BenWickes wrote: ↑

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.

Better Call Saul gets much better, stick with it.

Tall Paul wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 19, 2021 5:09 pm

Better Call Saul gets much better, stick with it.

It's ok. I get that they need to build the story as to how all the characters knit for Breaking Bad but it's hard going sometimes. We do like Mike though.
Is El Camino worth a watch? That's a follow up to the end of Breaking Bad I think.

BenWickes wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 19, 2021 5:17 pm

It's ok. I get that they need to build the story as to how all the characters knit for Breaking Bad but it's hard going sometimes. We do like Mike though.
Is El Camino worth a watch? That's a follow up to the end of Breaking Bad I think.

I fell asleep watching El Camino and couldn't tell you what happened in it, so not exactly a ringing endorsement. It followed Jesse after the end of Breaking Bad, but was disappointing imo

Tall Paul wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 19, 2021 5:46 pm

I fell asleep watching El Camino and couldn't tell you what happened in it, so not exactly a ringing endorsement. It followed Jesse after the end of Breaking Bad, but was disappointing imo

Say no more. I'm guessing he follows a similar pattern. Nice lad, starts using, goes back to wrong crowd, crime, tries to correct himself. Rinse and repeat. What am I saying you fell asleep!

It's kind of how I see it panning out though.

ClaretMov wrote: ↑

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

Are you DEFINATELY sure. ?

conyoviejo wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:21 pm

Are you DEFINATELY sure. ?

‘H’ is dicklessshit. New twist?

conyoviejo wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:21 pm

Are you DEFINATELY sure. ?

I immediately thought Glaswegian

I would just like to say what a superb performance by Kelly MacDonald but NO COMMENT!

Cannot wait til next week. So many questions.

The eyebrows on the Spanish cop were unmistakeable.

“Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the wee donkey”

jedi_master wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 25, 2021 10:25 pm

The eyebrows on the Spanish cop were unmistakeable.

Yep, that was Mr Nesbitt.

Are but did you notice during the interview of Jo, Det Sup Carmichael at one point tapped her pen on the desk four times!

beddie wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 26, 2021 8:36 am

Are but did you notice during the interview of Jo, Det Sup Carmichael at one point tapped her pen on the desk four times!

Four taps is dot dot dot dot, morse code for H, She was probably telling her or reminding her that she's H.

Another massive clue that Carmichael is H came in episode 4, in that episode, Jimmy Lakewell turned down the opportunity to speak to DS Steve Arnott about why murdered journalist Gail Vella had contacted him and, Lakewell calmly told him: "Look beyond the race claim to find H." If you take the letters 'race claim' from the name Carmichael you are left with just H.

Mercurio loves to throw us off the scent with red herrings so I suspect the eyebrows, pen tapping and anagram are all just that. The sad man probably stays up all night thinking of these tricks to throw at us

Carmichael is definately (sp ) being evasive but I think the most likely scenario is she is playing a long game, keeping her cards close, and fully intends to bring down all the bent coppers herself. No way are Ted and the gang powerful enough to bring down a Chief Constable who will have had 20 years to help build up a network of bent coppers and criminal gangs.

The crucial question is - who is the “no comment” person Jo thought was her Dad? Nesbitt’s character is the likely one, and given he was superior to the Chief Constable when on the force, he is likely to be the top baddie, the CC doing his bidding. Maybe I’ll rethink the eyebrows being a red herring

Or if Carmichael is a red herring then H isn't a person, it's a place, The Hill. the station where the ocg rotate bent coppers through the ranks.

Don’t get to excited guys. They have signed off on another series.

Great!

A bit too obvious to be Carmichael.

huw.Y.WattfromWare wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 26, 2021 10:21 am

Don’t get to excited guys. They have signed off on another series.

Nowts been confirmed yet.

No comment

The two female prison offices who appeared as Jo was about to be locked in her cell and made the comment, " looks like we've taken a wrong turn" looked highly suspicious to me, were they just letting Jo know they can get to her?

Yup and they probably will - away from the security cameras.

beddie wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 26, 2021 4:50 pm

The two female prison offices who appeared as Jo was about to be locked in her cell and made the comment, " looks like we've taken a wrong turn" looked highly suspicious to me, were they just letting Jo know they can get to her?

They were the same two did Lindsey Denton weren't they? Think they were on their way to do Jo too but stopped when they saw the CCTV.

beddie wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 26, 2021 4:50 pm

The two female prison offices who appeared as Jo was about to be locked in her cell and made the comment, " looks like we've taken a wrong turn" looked highly suspicious to me, were they just letting Jo know they can get to her?

They were obviously going to nobble her until they clocked the cameras being active.

Tall Paul wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 26, 2021 4:55 pm

They were obviously going to nobble her until they clocked the cameras being active.

I thought the two women about to administer the beating were extras from Cell block H....

TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 26, 2021 4:54 pm

They were the same two did Lindsey Denton weren't they? Think they were on their way to do Jo too but stopped when they saw the CCTV.

That's correct and they had also broken the wrist of Jo Davidson's girlfriend who she was living with at the start of the series

I’ve found ‘H’.

Just imagine if Noel Clarke had a starring role in Line Of Duty and it was decided not to screen the final episode?

National meltdown.

kentonclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 30, 2021 11:06 pm

Just imagine if Noel Clarke had a starring role in Line Of Duty and it was decided not to screen the final episode?

National meltdown.

Roll on Sunday night for the finale,hope it doesn't disappoint..
Well go on then who is H going to be? (If there is an H).

Could it possibly be Ted.

Or could it be Kate ?

conyoviejo wrote: ↑

Sat May 01, 2021 8:28 pm

Or could it be Kate ?

I think that Kate has been deep deep undercover for Carmichael for a very long time. Ted is H and they’ve been after him for years.

Claret_tinted wrote: ↑

Sat May 01, 2021 10:00 pm

I think that Kate has been deep deep undercover for Carmichael for a very long time. Ted is H and they’ve been after him for years.

I hope not he's retiring soon.

Latest rumour is Claret Tony is "H" ..

conyoviejo wrote: ↑

Sun May 02, 2021 4:28 pm

Latest rumour is Claret Tony is "H" ..

More than a rumour. Can't be a coincidence that his "real" name is an anagram of..."Nosy closet H!"

Well that was crap.

All the build up for that sh1t

Thought it was a 90 minute episode

What did you expect ,most series finales are crap.

Roll on series 7.

That was awful, really really awful.

Left open to either drop or continue.

Well they’ll have to do another series as that was just rubbish, like they’d ran out of time and put it together on a whim.

conyoviejo wrote: ↑

Sat May 01, 2021 8:25 pm

Roll on Sunday night for the finale,hope it doesn't disappoint..
Well go on then who is H going to be? (If there is an H).

Could it possibly be Ted.

It disappointed.

Buckles being H was a bit of a curve ball that probably wasn’t expected, but it wasn’t played out that well.

Needs to be another series. That Osborne fella is as bent as anything we’ve seen.

Used to be very good. Bored to tears tonight. Please let it end for good now.

It wasn't the best. I was very under whelmed, but how do explain everything that went on any better?

I don't know if their will be a clamour for another series, maybe it's run it's course?

Well that was like Lost & Game of Thrones all over again