He is a man who is ready for redemption. He has lived a selfish, hedonistic life for the last 20 years and is now faced with looking at himself in the mirror,

He has a really good bullshit meter,

He can see something and in a quick and unemotional way he can cut the fat off. You trust him implicitly because of his track record.

but it also identified what we wanted the show to be, and particularly what Posie wanted the show to be.

When we meet Jack he is finally trying to sort himself out. He did a runner when his girlfriend told him she was pregnant, choosing the life of a B-grade pub-rock star over fatherhood. He knew Heaven had a daughter, but has no idea what has happened to them over the last 20 years.

Nine seems to be prepared to hang in there,