There was, despite all the dreariness, plenty to keep your interest in this - at other times, very lively - opener, and much of it was down to two of the featured baddies: a psycho known as Jago (Paul Kaye - whose scary character couldn't have been further removed from Kaye's former alter ego Dennis Pennis) and a high-ranking drug dealer called Xavier (Lee Boardman - remember when he played the mean, moody and very menacing drug dealer Jez Quigley in Coronation Street?) Kaye, especially, had a role to relish - Jago was beyond nasty and, after carrying out an assassination, managed to get himself involved in a
heavy-duty car chase which brought back memories of The Sweeney.
