Leap of Faith part 1
We get this anarchy off and running with a storyline I know all Beth fans, like myself, will love and hate. It’s her final episodes. Yes, that little cutie with a big mouth is leaving and we’re all going to miss her.
Tony reminds us that everyone loves him. Yes, he knows everyone in Canley. Meanwhile Beth is insecure and planning to leave us, and Tony figures that coffee is not the best ‘wake me up’ anyway. But all this cuteness is put aside when a woman on a footbridge threatens to make Beth’s morning with Tony go… well… splat.
Mel points out that if ‘she comes down the quick way’ she’s not going to clean up and so Nate removes his coat. And that’s supposed to stop her jumping? I’d dive out of a plane for that boy… oh yeah. And just his luck (and ours) Beth’s talking doesn’t get her down and the heroic (and now heroically wet) Nate gets to save the day.
Take it all off!
What follows is Tony being cute, Nate getting stroppy and looking like a smacked dog, Jo gets facetious and Terry thinks he’s hilarious and so very un-PC… Sam is everybody’s best friend, Jo and Terry act like jerks and Tony gives Beth a cute little hug as they leave. Awwww, Tony…
Following a lead to a boxing club where we’re introduced to Andy, Charlie and ‘Dizzee Rascal’ an unnamed hard-case, Jo plays ‘spot the arrests’, the new CID game that is taking the nation by storm, and the ‘roided up Charlie Davis tells us ‘Mowwy’ is his friend and he’ll ‘do anyfin to help’. Sorry, what?
Roid man sweats.
Terry finds drugs in Molly’s desk.
The world goes… ‘really? I never saw that coming.’
Headed back to ‘Mowwy’s place, Terry and Beth feud over whether Molly is being threatened or not. Beth is predictably keen to believe Molly isn’t all bad whilst Terry seems about ready to take her down to Sun Hill right now. But all this can wait because Molly’s awake and ready to talk. Beth and Jo share a look that simply says ‘try working with him every single day’. Beth heads to the hospital noticeably happy she gets Tony instead…
Lol, most awesome face ever...
Terry cracks a joke about matching tops and bottoms that Nate shuts down. Terry looks like someone has given him some new news.
Damn, he just brought a new pair of pants to match his ugly shirts.
Nate, dressed up in his new uniform, scrubs, shares a cute moment with Beth when he realises she’s leaving him. Awww, a final episode ship. Cute. Pointless. Terry sends Beth in to bond with the druggie and Nate informs us he ain’t wearing boxers. It’s like he wants us all to faint…
Beth goes to bond with Molly who wants nothing more than to know why Charlie was here. Anyone else see a past with these two? Molly denies the drugs are hers with cold silence, and then tells Beth she ‘found’ them. Yeah, sure, okay. I don’t buy it druggie. We always take bags home if we aren’t connected. She fakes a panic attack, the nurse bundles everyone out and Beth continues to believe Molly’s all good. You’re on your own there girlie.
Nate’s off to the Commandos. Get it? Commandoes. Terry cracked a funny and Sam is confused. I have a moment of joy at the sight of my girl Millie, who I should warn I have a huge girl crush on, but soon we’re back to business. Sam wonders what we all do, ‘do we believe her’ and Nate loves the club and doesn’t want it shut down. Sam rocks the whiteboard, Jo’s stalking Eddie and my girl is rocking on the phone history. So that leaves Terry to go face off with The Incredible Roid Man…
It's a bald-off!
Nate, the secret ‘Contender’, heads to the boxing club with Terry and Beth to bond with the boys. I snigger at the sight of flags around the room noting that most of these boys have likely never heard of South Africa or Australia, nor will they be going there, but whatever the reason for them, the club’s closing for the day… it’s time to help the police, and everyone has to go. Tony gets checked out by some beefed up girl, Nate stays in the training room to work on his muscles and the other club leader Andy is checked out regarding his long dodgy history. Drug-dealing history eh? Hmmmm… Course now he’s the ultimate anti-drugs campaigner. Me thinks thou dost protestest too much…
Sam chats with Charlie Davis aka Roid Man and Sam thinks Molly is ‘one of Charlie’s success stories’. I think she’s one of Charlie’s flings. Let’s see how it goes. Mrs Davis turns up and Tony shows he’s been getting some of the young whippersnappers to teach him how to use a mobile phone. Mrs. Davis shuts down Charlie’s alibi, Millie smacks him with some mobile records (and I don’t hear too much cos I just reckon she’s awesome) and they catch him making a not so hasty escape. He’s had enough and so has Sam. You’re under arrest Roid Man!
So, it turns out they were in a relationship. A small victory for anyone else who picked that coming. Is it a good or bad thing? Sam’s not happy with Davis’ bad attitude and takes it out on Terry who looks quite amused by the whole thing. Beth hovers around like a bad smell and Molly is out of hospital. Then Terry hits us with the most awesome face ever…
Sniffer dogs. I was watching Customs the other day and I can’t quite tell you how much I love sniffer dogs. They’re brilliant! Like Nate who realizes the locker the sniffer dog smelt drugs in was broken into. Awww, and he’s cute like a puppy too.
Sam wants to crack Molly and suggests Beth. Crack her? Beth’ll hug her to death, that’s the best she can do. And Terry isn’t happy about working an interview with the Lady of Nice. He’s proven right when Beth sighs her way through an interview then gives us a sob ‘I said I wanted to help you and I still do’. I roll my eyes and seemingly Terry has too. It’s time for the old good cop/bad cop routine. Wow, he’s like a calm-talking Blue Murder-style. He’s about three inches away from slapping her with the Yellow Pages! Beth’s having none of it…
… she puts the good cop away and lays it down for Terry. This is her interview. Terry thinks not. In fact, as far as Terry is concerned, she’s done. In the nicest possible way he kicks Beth to the curb and takes the lead himself. From the next room Beth watches on, moping. And her softly-softly interview technique is proven wrong when Terry cracks Molly into admitting the locker in question belongs to Dylan… sorry, which one is that again? Oh, right…
… Dizzee Rascal. And in the most anti-climatic admission ever, it turns out she smashed her own stuff. Well that’s just silly… what would her mother say?
Nate and Tony make after Dizzee, I mean Dylan, who scampers quite predictably. Nate chases, Tony struggles to keep up, and Mel and Millie appear out of nowhere. Tony looks ready to have a heart attack. Nate’s so stuffed Millie has to hold him on his feet.
Everyone’s new best friend, Beth, tries to make up with the druggie; I mean Molly, who gets defensive. Personally I don’t see the issue – they’re not here to be everyone’s best friend, they’re here to solve crimes. If Molly’s part of crime, then, well… but what do I know? I’m sitting here chewing gum and doing my best Max Carter impersonation with a scowl and ‘I don’t care about ‘nuffin’’ attitude. Molly shares a look with the recently arrested Dylan then stalks off. Beth chucks the shits and Jo stares off into the distance in true Bold and the Beautiful style. What a wonderful scene ending…
Sam knows her fight club (she so sits at home after work watching WWE on cable) and then returns to being a kick-ass detective. Nate takes the good cop here with his soft, sweet ‘tell us or we can’t help’ move and then guesses correctly that it’s dodgy Andy after Dylan tells them the drugs belong to someone else. Good kid.
Sam, Jo and Terry fetch junk in Andy’s house and Terry’s conscience is clear. Jo, ever the motherly figure (what?) informs Terry that he was being a jerk to Beth. Her character development for this episode is clearly stating the bleeding obvious, meaningful looks and nodding.
She tells Terry that despite being a smart bloke he can be a ‘right idiot’. Terry’s pride is insulted but quickly resurrected when he finds the CCTV footage that went missing from the club. Hurrah!
The footage shows us what we know. Andy is dodge, Dylan’s a dumb kid and Molly is in trouble. Oh noes! Especially when Nate and Beth find the trashed home has a new addition… blood!
Back at CID at night, Beth shows her wears by cracking the timetable clues. Now, if only she could work out the timetables for the trains then tell the general public, we’ll all be great. Now, off to a dark warehouse. How many of these are there in Canley? Is this like dark warehouse capital of the world? I’m just wondering…
Andy gives a Clockwork Orange-style smackdown on Molly…
The smack just looks like a bad re-creation from a current affairs show and it’s hard to take seriously, but the cops by the door do and burst in to save the day.
Beth gets a compliment from Sam and they get back the drugs. Case closed…
Nate finds a letter in Beth’s pigeonhole and jokes about Beth’s height (or lack thereof) and Beth’s still stropping about the interview. Time to get over it girlie.
Terry gives a line that sounds like my father ‘all wrapped up, I’m the bad guy’ and Beth stamps off…
Sorry Beth, I’m turning on you again… what do you want from Terry? A gold star? Geez!
But back to fight club where Molly’s taking photos, Charlie still loves Molly (awwww again) and Dizzee’s gonna win! Yay! Gee boxing is a stupid sport. I’ll stay with football thanks…
And the plot thickens… looks like Beth got some good news and she’s off to Witness Protection with immediate effect. Tomorrow is Beth’s last day… I’m sure in true The Bill style, this’ll be fun!
NEXT TIME: Mel gets collected by a bin, Eddie drops Sam down a flight of stairs and Beth looks set to miss the bus to WP
What a good way to start the new career…
NB: All credit for images go to Sierra-Oscar.co.uk. Thanks dudes and dudettes!
