Mother of God.
Television Line Of Duty (BBC TV Series)
- Thread starter Mockney
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Ted is back!
Does seem a bit farfetched with the whole Morse code thing, but I'll go along with it because I think the show is great.surely the 6th will have to be the final season though?
I can't believe their final episode for the season was basically 90 minutes of interrogation scenes but I love it
Does seem a bit farfetched with the whole Morse code thing, but I'll go along with it because I think the show is great.surely the 6th will have to be the final season though?
I can't believe their final episode for the season was basically 90 minutes of interrogation scenes but I love it
Decent episode, but easily the weakest season so far. Nothing really moved forward this season
Could see the ending coming a mile off, can't help thinking it would have been far more interesting if one of the main three characters had been "H" in this series.
Really stretches belief to think of the head of an anti-corruption unit being involved in dodgy property deals. When you're that high up in the force I doubt you ever need to worry about get rich schemes. Also, disposing of a laptop because he's watched some porn on it is the sort of contrivance that too often fills the script of this show.
Really stretches belief to think of the head of an anti-corruption unit being involved in dodgy property deals. When you're that high up in the force I doubt you ever need to worry about get rich schemes. Also, disposing of a laptop because he's watched some porn on it is the sort of contrivance that too often fills the script of this show.
She may have not been H but I called her as bent so I'm still claiming this as a win.
the AC3 bird will be the bad guy next season, Ted's lines about her 'being fast tracked' hint at her being another of the OGCs bred police recruits like the caddy and the new guy shown at the end. Also, she's pretty much the only one who could give the ginger girl the order to take out Gill at the end. Whether she's top dog or not i don't know, i suspect we won't ever catch the top dog tbh.
Also agree with everyones annoyance at the hand signal contrivance, the worst part being it was pretty pointless really. That they have Gill in custody and they're able to get information from her is enough motive to set up next season, they didn't really need that leap.
I nearly laughed out loud at that, how could I have been so wrong for so long
What kind of fella has his laptop shred by a professional service, because he looked at a wee bit of porn?
It was still entertaining and I actually enjoyed the "AC3" people a lot, but the quality has taken a visible hit.
Leaving aside that morse code stuff - I don't get the whole exit setup. I mean as far as the criminals were concerned the frame on the super worked neatly and Gill being exposed was as much a surprise to her as it was supposed to be to the viewers. So why raise suspicions by messing with security?
I think her character went far beyond that. The mind games with (not) calling him by his rank, oozing disgust, they all made things feel personal. Plus the harsh reaction to the feckup with the warrant made her look really driven and she wanted to keep going after Hastings for the money, even after the whole frame job fell apart.
She struck me as much following the law to the letter. THE LETTER. as Hastings, who might have misjudged her because on her fast ascent.
It was still entertaining and I actually enjoyed the "AC3" people a lot, but the quality has taken a visible hit.
Leaving aside that morse code stuff - I don't get the whole exit setup. I mean as far as the criminals were concerned the frame on the super worked neatly and Gill being exposed was as much a surprise to her as it was supposed to be to the viewers. So why raise suspicions by messing with security?
That would surprise me a bit. I'd expect someone who was in on the setup to be sure of success, emotionally disconnected from the process and just going through the motions.
I think her character went far beyond that. The mind games with (not) calling him by his rank, oozing disgust, they all made things feel personal. Plus the harsh reaction to the feckup with the warrant made her look really driven and she wanted to keep going after Hastings for the money, even after the whole frame job fell apart.
She struck me as much following the law to the letter. THE LETTER. as Hastings, who might have misjudged her because on her fast ascent.
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Crikey that was a bit disappointing.
There was far too much evidence against Hastings and his behaviour that really hasn’t been justified at all.
That lad getting into the forces is ridiculous too considering Arnott knows who he is and should spot him straight away if they cross paths.
There was far too much evidence against Hastings and his behaviour that really hasn’t been justified at all.
That lad getting into the forces is ridiculous too considering Arnott knows who he is and should spot him straight away if they cross paths.
It was a cool episode but I agree the series was the worst so far, old Jed looks like he's tying himself in knots and fast running out of big characters to implicate trying to get all this to fit together. The only genuinely shocking ending to the whole thing now would be Fleming being bent, but I think it's more likely DCC Wise or the PCC.
I'm still very much on board, the strengths of the show far outweigh the weaknesses in my book, fella.
I'm still very much on board, the strengths of the show far outweigh the weaknesses in my book, fella.
That was shit!
There’s no H because Dot was morse coding with his hand? And four dots means four corrupt officers, how does Arnott come to that conclusion?
Funny how there’s always some random corrupt officer nearby ready to be activated like a fecking Russian sleeper agent.
There’s no H because Dot was morse coding with his hand?
And four dots means four corrupt officers, how does Arnott come to that conclusion?Funny how there’s always some random corrupt officer nearby ready to be activated like a fecking Russian sleeper agent.
Also half of Hastings shit didn’t get explained. No way was he deleting that entire laptop because of porn. If it was a red herring then it’s a shite one.
By the sounds of it, he was quite open about being a bad lad in the past, then name checked that copper who offered to take him for a burger anytime as a reason why he wanted to be a copper.
Yeah Mercurio’s not particularly good at endings, is he?
Which is a shame cos the writings still good on a micro level, and the scenes themselves are interesting, but on a macro story level that was just an utter mess.
I love the idea of basically a feature length interrogation episode, but it was all just really obvious, and going over things we already knew (or knew Ted couldn’t have done) so there wasn’t really very much tension. And once Gill inserted herself into it, you knew exactly what was going to happen.
Plus Ted still made a number of completely ridiculous decisions that quite rightly saw him under suspicion, but the show still positioned him as kinda right to be so indignant about it all, and then it’s all forgotten by the end.
Fleming and Arnott seemed to change their motivations on a dime, ep to ep, depending on whether they needed to be investigating Ted or saving him, and the reveals of both Gill, and then PC Ginger McShanky as bent were just a bit too obvious and disappointing as late finale reveals (we all suspected Gill was bent, but to make her a not even very important bent person, who doesn’t even go to prison in the end, is pretty deflating - and I’m not sure we needed the ominous shot of PC Toilet Assassin looking over the mezzanine to painfully telegraph her heel turn)
And the less said about the Morse Code cop out the better. The series basically fell off a cliff once Corbet was offed.
Which is a shame cos the writings still good on a micro level, and the scenes themselves are interesting, but on a macro story level that was just an utter mess.
I love the idea of basically a feature length interrogation episode, but it was all just really obvious, and going over things we already knew (or knew Ted couldn’t have done) so there wasn’t really very much tension. And once Gill inserted herself into it, you knew exactly what was going to happen.
Plus Ted still made a number of completely ridiculous decisions that quite rightly saw him under suspicion, but the show still positioned him as kinda right to be so indignant about it all, and then it’s all forgotten by the end.
Fleming and Arnott seemed to change their motivations on a dime, ep to ep, depending on whether they needed to be investigating Ted or saving him, and the reveals of both Gill, and then PC Ginger McShanky as bent were just a bit too obvious and disappointing as late finale reveals (we all suspected Gill was bent, but to make her a not even very important bent person, who doesn’t even go to prison in the end, is pretty deflating - and I’m not sure we needed the ominous shot of PC Toilet Assassin looking over the mezzanine to painfully telegraph her heel turn)
And the less said about the Morse Code cop out the better. The series basically fell off a cliff once Corbet was offed.
Hastings actions throughout the entire show and then apparently being cleared of any real involvement is ridiculous.
I didn’t understand why he starting complaining about being framed BEFORE the show actually decided to imply he was being framed! The “hair follicle” (which we knew was a plant anyway because we saw the actual killing) only arrived half way through this ep, but he was shouting about it at the end of the last ep, when at that point, everything that had lead to his arrest was explicitly shown to be his fault in some way.
Why would you call a Gillian, Jill?
I wouldnt have a Gillian in the first place!
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Far too long for what was mainly talking.
Definitely. If he wasn’t a ‘bent copper’ then his actions were inexplicable. Why the Fahrenheit order, the uncharacteristic abandonment of all protocol when engaging in the compute communication with the OCG, him going into the field against all judgement etc. All for no reason?
This was definitely the worst season.
It was all very lazy, poor writing and it was so unnecessary. They laid it all on far too thick and even then it was obvious it wouldn’t be him. They didn’t need to do it either. If they wanted to have him being set up they could have done it without being so ham fisted.
Stephen Graham was the only thing holding it together in the first few episodes and after that was gone it had nothing left but an obvious red herring. What was even the whole point about the Northern Ireland stuff? It felt like they wanted to shoe horn it in because it’s filmed here.
Yea the whole thing was a bit cringeworthy. It was obvious that Hastings was a red herring, as they would never give it away that easily. Then when they revealed it wasn’t him, no explanation provided for his sudden odd behaviour.
I find it so bizarre when people who have a history of good writing suddenly do something really shit. Like if pretty much every fan is saying that was shit how did Mercurio or someone on his team not realise?
definately not LOD's best season
The worst thing about the series was the fact that the AC-3 woman with the huge ears didn't grow her hair out to cover them up...
I watched all the episodes. I did enjoy it but I didn't like the way the final episode ended - I agree with everyone else, it was anticlimatic and felt a bit silly too.
I couldn't stop looking at Carmichael's wart.
"Now stop making a tit of yourself and piss off."
Them ears are fecking massive you have to say.
fecking hell
Am suffering withdrawal. Might have to rewatch the earlier series on Netflix.
Am wondering if Ted is part of some major undercover operation that even his team don't know about - hence the laptop thing. I don't think it was porn, and we'll see his embarrassment over having to say it was in the next series. I'd be very disappointed if it was, tbh
Am wondering if Ted is part of some major undercover operation that even his team don't know about - hence the laptop thing. I don't think it was porn, and we'll see his embarrassment over having to say it was in the next series. I'd be very disappointed if it was, tbh
I'm trying to find out how to do that nifty spoiler hiding button but cant how do you? I have a theory but want to spoiler it just in case?