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One of the all time classic comedy episodes and a great chance for the senior officers to stretch their legs a bit.

Jack and Derek are a fantastic comedy duo, though this is arguably more Derek's episode than Jack's. Both have been after promotion for a long time now, but while Jack's wish to regain his rank has been a continuous background trait since day one, it is still very much that, whereas Derek's ambitions have always come with a degree of on screen conflict with Charles which continous to play out here. Derek finally letting loose on Charles is cathartic for both Derek and the audience, and I've always had a massive love for heavy pivotal character moments coming in comedic episodes so a+++ there. The Old Marrieds energy is strong in all directions in this ep, with Andrew also getting in on the action despite his rather brief appearance. (That being said, there's a very clear implication that so much of this ep happens specifically because Andrew isn't there to keep things under control).

One of the classic Alistair eps, and also one of the episodes that does a good job of incorporating characters from other task forces, something the showed often had mixed results with but does well with here.

A young boy has gone missing and it is believed he may of run off to a friend who is working as a rent boy in central London, with the search for him leading Team Sun Hill into the middle of an ongoing Vice Squad operation.

Obviously it's a really good Alistair ep - we see both his strengths as a policeman and as a sergeant and I do like how frank he is with Frank about his reasons for not wanting Steve on the obbo. We also get to see his background as a Vice Squad officer come into play and it's always fun when characters get to pull out their previous skill sets. For the most part, the show was quite good with keeping the character's specialisms and service-related backgrounds at the forefront of relevant cases, but this is absolutely one of the stronger examples of it.