'Mr Bates vs the Post Office' Reaches Its Darkest Point as Lies Are Exposed

If you thought that Sam (Krupa Pattani) stabbing herself in Episode 2 was the darkest moment of the Mr Bates vs The Post Office saga, Episode 3 was here to prove you wrong. In the series's latest installment, based on the true story of Alan Bates and the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance in England, Martin Griffiths (Colin Tierney) is the latest victim of The Post Office Horizon machine scandal. The Post Office holds Martin accountable for his post office getting robbed on top of windfalls from the machine.

The pressure and lack of justice become so much for Martin, who we suspect was suffering from depression even before the robbery, and he walks in front of a bus to get away from it all. This is a true account of what happened in 2013. His injuries are too much to overcome, and eventually, his wife has to take him off life support.

Martin's death ripples through the group. It fires up Alan to put fire under The Post Office's feet while Jo (Monica Dolan) and Lee (Will Mellor) are emotionally rocked by Martin's suicide, realizing how close they came to giving it all up. If you were looking for Martin's death to bring out the humanity in The Post Office though, you were unfortunately very mistaken. Not even a stirring performance from Lesley Nicol (who will always be our Mrs. Patmore) as the determined Pam Stubbs could convince The Post Office to act right.