5.06 - Deal - Discussion Post
This week's episode is the first of a two-parter (the second part of which ITV will not be airing until a later date gits) written by lead writer, Emilia di Girolamo.
When mother and carer Lia Brown is killed by a stray bullet, the team struggles to understand the involvement of 12-year-old Kaden Blake in the shooting. Kaden is caught up in the local gang culture, and keeping silent is his only protection. DS Matt Devlin is drawn to this damaged boy, saddened to see a life so doomed by circumstance and furious that local dealer and gang leader Mark Ellis remains untouchable by the law. Matt forces the hands of the crown prosecutors to move Ellis into the frame for Lia's death. Despite the gang culture of intimidation and silence, Kaden finds the courage to speak out - but in doing so, he sets in motion a shattering chain of events.
When mother and carer Lia Brown is killed by a stray bullet, the team struggles to understand the involvement of 12-year-old Kaden Blake in the shooting. Kaden is caught up in the local gang culture, and keeping silent is his only protection. DS Matt Devlin is drawn to this damaged boy, saddened to see a life so doomed by circumstance and furious that local dealer and gang leader Mark Ellis remains untouchable by the law. Matt forces the hands of the crown prosecutors to move Ellis into the frame for Lia's death. Despite the gang culture of intimidation and silence, Kaden finds the courage to speak out - but in doing so, he sets in motion a shattering chain of events.