I tend to like all of the Rumpole installments but this one is one of my favorites. The main story arc involves a criminal who kills a police officer and Guthrie Featherstone is the magistrate who hands out the sentence of life imprisonment. The conviction is overturned in what appears to be a case of a police frame-up. There is much press coverage when the suspect is released. As another reviewer stated, this was before every interview was taped so it probably was fairly easy to do such a thing. Rumpole, of course sees something more at work here, mainly a personal grudge in the ranks of the police being played out. I won't ruin it any more than that but when Gannon is absolved of any wrongdoing (and the suspect I imagine goes back to jail)and is outside the court with Rumpole he comments that now there is NO press coverage. Hmmmmm.
The second/minor story arc involves Guthrie and his boasting about having an affair with Dot, which of course, he did not. Let's just say Rumpole comes to his defense again and proves to Marigold that he only loves her. I must say that Guthrie does appear to be a bit of a boob some/most of the time but Marigold never seems to give him the benefit of the doubt. Granted it's just a TV show but that irks me!
Great episode!
The second/minor story arc involves Guthrie and his boasting about having an affair with Dot, which of course, he did not. Let's just say Rumpole comes to his defense again and proves to Marigold that he only loves her. I must say that Guthrie does appear to be a bit of a boob some/most of the time but Marigold never seems to give him the benefit of the doubt. Granted it's just a TV show but that irks me!
Great episode!