With its final episode airing, 'Vera' bids farewell to its iconic detective, Vera Stanhope, played by Oscar-nominated Brenda Blethyn. The show, known for its cerebral crime plots and stunning Northumberland landscapes, celebrates a unique female detective who defies genre conventions.
Of all the moody, broody British police dramas that ever forced a dogged detective to tramp through windswept moors, old-growth forests and muddy farmyards only to confront a desperate killer on the edge of a cliff , ITV’s ' Vera ,' available here on BritBox, is one of the best. So let's raise a glass, or a chip butty, in fond farewell.
As the show regularly notes, and the finale goes out of its way to underline, Vera joined the force when women were still a rarity. She experienced the doubt, derision and harassment that being among the first often entails, and she fought to stay the course. All of which exists mostly in subtext and is more powerful for doing so. Vera is not bitter, but she’s too old and seasoned to suffer fools. Why should she? She’s got nothing to prove but who the murderer is.
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