'Inspector Ellis' Tackles Police Corruption in "Callorwell"
After last week’s introduction to the formula, Inspector Ellis’ second episode opens with the titular detective and her bagman, DS Chet Harper, summoned to Callorwell Police Station in England’s picturesque Peak Region. Awaiting them is suspected drug dealer Carla Duffy (Orla Charlton), gleefully watching the clock tick down; DI Jenny Kavanagh (Jenny Rawler), the officer leading the case, has disappeared, leaving DI Jamie Morrison (Sam Marks) in charge. Ellis and Chet notice the official police station sign has been spray painted with the advice Do Not Enter.
Morrison introduces Ellis and Chet to the team, downplaying Jenny’s disappearance; however, Ellis believes she’s likely missing because she was working on the Duffy case. Jenny’s request to DCI Hain (Tim Dutton) for personal leave, citing stress, was sent via text, not, as protocol demanded, via email to her superiors. Hain claims Jenny’s request for leave was typical, sneering she was an attention-seeking troublemaker. Jenny’s friends, DC Leah Thompson (Aoibhéann McCann) and Sgt. Frank Landry (William Travis), offer to help Chet with the case files and their database, only to be interrupted by Morrison announcing Jenny’s body has been found in a wooded area by dog owner/conspiracy theorist Tim Jones (Paul Mallon).
At the morgue, CSI Christine Bennett (Kirsten Foster) reports Jenny was found on broken glass, stabbed in the femoral artery, and her phone missing. Anyone could have stolen it and texted Hain. Ellis is convinced Jenny knew her attacker, so their next visit is to Jenny’s husband, Adam (Jonathan Harden), and his teenage son, Mark (Michael McCloskey-Ooi). Adam explains he was out of town at a conference and came home to find her missing after he begged her to quit due to the harassment and bullying, but Jenny was determined to make a formal complaint. Adam handed in some anonymous letters Jenny received, but they disappeared.
