As the episode begins, Emily (Jessica Raine) speaks in court. In a flashback, Emily boards the train. We learn that Emily was heading to the café to meet with a friend. In a flashback, we see that Emily actually ran into Holly Morten (Bel Powley). The judge receives a note. The judge is not allowed to ask Emily about her relationship with Gabe’s (Paddy Considine) work colleagues for national security reasons. Gabe seems relieved. After the intro, Rose (Sharon D. Clarke) and Geoffrey (Stanley Townsend) speak with Sal’s attorney, Howard Cook (Matthew Steer). Sal is interested in turning Queen’s evidence. Cook explains that ignoring Sal’s evidence could have serious consequences for untold lives. He threatens to tell the press that the Deputy Assistant Commissioner refused to listen.
Geoffrey tells him that the agreement will be shredded if Sal’s intel doesn’t check out. Seconds later, Sal (Arinze Kene) gives his evidence to police. He speaks about Yousef. Sal explains that Yousef stayed after boxing and asked him questions about Ahmed. He explains that the questions he asked got him killed. Paddy and Holly continue monitoring the white van with Raza Shar (Nabhaan Rizwan). Sal tells the police that Ahmed killed Yousef. Sal tipped off Ahmed and Ahmed killed Yousef. The conversation turns to El Adoua and him being killed by a drone strike in Syria before Yousef’s murder. Sal admits that El Adoua was with him in London on the same day of the supposed drone strike.
During this time, Raza walks through a neighborhood with his two new friends. Sal tells the police that El Adoua is at 17 Chessington Close, which is near the location where Raza is being taken. Raza meets with some Arabic men. The man explains that Salim told him Raza needs a place to stay. Raza is told that they might have a bed for him. He is also invited to play video games. Ahmed, Farook and Zakir argue over spilled breakfast. Raza asks Ahmed if he knows him from somewhere. He insists that nobody does. Ahmed ridicules Raza when he picks the English football team. He tells Raza that he is not English. He insists that he is Muslim. Ahmed goes nuts when he scores a goal. The goal is disallowed. He sits back down. Farook gets a message and tells the group about Sal being arrested.
Raza becomes worried. The police prepare to storm the building. Gabe shows them a picture of Raza to ensure he is protected. Gabe learns that the Yank’s story of El Adoua dying in Syria is going to remain factuntil proven otherwise. Gabe admits he wouldn’t have let Raza go in if he knew it was El Adoua. Police storm the apartment. Farook shoots at them, but is immediately killed. Zakir is taken into custody. El Adoua tries to detonate a bomb, but is killed before he can. Gabe becomes concerned for Raza. Raza is found safe. Gabe checks on Raza. He explains that he just wants to go home. A local girl films the scene. Her phone is taken. She admits she was livestreaming. Raza is checked by a nurse. Gabe isn’t sure the full cell has been caught yet.
He explains that the guy outside with the gun is there for precautionary reasons. Raza asks Gabe if he knew Yousef was a snitch. Gabe refuses to talk about it. Raza wonders whether things will return to normal. Gabe tells Raza how he used to deal with being undercover. Gabe tries to help him relax. Emily is awake when Gabe arrives home. Emily admits she saw the news. Gabe takes credit. Gabe tries to smooth things over with Emily. She wants to know who Sharon is or was. Emily admits she doesn’t feel safe in her own home anymore. Gabe drinks after the argument ends. Gabe visits Holly’s place and speaks with Megan (Emily Taaffe). Megan isn’t too friendly with Gabe. Gabe unloads all of his problems onto Holly. Holly denies knowing anything about Sharon.
Eventually, Holly admits Emily asked her to find out who Charlie is. Gabe tells Holly about going back to the old gang after the trial was over. He explains that Charlie was like a hero to those people. He admits that the undercover work screwed them all up. Holly shows Gabe the memory stick and tells him that she read up on his cases. He wonders why Gabe would keep going back to the neo-Nazis. He tries to explain himself to her. Holly destroys the memory stick. Gabe pleads with Holly to do what he cannot and tell Emilythe truth. She agrees. Gabe sleeps at the office. The café prepares to open. Jin (Orion Lee) works to get it ready.
Natalie (Callie Cooke) and her friend are shown on the train. Emily sits near Wesley (Eric Kofi-Abrefa). Emily makes it to the café. Holly lets her use her phone. Wesley answers Emily’s phone and admits he is going to return it. They agree to meet at the café. Holly tells Emily to gether phone before they chat. Wesley returns the phone moments later. Holly stares out the window. The screen goes black and we hear a gunshot. Gabe is woken up at the office. We jump back and the shooting as stopped. Emily watches the aftermath. Holly is dead on the ground. Gabe tries to call her. Gabe and the others watch the news about the shooting. He sees Emily on the television and rushes down.
Casualties are rushed into the hospital. Jin is pronounced dead. Gabe makes it to Emily and comforts her. She tells him about Holly. Incourt, Lady Justice Spencer (Elizabeth Rider) explains that CCTV footage shows that Holly was the first victim of the attack. Gabe refuses to say whether or not he believes she was targeted. He tells the court that he was removed from the investigation after Holly’s death. He won’t say whether he knew the shooter. He eventually admits that he knew him. He is asked in what capacity he was known to him. We jump back again. Akash (Kaine Zajaz) is shown lugging tires. His hands are covered with bandages. He finds the gun in the trash and takes it.
Gabe is asked about Akash. He explains that he was on GCHQ’s watch list for sharing extremist content online. Nasir Shar (Reiss Jeram) runs into Akash. Akash tells him that he is going to need another operation. Nasir tells him about the house being raided. Akash wants to go to his place and play video games. Nasir explains that he needs to get to school. Nasir relents and takes Akash home with him. Akash wants to know where Raza’s stuff is. Akash tells Nasir that his brother is a terrorist. He wants him to call Raza. He shows him the video of Raza being arrested. Nasir is surprised to see it. Akash pulls out the gun. He fires a shot. They fight for the gun. A shot rings out. Gabe tells the court that the shooter probably thought his friend was dead.
So, he was distressed and alone. In a flashback, we see that Akash was shot in the stomach. Nasir calls 999. Then, he heads out. Gabe explains that his life fell apart. He was going to find someone to help or someone to blame. He doesn’t believe it had anything to do with radicalization. Nasir visits the hospital and tries to check on Raza. He is told to leave. In a flashback, Gabe and Rose tell Nasir’s parents what he did. They learn that Nasir has passed away. Nasir is asked if he is alright, because he has blood on his shoes. He spots Holly inside the café. He opens fire on her. His parents refuse to believe it. Gabe breaks the news to Raza. He breaks down. We hear Gabe’s testimony in court.
Akash is shown in a wheelchair. Gabe is asked if he would have still recruited source nine. He doesn’t answer. Megan speaks with Emily. They speak about Holly. Emily learns about the visit Gabe paid to Megan and Emily the night before. Megan doesn’t believe Emily knows who she really married. She tells Emily to say hi to Charlie for her. Emily picks him up moments later. Raza is shown in the courthouse. Dadir (Roger Jean Nsengiyumva) tracks him down. Outside, Akash fabricates things and pretends Nasir was trained by MI6. Dadir drives Raza away. They meet with Roxy and her baby. Gabe is shown with a new partner. He tells Gabe that number seven can meet in an hour at Shadwell. Gabe seems distracted.
Gabe gives his new partner advice. Raza walks alone. He travels to the art studio. He finds a painting of himself. He runs into Charlotte (Nell Hudson). Raza tells her he is trying to avoid drama. Charlotte apologizes for what she said in the papers. He tells her that is why he keeps his mouth shut. He leaves in a hurry. Raza finds the apartment graffitied with hate messages. His father prays inside. Raza looks at Nasir’s photographs. He opens the mail. He obtains a book about Pakistan. He believes the book to his mother, who is now working at a dentist office. Raza tells her about the closing statement coming up. Sadia (Sunetra Sarker) says that Nasir wasn’t even her son.
She tries to apologize but Raza walks off. Gabe joins Raza on the bus. He gives Raza an envelope with Clover written on it. He tells Raza that it is his new alias. They still don’t know why Nasir did it. Gabe explains that they spend too much time counting the lives they lost and not counting the ones they’ve saved. Raza doesn’t agree. Gabe and Raza practice the relaxation technique again. Raza tells Gabe about having his hair cut and getting it sprayed with coconut oil. Raza speaks about his brother and dad. He admits he feels safe.
Informer Review
While Informer was slightly predictable, it was great. I am surprised that the show doesn’t have higher than a 7.8 on IMDB. The finale was intriguing and very depressing. I am not surprised that Nasir was the gunman. However, I was impressed with the way the writers managed to turn him into theshooter. Initially, I thought Akash would get into his head and radicalize him.That didn’t happen. He was simply desperate and took his frustrations out on Holly.
After that, the finale got really sad. Raza’s life changed completely. He did everything for Sadia and it really never paid off. Plus, he is now a replica of Gabe. Both are struggling with their undercover work. I loved the finale and the show. I would highly recommend that everyone watch Informer. It definitely deserves some awards over there in Britain. The finale scores a solid 9 out of 10. Catch up with previous recaps of Informer now! Sorry for any errors or mishaps above, the new WordPress update is horrendous.
