A Mind to Kill

Season 5

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Detective Chief Inspector Noel Bain looks back fondly to the days when policing involved chasing villains, playing rugby and drinking beer. However, he has come to realize that contemporary policing imposes dilemmas that no training manual could ever anticipate.

Where to Watch Season 5

4 Episodes

Blood and Water
E1
Blood and WaterA young pregnant woman is killed by her jealous foster brother. A witness to the crime won’t come forward, and the killer’s brother is a policeman who covers for him. With this kind of stonewalling, will Bain get his man?
Soundbites
E2
SoundbitesAbandoned by his ambitious father and left to care for his mentally ill mother, the son of a local politician vows revenge. Bain follows a trail of fire to learn the truth about the family’s past.
Engineer
E3
EngineerA couple commits a desperate act when their only daughter falls into a coma after a routine surgery. All they want is a public admission of guilt from the surgeon; all Bain wants is to prevent another tragedy.
The Little House in the Forest
E4
The Little House in the ForestWhen a 15-year-old girl is found murdered, a pedophile living alone in the forest is easy to blame. But Bain knows that simple answers aren’t always the right ones, and he steps in to help a young colleague solve the case.