Helen's Gruesome End...

[A Cousin]

Completely by accident, this was the first episode that I saw. I knew nothing about Lisa Faulkner and it still worked incredibly well. At the time, I felt as if I was missing something, but cottoned on to enough to know that the character of Helen was a complete innocent. I simply could not believe that any TV show would do that so graphically and quickly! They filmed it very well - it suggests just enough without having to really watch it. It lets the imagination take over whether you want it to or not! I believe in the DVD commentaries at some point, the writer and producers mention that they were not initially intending to do this quite so early in the series and it was actually slated for near the end of the series.