Spoiler for those who haven't watched the second part of monday's episode.
I wonder if the long boring monologue and Nikki's reaction was a forewarning of a breakup - lets hope so.
And just to be contrary having moaned about no actual pathology work, this episode they seemed to go over the top with disections, other bizzare procedures.
I like the detective who we have seen in previous episodes, but her spending time at the Lab lee alone getting Nikki, a senior pathologist, to come and do a mouth swab and he-man Jack to accompany her on basic police procedural calls is just so silly.
I thought the story line was quite good, another example of what seems the obvious suspect turns out not to be the case.
But have to admit to being confused. Was the body in the sea, examined towards the end, just someone totally unconnected to the ongoing case.
re. Velvey - I think they have over stretched themselves in trying to have representatives of diverse communities. It would be one thing having someone whose religious beliefs might come into conflict with the work of a pathologist.
But to have someone who has had a crisis of faith, left their strictly observant group within their community, separated from his wife and children, but maintaining his obligation as the husband / father to be the sole provider, having little experience of wider society, and presumably as a low level employee at the lab, not earning enough, doesn't really work. But could explain why he is not only cold and hungry but depressed.
On the overhand it did give Jack the chance to be the superhero - again.