Ashes to Ashes bowed out on Friday. All would be explained we were told. And it was, or at least I think it was. It turned out that they were all in a kind of purgatory for police officers killed on duty. DCI Gene Hunt was their saviour leading them through to heaven and Keats was the devil trying to entice them down to hell.
In fact Ray, Chris and Shaz were also 'dead' but they didn't realise it until the final episode. After the last triumph of law enforcement, they were ready to enter the 'pub' - which had an ethereal glow coming from within.
There was even a time when Keats had a punch up with Hunt and looked as if he, the devil, had won. Hunt didn't exactly rise from the dead, but recovered enough to have the final triumph.
So Alex Drake had been dead for some time and wasn't going to see her beloved daughter after all. But Hunt said she'd be OK, so I suppose that's alright then.
Who'd have thought that A2A was deeply spiritual? It just goes to show you can't get away from our spirituality!
However, there were a few things that made you think the script writers only thought of this ending about half way through the last series. Why didn't Ray Chris and Shaz realise they were in fact dead, or at least in a different world, as Alex did? Why did DCI Gene Hunt have to stay in that purgatory - he was dead as well, did I mention that?
Maybe it was because Hunt had more people to see through purgatory into 'pub' heaven. In the very last seconds, someone else suddenly appears in the police station, demanding to know who's nicked his Ipod. Oh no, I hope that's not a signal for another series!
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