Don’t worry, the story doesn’t end there. Under the worst circumstances, Tennison often manages a strange kindness. To a small girl who’s pointing a loaded gun at her, she asks sweetly, “You’re not going to take that to school, are you?” Works like a charm. But watch out for her “gentlewoman next door” voice. Later on in The Final Act, she summons the same tone to extract a statement from a suspect. Is she showing true compassion or understanding? Does it matter? The moment she’s done, she snarls at a colleague, “There. You got what you wanted.” Prime Suspect ends without compromising its difficult heroine. Jane Tennison gets what she most wants: a chance to do her job. She solves the crime. And she closes the case.
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