Though it has divided opinion, I personally enjoyed The
Escape Artist. There were many twists in the final episode, which means that I have
waited till after the drama has finished until I put up my review. If
you are yet to watch the finale, it may be best to leave this until you have seen it.
In this episode, I was surprised
as I thought it would all be centred around the trial of Liam Foyle for the
murder of Will’s wife, Kate. Instead, in another twist, the case was thrown out
of court after the first ten minutes of the episode due to insufficient
evidence.
Meanwhile, we see that Will somehow
feels that he’s let Jamie down. During this episode Will reaches out to men who
he’d previously represented in order to carry out some sort of dodgy operation.
Later, he and Jamie return to the cottage where they go fishing in the rock
pools, little did we know at the time that the knife used to gut the limpets
would have such a profound effect. While travelling to Scotland, most likely for
a job interview, Will is soon seen following Liam as he finds him at a country
house. As the two argue whether or not Kate died slowly, It is revealed that
Will was taping their conversation in order to get a confession. When the two
come to blows, Will ends up stabbing Liam with the knife that he’d previously
used at the cottage. Though the cut is minor, Liam starts to have an allergic
reaction, assuming that this was from something that was left on the knife. Instead of letting Liam to die, Will phones
the emergency services who talk him through how to administer the shot that
would save Liam’s life. But, Liam emerges from his attack and attempts to kill
them both when he knocks a lamp over and ends up setting fire to the whole
house. Even though, Will is able to carry them both out of the house, Liam ends
up dying in hospital.
The end of the episode sees
Will on trial for the murder of Foyle. Will decides to defend himself and
infuriates the judge several times during the trial. The central question would
be whether or not Will knew about Liam’s allergy and if he’d accessed his
medical records at some point while defending him. Elsewhere, Maggie comes to supposedly
to ask Will a legal question, but it seems as if she has more on her mind than
just that. The ending plays out with a few final twists which I don’t think
many people saw coming.
The Escape Artist definitely
split many people and their opinions throughout the series. One thing I think
everyone can say about The Escape Artist is that it was very well directed by
Brian Welsh. The sequence involving Will’s stalking of Foyle was incredibly
shot and really made me feel tense, but on the edge of my seat.
Tennant portrayed Will as a
smart and emotional man and we saw both
of these characteristics.
Overall I very much enjoyed The
Escape Artist, every time an episode finished I just wanted to see what was
going to happen next.
What did you think of The
Escape Artist? Leave a comment below.
No comments:
Post a Comment