I thought this was a better episode that last week, and although thinking Shetland not only has some of the most quarrelsome families, but also bizarrely strange links to secret services from any number of countries!
And agree with PPs, the young boy is just brilliant. I fear though that should he get too many compliments and go to some acting school he will lose the naturalness he know has.
His explanation of how he got blood on this clothes was really moving.
I think Ruth's problem is that she doesn't interact with children and thinks of them as aliens.
Yes, Tosh's shirt below jumper is from when 1990s or something really odd look.
I thought how they showed the difficulty of being part of the police in a small community was well done. I think the man who said he had evidence from the airport is someone who has a sort of long standing attraction to her, and is "making do" with someone else. Another contribution to the hostile atmosphere.
I think ex super spy came because of the phone call, but now he knows that Annie (is that the right name?) is dead he wants to know why, which is why he is nosing around, and thinking he is helping the investigation. And that he is probably Noah's father.
I thought the dinasour link was really good, and showed why Ruth maybe a bit over confident about her sleuthing skills and willing to make leaps, that are sometimes right and some aren't.
But ... it seems like the script writers this time have a grudge against Sandy - he has really been side lined in favour of Billy getting more air time.