So was Jackie still in the missing "Large appliance"? I can't remember whether they moved her or not?
Edit: I'm glad I now know what CHIS means :P
Can’t remember Carl Banks from earlier series. Have we seen him before? And where have they moved Jackie Laverty?
So was Jackie still in the missing "Large appliance"? I can't remember whether they moved her or not?
Edit: I'm glad I now know what CHIS means :P
Can’t remember Carl Banks from earlier series. Have we seen him before? And where have they moved Jackie Laverty?
There was a Lee Banks in S5 (a member of the OCG). Coincidence, no?
Why have they got someone as well known as Andi Osho to play a dead woman? Is she actually still alive?!
So was Jackie still in the missing "Large appliance"? I can't remember whether they moved her or not?
Edit: I'm glad I now know what CHIS means :P
So was Jackie still in the missing "Large appliance"? I can't remember whether they moved her or not?
Edit: I'm glad I now know what CHIS means :P
DNA from her remains was found in the bag with John Corbett's body in S5 (episode 5 or 6, can't remember). Was it actually those body parts from that freezer, or just a trace of DNA?
Did Kate really leave AC12? Or was it just a way of getting into Davidson's team undercover?
Dot was stationed at Hillside before moving to DCI Gates' team in S1.
Dot was stationed at Hillside before moving to DCI Gates' team in S1.
Good knowledge!
What do we reckon to Buckells? Wrong 'un, or just being thrown under the bus by Davidson?
At least Ted managed to come up with a new variant on his "like the battle" line.Yup, my inner voice said "Booom!" when he came out with that one!
Overall, I'm finding this series kind of gripping but also kind of disappointing. Is it just me or is it all just a bit "Line of Duty's Greatest Hits Tour"? At least Ted managed to come up with a new variant on his "like the battle" line.
There was a point in this week's episode where it felt like they'd decided to hell with the 4th wall.
When Kate and Davidson are together, the reference the "everytime someone says OCG", which is a common twitter line of duty drinking game.
Does anyone know if series 7 is happening? If it isn't, then this is going to have to wrap it all up, including the whole Laverty in a freezer thing.
Is it just me or is it all just a bit "Line of Duty's Greatest Hits Tour"? At least Ted managed to come up with a new variant on his "like the battle" line.
Critics are saying tonight will have several big plot points.
Will the broadcast survive the P****e P*****p fallout??
We'd need one of those magic Hollywood Software picture enhancers to see the pic clearly....
Did I fail an observation test, or did they not reveal who Jo is related to?
Damn cliff hangers...
J
Did I fail an observation test, or did they not reveal who Jo is related to?
Damn cliff hangers...
J
We'd need one of those magic Hollywood Software picture enhancers to see the pic clearly....
Yup, went back and rewatched myself…We'd need one of those magic Hollywood Software picture enhancers to see the pic clearly....
https://twitter.com/mrdanwalker/status/1381353711415463936
And someone needs to explain to Ted what "rhetorical" means.
And someone needs to explain to Ted what "rhetorical" means.
I know this is the spoilers thread but this relates to next Sunday's episode so...(click to show/hide)
Kate shot herself by accident?
So the shots fired at the end? The others turned up just in time and Steve used his new found Bondesque marksman skills again?
Maybe Ryan kills Jo Davidson and Kate manages to shoot Ryan...
So....he tries to shoot Kate, his gun just sort of goes bang, but does nothing else, Kate shoots him....
Kate and Jo talking in that builders yard, Jo says 'Kate, I had nothing to do with it'. They are talking face to face. This wasn't in last night's episode. Unless this is a red herring, or possibly a deliberate misdirection by the producers, this suggests that both Kate and Jo have survived the shooting.
'Now we're sucking diesel!'
I just hope Patricia Carmichael is shot by every single other member of the cast. As many times as possible. And fuck whether the guns can be traced.
And no way was that Thurwell's body. You don't draft in James Nesbitt this late in the game to only have him appearing as a photograph.
The two female prison guards have escaped from a kids' show as well. The Saint, perhaps?
I think my overwhelming impression of last night's show was how much fun the actors are having with this. Which almost certainly means the show will die after next week!
No, Ted will retire. The others will resign.
There will then be a new series based in Spain where the ex AC12 team hunt down retired bent coppers and battle against James Nesbit.
This will probably be on Amazon,
I don't think she's a baddie. She is clearly a careerist, but probably a highly competent detective as well. Her back story is that she's a single parent and carer for an elderly mother, so not the kind of person who wants to spend more time in the office than necessary. She's certainly not a Buckells-type idiot.
Plus her perspective on AC12 is that they're incompetent and pursuing a vendetta, which will be the line she's been fed by the chief constable, but I reckon she'll see some evidence that changes her mind, and then she'll flip into kick-ass mode and start giving Ted her full support.
'Now we're sucking diesel!'
Out of interest. Why the fuck would you want to suck diesel? Is this something about siphoning it from someone else's tank?
J
90 minutes apparently...
Or will the BBC pull the finale in support of all those disappointed ITV viewers of Viewpoint?
Or will the BBC pull the finale in support of all those disappointed ITV viewers of Viewpoint?
My dad commented that it was very fortunate Noel Clarke wasn’t in LoD.
My wife has been watching Viewpoint. From what I saw, it looked terrible, so pulling it was probably a mercy.
Or will the BBC pull the finale in support of all those disappointed ITV viewers of Viewpoint?
My dad commented that it was very fortunate Noel Clarke wasn’t in LoD.
My wife has been watching Viewpoint. From what I saw, it looked terrible, so pulling it was probably a mercy.
Professor Larrington said the same thing re LoD. And she has been watching “Viewpoint”. In spite of her leftie academic credentials she was Not Happy.
Well they’ve got to leave it open for the next series.
What?!?!!?!?!
WHAT?!?!!?!?!!!!!one!1111!!!
ffs.
Despite the twitterati being somewhat disappointed the finale wasn't all high drama and "quick exit needed", I thought it was a fitting zeitgeist ending.
They’re still out there. It was never going to be that easy.
this is our household reply to the seasons ending : meh
Why did Kate do a runner with Jo after the confrontation in the car park? Was that a potential love story that was abandoned?
I thought he was carrying a taser?
I thought he was carrying a taser?
Yeah, he's very clearly seen carrying and using a tazer. Which doesn't need the firearms ticket.
J
I thought it was OK. A massive chase and a shoot out would have been too much. Some things left open, so could make another series or just leave it there...Why did Kate do a runner with Jo after the confrontation in the car park? Was that a potential love story that was abandoned?
Because she needed to get away and work shit out before Jo was taken in by Carmichael's mob, AC12 or the OCG got at her. And considering she had no idea who was bent and who wasn't, she didn't want to risk her being taken by any of the those.
I don't think there was ever any love story - Kate was just playing along to get closer to Jo to find out the truth.
+1 here.Despite the twitterati being somewhat disappointed the finale wasn't all high drama and "quick exit needed", I thought it was a fitting zeitgeist ending.
Agreed. The more I think about it, the more I like it. It’s making the point that it’s not all about big criminal masterminds, just low level endemic corruption.
I’ve criticised the last few series for becoming increasingly far fetched, but this brings it all back to the mundane reality.
Also casts a light on several real life cases.
+1 here.Despite the twitterati being somewhat disappointed the finale wasn't all high drama and "quick exit needed", I thought it was a fitting zeitgeist ending.
Agreed. The more I think about it, the more I like it. It’s making the point that it’s not all about big criminal masterminds, just low level endemic corruption.
I’ve criticised the last few series for becoming increasingly far fetched, but this brings it all back to the mundane reality.
Also casts a light on several real life cases.
And here is a somewhat academic ramble along similar lines which be of interest to some:
https://twitter.com/RachelMuers/status/1389029472813391877?s=19
The trouble with having Osbourne as the 4th man would be “yeah but who is he?” He’s not a major enough character, he’s only had a couple of scenes on the news and that’s it.
The trouble with having Osbourne as the 4th man would be “yeah but who is he?” He’s not a major enough character, he’s only had a couple of scenes on the news and that’s it.
But he's been in it on and off since S1. We find out he's a wrong 'un in the very first episode....
Along those lines, I did wonder if it was going to be the deputy chief Constable because we have seen her throughout and she’s never been totally supportive of AC12.
The idea of "but OCG have no reason to shoot Gail Vella so what could the motive be?" made me think that was going to come to the fore but it never did. They did at least provide a bit of an answer to that question by way of the 2003 Lawrence Christopher (which was obviously intended to be a fictionalisation of the real life Stephen Lawrence) investigation corruption though.
I could be wrong but I thought they'd considered this very point but arrived at the conclusion that it would be too big a favour to be plausible...The idea of "but OCG have no reason to shoot Gail Vella so what could the motive be?" made me think that was going to come to the fore but it never did. They did at least provide a bit of an answer to that question by way of the 2003 Lawrence Christopher (which was obviously intended to be a fictionalisation of the real life Stephen Lawrence) investigation corruption though.
I thought they made it pretty clear that it was Buckells who ordered her killing, in order to protect himself and Osborne (and Thurwell and Fairbanks). The OCG had no interest in her, but were apparently happy enough to bump her off as a favour to Buckells.
If there is another series, it could well focus on delving deeper into this story
I thought they made it pretty clear that it was Buckells who ordered her killing, in order to protect himself and Osborne (and Thurwell and Fairbanks). The OCG had no interest in her, but were apparently happy enough to bump her off as a favour to Buckells.I could be wrong but I thought they'd considered this very point but arrived at the conclusion that it would be too big a favour to be plausible...
I'll have to go back and watch the final interview scene again... but neither of the Banks brothers seemed to have any qualms about killing anyone, for any reason.
Also, it occurs to me that the orders to kill Gail Vella, Thurwell, Jimmy Lakewell, Kate and the CHIS probably came from Osborne himself – rather than Buckells, who is just Osborne's lackey, passing on his orders to the OCG. That would also explain why Buckells was so terrified at witnessing Lakewell's murder even though he ostensibly ordered it, and his fear of Osborne's retribution is why he was willing to take the rap himself rather than dobbing Osborne in.