Line of Duty

Jakubclaret · Post by **Jakubclaret** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:19 pm

A few things didn’t add up especially Steve arnott stocking up at different chemists for painkillers/other medication, he seemed to be well stocked up, & the lesbian axe to grind plot towards the end suggesting the Indian girl/other origin was going to AC because she had been jilted obviously unhinged anyway with slashing the ex’s clothings.

Bcrollerz · Post by **Bcrollerz** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:39 pm

Did i get this right
3 lesbians on the same team?

Good addition of FLIP from this is england. Good actor
Main lass was alrite in trainspotting too

GodIsADeeJay81 · Post by **GodIsADeeJay81** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:40 pm

Jakubclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:19 pm
A few things didn’t add up especially Steve arnott stocking up at different chemists for painkillers/other medication, he seemed to be well stocked up, & the lesbian axe to grind plot towards the end suggesting the Indian girl/other origin was going to AC because she had been jilted obviously unhinged anyway with slashing the ex’s clothings.

Steve had a serious injury in an earlier season, wasn't he in a wheelchair for a bit and had to learn to walk again?

BurnleyFC · Post by **BurnleyFC** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:50 pm

Have to admit I was fairly disappointed with that episode.

It’s the slowest start to any Line of Duty series yet.

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 11:09 pm

BurnleyFC wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:50 pm
Have to admit I was fairly disappointed with that episode.

It’s the slowest start to any Line of Duty series yet.

I wouldn’t say I was disappointed, nor would I say it was a riveting episode as was said earlier. Plenty plot setting which was of course to be expected.

I did spend a bit of it seeing if I could spot any glaring covid restriction mistakes. The scene with Kate and Steve in the car seemed to be the most obvious one.

jdrobbo · Post by **jdrobbo** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 11:32 pm

Anyone notice Steve looking a bit thinner in one of the scenes? Wonder if that’s to do with filming being paused halfway through due to the pandemic.

Jakubclaret · Post by **Jakubclaret** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:08 am

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:40 pm
Steve had a serious injury in an earlier season, wasn't he in a wheelchair for a bit and had to learn to walk again?

Yes that’s true, end of S4 that happened, maybe I’m reading too much into it, it just seemed strange to me him visiting different pharmacies collecting an assortment of different drugs & then seeing a stockpile later on, usually you would go to 1 chemist for everything, I guess we’ll see if anything later on develops regarding this observation.

BenWickes · Post by **BenWickes** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:41 am

Jakubclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:08 am
Yes that’s true, end of S4 that happened, maybe I’m reading too much into it, it just seemed strange to me him visiting different pharmacies collecting an assortment of different drugs & then seeing a stockpile later on, usually you would go to 1 chemist for everything, I guess we’ll see if anything later on develops regarding this observation.

You can only purchase two pharmacy items over the counter. I've tried getting some lemsip and two packs of Ibuprofen at the counter before. Had to put one back. So he's going to different stores. He was/is probably addicted to them.

Firthy · Post by **Firthy** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:45 am

Bcrollerz wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:39 pm
Did i get this right
3 lesbians on the same team?

Good addition of FLIP from this is england. Good actor
Main lass was alrite in trainspotting too

Modern society but I get your point about 3 being overkill. Makes it look like most police women are gay which probably isn't the case. So so episode after all the hype but hopefully will improve. I spent most of the episode being surprised at the main lasses new teeth and slight lisp she has now.

Murger · Post by **Murger** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:14 am

Not the greatest episode ever. With it being a series opener, I was hoping for more.

CrosspoolClarets · Post by **CrosspoolClarets** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:32 am

I’ll try to keep spoilers subtle for those who haven’t seen it but I thought it was low on action and high on teasing links back to previous series.

Ones I spotted were the kitchen appliance and owner, the person with the fingerprints (who is likely related to the guy Ted visited in the last series as he has the same surname), AC12 still on the naughty step, the Superintendent who we’ve seen several times (who may have facilitated the clean-up by delaying the op, as could his DCI who could have staged that bust but didn’t want anyone shot).

It could also be a typical Mercurio red herring that we witness a relationship breakup thinking that was the reason for grassing the ex up, but in reality it could prove to be a genuine claim worthy of AC12.

We’ll see what happens, but good writing doesn’t stop during lockdown so I’m hopeful.

Leon_C · Post by **Leon_C** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:41 am

There was a pretty obvious continuity issue with the unmarked BMW 5 series vehicles in convoy on the way to Beechwood House.
One of the overhead scenes showed the second car as an E60, whilst in the other scenes it was the current G30 variant.
Strange, that the E60 was retired over 10 years old.

Great episode though, and hopefully this season will be as gripping as the last.

Jakubclaret · Post by **Jakubclaret** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 2:36 pm

CrosspoolClarets wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:32 am
I’ll try to keep spoilers subtle for those who haven’t seen it but I thought it was low on action and high on teasing links back to previous series.

Ones I spotted were the kitchen appliance and owner, the person with the fingerprints (who is likely related to the guy Ted visited in the last series as he has the same surname), AC12 still on the naughty step, the Superintendent who we’ve seen several times (who may have facilitated the clean-up by delaying the op, as could his DCI who could have staged that bust but didn’t want anyone shot).

It could also be a typical Mercurio red herring that we witness a relationship breakup thinking that was the reason for grassing the ex up, but in reality it could prove to be a genuine claim worthy of AC12.

We’ll see what happens, but good writing doesn’t stop during lockdown so I’m hopeful.

I thought exactly the same regarding the spoilers but then again if somebody hasn’t viewed it, anybody with a modicum of intelligence certainly wouldn’t be browsing on this thread to start with, you would watch it first then read & comment.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 5:16 pm

Firthy wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:45 am
Modern society but I get your point about 3 being overkill. Makes it look like most police women are gay which probably isn't the case. So so episode after all the hype but hopefully will improve. I spent most of the episode being surprised at the main lasses new teeth and slight lisp she has now.

Fictional lesbians.

Something else we can add to the list of things Firthy is having forced upon him in order to appease the Woke.

Who was the third btw?

Firthy · Post by **Firthy** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 5:39 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 22, 2021 5:16 pm
Fictional lesbians.

Something else we can add to the list of things Firthy is having forced upon him in order to appease the Woke.

Who was the third btw?

Was another poster who said 3 I was just replying to him. It's not forced upon me, I chose to watch it. I don't write the scripts and have no control over it so nothings going to change because of my opinions but it doesn't stop me having them.

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:38 pm

Thoroughly enjoyed the first episode . Hopefully it will lead up to bigger things. Roll on next week.

clarethomer · Post by **clarethomer** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:49 pm

It's such a great program but there are lots of things you can miss.

The lad who was being interviewed and the flat that had been cleaned was the same lad and flat that was in series 5 that had the body parts of Laverty from series one in his freezer - which is now missing. You saw the print shop that they worked out of in series 5 in one scene.

There was a paperwork mix up with the warrant in series 5 with the £50k being found with the wrong reason for the warrant which then made it inadmissible in court. This time it was a mix-up in the type of surveillance. Are these just coincidences? They tried to plant it on Davidson's boss in this episode but who knows...

H & The OCG is clearly at large still... It's brilliant

CrosspoolClarets · Post by **CrosspoolClarets** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:13 am

Total belter of an episode last night. Back to its best.

Options for the main bent copper (apart from the one obviously being coerced) who could be unearthed appear to be:
1. Buckells (who met 13 year old Ryan in series 1 and seemingly didn’t recognise him???)
2. The Commissioner (unlikely)
3. The Chief Constable (Owen Teale) who was Steve’s boss in Series 1 and stitched him up, got to be hot favourite?

I thought Ted and the crew should know for sure now that the DI is dodgy. The way that brilliant interview sequence unfolded meant she was either bent or incompetent. If the latter, she wouldn’t have spotted the bookies robbery but missed everything else. So it must be the former.

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 4:32 pm

Really good last night .

Claretitus · Post by **Claretitus** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:10 pm

With the way the burner phone was delivered to her in the final scene, and her reaction, I’d guess she’s slightly bent, and being blackmailed, possibly for being a Les?

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:14 pm

Claretitus wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:10 pm
With the way the burner phone was delivered to her in the final scene, and her reaction, I’d guess she’s slightly bent, and being blackmailed, possibly for being a Les?

I'm not knocking the show but the actress who plays that part is shocking...at acting

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:24 pm

Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:14 pm
I'm not knocking the show but the actress who plays that part is shocking...at acting

She was in the top American drama Boardwalk Empire ..Pretty good in that.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:29 pm

conyoviejo wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:24 pm
She was in the top American drama Boardwalk Empire ..Pretty good in that.

Maybe so Con...but abysmal in Line of Duty.....miscast probably.

Claretitus · Post by **Claretitus** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:31 pm

Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:29 pm
Maybe so Con...but abysmal in Line of Duty.....miss cast probably.

Bloody hell. She’s not that bad is she? Seems ok to me

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:43 pm

Claretitus wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:31 pm
Bloody hell. She’s not that bad is she? Seems ok to me

Just an opinion mate

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:56 pm

Steve1956 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:43 pm
Just an opinion mate

I thought she was okay,but hey if wouldn't be right if we all agreed on things..

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:33 pm

The interview was very tense with all those taking part performing superbly.

Claretitus · Post by **Claretitus** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:36 pm

Agreed

jdrobbo · Post by **jdrobbo** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:38 pm

Loving all the subtle references to previous episodes

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:43 pm

Still the best thing on TV. Just has a lot of expectations now.

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:53 pm

Huge audience figure - 13.1 million - not bad for a channel nobody can bear to watch.

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 4:12 pm

evensteadiereddie wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:53 pm
Huge audience figure - 13.1 million - not bad for a channel nobody can bear to watch.

Ahhhh but you see they don’t watch it on “BBC”, they watch it via the iPlayer

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 8:37 pm

That explains it, they couldn't possibly be hypocrites, could they ?

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:05 pm

You're right Sid

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:10 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:05 pm
It's more people don't think they should be forced to pay for the BBC.

Probably the same ones who put above a grand a year into Murdochs pocket

GodIsADeeJay81 · Post by **GodIsADeeJay81** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:11 pm

Can we maybe stay on topic, because it's just gonna descend into an argument.

Caught up on Sundays episode today.

Back to its usual best, loved the part where they rocked up and had to pretty much go straight back out

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:15 pm

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:11 pm
Can we maybe stay on topic, because it's just gonna descend into an argument.

Caught up on Sundays episode today.

Back to its usual best, loved the part where they rocked up and had to pretty much go straight back out

Being a retired locksmith the security of Jo and her 20 plus door locks was intriguing

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 12:54 pm

Bosscat wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:15 pm
Being a retired locksmith the security of Jo and her 20 plus door locks was intriguing

Surely when they search her flat that has to be questioned, unless she has a separate flat they dont know about.....

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:38 pm

Bosscat wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:15 pm
Being a retired locksmith the security of Jo and her 20 plus door locks was intriguing

Can you get us out of lockdown then.?

I'll get mi coat ..

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:44 pm

conyoviejo wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:38 pm
Can you get us out of lockdown then.?

I'll get mi coat ..

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:31 pm

Great stuff,the plot thickens. Best TV prog for ages.

jdrobbo · Post by **jdrobbo** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:41 pm

Stunning series (AGAIN).

Jed Mercurio....the BBC should just hand the guy a ten season contract extension, right now.

RalphCoatesComb · Post by **RalphCoatesComb** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:47 pm

conyoviejo wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:31 pm
Great stuff,the plot thickens. Best TV prog for ages.

And a very intense season. Well filmed in Lockdown circumstances

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 11:02 pm

Enjoyable episode. The programme is daft beyond belief, but never fails to entertain.

CrosspoolClarets · Post by **CrosspoolClarets** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 11:11 pm

Who do we think fired those 2 shots? My money is on Arnott.

Don’t think the cliffhanger worked - far better to play out the whole scene as a dramatic sequence. It’ll be an anticlimax next week, like the Tommy Hunter revelation which was obvious and which we had to wait a week for.

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 9:00 am

CrosspoolClarets wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 18, 2021 11:11 pm
Who do we think fired those 2 shots? My money is on Arnott.

Don’t think the cliffhanger worked - far better to play out the whole scene as a dramatic sequence. It’ll be an anticlimax next week, like the Tommy Hunter revelation which was obvious and which we had to wait a week for.

I reckon the old AFO from last season. Theory is he didnt stand down when ordered to by Darth Carmichael, and was there to take the shot when he had to.

Need to listen back to see if it sounds like 2 separate pistol shots or a "double tap" which would be more likely from the AFO

ClaretMov · Post by **ClaretMov** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 9:13 am

It will be a double tap, the lad will die because he confessed about his two murders, and he knows to much about who runs the ocg

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:56 am

Fantastic episode. Yes it is dramatized beyond belief but it wouldn't last this long without being.

Whatever happens with the shots, it will take the series on a few notches.

BenWickes · Post by **BenWickes** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 4:27 pm

I'm a huge fan but for me this season of the programme has not been as good. Still very watchable but not as good and that final scene last night just made me think of American TV Shows with a rushed, cobbled storyline. Which they all are. (Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul of which the latter I am painfully hanging in there hoping it gets better and we're only in series 2)
Line of Duty is very good at placing clues and a storyline develops where you expect the unexpected. Then it goes off and shocks. Usually.
They're not normally afraid of killing off leading actors either but this series seems like it's got a lot of after thoughts. Just not the usual standard for me.
It's got me thinking more in this series 'Why did the writer do that?' or 'Why did the director do that?' rather than thinking 'WOW! I didn't see that coming.

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 4:33 pm

One thing that gnaws at me, is why dont they just replace the whole prison staff?