Waking The Dead: Season 5 (2005/BBC DVD)
Picture:
B- Sound: B- Extras: D Episodes: B+
After the
death of their teammate Silver, still shocked and in shambles the Cold Case
Unit still carries on, meanwhile Superintendent DCI Boyd fights and resists the
addition of a new member to fill in their current vacant spot, but
understaffed and overrun Boyd may have face reality... he has no choice. Along with the new recruit, new and old
skeletons are soon unearthed, some which has ties with various Cold Case Unit
members.
Welcome back to the British series now on DVD in its Fifth Season: Waking The Dead. The Cold Case Unit, a small group of
specialists made up of policemen, forensic scientist, and profiler. Their job is to solve long forgotten cases
which the rest of the police force has given up on. While not above using guns or kicking down
doors, their chief weapons are their minds, clues left behind in mummified corpses,
red tape, and remaining witnesses... But when the case has a personal tie to
various individuals within their own unit can they not let their past/personal
feelings cloud their judgment
This series is like a mix of the Bones, James Bond movies, with a British
accent. The main protagonist Boyd is in
charge of the specials crime unit, while incredibly shrewd, his main
character flaw lies in his lack of empathy/respect towards his fellow
teammates, always listened to and never listening. He really is like an old James Bond,
egotistic, arrogant and hates to be proven wrong (not to mention he has a
fondness for younger women), is counter balanced by his second in command,
Grace, his aide and profiler and who acts like the glue and conscience
of the team. She
constantly reminded and reprimanding Boyd when he steps over the line or
overlooks a clue. The character Spencer
is like Batman is to Robin, often Boyd plays the role of the bad cop
and while Spencer fights him in how they must follow due process, if
he only listened to his teammates they would of solved the case a lot sooner.
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Tower of Silence:
A mummified body and corps is found in an airplane and on top of a water tower,
clues point towards a religious cult, but what is the relationship? But when evidence starts pointing toward a
large multi-international corporation the company will do anything to prove
they weren't involved...
Black Run:
Vine, a man Boyd put in jail years ago comes back to haunt him when he
discovers he has cancer and the appearance of new evidence suggests that Boyd
may have jailed an innocent man. When
Boyd is accused of a hit and run and thrown off the case, can Boyd prove his
own innocence much less guilt of another?
Subterraneans:
Two dead bodies are found in a closed cement factory, obviously done by the
same man, but with two completely different MOs. Clues leads the Cold Case Unit to an
international research unit and to a doctor who turns out to be not what they
think...
Straw Dog:
Graces first case is brought back from the past when someone repeats the
gruesome murders she helped solved years ago, but are these new murders done by
the original or some crazy wannabe? Whoever
they are, they want Grace to get involved. All clues point towards Grace,
who has a secret she's been hiding.
Undertow:
A string of young girls are being murdered, their only connection seems to be
water... but soon the Cold Case Unit finds more bodies and discovers
these murders haven't just stopped, they are still happening. The must find the murderer before the next
body is found.
Cold Fusion:
An environmentalist couple is found murdered, government agents and
anti-terrorist squad are involved Boyd smells a cover up. Whatever it takes for the sake of national
security... but does the end justify the means?
The
picture and sound are on par with the previous sets covered, but better than
what I have heard about the previous sets.
There are no extras.
For more
on the show, try these links:
Three
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/8271/Waking+The+Dead+%E2%80%93+The
Four
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/9567/Jonathan+Creek+%E2%80%93+Seaso
- Ricky Chiang
