"Kavanagh QC" Memento Mori (TV Episode 1998) Poster

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7/10
Memento Mori
Prismark1012 February 2021
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A reunion of two long distance runners.

The casting of Tom Courtenay suggests that this would not be a run of the mill story.

The start of the fourth series sees a few changes in Kavanagh's life. He is now widowed as it begins with Lizzie's funeral.

When Kavanagh returns to the chambers he takes on a criminal case.

Dr Felix Crawley looks like a mild mannered doctor but he has been accused of poisoning his wife. She suffered from bipolar and was on lithium but she took painkillers which can be a fatal side effect.

Crawley found out that his wife was having an affair and she was planning on leaving him.

Jeremy Aldermarten is on good form as the prosecuting counsel. He gets Crawley to lose his cool in the witness stand and maybe show his true colours.

The episode comes onto its own very much after the trial. There were little indications that Crawley might be unhinged. At the end Crawley unloads his secrets to Kavanagh.

It is an interesting path taken by two men who have both lost their spouses.
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7/10
Kavanagh returns
safenoe7 December 2023
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Kavanagh QC returns for the fourth series following the very sad death of Lizzie (Lisa Harrow, who was married to Sam Neill ages ago) after season three. We are introduced to barrister Emma Taylor, played by Valerie Edmond, and she appears throughout season four.

Tom Courtenay makes a guest appearance as the accused, and he's one of the big name classical actors to appear in Kavanagh QC. Maybe Kavanagh QC can be rebooted, in which case it would be Kavanagh KC because it's no King's Counsel now that the monarch is a king. In which case I nominate acclaimed British actor Danny Dyer to play Kavanagh.
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10/10
Well worth watching for John Thaw and Tom Courtenay
TheLittleSongbird16 April 2010
Memento Mori was an outstanding Kavanagh QC episode, intelligent, moving and well acted. The opening scenes at Lizzie's funeral were beautifully done, thanks to the beautiful music and production values. The writing is some of the most intelligent writing in the history of Kavanagh QC, making the courtroom scenes truly compelling. In terms of acting, John Thaw is excellent and so is Nicolas Jones as Jeremy Aldermarten. And Daisy Bates gives a moving performance as Kate, particularly in the scene where she confesses she misses her mother. But the best performance comes from Tom Courtenay, one of the best supporting performances of the series, understated mostly but when he loses his temper at Jeremy he is especially good here. Overall, outstanding episode that is worth watching for Thaw and Courtenay. 10/10 Bethany Cox
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2/10
John thaw Brilliant as always but...
neil_davison-354-770746 September 2021
I'm going to be biased here and my opinion only of course yet although I thoroughly enjoyed this episode because of John thaws acting but I never can understand the high ratings Tom Courtenay receives when I've found In almost every Part he plays he acts exactly the same way In everything he does and it's actually quite annoying about him. An Actor who is a one trick pony.
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