"The girls who gave us flowers..."
Things are getting more and more intriguing: we get more tantalising hints of the soldier, resenting the day he went to war in August 1914; we get some effective (yet cheap!) hints of the horrors of the Western Front; and for a while Sapphire, Steel and indeed Tully briefly meet our enigmatic, sullen young Tommy.
Our two leads, despite Steel's continued splendid rudeness, connect a little with Tully, expositing at him for our benefit while getting to listen to that tape he made at the start of last episode... and, creepily, there are voices on it, voices that we didn't hear at the time. This is creepy, unnerving, and probably a scene remembered by Steven Moffat.
The stakes are higher, suddenly; there's also the crew of a submarine and an airman who died in a dogfight (hence the cliffhanger), and Steel is worried that the station may be a "recruiting ground for the dead". there are enough cool and new concepts to keep me interested so far. But will this story run out of steam soon as the last one did...?
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