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The Bill » Top 100 Episodes (In No Particular Order) » 16x62 and 16x63 - Old Friends / New Friends

Roxanne: Only two people I’ve ever known have treated me like a woman. One is Mickey Owen. And one is you.

A return from an old regular and a heart-breaking end to one of the show's best Regular/Guest star dynamics.

George Costigan is wonderful as Roxanne, with an effortless warmth, dry wit and charisma that does a really good job of following on from Paul O'Grady's earlier performance. I want to save a deep dive into the Ted/Roxanne relationship for another post, but it needs to be said both George and Tony do a wonderful job of conveying a lot with a relatively understated script.

Ted's return is also very well handled just from a returning character perspective. Where the character is makes sense with how he left, and he gets to interact with just about everyone you'd expect him to and his immediate digging at Andrew, Matt and Jack is a lot of fun. Having him mention Roy and Frank also makes me very happy.

The dynamic with Jim is the main one here, though, and it's delightfully layered. Jim trying to pull the clever moves on Ted and having it backfire because he just isn't Ted, or Frank, or really that kind of copper at all is a nice touch, as is Jim showing backbone regarding Ted's attitude towards his alcoholism (and Ted's own).

This two-parter is actually really strong for Jim over all. Between the drinking, the growing cynicism and complacency ahead of his tenure, and the resulting spiral of his anger issues, Jim hasn't gotten to just be good in a long while, and it's nice - if a bit sad - to see these glimpses of the man and officer he could have been in a kinder world.

The supporting cast is also really solid. We see Andrew making the effort despite everything because it's the right thing to do and Matt getting to be a bit of a dick without sliding into petty spitefulness. Most of CID also get to show their faces, and there's an interesting glimpse of Claire being visibly suspicious of Don, as these are the last eps before the Beech Scandal arc kicks off.

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16.12 The Untouchables

GLAZE: Hey, watch the ‘fro!

Danny comes to the rescue of a man who had been set on fire and gets too involved with the case and his only witness. A strong episode for him, showing his good heart and (rather optimistic) faith in people. Guest starring Neil Newbon. (And wow is he very Astarion in places here.)

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16.48 Say It with Flowers

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it's alright, babes.

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“He took little pieces of me - little pieces over time, so small I didn't even notice, you know. He wanted me to be something I wasn't and I made myself into what he wanted. I became someone I couldn’t even recognize anymore.” 

Kerry Holmes | Chapter X

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16.70 The River

Steve is too arrogant to listen to Claire’s warnings and foolishly trusts Don—with the expected result.

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16.55 Lullaby: Part Three (Part Two)

A great conclusion to the three-parter, complete with lots of twists and turns and some great Smithy character development. A definite undercurrent of Cass/Smithy, too. The kid who played Tim in the trilogy—Tim Tze—was very good, so it’s amazing that he only has one more role on IMDB.

Again guest-starring Wendy Kweh and Benedict Wong.