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As episode 5 airs tonight nationwide on ITV I have managed to watch episode 5 & 6 (I'm very impatient) and trust me, you don't want to miss the last two chilling episodes of the team's disturbing 3rd case this year, starting off with a startling and unique beginning that could be confused as a scene from a George Romero film.
Since watching the finale, there is no doubt that there will be a 5th series of ITV's dark crime drama, Whitechapel to come. The whole group dynamic in the show is better than ever, thanks to writers Ben Court, Caroline Ip and Steve Pemberton (whose story on flayed victims has been one of my favourites in this new series so far) and to all actors. There is of course Phil Davis and Rupert Penry Jones as the main protagonists, their off screen chemistry reflecting their onscreen chemistry as DCI Miles and DI Chandler, but we have to mention Steve Pemberton's Buchan, who is dramatic as ever, Sam Stockman, who establishes the darker side of DC Kent, Hannah Walters, displaying such an impressive performance as DC Riley and Ben Bishop, for exposing DC Mansell's many layers, proving there is still so much to reveal and to build upon these characters that could easily drive another series of Whitechapel. Though it’s not all happiness (as this is Whitechapel I am talking about) there are many heartwarming and natural scenes, both with every individual character and as a team, which will make the audience smile and think, “Maybe it will go right for them this time.”
Drawing from the 3rd series finale, the 45 minute episode can feel like that is not enough time to finish off such a thick and plotty narrative which runs through the length of the previous 5 episodes but this time it manages through a neat structure, growing gradually, unlike the sudden rush of events in S3E6, that it leaves you feeling satisfied by this series climax. The themes and motif’s made through out series 4, such as the oppressive and decrepit Investigation Department and the ghoulish visions of Chandler, have been put to good use as they are explained validly at the end, making the horror element in this series plausible, mostly due to the humbling fact that the show is not taking itself as seriously as other crime dramas. Thus bringing back fun and mystery into this stale genre through the writer's "no boundaries" policy that the supernatural element in the show allows, so in audience better has a strong stomach, especially how the case deals with human flesh and certain cookery methods.
All in all the conclusion to series 4 of Whitechapel ends with a BIG BANG that will leave audiences wanting more. So if ITV does not commission another series of this great, dark and fun show then it will be very disappointing thing indeed...but I’m sure that would not be the case.
To watch the finale of Whitechapel you can download it from iTunes or ITV Player so wait til it airs next Wednesday on ITV1 at 9pm.
