Review of Professor T: Episode 6 The Dutiful Child

Case
James Samson, the billionaire businessman is seen practising his speech before his big event. 

As Samson rehearses, a man in a motorcycle helmet is seen loading a gun before revving up his motorbike and speeding off. Just as Samson introduces himself to the audience, gunfire erupts. Managing to duck just in time, the window shatters in the room and the press run for cover. 

Making a surprise entrance, DI Rabbit wearing his tracksuit joins Donckers in interviewing Samson having heard the commotion over his police scanner. Winters is unusually late and coldly repeats to Donckers ‘it’s not a good idea to mix work with pleasure’, the same line Donckers had used to him. 

The chaos of the shooting doesn’t stop Samson, he insists on returning to the conference. His work in embryonic stem cell research is groundbreaking, and he refuses to let fear dictate his actions. However, the press have gone home, the event is canceled. 

As the episode unfolds, we witness the underlying tension between Samson’s two sons, one biological and another adopted.

Meanwhile, Professor T is in the bathroom and cuts himself shaving. His attempts to light a matchstick multiple times, then takes longer than usual to shine his shoes. It is clear that he is not having a good day. 

He walks into the university, confused at the silence surrounding him. When he enters the university lecture hall and sees no-one inside he goes straight to his office. 

Ingrid, his assistant blows a party horn and presents Professor T with a donut, as he doesn’t particularly like cake. 

It is theorised by DI Rabbit, that the shooter could be a pro-life activist. He shocks the team when he asks Christina what the Professor thinks. 

Not too long ago, Rabbit had punched the Professor and now it seems like he is turning a new leaf, his break off of work seems to have done him a world of good. 

At his birthday lunch with his mother, Adelaide lets Jasper know his birthday is a difficult day for her too as we see a flashback to Jasper’s father attacking Adelaide.

The case for the Dutiful Child was quite boring and I didn’t care to see the killer being brought to justice. 

However, this episode does have small nuggets of joy wedged between it in the form of Professor T’s past, both his love life and childhood which makes it worth a re-watch but only if I skip the case.