TV episode review
UK airdate 23 February 2010 (BBC One)

The search for Peter reveals the answer to many questions about the outbreak...

And so Survivors comes to the end of its second season, and possibly of its resurrected life. If that's the case, then Adrian Hodges has provided a great deal of closure, with resolution given to a lot of the plotlines that have been present in the show right from the start.

The consequences of Sarah's death are rammed home, leading to some strong scenes between Phillip Rhys's Al and Chahak Patel as Najjid as well as between Zoe Tapper and Max Beesley.

During an extended hide and seek sequence there's a sly acknowledgement of Terry Nation's original ending to his novel, in which Peter Grant accidentally shoots his mother, but otherwise this episode, more than any other, shows just how far removed from the source material the 21st Century incarnation of the show is.

It's an action-driven episode, with a well-edited race against time that brings all the major players together for a final confrontation that means a third series has a largely clean slate on which to draw.

Overall, this second year has been stronger than the first, with the concentration on the central characters paying off. Let's hope we see those who survive this conclusion return. Paul Simpson

VERDICT: 7/10