This episode opens with Frank's friend, Inspector Tarconi, going to Belarus to arrest Anatole Reichenberg; a criminal who has been selling counterfeit children's medicine. Unfortunately he doesn't realise that the local police are in Reichenberg's pocket; he manages to escape their trap but he is now a wanted man and few locals would risk helping him. Frank is in New York but when he hears about Tarconi's situation he goes to Belarus; here he finds Tarconi with a local woman who has bravely sheltered him. The police find them soon afterwards so the three of them drive off with the police in pursuit. Meanwhile Caterina and Jules have discovered a lead that takes them to an unofficial lorry park where Jules gets trapped on one of the lorries while planting a tracker. Everybody is finally reunited at Reichenberg's mansion where the final confrontation will take place.
This was a pretty exciting episode; it got off to a great start; for a little while it looked as though Tarconi might not survive. The action is fairly nonstop with some good fights, some shooting and an impressive car chase through a forest. There are some weak points during the action unfortunately; we see the police shooting at Frank's car with automatic weapons but not one bullet struck the windscreen and later a bad guy who has been soaked in petrol inexplicably burst into flames when shot! These flaws didn't spoil the show though; it is the sort of show one watches for action and excitement rather than absolute realism. Overall I'd say that this was one of the better season two episodes.
Of interest this episode seems to suggest that the official series order isn't the correct order as this is officially episode five but Jules is introduced as a new character in episode eight!
This was a pretty exciting episode; it got off to a great start; for a little while it looked as though Tarconi might not survive. The action is fairly nonstop with some good fights, some shooting and an impressive car chase through a forest. There are some weak points during the action unfortunately; we see the police shooting at Frank's car with automatic weapons but not one bullet struck the windscreen and later a bad guy who has been soaked in petrol inexplicably burst into flames when shot! These flaws didn't spoil the show though; it is the sort of show one watches for action and excitement rather than absolute realism. Overall I'd say that this was one of the better season two episodes.
Of interest this episode seems to suggest that the official series order isn't the correct order as this is officially episode five but Jules is introduced as a new character in episode eight!
