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Kevin Malone, an Irish Nationalist is caught with his hands quite literally on a wire, one connected to a mine. Kevin is arrested, but claims he was trying to stop a devastating explosion.

Definitely not a subject I thought I'd see The Four Just Men dealing with, very political, but would have been very topical at the time, one of the more serious storylines, it's almost as if a whole new writing team were brought in for this one episode.

Barry Keegan and Shay Gorman both performed very well, Jack Hawkins excellent as always.

The music is really irritating, it feels out of place in what otherwise is a very well made episode, it has an authenticity which you wouldn't really expect here.

It's a strong episode.

7/10.

A storyline that I did not expect from The Four Just Men. It very much anticipates the Troubles that will arise later on in the decade.

Kevan Malone is an Irish Nationalists whose father was killed by the British. He wants a united Ireland but not with violence.

His compatriots are planning to detonate a bomb but Malone wants nothing to do with it.

The police intercept the device before it explodes. Malone is arrested and his girlfriend calls for Ben Manfred to intervene, he is visiting Ireland.

However Malone is more in danger from his fellow conspirators. They have abducted him from the police station and plan to hold him on trial. He is suspected of grassing them up to the police.

Manfred ends up reluctantly to advocate for Malone's innocence.

Probably the story is little naive and melodramatic. It cannot delve into the politics of Irish politics in the half hour format.