#the final mystery of the week: the mysterious case of Gabrielle Drake.. she's been conspicuously absent from the series so far

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#the brothers#BBC#classic tv#1974#Roderick Graham#N.J. Crisp#Gerard Glaister#Patrick O'connell#Jennifer Wilson#Jean Anderson#Robin chadwick#Richard Easton#Hilary tindall#Derek benfield#Murray hayne#Margaret ashcroft#Jonathan Newth#the double dealing is in full sway already; with Brian and David scheming to bring a new director onto the board (and thus break#Ted's tie breaking monopoly) the elder Hammond brother sets about stacking the odds for himself with good old Bill Riley#he's also bought a snazzy new car and had a sign put on his parking space. nothing says midlife crisis like a personalised car parking#space Eddy.. elsewhere Brian follows up on a minor plot point from the previous series‚ a telegram Ann sent to Nick (bleugh) Fox whilst he#was abroad. I'm particularly impressed with this plot point bc it's a nice attention to a minor detail as well as organically setting up#Brian discovering their affair AND it's a nicely in character thing to do too (the eternal accountant‚ of course Brian would check through#their telephone charges). as the cogs start to whir‚ Brian's work starts to suffer‚ and just as a big contract is being hammered out#less happily (for me) Jenny seems to be getting closer to Mr Martin the bank man. I like him‚ I do‚ but let's face it Jenny and Ted#are end game! still at least it gets them out of the office and we have some nice location stuff going on#the final mystery of the week: the mysterious case of Gabrielle Drake.. she's been conspicuously absent from the series so far#initially away on a film shoot and now simply out of the room or just having left it whenever she's mentioned.. could she have moved on#to pastures new? that would eventually require a storyline to sort out just where Jill had ended up.. here's hoping it was just a schedule#issue and she'll turn up safe and sound...

The Brothers: Investigations (4.3, BBC, 1974)

"Your father founded this company. Why do you want to sell shares to outsiders?"

"Well, as far as I'm concerned, I don't."

"Then why did you allow it to happen? Hammond's has always been a family business. Well, your father would turn in his grave if he knew what you were doing."

"Then Father should have left me in control of it, instead of deliberately arranging the opposite! He didn't trust me, that's what it amounts to. He thought that I needed Brian and David and Jennifer Kingsley, but once they get together my hands are tied."