Bodyguard episode 3 review: Keeley Hawes' home secretary is becoming more likeable

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Curiously, in episode three we found ourselves warming to the cold home secretary Julia Montague, played with great plausibility by Keeley Hawes. She’s developed a little humour, as when she remarks “sex with the Home Secretary; it’s a heinous crime”.. Montague’s politics too, seem more reasonable, or at least comprehensible, once she is heard making the case for shredding civil liberties and, unimaginable for a 2018 Tory, advocating for more social mobility in important prestigious profession such as the law, politics, medicine and, er, journalism. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free One of the many great features of Jed Mercurio’s deft screenplay is that the unremitting focus on the two leads makes the many complexities in the story easy to follow, especially for the jaded viewer looking for a little diversion before the working week winds up again. The source of the latest near-fatal attempt on Montague, probably a suicide bomb, wasn’t clear at the end of episode three – classic cliff hanger – with a choice between a rogue police officer, a BAME special adviser or other person or persons unknown.