Writing reviews per episode is a tricky business. It's hard to figure out what events in which episodes will hold a connection to any show's overal plot. However, episode 6 being the penultimate episode of Bodkin, meaning we'll have just one episode left after this, I can, with a fair amount of confidence, say that the alternate storylines to out main characters hold little interest for the finale. And if it doesn't, and instead shapes up to be of the upmost importance, Bodkin chooses to deliberately stretch out character-shaping arcs for a big bang in episode 7, which is honestly just a shame.
Episode 6 focuses on bringing the murder mystery quite a bit further in terms of solving the riddle. The questions answered are of significantly more importance than what we have seen until now. It's not a surprise, as most shows that feature investigations of some sort often turn to nail-biting conclusions near the end of a season or, in this case, the entire show. The way in which Bodkin chooses to do this is stale however, hiding behind cheap secrets, obvious lies and an overall theme for the show of a close-knit community that is wary of outsiders. Sure, softening up the inhabitants of the idyllic Irish countryside can be a fun exercise, but hardly so is the case when each non-main characters is developed in the exact same way.
Where episode 5 employed a different technique of storytelling, episode 6 sees our trio and its setting go back the more linear approach of asking some questions, getting lied to, and then running out of time. Don't get me wrong: you'll still want to hang on and finish the ride, but the ride itself is so full of ups and downs, the question one will have to ask is if it would all be worthy of your time at the end. "Ends Justify Means", as all others before it, also has its good moments, with a side of Dove we were yet to witness, as well as Gilbert finally showing a more direct and abrasive side of himself. It's a shame that none of it really sticks.
As the episode chooses to end itself on an extremely poor attempt at meaningless banter, episode 6 scores the same number as its iteration number: a 6 out of 10.