The viewer becomes as invested as the lead detectives, hopefully pursuing promising leads, and feeling hopes dashed as critical mistakes are made and minutes lost. The direction is top-flight, too, making excellent, suspenseful use of split-screen and other tension-building tactics. By the time the case is prosecuted, there's no pat, happily-ever-after feeling as with some episodes of Law & Order; here, English law and order are in the hands of hardworking, and all-too-human, people trying to beat the clock and unlock the mysteries of the pedestrian, and the truly evil. The DVD extras include a great interview with the lively LaPlante, and a helpful glossary of British court and law terms. --A.T. Hurley