{"id":2298777,"date":"2026-02-25T04:15:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T04:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2298777"},"modified":"2026-02-25T04:15:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T04:15:59","slug":"what-happened-to-jack-hodgson-in-silent-witness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/what-happened-to-jack-hodgson-in-silent-witness\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened to Jack Hodgson in Silent Witness?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"88e106a2-c1b0-4937-9ef2-9ca500f10cd3\">We\u2019re used to seeing Dr Nikki Alexander and Jack Hodgson using their respective pathology and forensic expertise to put criminals behind bars. However, in the latest episodes of <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/when-dies-silent-witness-season-29-start\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/when-dies-silent-witness-season-29-start\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/when-dies-silent-witness-season-29-start\/\"><em>Silent Witness <\/em>season 29<\/a>, Grace of God, it\u2019s Jack who\u2019s locked up. He\u2019s long been known for his skill at fighting and cage fighting is a favoured pastime of his.<\/p>\n<p>Yet things are a lot more serious now as after Jack ended up in a fight with Scott Ashton, the man ended up on Nikki\u2019s autopsy table just days later. So is Jack Hodgson actually a murderer himself? And what does that mean for his future as a lead character? Here I break down what happened to Jack in <em><a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/tag\/silent-witness\/\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/tag\/silent-witness\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/tag\/silent-witness\/\">Silent Witness<\/a> <\/em>across both parts of this gripping episode.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"88e106a2-c1b0-4937-9ef2-9ca500f10cd3-2\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><strong>*Warning: Spoilers for Grace of God Parts 1 and 2*<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-solid border-[#333]\">\n<span class=\"&#10;after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t-[#333] after:border-t after:border-solid&#10;before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t-[#333] before:border-t before:border-solid&#10;font-article-heading pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333] flex custom-thumbnail-list-styles\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-what-happened-to-jack-in-silent-witness-grace-of-god-part-1\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-what-happened-to-jack-in-silent-witness-grace-of-god-part-1\"><span>What happened to Jack in Silent Witness Grace of God Part 1?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"4c1582d7-3a93-4930-93d6-f5546fc70ffa\">Part 1 of Grace of God begins with Jack in prison and that\u2019s exactly how Part 2 begins too. Anyone who\u2019s not yet watched both episodes on BBC iPlayer, you might want to hold off to avoid spoilers for what\u2019s to come! As I mentioned, Jack ended up in a fight with Scott Ashton and so he\u2019s shocked when he turns up dead days later.<\/p>\n<p>The forensic scientist hands himself into the police after the evidence against him starts to pile up and this is *not* a good way to start his new life in Birmingham with Nikki. She wasn\u2019t aware that her husband had been to the pub (where Jack and Ashton got into their altercation) and after being served with a search warrant she is quick to vent to Harriet in the next scene.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jack said he went to the gym that night,&#8221; she told her boss. &#8220;I believed him. Jack doesn\u2019t lie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"b9c0660c-0a1e-4d86-9e5d-67966b79c850\">Well, in general he might not lie. Anyone who&#8217;s watched the show for as long as I have will know that he wasn\u2019t prepared to lie to cover up his brother\u2019s involvement in a crime that led to several murders. Jack also had a reputation when he first arrived in <em>Silent Witness <\/em>for having a problem with the police because he wasn\u2019t prepared to be quiet when he saw things being done wrong.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-H5yfJ6vRo4Xo3dWaKEcRib\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-H5yfJ6vRo4Xo3dWaKEcRib slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up to our free daily email for the latest royal and entertainment news, interesting opinion, expert advice on styling and beauty trends, and no-nonsense guides to the health and wellness questions you want answered.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yet in this case, he made an exception, and Harriet tells Nikki, &#8220;He seems to think that his punch caused the extradural haematoma&#8221;. Horrified, the pathologist said that if that\u2019s so, he could go to prison for manslaughter, if not murder.<\/p>\n<p>She then brings up another damning detail which, again, long-time fans will remember. When we first met Jack\u2019s brother Ryan, it emerged that he\u2019d taken the blame for the scientist over a punch that broke a man\u2019s jaw in a fight. Ryan then felt Jack owed him after going to prison for him, hence why he was especially furious when his brother didn\u2019t cover up his crimes.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-so-did-jack-kill-someone-grace-of-god-part-2-explained\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-so-did-jack-kill-someone-grace-of-god-part-2-explained\"><span>So, did Jack kill someone? Grace of God Part 2 explained<\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"f2e0978c-7b09-4f59-ab21-77c8c796953e\">The events of <em>Silent Witness <\/em>Grace of God Part 1 had even Nikki Alexander questioning if her husband could be capable of murder so it\u2019s no surprise if many fans asked themselves the same. Thankfully, though, Jack comes to doubt his own guilt and the Bowman team help to prove that his actions weren\u2019t the cause of Ashton\u2019s death &#8211; so he didn\u2019t kill anyone.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-solid border-[#333]\">\n<span class=\"&#10;after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t-[#333] after:border-t after:border-solid&#10;before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t-[#333] before:border-t before:border-solid&#10;font-article-heading pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333] flex custom-thumbnail-list-styles\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It takes a while, as Jack even told Nikki in a prison phone call that he\u2019d &#8220;wanted to kill him&#8221; so he did &#8211; that\u2019s how convinced he was. Kit Brooks ends up finding Scott Ashton\u2019s bookie, who confirms he received a call from the dead man at 11:30pm on the day he died. This was long after his altercation with Jack &#8211; and he has a voicemail to prove the story.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout \" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"9abf181e-32ad-4ae9-91af-73966529f6fc\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:4088px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.26%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kKgsromNSnsgcZQKDBeDe6-1920-80.jpg.webp 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kKgsromNSnsgcZQKDBeDe6-1600-80.jpg.webp 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kKgsromNSnsgcZQKDBeDe6-1280-80.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kKgsromNSnsgcZQKDBeDe6-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kKgsromNSnsgcZQKDBeDe6-768-80.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kKgsromNSnsgcZQKDBeDe6-415-80.jpg.webp 415w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kKgsromNSnsgcZQKDBeDe6-360-80.jpg.webp 360w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kKgsromNSnsgcZQKDBeDe6-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 710px) 670px, calc(100vw - 30px)\"><br \/>\n<\/source><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>(Image credit: BBC Studios\/Ben Gregory-Ring)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"4b65ae66-05a9-4a20-b5ce-a3654ab3c3f2\">When she tells Nikki over the phone, the pathologist is holding Ashton\u2019s X-rays and says that he wouldn\u2019t have been able to speak with the injury she sees there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s what I\u2019m saying, Nikki!&#8221; Kit responds excitedly. &#8220;Jack didn\u2019t kill him. We need to call the lawyers, get Jack out of there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The pair then put some more vital pieces together and work out that the forensic scientist\u2019s cell mate (and secret National Crime Agency operative) Macklow could actually be the brother of Ashton. This isn\u2019t good news, as they worry about what might happen if the cellmate blames him for Ashton\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout \" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"caea9255-ff11-4b0b-b893-37da1e0fc3d8\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:4088px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.26%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ-1920-80.jpg.webp 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ-1600-80.jpg.webp 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ-1280-80.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ-768-80.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ-415-80.jpg.webp 415w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ-360-80.jpg.webp 360w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 710px) 670px, calc(100vw - 30px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ.jpg\" alt=\"Macklow (BEN BATT) in Silent Witness season 29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ-1920-80.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ-1600-80.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ-1280-80.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ-768-80.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ-415-80.jpg 415w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ-360-80.jpg 360w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ-320-80.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 710px) 670px, calc(100vw - 30px)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/rp7PPtrWBhzg3uVLLwDUHQ.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n<\/source><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>(Image credit: BBC Studios\/Ben Gregory-Ring)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"fec4fe1b-ab40-4eb7-8c11-53b23efe0828\">Jack was set up to attack Ashton by Retford who wanted to get Jack put inside, although there was also a layer of police manipulation, using his circumstances to get rid of the criminal. Retford threatens him to change his evidence and later tries to get Macklow to shoot him, without knowing Scott was the man\u2019s brother.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of killing Jack, Macklow killed Retford, although for a second there I thought it was all over for the Bowman team member as we heard the gunshot without seeing things play out until moments later. Ultimately, Jack Hodgson is exonerated and we see him reuniting with Nikki and apologising to her for lying about going to the pub and not the gym that night and letting her down.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-is-jack-leaving-silent-witness\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-is-jack-leaving-silent-witness\"><span>Is Jack leaving Silent Witness?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"e92524b1-5b0d-491c-9001-ac96ed6153c0\">We can\u2019t be 100% sure until the final episodes of <em>Silent Witness <\/em>season 29 air, but I suspect that this was more about giving Jack a meaty storyline than setting the character up to exit the show. In the final scenes of Grace of God Part 2 we see him having a therapy session and saying, \u201cSomeone once said life is understood backwards but lived forwards. I want to be there for all of it. I\u2019m ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So he\u2019s raring to go once more and I would be surprised &#8211; and very sad &#8211; if David Caves left his role as Jack Hodgson in <em>Silent Witness<\/em> in the season 29 finale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.womanandhome.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re used to seeing Dr Nikki Alexander and Jack Hodgson using their respective pathology and forensic expertise to put criminals behind bars. However, in the latest episodes of Silent Witness season 29, Grace of God, it\u2019s Jack who\u2019s locked up. 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