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Silent Witness 2024 fans baffled by conclusion of Death by a Thousand Hits: ‘More holes than Gruyère cheese’

Forget the plot holes, Nikki and Jack finally kissed!

Silent Witness finally returned for episode 8 last night (February 7, 2024), but fans didn’t react as the BBC might have hoped. In fact, most seemed flummoxed by what was going on.

After football rescheduled Tuesday’s episode, we finally got the second half of Death by a Thousand Hits on Wednesday.

In the episode, Nikki (Emilia Fox) and Jack (David Caves) found themselves embroiled in a global conspiracy, we learnt who is behind the mysterious Oceanfloor, and Nikki and Jack still managed to get a passionate snog in.

Julie Graham as Elinor Shaw in Silent Witness
Even guest star Julie Graham couldn’t save this one (Credit: BBC Studios/Gary Moyes)

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It was a lot to take in for viewers. After Nikki realised during the last episode that the cause of death on their murder victim was a lie, the team raced to find out the truth.

It turned out the truth involved deep fake and a social media app capable of blackmailing its users to murder. But viewers watching weren’t too sure about the convoluted storyline.

One said: “I’m glad Silent Witness was on a Wednesday this week so I could watch with other people so we could collectively try and work out what the [bleep] happened because we all got so confused.”

Others questioned how Silent Witness was still being commissioned, given the “nonsensical” plots.

Meanwhile, another X user simply declared: “This episode has more holes than a Gruyère cheese.”

Jack Hodgson (David Caves) and Dr Nikki Alexander (Emilia Fox) walking alongside the water to a murder scene
Some would argue none of it matters, as long as Jack and Nikki are together! (Credit: BBC Studios/Gary Moyes)

Nikki and Jack FINALLY got to the kissing

Baffling app warfare storyline aside, there was plenty else in the episode for fans to get excited about. Namely, the closing moments, when Nikki and Jack shared quite the kiss.

Together at a funeral, Jack told Nikki he loved her, followed by a big smackeroo.

As expected, ‘Jakki’ fans were elated. Some of them were even prepared to give the rest of the series a slide for including it.

One fan simply gave the union a “chef’s kiss”.

However, another brought it all back to the episode confusion. They said: “Can’t believe so many people are talking about a kiss on Silent Witness, when nobody has a fecking clue what this epic was all about?”

Silent Witness returns to normal scheduling next week. It airs Monday and Tuesday on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 9pm.

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Susan Brett
TV Writer