Vera

So that's why sergeants need to wear shoe covers :)

For a long time I couldn't figure out who Vera reminded me of in that hat and raincoat. And then it dawned on me - she looks like Paddington :) In general, I am glad that it is already season 9, and the series keeps the brand and a stable good level

If you watch the seasons one after the other, the abrupt replacement of the actors is very striking:(

From the point of view of the plot, it is not completely clear why so many people suddenly changed in the department. Maybe I listened, but where, for example, did that lady from the military police go? He and the pathologist had just begun to have chemistry. I was hoping for further development of this line

Joe also got drunk pretty quickly. In the previous season, there were hints that he was going to move to another house, but there was nothing about the promotion, it seems

I am very glad to see Joe back, Vera had a more personal relationship with him than with Aidan, and this added depth to both Vera and the series (now I love the series no less, but in recent seasons there has only been a personal matter with Vera's relatives, and in the beginning there was a lot about her father, about his influence on what she has become). And what a smile blossomed on Vera's face when she noticed Joe)) After all, they were not only colleagues, but also friends (Joe even managed to drag Vera to family dinners).

Thanks to the creators of the series and the whole team! You've made a great detective!
Realizing that the series is not endless, like life, I am glad that you decided to end this story on the free choice of the heroine to leave.
And how beautiful it was when Vera walked through the doors without her back to us, that she didn't turn away from the viewer.