But in the background to his hectic working life, Joe revealed at the end of episode 1 that his dad was battling dementia and wasn\u2019t very well.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately in episode 3, his father succumbed to a virus and sadly died.<\/p>\n
Throughout the episode, Joe had clearly been struggling with the weight of losing his father, even if their relationship had been strained at times.<\/p>\n
The emotion of what was happening caused him to lash out at a suspect\u2019s teenage son in a rare lapse of professionalism.<\/p>\n
![\"David](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/verasr8ep110-6887461.jpg?quality=90&resize=619%2C413\" "\\"ITV\\"\/")
\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>Vera dismissed him, begging him at various points to go and say goodbye to his father while he still had the chance. But Joe didn\u2019t, and after a short break, came back to help Vera solve the crime in Salt and Vinegar.<\/p>\n
When they finally arrested someone and learned the truth about what happened to this week\u2019s unfortunate victim, Joe got the call the he\u2019d been dreading.<\/p>\n
He told Vera he\u2019d missed the previous call asking him to go and visit his father for the last time, and he was now dead.<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n With the case closed, Joe paid Vera a visit at her beachside home and the pair spoke about families.<\/p>\n Vera was keen to pass on some judgement to him, insisting someone can have all the career and money in the world, but it\u2019s the people who love you who\u2019ll remember you when you\u2019re gone.<\/p>\n The pair raised their drinks to colleagues, lost fathers and ones who are still there.<\/p>\n They sipped on some whiskey and Vera joked that Joe can come again as the season came to a close.<\/p> Vera\u2019s previous seasons are available to watch on ITVX<\/a>\u00a0while seasons are also available on\u00a0BritBox<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 you can sign up for a\u00a07-day free BritBox trial here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n You can also purchase instalments from any series on\u00a0Amazon Prime Video<\/a>. You can buy the first of\u00a0Ann Cleeves\u2019s Vera novels<\/a>\u00a0here.<\/strong><\/p>\n To find out what else is on, check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our dedicated\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n It’s been a rocky road for the pair. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":44253,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/vera-and-joe-bond-after-tragic-season-13-finale-moment.jpg",8192,5464,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/vera-and-joe-bond-after-tragic-season-13-finale-moment-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/vera-and-joe-bond-after-tragic-season-13-finale-moment-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/vera-and-joe-bond-after-tragic-season-13-finale-moment-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/vera-and-joe-bond-after-tragic-season-13-finale-moment-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/vera-and-joe-bond-after-tragic-season-13-finale-moment-1536x1025.jpg",1536,1025,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/vera-and-joe-bond-after-tragic-season-13-finale-moment.jpg",2048,1366,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"It's been a rocky road for the pair.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/44252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"