Women are being murdered and Supt. Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) leads the investigation. They are similar to the first major case of the original episode. George Marlow is still in prison for those murders but evidences mount that Tennison had made a mistake. She refuses to accept the suggestion and searches for the copycat killer. Each victim is sprayed with gardenia perfume. Tennison is thrown off the case and later even suspended. Through it all, she never stops investigating.
The return to the original case is good. Tim Woodward is the new actor playing George Marlow and he does a great job. In this one, Mirren is given juicier work. It allows her to stretch and fight the old boys' club once again. In many ways, this is going back to the beginning and it is good. I would let Tennison do the actual rescue in the final climax but that's a minor change that I would make.
The return to the original case is good. Tim Woodward is the new actor playing George Marlow and he does a great job. In this one, Mirren is given juicier work. It allows her to stretch and fight the old boys' club once again. In many ways, this is going back to the beginning and it is good. I would let Tennison do the actual rescue in the final climax but that's a minor change that I would make.