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Re: Line of Duty

Post by Tall Paul » Mon Apr 19, 2021 5:09 pm

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.
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Re: Line of Duty

Post by BenWickes » Mon Apr 19, 2021 5:17 pm

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.

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by Tall Paul » Mon Apr 19, 2021 5:46 pm

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

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by BenWickes » Mon Apr 19, 2021 5:53 pm

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! :lol:

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

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by conyoviejo » Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:21 pm

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. ? ;)
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Re: Line of Duty

Post by huw.Y.WattfromWare » Mon Apr 19, 2021 8:58 pm

conyoviejo wrote:
Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:21 pm
Are you DEFINATELY sure. ? ;)
‘H’ is dicklessshit. New twist?

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by JohnMac » Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:10 am

conyoviejo wrote:
Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:21 pm
Are you DEFINATELY sure. ? ;)
I immediately thought Glaswegian

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by huw.Y.WattfromWare » Sun Apr 25, 2021 9:40 pm

I would just like to say what a superb performance by Kelly MacDonald but NO COMMENT!
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Re: Line of Duty

Post by Murger » Sun Apr 25, 2021 10:22 pm

Cannot wait til next week. So many questions.

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by jedi_master » Sun Apr 25, 2021 10:25 pm

The eyebrows on the Spanish cop were unmistakeable.
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Re: Line of Duty

Post by wilks_bfc » Sun Apr 25, 2021 10:33 pm

“Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the wee donkey” 😂
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Re: Line of Duty

Post by BurnleyFC » Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:07 am

jedi_master wrote:
Sun Apr 25, 2021 10:25 pm
The eyebrows on the Spanish cop were unmistakeable.
Yep, that was Mr Nesbitt.

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by beddie » 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!
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Re: Line of Duty

Post by ClaretMov » Mon Apr 26, 2021 9:19 am

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.

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by CrosspoolClarets » Mon Apr 26, 2021 9:38 am

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 :lol:

Carmichael is definately (sp :D ) 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 :o

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by ClaretMov » Mon Apr 26, 2021 9:48 am

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.

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by huw.Y.WattfromWare » Mon Apr 26, 2021 10:21 am

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

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by jdrobbo » Mon Apr 26, 2021 10:28 am

Great!

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by Quickenthetempo » Mon Apr 26, 2021 12:53 pm

A bit too obvious to be Carmichael.

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by Murger » Mon Apr 26, 2021 1:44 pm

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.

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by joey13 » Mon Apr 26, 2021 2:00 pm

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by beddie » 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?

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by evensteadiereddie » Mon Apr 26, 2021 4:53 pm

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

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by TheFamilyCat » Mon Apr 26, 2021 4:54 pm

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.

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by Tall Paul » Mon Apr 26, 2021 4:55 pm

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.

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by Dinks » Mon Apr 26, 2021 4:58 pm

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.... :lol:

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by clarethomer » Mon Apr 26, 2021 9:35 pm

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

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by huw.Y.WattfromWare » Tue Apr 27, 2021 5:09 pm

I’ve found ‘H’.
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Re: Line of Duty

Post by kentonclaret » 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. :lol:

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Fri Apr 30, 2021 11:14 pm

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. :lol:
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Re: Line of Duty

Post by conyoviejo » 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.

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by conyoviejo » Sat May 01, 2021 8:28 pm

Or could it be Kate ?

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by Claret_tinted » Sat May 01, 2021 10:00 pm

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.

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by conyoviejo » Sat May 01, 2021 10:20 pm

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. :D

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by conyoviejo » Sun May 02, 2021 4:28 pm

Latest rumour is Claret Tony is "H" ..

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by Duffer_ » Sun May 02, 2021 4:42 pm

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!"
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Re: Line of Duty

Post by Claret Till I Die » Sun May 02, 2021 8:24 pm

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by LTUK89 » Sun May 02, 2021 9:59 pm

Well that was crap.

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by fanzone » Sun May 02, 2021 10:02 pm

All the build up for that sh1t

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by OakworthClaret » Sun May 02, 2021 10:02 pm

Thought it was a 90 minute episode

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by conyoviejo » Sun May 02, 2021 10:04 pm

What did you expect ,most series finales are crap.

Roll on series 7.
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Re: Line of Duty

Post by Bordeauxclaret » Sun May 02, 2021 10:06 pm

That was awful, really really awful.

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by BabylonClaret » Sun May 02, 2021 10:13 pm

Left open to either drop or continue.

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by Bordeauxclaret » Sun May 02, 2021 10:14 pm

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.

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by BurnleyFC » Sun May 02, 2021 10:15 pm

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.

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by Murger » Sun May 02, 2021 10:15 pm

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by ksrclaret » Sun May 02, 2021 10:17 pm

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

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by claretfern » Sun May 02, 2021 10:23 pm

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

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by Quickenthetempo » Sun May 02, 2021 10:24 pm

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?

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Re: Line of Duty

Post by wilks_bfc » Sun May 02, 2021 10:40 pm

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

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