This episode was a total bunch of claptrap. The story itself was good right up to the ending. The characters were well developed and the plot unfolded very nicely until Havers stepped in and ruined everything. If the murderer had been exposed in any other way it would have been a real good story, but it wasn't.
I don't know which was worse, the incredibly stupid things she did, her gross,(repeated)insubordination, or the fact that Lynley, after repeatedly telling her to go back to London and report to their superior, not only let her get away with it but used her (illegally obtained) "evidence" in the final confrontation with the murderer. Throughout the episode Lynley was busy chasing nicely planted red herrings and the case would never have been solved without Havers' illegality. Based on her incredible, totally illegal behavior no prosecutor would ever be able to obtain a conviction with the evidence she presented as it would have been considered "fruit of the poisonous tree".
I don't know which was worse, the incredibly stupid things she did, her gross,(repeated)insubordination, or the fact that Lynley, after repeatedly telling her to go back to London and report to their superior, not only let her get away with it but used her (illegally obtained) "evidence" in the final confrontation with the murderer. Throughout the episode Lynley was busy chasing nicely planted red herrings and the case would never have been solved without Havers' illegality. Based on her incredible, totally illegal behavior no prosecutor would ever be able to obtain a conviction with the evidence she presented as it would have been considered "fruit of the poisonous tree".