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If nothing else, the Belfast Strangler case was the final nail in the coffin for Burns’ career because he could no longer handle these disturbing investigations. Speaking to Irish News in
2016 about his character, actor Lynch explained: "What I thought was really good about it and what [series writer] Allan Cubitt had captured really well was that nobody got away in the
end, or escaped unmarked in some degree with their contact with Spector." He continued: "And I think the only option open to him was for Spector to exercise the only part of
control that he still had, of himself and his own life." On whether Burns could make a comeback, Lynch seemed to think the detective had seen his last days in the job. He said:
"While I'm not sure, I certainly think that it could lead to Allan and Gillian [Anderson, who is also an executive producer on the show] doing something in a different situation,
maybe at a different time, or even place. But not with Jim, – I would never presume that. "And I could be wrong but I think that in terms of Belfast the story has been told." _THE
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