GOOD COP'S COP-OUT

BIT of TV comment here...I have been watching the Good Cop drama on BBC and found it brilliantly devised with great writing and acting.
But the last episode of the three-parter was a real disappointment.
Only aired on Sunday after being temporarily shelved due to the recent real-life shootings tragedy in Manchester, I had expected a finale that would tie up all the loose ends.
Instead, we were left with a cop-out as the principal character was left holding his head in anguish as he looked distraughtly at the Mersey.
OK, we know he is in meltdown over the killings he has carried out - but we needed to know if he was going to complete the set by gunning down the rest of the gang who had murdered his partner on the beat.
And what would happen to him? Would the nasty bit of work masquerading as his boss finally take him down - or would he get off scot free.
The end was what I would term a typical clever-dick BBC exec's idea of an ending - leaving it all up in the air and leaving it up to the viewer to come to his/her own conclusion.
Memo to Beeb big-knobs for future dramas: We don't need that lovey crap, we just need a satisfying ending to get our teeth into. You do the work, that's what we're paying you for with the ridiculous licence fee cash.

FRANK WORRALL