"Our four-legged race - Amos chasing Downey; Downey and Sarah chasing Dinah; Zoë chasing Downey and Sarah; the Ministry of Defense chasing ... all of them - is headed to Scotland, where Dinah is being kept in a rat-infested room with agent-nurse-lady Steph and two random guys who, if nothing else, at least are kind of funny. Down Cemetery Road has maintained a quippy, cozy tone throughout."
"Take the bumbling Malik: Sitting in his office, thinking about what he'll do with the freelancer he hired to kill Amos who isn't replying to his texts, he gets a video call on his computer. Dinah's face fills the screen. She wants to know where her mom is. Though Malik and Steph have the obligatory humorous back-and-forth, the tone shifts when Steph - who doesn't even know Dinah's parents are dead - asks Malik how he would feel if his kid were in this situation."
Dinah is being held in a rat-infested room in Scotland with agent-nurse-lady Steph and two somewhat funny captors while multiple parties chase her. The series maintains a quippy, cozy tone through memorable turns of phrase, beautiful landscapes, and rainy-weather atmosphere suited to cooler months. The episode "Slow Dying" digs into characters' interior lives, exemplified by Malik, who is outwardly a bumbling family man but shows a hidden emotional fracture when Dinah calls. Jobs steeped in death and self-preservation have eroded many characters' warmth, even as they still know how to care for others.
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