Random Death is on the Menu in ‘Ludwig’s Fifth Episode
DCS Carol Shaw to John Taylor: “You’re a lot more assertive these days.” John Taylor:“Sorry.”
It’s the penultimate episode of Season 2 of Ludwig, and it opens in Pazura Sushi Restaurant, where a group of young professionals is enjoying delicacies from a conveyor belt, their usual Friday lunch routine. (Pazura is Japanese for puzzle!) The group is made up of Dexter Hassan (Gassan Abdulrazek), Abby Bako (Nadia Violet Abdulsalam), Luca Rossi (Giulio Cavazzini), Milo Gesalan (James Cooney), Jonathan McQuade (Will Lockey), and Farida Gilani (Huma Mohyuddin). Jonathan, the youngest member of the group, becomes unwell and collapses. He dies in the ambulance on his way to the hospital from aconite (monkshood) poisoning.
DI Russell Carter is also at the restaurant, with fugitive DI Matt Neville (Karl Pilkington), James Taylor’s former partner. Both James and Matt are now in hiding, and their families worry they are in danger. John and Lucy are at home, trying to find more information on Russell’s fiancée, Mandy Ziegler, the late daughter of Chief Constable Ziegler. Russell calls from the restaurant and tells Lucy to drive John there, running as many red lights as necessary. But when John arrives, he finds Russell and Matt, now both official witnesses, have been sent back to the station by DCS Carol Shaw, who is leading the case.
