val douest Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Can anyone please put us out of our misery? Having watched the first part if this week's Silent Witness (set in Hungary) where Harry Cunningham appeared to have been shot and then doused in petrol and set alight (which I was quite sad about as I rather like him), we set the second part to record while we did something else. About 20 minutes into the programme we realised it wasn't recording so switched on to watch the rest, only to see Harry Cunningham running around, a bit bruised and battered but very much alive. So what happened in the bit we missed - how did he escape what looked like total annihilation????? Any explanation very welcome.Val Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I don't think I have seen anything so ludicrous since - as a child - I went to Saturday morning flicks and used to be enthralled by the serial with its improbable cliff-hanger resolutions.- Harry managed to get up and stagger from gunman.- Gunman was hit by passing lorry while chasing Harry.- Harry did quick change with gunman's clothes, leaving his passport with gunman.- To add a touch of verisimillitude, Harry shoots bullets into gunman's body and douses it with petrol.This programme used to be engrossing and interesting when Professor Sam Ryan was external pathologist investigating unusual deaths. Now we have to have the protagonists acting like third rate Indiana Jones actually involved in the cases they are supposed to be investigating. Clearly the commissioning editors at the BBC have decided that the programme should be re-engineered to appeal to the taste of moronic couch potatoes to boost ratings - or to secure a place in American tv marketplace where appealing to the tastes of moronic couch potatoes is normal practice.Incidentally, can anyone tell me when the Emilia Fox character became medically qualified, and when she obtained her postgraduate experience to become a pathology consultant? When she first appeared she was an anthropologist with a neat party trick in restoring faces to skulls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 He grabbed the petron can and wacked the guy hard with it and somehow frightened the guy so he ran away up on to the road where he was hit by a truck and fell back down the slopeThere was an audible groan in this household when it looked as if Harry was dead [:(][:(]I agree with Clark though, I could live without quite so much action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 You're quite correct, RH. Harry hit gunman with petrol can. I think that the banality of the whole thing erased that from my memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommier Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 We watched part one of this programme, but just couldn't be bothered with part two.Absolute drivel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I could not agree more.It has lost its direction.Why not keep to slicing up corpses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Here here, I don't think I'll be watching it again. I used to be an avid follower of The Bill until it started devoting more time to the characters personal lives than cops and robbers.If I wanted to watch that sort of programme I'd have chosen Eaststreet or Coronationenders ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val douest Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Well - what a cop-out! It doesn't sound as if we missed very much with the plot line being so far-fetched but many thanks to you all for putting an end to our suspense! I agree that the programme seems to be straying further and further from the original concept; this one was all cops and robbers. I don't think the Hungarian tourist office will be ordering extra copies either!Val Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I think its Ok, its just not what we expect or enjoy from Silent Witness, perhaps someone is trying to freshen it up.....if it aint broke....[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon-the-censored Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Loved it ! Got me going through a whole range of emotions - just great. Love Emilia in Merlin as well ! I wish things like that happened in the Pyrenees!Simon :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekJ Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Although we never usually watch it, I did happen to watch the first part this week... I never watched the second part and I don't think I'll be watching again.... real crap.[:'(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon-the-censored Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Derek come on........I bought a new marker pen today :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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