Edge of Darkness — Episode 6: Fusion — A Review

13th November, 2019.

Yes: I’ve had some — ha! — time off.

But you’d guessed that, hadn’t you?

Given you know I’m not not working.

Still … I’m back to the job hunting grindstone: tomorrow.

And the day after that.

Actually?

That’s a Friday: and I know I’ve a telephone interview arranged for that.

Here’s hoping it leads to a face to face interview.

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But’s that’s a while away.

I realise that.

Until then … ?

I’m keeping myself occupied in the evening: with the odd TV show.

And, yes: being busy with the Teasers … ?

Means it’s only tonight I’ve managed to catch up with the last episode of Edge of Darkness.

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Episode 6 — Fusion — sees both Craven (Bob Peck) and Jedburgh (Joe Don Baker) escaping from the Northmoor plant.

With Jedburgh carrying plutonium, and Craven having been exposed to more radiation.

With Craven, waking up in a military hospital, very aware he’s dying of radiation poisoning.

And very aware he needs to get an eye witnesses statement to the Commons committee that’s been running.

In Scotland?

In Scotland, Jedburgh is playing a final shot on the 18th hole: aware that he, like Craven, is ALSO dying of radiation poisoning.

He’s keen to issue a warning to a NATO directed energy weapon conference: about a few things.

That Grogan’s (Kenneth Nelson’s) plan to buy IIF is not innocent.

That nuclear proliferation is not a good idea.

That the two bars of plutonium he’s holding are live.

And that things could go badly … 

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Now … have I seen a fantastic series … ?

At least, a fantastic conclusion?

Yes: I have.

To both.

As an episode, Fusion is all one could ask.

It gives both central characters a suitable closure — Craven in the mountains, looking forward to re-joining his daughter, Jedburgh going down in a final firefight — and showing us flowers.

It gives Craven reassurance that all will be well: when Emma’s ghost (Joanne Whalley) tells her dying father that the innocent black flowers blooming on the mountainside are there for a reason.      To help the world heal itself.

All … is going as it should be … 

I … 

You I don’t know how much I can tell you.

I can certainly tell you Fusion is a fantastic ending.

And that Edge of Darkness is an equally fantastic series.   One that takes us on an emotional roller coaster ride, mourning for Craven as he mourns his daughter, watching his journey as he tries to avenge Emma’s death, and as he comes to share he belief that something need doing.

Edge of Darkness gives us warnings, as well.

That some things literally are too dangerous to be handled lightly.

And that some thing have consequences.

Long term ones we can either accept or reject. … but not ignore.

We have to be responsible, if we don’t like the consequences.

Frankly?

We need to watch Edge of Darkness, to make sure we know that!

In this era of environment activism, we need to