The Bill: Streetwise. The eternally obnoxious (in the most entertaining way) DC Rod Skase crashes out of the series in decidedly inglorious fashion in this dramatic episode. When a young boy, whose mother is dating a violent crook who has just intimidated a witness out of testifying against him, disappears, Rod is determined to nail the criminal for the crime and bends the evidence to point in his direction - with truly disastrous consequences. It's a sorry end for a great character, and the first in a number of crushing departures in the 2000 season. It's a great episode, although the bizarre direction - which eschews the normal style in favour of a bizarre NYPD Blue emulation with the camera peering through blinds and bobbing around all over the place - gets real irritating real quick.
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