Ending SPOILERS

Yes - they were a self-absorbed lot. But, it seemed a little bit far-fetched that they'd take so little interest in someone who had cooked, cleaned and generally run 'round after them for years that they wouldn't know that her brother had been killed, that her parents had disowned her, etc... I can't make up my mind if it's bad writing to have someone who was little more than a secondary character for most of the episodes suddenly become significant, or if it was quite clever... Was she slightly in the background because the other characters ignored or, at best, were sort of affetionately dismissive of her..? It was good that, in death, she brought the others closer than they'd probably ever been while she was alive. But, I didn't find it a moving ending... To be honest, as much as I've liked this series, it hasn't really engaged me emotionally at all and, while perfectly fine and appropriate, the ending definitely left me unmoved... Perhaps it would have been a different matter if I'd liked at least some of the characters. But, that's not necessarily to say that all dramas need likeable characters, as long as there's other stuff to interest and engage you and, despite the self-absorbed characters (who I'd avoid like the plague in real life!), "White Heat" had a lot going for it and I rather liked it.