She snaps at Lynley and makes snide remarks about his privileged upbringing even when he is being nice to her. Jerk with a Heart of Gold: How Barbara Havers appears in this pilot episode.Needless to say, this pretty much sets the precedent for their relationship. She does have a problem when a local copper tries to tell him the exact same things. Hypocritical Heartwarming: Barbara has no problem going on a long diatribe about everything she thinks is wrong with Lynley as a man and as a detective.Friendship Denial: Whenever Barbara and Thomas begin to get along, something or the other happens, which leads to Barbara pointing out that the only reason she is keen to make their partnership work is that otherwise, she will be thrown out of the police force.Yes, all of this despite the fact that she still hates the man. Even more embarrassingly, it turns out to be a Redundant Rescue, since Lynley hadn't slept with the suspect and could prove it. Embarrassing Cover Up: Barbara tries to claim that Lynley slept with her in order to save Lynley from the allegation that he was seen sleeping with a suspect.James, has just married Deborah, the girl he loves. He is trying to get over the fact that his best friend, Simon St. Did Not Get the Girl: The main source of angst for Lynley for most of this episode.Daddy's Girl: Horribly subverted with Roberta and Gillian.Cynicism Catalyst: Barbara reveals hers to Lynley at the end of the episode - her little brother died of leukemia at fifteen.Though she doesn't know it, that's about to change. Broken Bird: Barbara Havers in this episode is not so much 'broken' as she is 'crushed to powder beneath the world's collective boot heel'.Lynley and Havers have to overcome their personal troubles, mutual animosity, and a hostile local police force to try and solve the case. The principal suspect is Tey's nephew, Richard, who stands to inherit the farm. Tey's 16-year-old daughter, Roberta, who witnessed the event, is now mute with shock.

Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, eighth Earl of Asherton, is introduced to Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers as they are assigned to a murder investigation in Yorkshire, where farmer William Tey has been found hacked to death in his barn. Barbara Havers: Parents are supposed to take care of their kids, aren't they?

Lynley a great deliverance