List of The Fixer episodes
The following is a list of episodes for the British television series The Fixer. It portrays a covert police squad responsible for assassinating criminal figures that British law enforcement could not reach legally.[1] Among its operatives is John Mercer, an ex-special forces soldier released earlier from jail by the squad's commander Lenny Douglas. Mercer had been convicted of murdering his uncle and aunt when he found out that they had repeatedly abused his sister, Jess Mercer, after they took her in following her parents' deaths.[1]
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The show's first episode aired on British television from its ITV1 channel on 10 March 2008.[2]
A DVD of the first season was released on 21 April 2008.[3]
Season One
No. | Episode | Writer | Director | Original airdate | Viewing figures |
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1 | Episode One | Ben Richards | Alrick Riley | 10 March 2008 | 6,650,000 |
Only five years into his life sentence for killing his aunt and uncle – a crime committed when he discovered their abuse of his sister – John Mercer is released from prison. He's introduced to Lenny Douglas, a police officer ‘retired on grounds of ill health’. Mercer soon discovers that his newfound freedom comes at a price.
Main Cast: Andrew Buchan as John Mercer, Peter Mullan as Lenny Douglas, Tamzin Outhwaite as Rose Chamberlain, Jody Latham as Calum McKenzie, Liz White as Jess Mercer, Elisa Terren as Manuela | |||||
2 | Episode Two | Ben Richards | Alrick Riley | 17 March 2008 | 5,230,000 |
With the head of a notorious crime family dead, Lenny visits his successor, the vital police mole Jude Cassidy, to persuade him to come under police protection. Jude and an accomplice have recently been acquitted for the savage murder of a young black man whose cousin, Elviss Gilroy, is making plans to avenge his death. Reluctantly, Jude agrees to go into hiding, under the protection of an even more reluctant John Mercer who is forced to take him in.
Main Cast: Andrew Buchan as John Mercer, Peter Mullan as Lenny Douglas, Tamzin Outhwaite as Rose Chamberlain, Jody Latham as Calum McKenzie, Liz White as Jess Mercer, Elisa Terren as Manuela | |||||
3 | Episode Three | Ben Richards | John Strickland | 24 March 2008 | 4,750,000 |
Lenny is alerted to the recent arrival of a notorious Albanian gangster Tarek Sokoli. Rather than have him killed, he instructs Mercer, Rose and Calum to scare him away – to send the message to any others planning on setting up in London that their attempts will fail. The unit target Sokoli's two main sources of income – prostitution and drugs.
Main Cast: Andrew Buchan as John Mercer, Peter Mullan as Lenny Douglas, Tamzin Outhwaite as Rose Chamberlain, Jody Latham as Calum McKenzie, Liz White as Jess Mercer, Elisa Terren as Manuela | |||||
4 | Episode Four | Neil Cross | John Strickland | 31 March 2008 | 4,810,000 |
Fed up with their lifestyle, Mercer takes Calum on an educational trip to the supermarket. Lenny finds them there and orders Mercer to kill Scott Glover, a man just acquitted of the murder of the young, innocent, 20-year-old Marie Greene. Mercer questions why they are killing a man innocent in the eyes of the law. Lenny's reluctance to divulge any further information has Mercer's interest piqued.
Main Cast: Andrew Buchan as John Mercer, Peter Mullan as Lenny Douglas, Tamzin Outhwaite as Rose Chamberlain, Jody Latham as Calum McKenzie, Liz White as Jess Mercer, Elisa Terren as Manuela | |||||
5 | Episode Five | Ben Richards | Hettie MacDonald | 7 April 2008 | 4,800,000 |
Rose tells Lenny that a former member of Lenny's unit – John Mercer's predecessor, Patrick Finch – has gone on a vigilante-style rampage, meting out his particular brand of justice against drug-dealers, as well as two escort girls. Lenny tells Mercer to kill Finch, but events soon get complicated. Meanwhile, Hugh Berry, the man who sorts out the paperwork to cover the unit's illicit activities, asks Lenny to take out a hit on his behalf. A hit-and-run driver Trevor Bowyer rendered Hugh's grandson, Owen, mentally disabled, but only served two years for the crime. Whilst emphatic that they are not a bunch of vigilantes, Lenny is left in no doubt that if he doesn't send his hit man to kill Trevor Bowyer, then Hugh will find one of his own.
Main Cast: Andrew Buchan as John Mercer, Peter Mullan as Lenny Douglas, Tamzin Outhwaite as Rose Chamberlain, Jody Latham as Calum McKenzie, Liz White as Jess Mercer, Elisa Terren as Manuela | |||||
6 | Episode Six | Ben Richards | Hettie MacDonald | 14 April 2008 | 3,840,000 |
Lenny is targeting the kingpin of judicial corruption, Richard Blakeney, to expose his network of bent policemen and corrupt judges. Blakeney is everything Lenny hates, and his network is everything he wants to bring down. Lenny briefs Mercer on his delicate strategy, which involves exploiting Blakeney's hit man Georgie, who Calum and Mercer are spying on.
Main Cast: Andrew Buchan as John Mercer, Peter Mullan as Lenny Douglas, Tamzin Outhwaite as Rose Chamberlain, Jody Latham as Calum McKenzie, Liz White as Jess Mercer, Elisa Terren as Manuela | |||||
Season Two
No. | Episode | Writer | Director | Original airdate | Viewing figures |
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7 | Episode One | Ben Richards | Sam Miller | 1 September 2009 | 4,220,000 |
The team are sent to stop a gang terrorising the streets of south London but uncover a child trafficking operation.
Main Cast: Andrew Buchan as John Mercer, Peter Mullan as Lenny Douglas, Tamzin Outhwaite as Rose Chamberlain, Jody Latham as Calum McKenzie, Elisa Terren as Manuela | |||||
8 | Episode Two | Ben Richards | Sam Miller | 8 September 2009 | 3,880,000 |
With the operation to stop further child trafficking ever more difficult, Mercer and Calum go undercover as prisoners to watch and investigate a big crime boss who is masterminding the child trafficking operation from within his prison.
Main Cast: Andrew Buchan as John Mercer, Peter Mullan as Lenny Douglas, Tamzin Outhwaite as Rose Chamberlain, Jody Latham as Calum McKenzie, Elliot Cowan as Matthew Symmonds, Elisa Terren as Manuela | |||||
9 | Episode Three | Christian Spurrier | Rachel O'Gorman | 15 September 2009 | 3,390,000 |
The team are assigned to take out an ex-SAS trooper turned Heroin smuggler, after broadcasts of the execution of three British soldiers.
Main Cast: Andrew Buchan as John Mercer, Peter Mullan as Lenny Douglas, Tamzin Outhwaite as Rose Chamberlain, Jody Latham as Calum McKenzie, Elliot Cowan as Matthew Symmonds, Elisa Terren as Manuela | |||||
10 | Episode Four | Ben Richards & Rachel Kidd | Rachel O'Gorman | 22 September 2009 | 3,310,000 |
Rose's past comes back to haunt her when a target she failed to take down, comes back for revenge, and John is falsely arrested for rape.
Main Cast: Andrew Buchan as John Mercer, Peter Mullan as Lenny Douglas, Tamzin Outhwaite as Rose Chamberlain, Jody Latham as Calum McKenzie, Elliot Cowan as Matthew Symmonds | |||||
11 | Episode Five | Ben Richards | Paul Whittington | 29 September 2009 | 3,210,000 |
Rose and John go undercover in an illegal cagefighting scheme when Lenny orders them to execute a veteran armed robber with a reputation for changing his name and appearance.
Main Cast: Andrew Buchan as John Mercer, Peter Mullan as Lenny Douglas, Tamzin Outhwaite as Rose Chamberlain, Jody Latham as Calum McKenzie, Elliot Cowan as Matthew Symmonds, Elisa Terren as Manuela | |||||
12 | Episode Six | James Dormer | Paul Whittington | 6 October 2009 | 2,820,000 |
A hitman arrives from India on a mission to kill a baby boy who is the heir to a huge fortune. His death would spark off a bloodbath in the Indian criminal underworld.
Main Cast: Andrew Buchan as John Mercer, Peter Mullan as Lenny Douglas, Tamzin Outhwaite as Rose Chamberlain, Jody Latham as Calum McKenzie, Elliot Cowan as Matthew Symmonds, Elisa Terren as Manuela | |||||
References
- "The story begins". ITV. 3 March 2008. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- Matt Warman (7 March 2008). "The Fixer". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- "Amazon UK's Official The Fixer DVD Page". Amazon.com. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
External links
- "Official The Fixer Episode Guide". ITV. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- "TV.com's The Fixer Episode Guide". Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- "BBC South Africa's The Fixer Episode Guide". BBC South Africa. Retrieved 3 May 2009.