Warning: Major spoilers for Patience Series 1, Episode 6 below.
The producers have confirmed a second season, but Episode 6 functions perfectly as a series finale. If the show were canceled tomorrow, this episode would stand as a daring tragedy. It refuses to give the audience the catharsis of a tidy arrest. Instead, it gives us the truth: sometimes, the patient observer breaks before the chaotic world does. Patience Series 1 Episode 6 is a devastating, slow, intellectual thriller that punishes the viewer for expecting closure. It is not a "palate cleanser" television; it is a gut-punch. If you have been watching for the police procedural, you will be frustrated. If you have been watching for the psychological disintegration of a brilliant mind, you will be riveted.
We are reminded that Patience suffers from agoraphobia and obsessive-compulsive tendencies. In previous episodes, these were obstacles. Here, they become weapons.