'Vincent' in season one gave the basis of the main character and his struggle to come to terms with loosing his domestic life, his place in the regular police force and setting up as a private investigator. The end result was to loose the woman he truly loves and thus embittered has to come to terms with keeping a small group of keen employees, a willing ex brother in law (still in 'the force') to augment his life. Underpining this is his loneliness. Winstone achieves all the balances of the unwilling strong-arm, unsupported by the 'force' and fully in empathy with the underdog who feature often in the episodes. He is good at what he does - but it has cost him his happiness - albeit preserving his humanity. The only thing wrong is the limitation of funding from British/European interests to give us better than a meagre serving of four episodes per season. Perhaps though 'less IS more'? Quality versus Quantity?
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