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After last night\u2019s episode looked to have driven Nikki and Jack further apart, tonight\u2019s finale ended in just the way Silent Witness<\/a> fans would have wanted \u2013 with the pair finally getting together.<\/p>\n Romance between the pair has been hinted at throughout this series \u2013 especially in last week\u2019s double-header \u2013 but following the events of yesterday\u2019s instalment, it wasn\u2019t looking quite so likely. Jack had been on a successful Irish dancing-themed date with a friend of Simone, while Nikki was seen hooking up with one of her students. But thankfully for fans it seems that these flings were nothing more than little diversions.<\/p>\n The pair first shared a kiss roughly 25 minutes into tonight\u2019s episode, but that suggestion of romance was initially short-lived \u2013 with Jack later hearing the voice of Nikki\u2019s student Ollie (Jack Bandeira) on a voicemail, which led him to believe a relationship might be off the cars. Ollie himself, as forward as ever, seemed especially keen to turn his fling with Nikki into something more concrete, but she wasn\u2019t having any of it, initially telling him that there was too much of an age gap before informing him that she needed to be \u201csomewhere else.\u201d His response? \u201cSomewhere else, or with someone else?\u201d<\/p>\n And then, at the end of the episode, with the case having been closed, we saw Jack return to his house \u2013 where Nikki was lying asleep on the sofa. In the very final shot, she opened her eyes and the two shared a loving look at each other while holding hands, irrefutably suggesting a romantic connection. And it looks very likely that this will continue going into the landmark 25th run, with Emilia Fox\u00a0recently explaining (via Express.co.uk<\/a>) that \u201cThe end of series 24 is picked up directly after, by the beginning of series 25.\u201d And so looks like fans have finally got their wish: Jack and Nikki are an item.<\/p> It was something of an eventful episode for Jack altogether, with the popular character briefly emerging as a suspect in the murder inquiry. DS Galloway (Stephen Wight) was particularly suspicious of him, especially after Simone informed him that Jack had been left alone with the murdered Derek shortly before his death. Thankfully, just as he was about to be taken off the case, Jack was able to solve it on his own \u2013 it turned out that elderly resident Beattie (Sian Phillips) had been responsible, having murdered both victims in an attempt to stop their suffering and put them out of their misery.<\/p>\n As for the other cliffhanger at the end of yesterday\u2019s first part, thankfully it didn\u2019t take too long to find out that Connor Hodgson (Richard Durden) had survived his fall. Towards the beginning of the episode, we saw him being treated to while he phoned Nikki to try and get in touch with Jack \u2013 and when he was reunited with his son later on he seemed keen to downplay the seriousness of the accident. Still, he\u2019s had a rough old time in the last few episodes and could probably do with a good rest.<\/p>\n The finale episode also gave newcomer Simone Tyler another chance to prove her worth to the Lyell crew, and Genesis Lynea is so far proving an excellent and charismatic addition to the cast, with Simone\u2019s new area of expertise also adding another new dimension to the Lyell\u2019s skill set. It looks like she\u2019ll be sticking around for the series 25, which seems likely to see a rather more settled team than we\u2019ve had this year.<\/p>\n All in all, it\u2019s been another hugely rewarding series for Silent Witness fans \u2013 and the romance between Jack and Nikki will likely be the icing on top of the cake. It will certainly be interesting to see how the new couple will navigate their relationship in series 25 and beyond\u2026<\/p>\n Silent Witness will return in 2022. Check out what else is on with our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>, or visit our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub for all the latest news and features.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n By Patrick Cremona Published: Tuesday, 05 October 2021 at 12:00 am After last night\u2019s episode looked to have driven Nikki and Jack further apart, tonight\u2019s finale ended in just the way Silent Witness fans would have wanted \u2013 with the pair finally getting together. 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