Notable episodes include "Nightmare", which features a slightly experimental dream sequence as part of the plot. This is also the episode with the highest number of deaths, and features another then-contemporary plot of two ex-IRA men committing a major crime in order to buy their way back into the organisation. "Bait" featured a performance by George Sewell, who had starred in the Euston Films-produced episodes of an earlier police series, "Special Branch"; earlier still he had featured in the film "Get Carter", which was a major influence on "The Sweeney", and whose main character, Jack Carter, may have been the inspiration for the names of the two main "Sweeney" characters.