
Friday 10th – Episode 5435
Sid is arrested for beating up Stu. Heath is angry
that his brothers are leaving Summer Bay. When he
comes across April, crying over Dex and the events
of last night, they end up consoling each other in
bed. As Brax, Casey and Ruby are packing for their
move to the city, someone from the past returns to
the Bay with a score to settle.
Coming Soon
Charlie is rushed to hospital.
Sid loses his hospital job, but will he lose Roo too?
Bianca and Liam hold their engagement party.
Dex sees Heath and April kissing.
On a solo sailing trip at sea, Irene collapses.
L-R: Irene (Lynne McGranger), Liam (Axle Whitehead),Bianca (Lisa Gormley) and April (Rhiannon Fish) say goodbye to Miles (Josh Quong Tart)
Cast Alf Stewart Ray Meagher Liam Murphy Axle Whitehead Colleen Smart Lyn Collingwood Irene Roberts Lynne McGranger Miles Copeland
Josh Quong Tart
Charlie Buckton Esther Anderson Ruby Buckton Rebecca Breeds Xavier Austin David Jones-Roberts Gina Palmer Sonia Todd Marilyn Chambers Emily Symons Romeo Smith Luke Mitchell John Palmer Shane Withington April Scott Rhiannon Fish Dr Sid Walker Robert Mammone Bianca Scott Lisa Gormley Leah Patterson-Baker Ada Nicodemou VJ Patterson Felix Dean Charlie Buckton Esther Anderson
Darryl ‘Brax’ Braxton
Steve Peacocke Heath Braxton Dan Ewing Casey Braxton Lincoln Younes Hayley O’Connor Alyssa McClelland Elijah Johnson Jay Laga'aia Roo Stewart Georgie Parker Dex Walker Charles Cottier April Scott Rhiannon Fish Sasha Bezmel Demi Harman Stu Henderson Brenton Thwaites Harvey Ryan Marcus Graham Indi Walker Samara Weaving Producer John Holmes A Seven Network (Operations) production Press: [email protected] 020 7436 3633 Images: [email protected] 020 8612 7878
Soaps: Channel 5
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Royal Marines:
Mission Afghanistan
Venus Fly Trap (2/6)
The Royal Marines of Lima Company have been
posted to Checkpoint Toki – a remote British
outpost deep in Taliban territory. Their thankless
task is to act as a magnet to draw enemy
aggression away from the nearby semi-deserted
village of Loy Manda, which is being rebuilt and
renovated after years of war.
A massive effort by the coalition forces to return
the village of Loy Manda to its former prosperity is
underway. The old bazaar is being cleared of
hundreds of improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
by the Royal Engineers whilst a British Female
Engagement Team (FET), drawn from the British
Army and the Royal Navy, are trying to persuade
Afghan women to take an active part in rebuilding
the community.
For this work to succeed and for the people to
feel safe enough to return to their homes, the
Taliban must be kept away at all costs.
The marines at Toki are in constant danger from
Taliban attack as well as the countless IEDs that
riddle the areas they must patrol every day. The
marines have already lost four men in the
protection of Loy Manda but they must continue
to take the fight to the enemy.
Director and cameraman Chris Terrill joins
L Company on a highly dangerous operation as
they patrol directly towards known Taliban firing
points in order to provoke an attack.
“We are like a Venus fly trap,” explains Major
Aleck Burrell. “We try to attract the insurgents to
us, inviting them to attack, but once they do we
close in for the kill.”
After a tense patrol lasting four hours the marines
start to intercept Taliban radio traffic. From this
they can tell the enemy is nearby, watching and
waiting to attack. The trap is set – but will it all go
according to plan?
Producer/director
Chris Terrill
Executive producer
Christine Hall
An Uppercut Films production
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Police Interceptors
Series 4 (12/16)
The exciting reality series following the
high-speed, law-enforcement pursuit specialists
continues on Channel 5. This week, a drink driver
suffers a spectacular crash, a van loses control
during a chase and the helicopter comes in handy
during a manhunt.
Our elite team of pursuit specialists are the jewel
in Derbyshire’s crime-fighting crown. With their
high-performance motors and state-of-the-art
helicopter, they utilise all the latest crime-fighting
technology. Villains, law breakers and traffic
offenders stand no chance against them.
In this week’s episode, the Eurocopter gets down
and dirty in a lengthy manhunt, a vanload of
villains lose control in a high-speed pursuit and a
drink driver crushes his Corsa like it is a tin can.
Elsewhere, a speed freak thinks he can outrun
the law, there is aggravation and abuse on
Derbyshire’s mean streets and the interceptors
face off against an eight-legged enemy.
Producer/director
Jim Coldwell
Executive producers
Bill Rudgard, Steve Warr
A Raw Cut production
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Last in Series
Cowboy Builders
Camberley
Series 6: (6/6)
Melinda Messenger and Dominic Littlewood come
to the rescue of another victim of dodgy building
work as the series about the perils of hiring
rogue tradesmen concludes. Tonight, Melinda
and Dom catch up with a woman they visited in
2010 whose search for a new lifestyle had been
hampered by a builder who took her for a ride.
For the last episode in the series, Dom and Melinda
are going back to visit a mother and daughter they
helped out two years ago and check if the cowboy
responsible is still up to his old tricks.
After losing her mother to cancer, single mum Pam
had decided she wanted a complete change of
lifestyle for herself and daughter Georgina. She
took voluntary redundancy after 23 years of
working in an office and decided to retrain as a
massage therapist working with the chronically ill.
To make her plan financially viable in the long
term, she had decided to use the money she
received from her redundancy to convert the loft
of her two-bed semi, giving her an extra bedroom
so she could take on a lodger.
Pam’s dream turned into a nightmare when the
builder she hired vanished after four months
having pocketed £20,000. He left her with a
wrecked loft room that was uninhabitable,
exposed to the elements and in danger of collapse.
While Melinda and her team pulled out all the
stops to give Pam and Georgina back a safe, secure
home, Dom went on the hunt for the builder who
had left them in this mess. He soon discovered a
string of other families with their dreams in tatters
– but no sign of the cowboy in question, who
seemed to have vanished. After a lot of dead ends,
Dom eventually managed to corner him on a train
platform, where he promised he would give up the
building game for good.
One year on, Melinda is back to see how life has
moved on for Pam and Georgina. Meanwhile Dom
finds out that this elusive cowboy seems to have
changed his name – but not his ways…
Producer/director Esella Hawkey Series producer Dave Mackay Executive producer Rob Butterfield Press: [email protected], 020 7436 3633 Images: [email protected], 020 8612 7878 ‘Cowboy Builders’
Factual and Features: Channel 5
Benidorm ER
Series 1: (5/6)
Clinica Benidorm continues to check up, patch
up and stitch up a continuous flow of
unfortunate Brits who have fallen ill or injured
themselves. With exclusive access to the medics
and patients, cameras follow the action at one
of the busiest hospitals on the Costa Blanca.
This week’s caseload includes an elderly man
suffering from extreme back pain and a
holidaymaker with a severe case of pneumonia.
A favourite destination for millions of tourists and
expatriate Brits young and old, Benidorm is one of
the Costa Blanca’s busiest resorts. They come for
the sun, sea and sangria, but end up having to
swap their sun bed for a hospital bed. Clinica
Benidorm sees so many British patients that a
team of translators is on hand every day!
The medical teams include top orthopaedic
surgeon Dr Antonio Blasco, who gets around
town on a Harley-Davidson, Dr Welter, a tall,
talented German married to oncologist Carmen
Ruiz, charismatic Dutch heart consultant Dr Braat,
and Celine, Dr Braat’s young assistant who is also
chief organiser of staff social evenings.
In this episode, we meet 61-year-old Joseph from
Stockton, Cleveland, who has been rushed in with
crippling back pain. The doctors discover Joseph
has a hernia on his spine which is pressing on a
nerve and causing him agony. Joseph’s subsequent
treatment takes days, during which time he and
his wife Christine receive the devastating news
that their insurance company will not pay the full
cost of the treatment.
Margaret from Merseyside also arrives at the
hospital in distress. She has been admitted after
injuring her hand in an accident with a patio door.
We follow holidaymaker John, who is in Benidorm
with a gang of mates from Pontefract for a stag
do. John has been rushed to intensive care with
severe breathing problems. His life is hanging in
the balance with an extremely severe case of
pneumonia. His wife Agnes urgently flies out and
holds a vigil as John lies in a coma for days. Will the
prayers she makes in the chapel be answered?
The Clinica Benidorm is not just for holidaymakers
who need urgent treatment. British ex-pat Emma
runs a local hairdressing salon. She has had hip
surgery at the tender age of 34. Another Brit who
has moved out to Spain is Alan, who credits the
hospital for saving his life following earlier cancer
treatment. He has now admitted himself as he is
concerned that he may have a blood clot.
Derby couple Dennis and Geoff make a visit to the
clinic where they learn Geoff needs a new hip,
although he is just given pain killers for now.
Dennis is rather taken with the Spanish medical
teams. “In England you expect every nurse to be
either obese or anorexic. In Spain they are
absolutely perfect,” he says.
We also catch up with husband and wife team Dr
Carmen and Martin Ruiz, who treat their young
son Martin’s fractured arm. They are not the only
couple who work together in the hospital –
Maureen the British receptionist spills the beans
on the number of romantic liaisons amongst
Clinica Benidorm’s staff. Maureen, who has worked
at the clinic for 23 years, keeps fit and supple by
doing regular pilates – though she pronounce it
‘pilots’. We catch her in the middle of a work out.
Narrated by
John Thomson (‘Coronation Street’, ‘Cold Feet’)
Series producer
Blake McGrow
Executive producer
Sarah Murch
A Blakeway North production
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Last in Series
Winter Road Rescue (2/2)
Shot over three months, this series follows the
dedicated, unsung heroes who work 24/7 to
make sure Britain does not grind to a halt when
winter weather hits. In Scotland, the Highland
Council’s snowplough teams battle blizzards, ice,
flooding and landslides to keep the roads open,
whilst across the UK, RAC patrols fight snow,
gale-force winds and freezing conditions to
reach motorists stranded in the cold.
After an unusually mild autumn, winter arrives
with a vengeance as a series of huge storms
batters the UK. After Hurricane Friedhelm hits
Scotland in early December, the wild, wet and
windy weather continues into January, causing
difficulties for rescue workers across the country.
In Scotland, the chaotic weather sees the small
town of Lochcarron effectively cut off from the
outside world when a huge landslide brings tonnes
of rock and trees crashing down onto a vital road.
With residents facing a huge 150mile drive around
the mountains to reach the next town 20 miles
away, the Highland Council’s rescue teams spring
into action.
With the nearest school on the other side of the
landslide and businesses suffering, the Council has
to get people moving again. They come up with a
novel replacement for the road by opening up a
disused harbour and transporting people by boat.
In England, an RAC recovery-truck driver is called
to one of the most dangerous winter rescues of all:
a breakdown on the hard shoulder. When he gets
there he finds the driver wandering around on the
side of the motorway, oblivious to the danger.
In January, severe storms and winter weather
causes damage across the UK. Recovery workers
battle around the clock to rescue motorists
stranded by the storms, clearing fallen trees and
making the roads safe.
In Scotland, January turns the roads into
treacherous, icy hazards, and covers the mountains
with yet more snow. In Applecross, snowplough
drivers Chris and Donald are struggling to keep the
main road in and out of the village open. Facing
deep drifts, they turn to the biggest gun in the
Highland Council’s winter armoury: the vast
snow-blower. With deep snow on the mountain, they
work from early morning until late at night,
battling the winter elements to save the village’s
only lifeline to the outside world.
Producer/directors
Miles Blayden-Ryall, Fiona Wilson, David Lawrence, David Walley, Filip Wyganowski
Series producer
Cathy Wigley
Executive producer
Mira King
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World’s Toughest
Trucker
(Series 1: 6/8)
The Truckers have landed in Mongolia this week
as the contest continues.
The remaining six truckers confront the most
sparsely populated country on earth, where horses
outnumber people. The drivers have to master
navigation and negotiate treacherous roads on a
journey that will test all of the skills they have
learnt during their decades on the road.
In Mongolia the ‘roads’ are nothing more than dirt
tracks improvised by local truckers. Without real
paths and with a distinct lack of signs the correct
route may appear to be a dead end. In this
environment confidence, communication and
teamwork are key. The truckers must master their
GPS and interpret their written directions
accurately, with the fastest team taking ten points.
Mongolian truckers choose to drive Russian Zil 131
machines, even though they are old gas-guzzlers.
However, there is a reason these communist-era
trucks are so popular. They may be prone to
breaking down, but they can be repaired easily on
the road and are perfect for the demanding terrain.
Zil Trucks appear bulletproof, but they need love!
Furthermore, for the first and only time the
truckers are tasked with carrying two loads. On
day one they are required to pack up two
Mongolian tents along with furniture and
transport them 80 miles south. There is a
15-minute penalty for each item broken. The next
morning, the trucks must carry a cargo of hay.
The following information is embargoed until
after transmission:
In this week’s first challenge the Blue team, Derek
and Rodney, adopt a cautious approach and are
careful not to break anything, while the Green and
Red teams prioritise speed over care. Within
minutes of leaving, Mike and Jason become lost,
which causes them to take bumpier routes and
damage the truck. By lunchtime, their radiator
overheats, the bonnet is dislodged and their rear
differential is leaking oil, leaving them in last place.
Meanwhile, the Green and Blue teams make good
progress. But Derek is still considering scuppering
his team's progress in order to eliminate his
partner. Striding out in the lead, Rookie and Stuart
agree to get along in order to win. All is going well
for the Greens until the truck overheats…
On day two, Stuart and Rookie are up early to fix
their problems and the day begins with Green and
Blue ahead. But in the afternoon Rodney argues
with the employee at Ulziit Toll Bridge and Derek
hits one too many ditches. It becomes too much
for Rodney, who walks off yet again. This enables
the Red team, despite their problems, to pass their
rivals. At the end of day two, Green are clear
leaders, Red second and Blue in last place.
Knowing that they have to make up time to catch
the leaders, Mike and Jason go all out by selecting
the most direct route. It leads them up steep hills,
destroying their gearbox in the process. As Green
and Blue head for the finish line, the Red team is
left stranded. Their truck finally surrenders and
they do not deliver their load, disqualifying them
from the final three. With Derek and Stuart
already qualified, it becomes a shoot-out between
Rookie and Rodney. The lead built up by the Green
team is enough to see them home in first place,
almost guaranteeing Rookie a spot in the final.
Series producers
Rupert Parker, Amber Ronowicz
Producer/directors
Tom Richardson, Rob Lambie, Ed Venner, Luke Jackson
Executive producers
Richard Foster (Group M Entertainment)
Sanjay Singhal, Maria Baltazzi, Sarah Swingler (Dragonfly)
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Holiday Heaven on Earth
(Series 1: 2/10)
This winter about the only thing grimmer than
the weather is the economy. But Channel 5 lets
viewers escape the UK’s grey skies without
spending a penny. In this instalment, Emma
Wilson visits Lake Tahoe, Darren Kennedy
explores Tenerife and guest presenter Emma
Crosby travels to Jordan.
As well as providing viewers a glimpse of some of
the world’s most impressive destinations, the
programme reveals how to get the most out of
your holiday without maxing out your credit card.
Whether it is luxuriating on idyllic beaches,
watching polar bears in the arctic, camel-riding in
exotic Oman, the lantern festival in Taiwan, family
holidays or romantic getaways, these are the
world’s best travel experiences that won’t break
the bank.
Presenters Emma Wilson and Darren Kennedy,
along with a different celebrity guest presenter
each episode, have advice on every aspect of
travel, including hotels, hidden-gem restaurants
and off-the-beaten-track adventures.
This week, Emma travels to Lake Tahoe on the
border of California and Nevada, where she visits
the Squaw Creek Resort on the north shore of the
lake. Emma hikes the area’s beautiful landscape
and tries the popular new sport of paddleboarding
before indulging herself at the resort’s luxurious
spa. She then travels to the south shore to take a
gentle cruise around the lake on the Tahoe Queen
paddle steamer.
Darren Kennedy, meanwhile, explores the
lesser-known rural side of Tenerife, where he visits the
picturesque ‘forgotten village’ of Masca and takes
in the stunning architecture of historic cities La
Orotava and Garachico. He also travels to Anaga in
the northeast of the island, an area of outstanding
natural beauty.
This week’s guest presenter Emma Crosby travels
to Jordan. She visits the capital city of Amman, one
of the oldest cities in the world. She then explores
the old town before enjoying a traditional cup of
Jordanian tea. Emma also journeys to the
renowned Dana Nature Reserve, staying at the
fabulous Feynan Ecolodge. Finally, Emma explores
the ancient city of Petra.
Series producer
Caroline Blackadder
Executive producer
Dan Chambers
A Blink Films production
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CSI: New York
Keep It Real
(Series 8: 2/22)
The drama series about New York’s finest crime
scene investigators continues. Tonight, Mac
returns to the team and a young man is found
dead surrounded by fake $20 bills.
Having spent some time away from the force (see
last week’s episode, ‘Indelible’) Mac is now back on
the team. They have a case to solve when the body
of a young man is found in his apartment
surrounded by $20 notes.
The victim, Michael Schaefer, shared the
apartment with a student called Josh, who has
apparently fled. They had both recently attended
a punk gig where Michael’s new girlfriend,
Miranda, was singing.
Under questioning, Miranda tells Mac that she
was asleep in Michael’s room when she heard two
gunshots. She got up to find him dead on the floor,
and surrounded by money. In the lab Miranda’s
clothes reveal tears consistent with those that
would be expected if the suspect had smashed a
window, and a broken pane is found near the fire
escape at Michael’s place. Miranda says she had to
break in when she and Michael returned from the
concert after he had lost his keys.
Miranda says she met Michael when he and Josh
came into the music shop where she works. She
does not think that he had any money issues,
particularly as he had recently bought her a guitar.
While investigating Josh, the team discover that
the student has quite a lot of money in his account.
In the apartment they also find some ointment for
skin that has recently been tattooed. A trip to the
local tattoo parlour reveals that Josh had a very
expensive dolphin design etched on his back. It is
revealed that he mentioned to the artist that his
flatmate’s hot new girlfriend had been bothering
him, so the search for Josh steps up a gear.
Interviewing the record store owner, Randy (Jake
Busey, ‘CSI Miami’, ‘The Mentalist’), reveals very
little to Jo and Don apart from the fact that he likes
to paint his nails black.
Lindsay then works out that a strange smudge on
the victim’s body contains a mixture of everyday
chemicals that when combined could be used to
erase the ink from dollar bills. Further
investigations reveal that the $20 bills are actually
printed on $5 notes, and on Josh’s computer a
template for a $20 bill is found. Has he been
printing his own cash?
Some of the fake notes have already been spotted
in circulation, with one transaction standing out
from the rest – the guitar Michael bought for
Miranda was paid for with fake notes.
A trace of nail polish is then found on the victim
that could be a match to Randy the music shop
owner. Then it is flagged up that some more of the
counterfeit bills have just been spent to buy a gun.
The team race to the record store to find a
standoff in progress.
Has Josh worked out who killed his best friend?
And will there be any more fatalities before the
case is closed?
‘CSI: New York’
Credits
Mac Taylor Gary Sinise Jo Danville Sela Ward Danny Messer
Carmine Giovinazzo
Lindsay Monroe Messer
Anna Belknap
Adam Ross AJ Buckley Sheldon Hawkes Hill Harper
Don Flack Eddie Cahill Dr Sid Hammerback Robert Joy Miranda Beck Aly Michalka Michael Schaefer Sean Davis Josh Herman Sean Marquette Randy Davis Jake Busey Director Alex Zarkrzewski
Executive Producers
Ann Donahue, Carol Mendelsohn, Anthony E Zuiker, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman
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Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit
Confession
(Series 10: 2/22)
The hard-hitting American drama series about
the work of the NYPD’s sex-crimes unit
continues. Benson and the team look into the
disturbing case of a teenager who hands himself
in saying he has abused his young stepbrother.
They are led to a website that appears to be
sympathetic to paedophiles.
As the new assistant district attorney Kim Greylek
(Michaela McManus, ‘The Vampire Diaries’, ‘One
Tree Hill’) is making her generally unwanted
presence felt, a teenager named Eric Byers walks
into HQ and says that he wants to report a sexual
assault. Speaking in an agitated manner to Benson,
he tells her that he is the perpetrator and that his
desire for his younger stepbrother, Cory, is
reaching dangerous levels. He tells Olivia that his
stepdad dislikes him and that he just wants the
images in his head to go away.
Cragen is not sure how to proceed as they have
never had a paedophile turn himself in before.
Olivia visits the Kelley household and talks to Eric’s
mother, Dana, who says that she knows of no
problem between her two boys. However, she
does mention an issue at school when Eric was
caught ‘playing doctors’ with a girl.
At the hospital, while Dana and her husband Sean
argue, Cory is examined and shows no signs of
being physically abused.
Under further questioning, Eric reveals that he
found people on the internet who understood him,
who told him that he ‘was born this way’ and that
he should ‘look and not touch’. This advice seems
to have emanated from a website called Pediaphax
run by a man called Jake Berlin (Tom Noonan,
‘Heat’, ‘Last Action Hero’). Pediaphax is a website
that specialises in displaying photos of children
taken surreptitiously. This website cannot be
closed down because all the children are fully
clothed and because of the right of free speech.
Berlin is questioned and he describes himself as a
‘paedosexual’. He is attracted to children but
controls his urges.
Olivia gets a message from Dana saying that Cory
has admitted to being molested by his brother, and
that Eric has disappeared.
Back at HQ, while looking at Berlin’s latest
uploaded pictures Elliot sees something that
makes him blow a fuse. It takes the rest of the
team a little longer to see that pictures of Elliot’s
daughter have been posted. Fin and Olivia arrive at
Berlin’s apartment to find Stabler trying to delete
the pictures from Berlin’s computer, with the man
himself unconscious on the floor. This leads to
Stabler being put on enforced leave.
Fin and Olivia’s next task is an all-night stakeout of
Dana’s house to see if she knows more about Eric’s
location than she has let on. This eventually pays
dividends when she appears to load a food parcel
into her car and heads off. Her destination is a
run-down building and as the detectives follow her in,
her scream alerts them to Eric’s dead body.
Who killed Eric? Did his stepfather, who admitted
beating the boy, lose his temper completely? Or
did Eric know something that cost him his life?
‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’
Credits
Eliot Stabler Chris Meloni Olivia Benson Mariska Hargitay Donald Cragen Dann Florek John Munch Richard Belzer Kim Greylek Michaela McManus Fin Tutuola Ice-T
Melinda Warner Tamara Tunie Dana Kelley Teri Polo
Eric Byers Marshall Allman Jake Berlin Tom Noonan Sean Kelley Josh Charles Director Arthur W Forney
Executive Producers
Ann Donahue, Carol Mendelsohn, Anthony E Zuiker, Jerry Bruckheimer
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Body of Proof
Dead Man Walking
(Series 1: 5/9)
The surgeon-turned-medical examiner Dr Megan
Hunt (Dana Delany, ‘Desperate Housewives’)
tackles another case as the hit American crime
drama set in Philadelphia continues. In this
episode, Megan investigates the case of a man
who collapsed and died hours after having
surgery, while Ethan’s pulse starts racing when
he gets close to a beautiful patient’s twin sister.
Dr Megan Hunt was a brilliant neurosurgeon until
a terrible car accident led to her making a mistake
in the operating theatre. She resigned and now
works as a medical examiner, using her skills and
instincts to uncover the secrets contained in the
corpses of people who have died in mysterious
circumstances. With her partner Peter Dunlop
(Nicholas Bishop, ‘Home and Away’), an injured
ex-cop, she takes on cases that have defeated other
investigators. Meanwhile, in her personal life, she
is trying to reconnect with her daughter, Lacey.
A man is found in some bushes after what is
initially believed to be a mugging-gone-wrong. His
bag is discovered a couple of blocks away and
Megan’s keen nose recognises the remnants of
some sauce as being specific to one chain of
fast-food restaurants.
Some leg work leads the team to a suspect who
works at one of the restaurants. He says he saw the
body and instinctively grabbed the bag, but that it
was an opportunistic theft and he is not the killer.
This theory is confirmed back at the lab when
Megan opens up the cadaver to reveal an
abdomen saturated with blood. This indicates
internal bleeding that a mugging would be unlikely
to cause. The victim, an accountant called Ted
Harbinson, had surgery that morning and Megan
visits the hospital where the procedure was
carried out. It is a hospital she used to practice at,
run by an ex-colleague, Gwen Baldwin (Carolyn
McCormick, ‘Law & Order’, ‘Judging Amy’), with
whom she shares a chequered past.
Megan demands video footage of the procedure
to see whether the surgeon Dr Chandler (Marc
Blucas, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’) was guilty of
malpractice. The video recording is missing, but he
swears he carried out the operation to the letter.
However, a nurse informs Megan that Chandler is
an accident waiting to happen, with a reputation
for being brash and slapdash.
Further investigation leads Megan to conclude
that Chandler had followed the correct procedure,
but that a staple gun used to close the incisions
had been tampered with, which would have
caused the internal bleeding. However, Ted’s
operation was not the only one carried out that
day. The race is on to find the patient who was next
on Chandler’s roster.
Megan finds the patient just in time but has to
take matters in to her own hands to keep him alive
until the ambulance arrives. Megan then discovers
something that links him to the death of Gwen’s
son four years earlier…
Ethan, meanwhile, after bemoaning the death of a
beautiful young woman who was perfectly healthy
apart from one minor genetic defect, gets in a
sweat when her next of kin, her equally beautiful
twin sister (Christina Hendricks, ‘Mad Men’,
‘Drive’) turns up on the scene – and he is more than
happy to test whether she is at risk too.
‘Body of Proof’
Credits
Megan Hunt Dana Delany Kate Murphy Jeri Ryan Bud Morris John Carroll Lynch Peter Dunlop Nicholas Bishop Lacey Mary Mouser Todd Fleming Jeffrey Nordling Curtis Brumfield Windell
Middlebrooks
Gwen Baldwin Carolyn McCormick Doctor Chandler Marc Blucas Jessica/Karen Archer
Christina Hendricks
Nancy Follet Meta Golding Director Matthew Gross
Executive Producers
Matthew Gross, Christopher Murphey, Keri Young
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New Series
NCIS
The Spider and the Fly
(Series 8: 1/24)
The hit US drama based on the work of the
agency dedicated to crimes related to the US
Navy returns. Paloma Reynosa is trying to fulfil
her promise to get revenge for the death of her
father by setting her sights on Gibbs’s dad.
Picking up from where series seven left off (see
episode ‘Rule Fifty-One’), Gibbs’s dad Jackson is
visited in his hardware store by Paloma, head of the
Mexican Reynosa drug cartel. She is seeking to
make good her threat to get revenge for the death
of her father. After she turns the shop’s sign to
‘closed’, Jackson tells her he has been expecting
her and fires a warning shot. She then draws her
own gun and backs out of the store. Once outside
she gives an order to her men and they pepper the
shop with bullets. When the dust settles they
enter the building but find no sign of Jackson.
Six months later, Gibbs Sr is bemoaning his lot. He
feels that he is a virtual captive in his son’s house
with special agents patrolling the grounds to keep
him safe. The hunt for Paloma remains at a dead
end. DiNozzo is going over a recording of the gun
battle with Alejandro (Paloma’s brother) and his
men which was the last known sighting of Franks.
A helicopter crash then draws the attention of
DiNozzo, Jimmy, Ducky and Gibbs. Going through
the wreckage it is discovered that the two fatalities
were shot after the aircraft made an emergency
landing. The footage from the onboard camera
reveals one of the passengers was Paloma Reynosa.
In the autopsy room it is discovered that one of the
victims was a Reynosa gang member, Esteban
Lopez. Ducky, through analysis of the dead man’s
stomach and various insect bites, narrows down
where the gang and Paloma have been hiding out.
Making a reappearance from his own hideaway (a
Mexican convent in which he drank wine and
played cards with the nuns) is Franks who survived
the shootout. He turns up at Gibbs’ place to
unofficially join the security detail. Franks wants
to stop playing cat and mouse with the Reynosas
and tackle them head on.
Alejandro then turns up at NCIS HQ with the
security his ambassadorial position grants him. He
seems willing to propose a possible compromise.
His main agenda, though, is to discretely plant a
bug in Vance’s office.
On his way out Alejandro spits a thinly-veiled
threat towards Abby which raises the hackles of
Vance and Gibbs. Gibbs then gets a call from
Paloma which is traced to outside his house.
Racing there, the team find one agent dead, but
Franks and Jackson emerge fit and well from the
basement perplexed by the commotion.
In Vance’s bugged office the location of a new safe
house is discussed before Alejandro is brought back
in to discuss reviving his deal. At that meeting Vance
rushes out when he is passed a note which reads
‘Paloma Reynosa killed’. Alejandro cannot help but
look at it, then storms out and heads to the new
safe house (the address of which he got from the
bug). There he opens fire but when his magazine
runs dry he is surrounded by a team led by Gibbs.
But the place was not empty, the bug had also
revealed the address of the safe house to
Alejandro’s sister and Paloma lies fatally wounded
among the carnage. Gibbs’ plan appears to have
won this battle in the war against drugs. But is
everything as it seems?
‘NCIS’
Credits
Jethro Gibbs Mark Harmon Anthony DiNozzo
Michael Weatherly
Abby Sciuto Pauley Perrette Ziva David Cote de Pablo Timothy McGee Sean Murray Dr Donald Mallard David
McCallum
Jimmy Palmer Brian Dietzen Leon Vance Rocky Carroll Paloma Reynosa
Jacqueline Obradors
Alejandro Rivera Marco Sanchez Director Dennis Smith
Executive Producers
Donald P Bellisario,Shane Brennan, Gary Glasberg, Mark Horowitz, Chas Floyd Johnson
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Law & Order:
Criminal Intent
In Treatment
(Series 8: 4/16)
The detectives of New York City’s Major Case
Squad wage war on crime as the eighth series of
the crime drama continues. In this instalment,
the killing of an investment company boss leads
NIchols and Wheeler to conduct an investigation
into a psychoanalyst’s group therapy sessions.
As the CEO of a hedge fund prepares to give a
speech at a private gathering of the great and the
good, rumours spread around the room that the
company is going to be investigated by the powers
that be, which leads many investors to contact
their brokers to sell, sell, sell! It also leads to the
discovery, in the men’s toilet, of Chief Finance
Officer Frank Hatcher’s body, killed by a stab
wound to the chest.
Wheeler tells Ross that half of the attendees at
the banquet had both the motive and means to kill
Hatcher, a point that Nichols makes to Archie
Beuliss, founder of the fund. Beuliss points the
detectives towards an accountant, Richard
Kramer, who made unsubstantiated accusations
against the deceased, and was fired for doing so.
Under questioning Kramer suggests that other
companies always knew in advance what stocks
the Beuliss fund was going to buy, and he
suspected Hatcher of being the leak. Attempting
to talk to Beuliss again, Nichols and Wheeler
discover he has checked himself into a rehab clinic
for a psychiatric condition which requires a
complete break from the outside world.
Nichols and Wheeler talk to Dr Ernst, Beuliss’s
psychiatrist, who seems more interested in
analysing Nichols. While Nichols does not give
much away to the doctor, he later tells his partner
about his estranged father, who was also a
psychiatrist and regularly analysed him over the
breakfast table.
Nichols then makes his presence felt when he
makes a bold entrance into a group therapy
session run by Dr Ernst that features Beuliss and
one of his major investors, a billionaire called Ron
Hemmings. Zach then launches into a speech on
betrayal which provokes a sharp response from
Hemmings. Wheeler smells a clue when she
detects from Hemmings the faint scent of Mrs
Beuliss’s expensive perfume.
Next, Hemmings is found dead in a bath, apparently
having comitted suicide, with traces of several
prescription and non-prescription drugs in his body.
Inviting himself to another group therapy session,
Nichols gets everyone to reveal where they invest
their money, and who advised them to put it there.
Did Ernst have more concern for his patients’
financial health than their mental health?
‘Law & Order: Criminal Intent’
Credits
Zach Nichols Jeff Goldblum Megan Wheeler Julianne Nicholson Danny Ross Eric Bogosian Archie Beuliss Norbert Leo Butz Dr Ernst Dennis Boutsikaris Elaine Beuliss Alexa Havins Ron Hemmings Wass Stevens Frank Hatcher Ben Parrillo
Director Jean de Segonzac Executive Producers
Dick Wolf, John David Coles, Peter Jankowski, Ed Zuckerman
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