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Judge John Deed - Season One - 2-DVD Set ( Rough Justice / Duty of Care / Appropriate Response / Hidden Agenda ) ( Judge John Deed - Season 1 ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Netherlands ]

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Judge John Deed is a character that you cannot but help admire. On the one hand, he is (predictably) unafraid of authority and is quite happy to get into a fight. On the other hand, his affairs are rather contrary to the stuffy image that we have of English judges in their powdered wigs. Deed's perpetual conflict with Sir Ian Richardson and the Lord Chancellor's Department makes for adequate intrigue and politics in a typically old-world British setting. The stories in each of these episodes (I own the whole set including ones that I purchased off Amazon UK) are very well devloped and each episode leaves you feeling "good" that justice has been done. Do not expect unexpected twists and turns. Most of the plots are quite predictable... it is the characters, the settings, and the overall interplay that makes this series interesting.

MARTIN SHAW[ APPARITIONS, GEORGE GENTLY] CONTINUES TO SHOW HE'S ONE OF THE BEST ACTORS AROUND IN THIS TERRIFIC DRAMA SERIES.