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The Fixer - Series One - 2-DVD Set ( The Fixer - Entire Series 1 ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ]

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THE BBC DOES IT AGAIN WITH THIS SUSPENSEFUL, ACTION FILLED THRILLER OF A SERIES. WHILE FREED FROM PRISON IN ORDER TO "DISPOSE" OF THE WORST OF SOCIETY'S CRIMINALS, JOHN MERCER PROVES HE'S NOT JUST HIS SUPERIOR'S LAP DOG BUT ALSO A MAN WHO IS TRYING TO FIND A BIT OF HUMANITY VIA HIS SISTER+ HER CHILDREN. CAN'T WAIT FOR SEASON 2

I loved this series about a 'Dexter' like assassin. The John Mercer character is fascinating. A good man basically, with a troubled childhood in fostercare after his partents died in car accident during which he tried to shield his sister from the cries of their dying mother by singing to her. He went into the army (special forces) and shot the aunt and uncle who raised his sister because the uncle abused his sister and the aunt did nothing to stop him. He's sentenced for this but is released early by Douglas in return for becoming a state sanctioned killer for some secret government unit.

Although John Mercer is blackmailed by Douglas into killing for the state he finds out he likes to kill (bad)people and he has to come to terms with that feeling. The love for his sister and her two kids helps him to stay human and his sister is the only person he shows his feelings to. Although his sidekick Calumn (a delightful character who brings humor to the series) annoys him terribly sometimes he also makes him laugh and brings out his protective streak. Although she deceived him and lied to him he's starting to have feelings for Rose (and she for him) and the fact that she sleeps with other man in the line of duty makes him jealous and, in one episode, leads to an unordered kill....Unfortunately season 2 (even better) ends with a cliffhanger and there won't be a season three:
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I think it's the kind of series the Americans could make a nice (maybe even better) remake of.

If something was shown, it is greed and meaningless of HAVES annihilating everything on their way to multiply personal fortune by manipulating HAVE -NOTS in modern England or wherever.