[Spoilers] Sir Harry Pearce

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I loved the Harry of episodes 1.3 and 1.4. He didn't take any crap or backchat from his officers, and was quite ruthless when he needed to be, like with Johnny Marks in 1.3, showing no remorse for killing the guy's brother when he was actually trying to kill Marks himself. And him telling Marks that he did his own dirty work establishes a character trait that we see throughout the series, as evidenced by him personally killing the Russian who caused Adam's death in season 7.

Yet when there is no-one around to see it, he shows a softer side in mourning the death of Helen at the beginning of 1.3. We didn't see much of his softer side up to 1.4, and if someone had told me at that stage that he would be involved in this great love story I think I would have laughed. But I really do enjoy no-nonsense Harry with the hidden heart of gold.