? It’s thus more than feasible that the two of them have crossed paths in the past. Of all the "Friends" alumni, who do you think has had the most and least success since the show? Having survived to drink another night in Luigi's, she also has what could be a telling line in the final minutes tonight. Since the protagonist's arrival in the series, Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes) and she have become friends. Granger is the first to return to Gene and Alex just before the sting. Born in 1982, Montserrat adds: "Shaz is a good Catholic girl, a New Romantic at night, and is very strong but quite silent at work, because she knows she has to be with all the boys around. Someone as simple as that. Ray also confides in Shaz about his visions of stars, and she comforts him when they later share these visions. Our latest collection of Ashes To Ashes theories consider the question on many of our lips: just who is Jim Keats? So bright, and so alive.". However, Drake manages to revive Granger and she is taken to hospital. The world she occupies during the series is a form of limbo. Maybe he’s related to someone or something that’s fallen the wrong side of Gene Hunt in the past? Ashes to Ashes is a British fantasy crime drama and police procedural drama television series, serving as the sequel to Life on Mars.. However in this series they came to terms with their own circumstances; Ray came to terms with his suicide when he faced down the soldier who tried to set fire to himself, Shaz started to see the stars after she collared the cancer suffering killer who tried to rape her and she stabbed with a screwdriver (the same way she was killed). This moment seems to symbolise the resolution of her internal conflict relating to her revelation in the finale, as on this occasion she is able to successfully defend herself. It can’t be overtly, because Gene didn’t recognised Keats at the start of the series. Read here https://tr.im/hqJtj. I feel like I really am living a very London Eighties, which perhaps I didn't get so much at home, having had foreign parents.". Last thing I want is to be sitting her in two weeks time saying W H A T ...... although I'm sure all the answers will be found from the experts around here LOL. After eventually nearing Hollis, Granger tackled Hollis to the ground, and as they both fell the knife Hollis was holding penetrated her stomach. When Viv died, he separated him from everyone and took him at the end, because he had helped out the criminals and secured his place in Hell. Thus far – and you’ll find the links to these at the bottom of the article – we’ve asked the question as to what happened to Sam Tyler, and just who Gene Hunt is. There are a lot of surprises in Shaz. OscarPapaRomeo has an interesting take on it, suggesting “He knows nothing about Gene really but does know what really happened to Sam Tyler. WPC/DC Sharon "Shaz" Granger is a fictional character in BBC One's science fiction/police procedural drama, Ashes to Ashes.The character is portrayed by Montserrat Lombard.The character's look and style are based on Joanne Catherall of The Human League in 1981. that had half of his face blow off. "BBC Ashes to Ashes - Episode 1 - Shooting Script: 31/08/07 scene23", "Ashes to Ashes - Characters - Shaz Granger", Confirmed in the script for Ashes to Ashes series 3, episode 8, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shaz_Granger&oldid=975616214, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 29 August 2020, at 14:40. http://givitry.info/EndTimesProphecy/?JU94. https://ashestoashestvseries.fandom.com/wiki/Shaz_Granger?oldid=3988. And it was. She is also a supporter of the Labour party, and opposes Thatcher. The thief stabbed her in the abdomen with a screwdriver, leaving her to bleed to death. “Jim Keats is Gene Hunt’s alter ego,” they write. "Within a week we felt like we'd known them forever. Progress has been made in developing a potential Covid-19 vaccine, 15-year-old boy arrested after cyclist robbed of his bike and stabbed in the leg, He has since been released under investigation, Donny van de Beek confirms what Solskjaer has told him over Manchester United role. As for the what and why - I'm no further on with any of it. During the first episode of the third series, it is revealed that Granger and Skelton have ended their relationship, which they mend in the finale. However, Drake manages to revive Granger and she is taken to hospital. You obviously get used to walking round with huge hair.". Very sociable as well. ==Finale Qthewetsprocket is one of many who believe the Keats is “a copper from the future, just like Sam, Alex, Martin Summers, and Supermac”. "I had really long hair but I had to have it cut off to play Shaz. Jim tries to give them a golden way out; easy promotions, cushty jobs etc....he's the prince of lies, trying to overcome the hardships we all face proving ourselves by offering the easy way forward. They also clash on many political issues, such as Carling's support of Thatcher and his dismissal of apartheid, leading her to call him "intolerant", "prejudiced", and "racist". can exclusively reveal his confession after Fellows was found guilty of being involved in another gangland attack, in the months before Massey was killed. I have to pinch myself when I'm at work," smiles Montserrat, the London-raised daughter of a Spanish father and Italian mother. She was killed in 1995[3] (although in the original script of the finale she died on 19 April 1996). “He may be conjured up by the rest of CID in response to the shooting of Alex, and the fact they lost some faith in him as the hero of this world.” Faith in Gene Hunt does seem to have been a recurring theme this series. That plays into the imaginery theme that’s running through many of the theories about Jim Keats, and also could tie into the idea that Gene Hunt is too from the future, and in denial at the fact that he’s in a similar boat to Sam Tyler and Alex Drake. They're very naughty. However, after she goes on an undercover operation to catch a serial killer - during which she saves herself from an attempt on her life by stabbing her attacker with a screwdriver - and Hunt promises to allow her into CID by Christmas, she decides to stay. But could it be something a bit more complex than that? Montserrat is also starring as Milly in a second series of David Renwick's. Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes) stopped the series' sinister clown - symbolic of death - and brought Shaz back to life. Once Alex Drake, Chris Skelton (Marshall Lancaster), Ray Carling (Dean Andrews), and Gene Hunt arrive at the scene, Drake carries out CPR on Granger. We particularly like this one. She learns a lot from Alex and Alex really pushes her into a new direction. We’ve done it with no foreknowledge of what’s to come, and thus – provided you’re up to date with the series –  there are no spoilers here. The Devil has always wanted him out of the way. "It was very exciting to get the role. During the first episode of the third series, it is revealed that Granger and Skelton are no longer together; however, they mend their relationship in the finale. He’s trying to turn them away from Gene because he thinks that if they turn against him, then they die properly in the real world. [2] Granger joined Gene Hunt's (Philip Glenister) Criminal Investigation Department two years prior to the second series, acting as a uniformed aide with responsibility for administration. Once Alex Drake, Chris Skelton (Marshall Lancaster), Ray Carling (Dean Andrews), and Gene Hunt arrive at the scene, Drake carries out CPR on Granger. GENE Hunt is simply unbreakable in the series finale of. Personality Edit. Leave yours in the comments below, and don’t forget to check out The Railway Arms right here…, Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 5 Review: Die Trying, WWE Raw vs. Smackdown Brand Supremacy is Boring and Needs to End. The series began airing on BBC One in February 2008. Granger expresses her admiration of Drake throughout the series, describing her as "the most amazing women [she's] ever met". Shaz: (about Alex and Gene) "Those two should either get a ... Look at the scene in Keats' office where they discuss the death of Sam ... Life (on Mars) goes on in 'coppers Purgatory'. GENE Hunt is simply unbreakable in the series finale of Ashes To Ashes (BBC1, tonight, 9pm). Shaz, played by Montserrat Lombard, is much more than a simple police typist, as she proved last week. In 'Ashes to Ashes' it's revealed that Sam disappeared during a drugs bust and his body was never found. Montserrat occasionally sings with a band. All the latest Man Utd news, views and transfer rumours brought to you by the MEN. Could this be a straight revenge mission for him? The character is portrayed by Montserrat Lombard. Ray (Dean Andrews) gets to sing in tonight's episode although a planned musical moment involving Gene appears to have been left on the cutting room floor. During the first two series, Granger is displayed to be unfulfilled with her current tasks within CID. Definitely some personal animosity there so I can’t see him as some sort of ‘good guy’ although that may change in subsequent episodes.”. Family disputes after death | Disputes over cremation ashes. Fmorgan, however, doesn’t buy that he’s evil at all. During the finale it is revealed that, in reality, Shaz is already dead. After persuading Ray and Chris to return to him, Gene radios Shaz and informs her that "Shaz, you are now promoted to Detective Constable, effective immediately". What tv series since the 1940s do you think will be remembered in 2100? Taking the argument forward another stage, we couldn’t leave out this suggestion from comorbid, who suggests that Jim Keats is simply another splinter of Sam Tyler. Or maybe he’s just not a very nice man? Ray, Chris, Shaz and Gene have been together for so long, and done the same thing for so long they had become absorbed into the way of life and didn't see it for what it was....they had lost the warning signs that Alex saw (the TV stuff etc). WPC/DC Sharon "Shaz" Granger is a fictional character in BBC One's science fiction/police procedural drama, Ashes to Ashes. The pub represents heaven. After persuading Ray and Chris to return to him, Gene radios Shaz and informs her that "Shaz, you are now promoted to Detective Constable, effective immediately". It's incredible how much things have changed. During the finale, it is revealed that Shaz is already dead in reality. After Alex persuades Gene to join the undercover operation that Chris, Shaz and Ray have organised, he radios through to Ray, Chris and Shaz just as DCI Jim Keats (Daniel Mays) is going to take them away. We later discover that he had told Gene Hunt that he was tired of his existence and wanted to move on implying that he had accepted his death and was ready for the afterlife. [2] Granger joined Gene Hunt's (Philip Glenister) Criminal Investigation Department two years prior to the second series, acting as a uniformed aide with responsibility for administration. “He believes that he’s doing the right thing,” they write. The character of Sharon Granger is described as "friendly, eager and helpful" by the programme's official website. After she accepts Hunt's offer, there is a brief musical cue of 'Life On Mars' and a close up of a spaced out Granger. However in this series they came to terms with their own circumstances; Ray came to terms with his suicide when he faced down the soldier who tried to set fire to himself, Shaz started to see the stars after she collared the cancer suffering killer who tried to rape her and she stabbed with a screwdriver (the same way she was killed). She has also been referred to as an "lobotomised Essex girl" by Gene Hunt. In 1995, after being stabbed with a screwdriver by a young man who was attempting to steal a car, Sharon died …