Set between 5x04 and 6x01. George can't imagine solving cases without his Sergeant and friend John Bacchus. Donald McGhee has tried to kill them both, for George is he about to lose his friend? This story is from Gently's POV from that gripping scene in Durham Cathedral.
A bit of prose that came to me after watching this in a maudlin frame of mind.
Set after series 6 (although Rachel isn't in this). It is the anniversay of the death of Isabella Gently, so today is not a good day for George. It only gets worse when he is annoyed at John and snaps at John and later regrets this. But later he hears John is hurt and in the hospital and all he wants is to apologise and he discovers just how much he values his friendship with John.
This morning John is late to work, and naturally George worries that something terrible has happened... One-shot.
John's car's at the garage and it's his weekend with Leigh-Anne – it really is an emergency. One-shot.