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Welshbeef said:
But to her she was put into a 6 month coma terrorised by everyone and then she found on his personal camera pictures of the girl. He might be pissed off but there was compelling evidence against him - and given his like of S&M with his Mrs it added possibly he was into kiddie porn etc.
Aye, there going to be differing opinions on how far anyone would stand by their man. I made the leap that he learned why he'd been locked up. On reflection perhaps not fair to blame her.PurpleTurtle said:
After entralling me for seven weeks the ending, or rather how they got to it, was a bit of a disappointment to me.
Arriving in the exact Swiss town and happening to go to the same cafe, be served by the same waiter who met Sophie once, who happens to catch a glimpse of her on Baptiste's phone, which then leads them to the cabin - coincidental or what? It felt like they knew they had to wrap up lots of loose ends in an hour so rushed through it to get them into the woods, completely implausibly. I know it's drama and all that but, given how it was otherwise so tremendously well written I felt they'd run out of ideas on the key point of it, tracking Gettrick down.
Roll on Series 3 though, I have no complaints with the licence fee when the Beeb produces quality like this.
I agree, the coincidence at the cafe has taken a bit of the gloss off it for me, even if they had just been sitting there with a few photographs/leaflets on the table it would've been more credible that the actual waiter spotting the photo on Bapiste's phone. I will let it go though as it has been cracking telly on these long, cold winter nights!Arriving in the exact Swiss town and happening to go to the same cafe, be served by the same waiter who met Sophie once, who happens to catch a glimpse of her on Baptiste's phone, which then leads them to the cabin - coincidental or what? It felt like they knew they had to wrap up lots of loose ends in an hour so rushed through it to get them into the woods, completely implausibly. I know it's drama and all that but, given how it was otherwise so tremendously well written I felt they'd run out of ideas on the key point of it, tracking Gettrick down.
Roll on Series 3 though, I have no complaints with the licence fee when the Beeb produces quality like this.
Welshbeef said:
Don Veloci said:
Happy that in was properly concluded albeit a bit swift as is often the case these days.
There are usually plenty leaps in probability but the big one jumping out was the rapid, quiet, and organised armed response.
Liked the butcher's little F' you reaction to his missus.
But to her she was put into a 6 month coma terrorised by everyone and then she found on his personal camera pictures of the girl. He might be pissed off but there was compelling evidence against him - and given his like of S&M with his Mrs it added possibly he was into kiddie porn etc. There are usually plenty leaps in probability but the big one jumping out was the rapid, quiet, and organised armed response.
Liked the butcher's little F' you reaction to his missus.
Rushed ending. The wife was most perplexed as to how quickly Swiss black ops managed to get there. Gettrick was taken down far too quickly, his 'mental' moment in the house only lasted a few seconds. Was nice to see DC Rob Thatcher again though. Got to agree with the other posted about Alice being walked out of the house to her mum. I imagine her debrief would have lasted for hours and would have started with management at the scene. The pace of the ending suited the first 'missing'. Didn't suit this one though.
I think my perception of endings has been rather affected by Line of Duty - 'urgent exit required'. The rest all seem tame now...
I think my perception of endings has been rather affected by Line of Duty - 'urgent exit required'. The rest all seem tame now...
mattyn1 said:
Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
I was thinking the same - but he did die soon after so maybe not.
Did he? I think he was faking it - his expression at the end chatting to his daughter indicated, to me, he knew exactly what was happening.speedking31 said:
mattyn1 said:
Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
I was thinking the same - but he did die soon after so maybe not.
Did he? I think he was faking it - his expression at the end chatting to his daughter indicated, to me, he knew exactly what was happening.Did some people watch the wrong channel?
The Butcher was released, his wife was waiting but he turned away from her and her car. Clearly he couldn't forgive her.
Stone was going home with his daughter (presumably she was honouring her father's wish to be remembered for the good things).
The body in the shed was Lena, the third girl we KNOW he'd abducted.
Whilst there was a bit of coincedence going on, they did know that Getrick's Uncle was on the electoral role in that town, so getting there wasn't just coincedence.
M
The Butcher was released, his wife was waiting but he turned away from her and her car. Clearly he couldn't forgive her.
Stone was going home with his daughter (presumably she was honouring her father's wish to be remembered for the good things).
The body in the shed was Lena, the third girl we KNOW he'd abducted.
Whilst there was a bit of coincedence going on, they did know that Getrick's Uncle was on the electoral role in that town, so getting there wasn't just coincedence.
M
It's Hollywood but shows how much of it is added in later: http://digitalsynopsis.com/design/movies-before-af...
In both series we've been (happily?) lead up the garden path by distractions - in S1 the entrepreneur-cum-nonce who claimed to have abducted the boy, and in this one the sojourn to the frontline for a very non-commital meeting with soldier boy.
As it's only fiction it matters not, but, all the time we're rooting for the missing child it really annoys that they keep us in suspense with these red herrings - just get on and find the blighters!
Just thinking about Gettrick's house - he kept three (noisy?) girls locked away in a suburban street for 11 years, and nobody spotted or suspected a thing. For 11 years. How did he feed them? Clothe them? Remove the waste products? For 11 years.
I know there have been 'real life' cases, but from what I've seen the enclosures were far more remote than 'just inside the back door - the one that opens into the yard'.
Not that it pays to over analyse fictional entertainment.
As it's only fiction it matters not, but, all the time we're rooting for the missing child it really annoys that they keep us in suspense with these red herrings - just get on and find the blighters!
Just thinking about Gettrick's house - he kept three (noisy?) girls locked away in a suburban street for 11 years, and nobody spotted or suspected a thing. For 11 years. How did he feed them? Clothe them? Remove the waste products? For 11 years.
I know there have been 'real life' cases, but from what I've seen the enclosures were far more remote than 'just inside the back door - the one that opens into the yard'.
Not that it pays to over analyse fictional entertainment.
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