An unexpected and ironic twist caps barrister James Kavanagh's (
John Thaw) defense of a doctor accused of murder in "
Memento Mori," the opening episode of Kavanagh Q.C.'s fourth season. The eponymous hero subsequently returns to his home town of Bolton to unravel a confusing case of infanticide in "Care in the Community." Next up, Kavanagh tries to prevent his client, a woman accused of murdering her husband, from botching up her own defense, while simultaneously appearing on behalf of a colleague before the Conduct Committee in "Briefs Trooping Gaily." From there, Kavanagh ends up in the middle of a national controversy when defending a Jehovah's Witness who insists upon withholding a blood transfusion that might save her son's life in "
Bearing Witness." Newspaper reporters continue to dog Kavanagh's trail when he defends a minister charged with sexual harassment in "The Innocency of Life." Switching to the prosecution, Kavanagh goes after a boat owner whose negligence may have caused five drownings in "
Dead Reckoning," and back on the defense team, he helps a Senior Labour M.P. who has been targeted for prosecution (and persecution) in a 15-year-old case in "
Ceremony of Innocence." Season five ends as Kavanagh pleads on behalf of two thieves who've been serving a double-murder charge for 23 years in "Seasons of Mist." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide