> " And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover,
> To entertain these fair well-spoken days,
> I am determined to prove a villain"
> -- Shakespeare, 'Richard III'

i fear this is where we are now with the Prime Suspect. so does Sonia Purnell, who probably knows better than anyone:

> "[H]e knows too well that there is only one button left in his toybox, the one marked self-destruct. He would rather not go out on a whimper but a very big bang."

he still wants to leave his name in the history books. i believe he is no longer particular as to how.