Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Iain Glenn, Siobhan O’ Kelly, Christopher Fulford, Jack Monaghan, Ian Beattie, Rory Fleck Byrne, Patrick O’ Brien, Cathal Pendred, Deborah Wiseman.

The evil in anyone’s heart can grow, can manifest to the point where they become unrecognisable to themselves as well as to others. The fate of many becoming a secondary thought to the battle that rages between the one who has lost their mind and the person they want to seek retribution against, the Nemesis will claim many lives.

Iain Glenn arguably gives his optimum performance in the series overall in this particular episode, the range of emotions he is forced to go through, from the realisation of the stirrings of love for Kate, through to horror of being deprived of a digit, of being considered untrustworthy, of not trusting his own gut feeling to realise that something was terribly wrong in the situation that he found himself in and the dawning concern that all is not well in his world; all of these aspects made Iain Glenn’s performance one of fulfilled enjoyment.

The question should be asked exactly who is the Nemesis in Jack Taylor’s life, with a sense of trepidation in the air, it should perhaps be noted that whilst there are many in the Galway area that could take claim to be enough of an enemy of the former detective, there are none that truly get in the way of the man’s happiness than Taylor himself. It is the far reaching aspect of the series that makes the continued issues, the negativity of his life more palatable, more honest, to the viewer and their sense of enjoyment in the writing.

With Jack Monaghan coming into the series with big strides, the spark between dogged detective and clever but addicted to danger student is one that carries the situation on to great heights and with Christopher Fulford adding superb weight to the story line as the bitter former British detective, Nemesis is by far the most superior of all the stories recorded for television.

A disturbing look at the violence that resides in the hearts of those that are cruelly left to fend for themselves, those that feel let down, not only by society but those they trust or trusted; violence can be inherent but as Nemesis shows it can also be learned with severity.

Ian D. Hall