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concepts for me. Perhaps this is because of the smaller scale of the story itself. Cross’s writing is helped by the excellent direction that Jamie Payne brings together with stellar performances by our regulars, Scott and Raine. Even potentially cliched dialogue such as Clara and Emma’s chat about Palmer’s feelings (or otherwise) towards his young assistant don’t grate, despite the revelation coming almost from nowhere. To be honest, I’d managed to imply the mutual love from the actors’ performances and didn’t need this and other scenes that spelt it out. But the scenes didn’t detriment the episode nor did they stand in the way of the story and so there’s no real criticism there. Once the team begin to unravel the nature of the ghost, thing