"The Inspector Lynley Mysteries"
Limbo (2007)

Director:

Robert Bierman

Writers:

Elizabeth George (character)
Ed Whitmore (writer)

TV Series:

"The Inspector Lynley Mysteries" (2001)

Original Air Date:

9 June 2007 (Season 6, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Police | Character Name In Title

Cast

Nathaniel Parker	...	Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley
Sharon Small	...	Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers
Samantha Bond	...	Vivienne Oborne
Nicholas Farrell	...	Sam Oborne
Geraldine Somerville	...	DS Michelle Tate
John Shrapnel	...	Sgt Mike McCaffrey
Ed Stoppard	...	Conrad McCaffrey
Georgina Rylance	...	Julia Oborne
Paul Hickey	...	Stuart Lafferty
Sam Cox	...	Greg Sullivan
Denise Gough	...	Christine Faraday
Justin Pierre	...	DC Andy Vedder
Alex Argenti	...	Manageress
Jacob Avery	...	Justin Oborne
Nicholas Brown	...	Oliver Oborne

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trite and unconvincing - what a disappointment

What an absolutely appalling episode! Not only was the plot poorly put together and full of holes but the character development was terrible. Lynley continues his descent into Most Irritating Detective, whose way of coping with his wife's death is handled in the most trite of ways - if it is actually handled at all. Havers was disappointing, too, seemingly taking a backseat and running around after Lynley like an obedient puppy in the way that's just not plausible.

Only Parker and Small's acting made it bearable: when they actually had something to act with (such as during Lynley's interrogation by the DSI), they were wonderful.

I blame Elizabeth George in part - she's the one who keeps the characters in Limbo while her novels catch up with the fast pace of production. I wish she'd let them go and do their own thing.