The feature-length episode chronicling the Rowans and their early days in Canada, where Nick (Nick Berry) is a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police could have either been a final farewell or the pilot for a whole new series.
Of course, it was the former not the latter, a final episode paying tribute to the star who launched the Heartbeat show and made it so beloved all over the world. You could make a case that the show hasn't been as good since Berry departed.
The fiction Thompson's Landing, where Nick was posted after training in Calgary, is a Canadian frontier town version of Aidensfield. There's even a female version of Claude Greengrass and a hard-nosed sergeant who would put Blaketon to shame. Plenty of explosions, mystery and even a bar fight or two as well.
A good episode, with a British connection, and a satisfying ending, allowing everyone to rest easy in the knowledge that Nick, Jo and Katie got their Happily Ever After.
