Morton acts on the events in progress. She ends up with her officers tazing a guy who appeared to have a weapon. This is after repeated efforts to get him or his daughter to answer the door. And, this is all about a gun in the house. The police investigator charges her with not doing due diligence in that the guy had a cane and had had surgery. He also enlists our blond friend to join him in his police assault. He repeatedly decides that Morton is guilty. Meanwhile, there are some bad dude, including a rich, threatening guy who pulls strings and gets people killed. Banks' daughter is mixed up in all of this (too coincidental?). Some bad stuff is ahead.
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Bad boys
safenoe18 November 2016
Warning: Spoilers
This review relates to parts 1 and 2 of Bad Boy.
Bad boys, bad boys, what you're gonna do when they come for you...this episode of DCI Banks is the final episode of season 3. DCI Banks is one of my favorites and I wish a series had more episodes!!!
Anyway, here DCI Banks' daughter (Tracy) plays a central role in Bad Boys, falling for bad boy Jaffer "Jaff" Kitson, who goads another bad boy Mitchell Channing (who it turns out is the son of the elder bad boy Al Jenkins) into shooting Richard Martin in a road rage incident run amok. Richard was a DJ and I'm not sure if he was a bad boy, but imagine if Channing had targeted a VIP, TV celebrity, or someone like that who innocently drove by.
In the subplot, there's another bad boy. Supt Mike Trethowan tampered with evidence during a gun raid at the Doyle residence, to protect Alice Craig, who was inexperienced and also happened to be Mike's girlfriend. DS Annie Cabbot (who is now Banks' girlfriend) rights the wrongs through her internal investigation to clear DI Marton.
One consistent motif is the bad guy having a grand house in Yorkshire. Here bad boy Al Jenkins has an impressive mansion with impressive views.
DCI Banks is a bit of a bad boy as he tries to get his daughter back from the clutches of bad boy Jaff. He does so with the help of Mark Warburton (Syrus Low) in the heart-stopping final scene in Leeds.
Bad boys, bad boys, what you're gonna do when they come for you...this episode of DCI Banks is the final episode of season 3. DCI Banks is one of my favorites and I wish a series had more episodes!!!
Anyway, here DCI Banks' daughter (Tracy) plays a central role in Bad Boys, falling for bad boy Jaffer "Jaff" Kitson, who goads another bad boy Mitchell Channing (who it turns out is the son of the elder bad boy Al Jenkins) into shooting Richard Martin in a road rage incident run amok. Richard was a DJ and I'm not sure if he was a bad boy, but imagine if Channing had targeted a VIP, TV celebrity, or someone like that who innocently drove by.
In the subplot, there's another bad boy. Supt Mike Trethowan tampered with evidence during a gun raid at the Doyle residence, to protect Alice Craig, who was inexperienced and also happened to be Mike's girlfriend. DS Annie Cabbot (who is now Banks' girlfriend) rights the wrongs through her internal investigation to clear DI Marton.
One consistent motif is the bad guy having a grand house in Yorkshire. Here bad boy Al Jenkins has an impressive mansion with impressive views.
DCI Banks is a bit of a bad boy as he tries to get his daughter back from the clutches of bad boy Jaff. He does so with the help of Mark Warburton (Syrus Low) in the heart-stopping final scene in Leeds.
Bad Boy: Part 1
Prismark1011 September 2021
The episode starts off with a man chased off the road, beaten and then shot dead.
The person instigating the shooting is the bad boy of the title. Jaff Kitson and for his efforts he has been sacked by his boss, a property developer called Al Jenkins.
The gun used to kill the man ends up in the daughter's bedroom of someone who used to be a neighbour of Banks.
The trouble is DI Morton wants the gun retrieved by the book. So the police go mob handed and taser the father who ends up in hospital with a heart attack.
DI Cabot ends up investigating whether Morton, who was at fault even though she was not part of the armed police inside the house.
It seems Morton had to check the medical records of all the occupants of the house, which is something I have never heard of before. It also raises all kinds of medical confidentiality issues. 'Ah Doctor we are about to send in an armed response team to a house, can we have the medical records please!'
Banks is not happy that Cabot who is a member of his team and his girlfriend is investigating another member of his team.
If Banks does not have enough in his plate. His daughter is acting stroppy and has run off with a bad boy. Jaff Kitson who is surprised to discover that her father is a cop.
There are some annoyingly daft things in this story. The main part being Jaff Kitson is meant to be a charmer and I saw little of it.
Very little of this story hangs together as it's based on contrivances. I mean Banks former neighbour has an important piece of evidence used in a murder. Both the neighbour's teenage daughter and Bank's daughter have been seeing the same man.
The person instigating the shooting is the bad boy of the title. Jaff Kitson and for his efforts he has been sacked by his boss, a property developer called Al Jenkins.
The gun used to kill the man ends up in the daughter's bedroom of someone who used to be a neighbour of Banks.
The trouble is DI Morton wants the gun retrieved by the book. So the police go mob handed and taser the father who ends up in hospital with a heart attack.
DI Cabot ends up investigating whether Morton, who was at fault even though she was not part of the armed police inside the house.
It seems Morton had to check the medical records of all the occupants of the house, which is something I have never heard of before. It also raises all kinds of medical confidentiality issues. 'Ah Doctor we are about to send in an armed response team to a house, can we have the medical records please!'
Banks is not happy that Cabot who is a member of his team and his girlfriend is investigating another member of his team.
If Banks does not have enough in his plate. His daughter is acting stroppy and has run off with a bad boy. Jaff Kitson who is surprised to discover that her father is a cop.
There are some annoyingly daft things in this story. The main part being Jaff Kitson is meant to be a charmer and I saw little of it.
Very little of this story hangs together as it's based on contrivances. I mean Banks former neighbour has an important piece of evidence used in a murder. Both the neighbour's teenage daughter and Bank's daughter have been seeing the same man.
OMG, a GUN!!!
edk-805813 August 2018
There are lots of things to like about this final pair of episodes, with complex plot and subplots that are revealed at just the right pace. The plot hinges on a missing gun which turns up (gasp!) in a girl's home. The resulting overreaction to this relative triviality is just silly and cringe-worthy and a real distraction from the otherwise excellent story. British PC-ness run amok.
Wow, talk about a bunch of babies!
ramblingvagabond10 November 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Question: Are the Brits really such weakling babies that they consider a gun in a house to be such an incredible event, requiring a swat team to break in, tackling and firing tasers at anyone that moves? Sheesh, you guys really need to man up. Seriously. That some high-level cringe you've got there.
I know Britain is a "gun free" country (except for the criminals, of course, who have a nasty habit of not following the law), but are you guys really that scared of a gun that you honestly act this way? I've rarely felt such shame for your country as I did watching this episode. Texans would eat you alive.
I know Britain is a "gun free" country (except for the criminals, of course, who have a nasty habit of not following the law), but are you guys really that scared of a gun that you honestly act this way? I've rarely felt such shame for your country as I did watching this episode. Texans would eat you alive.
Glad I do not live in the UK
mjoblio1217-121 March 2019
Warning: Spoilers
While I generally enjoy watching DCI, this particular episode struck a chord with me. The amount of Police State tactics that have resulted from British Law make me so very happy not to live there. From the overreaction to a pistol (Banks should have been allowed to retrieve the weapon, as he suggested.) to the amount of surveillance seems to me exactly what Orwell was warning against, but sadly has come to fruition in the UK.
another laughable episode
sandcrab2779 October 2018
From incompetence to incompetence
cavan-113 June 2020
If I hadn't promised to review all the episodes of DCI Banks, I would never, ever watch one shoddy episode after another.
I've just watched Season 3, episode 3 (they're combined in the US).
Just when I think it would be impossible for the writers and producers to sink further and further into the muck, they prove me wrong . . . repeatedly.
Ignorance can be cured by education, intelligence, and experience; however, when ignorance is willfully, eagerly, and warmly embraced, it devolves into stupidity. It's catching and its name is DCI Banks. The police, the bad guys, and the dim-witted bystanders infect one another with stupidity more rapidly than a nuclear chain reäction.
It is so, so, so very sad to see so much money pissed away by producers to churn out wooden dialog, adolescent angst possessing adults, implausible plots, unnecessary actions, and immature, even childish emotions.
I have to believe that SOMEONE in charge lost a HUGE bet and is now suffering the consequences.
Whatever you do, DON'T beg, borrow, or steal DVDs of this series and don't stream this series. If you do, it might convince other dim-witted producers that this is the stuff of which dreams are made. The DCI Banks series are not dreams come true; they are surreal nightmares that will cause you to lose faith in man's competence to tell spellbinding stories and to make art.
Avoid DCI Banks to preserve your sanity and to give yourself a chance to vet competent show business productions. They ARE out there, but they're getting as rare as hens' teeth.
I've just watched Season 3, episode 3 (they're combined in the US).
Just when I think it would be impossible for the writers and producers to sink further and further into the muck, they prove me wrong . . . repeatedly.
Ignorance can be cured by education, intelligence, and experience; however, when ignorance is willfully, eagerly, and warmly embraced, it devolves into stupidity. It's catching and its name is DCI Banks. The police, the bad guys, and the dim-witted bystanders infect one another with stupidity more rapidly than a nuclear chain reäction.
It is so, so, so very sad to see so much money pissed away by producers to churn out wooden dialog, adolescent angst possessing adults, implausible plots, unnecessary actions, and immature, even childish emotions.
I have to believe that SOMEONE in charge lost a HUGE bet and is now suffering the consequences.
Whatever you do, DON'T beg, borrow, or steal DVDs of this series and don't stream this series. If you do, it might convince other dim-witted producers that this is the stuff of which dreams are made. The DCI Banks series are not dreams come true; they are surreal nightmares that will cause you to lose faith in man's competence to tell spellbinding stories and to make art.
Avoid DCI Banks to preserve your sanity and to give yourself a chance to vet competent show business productions. They ARE out there, but they're getting as rare as hens' teeth.
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