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Northbloke

643 posts

220 months

Monday 16th May 2016
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Also gave up on this after a few episodes. Garbage.

And what is going on with Anna Friel's face? Has she done a Leslie Ash?

TheChampers

4,093 posts

139 months

Monday 16th May 2016
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I have watched every episode; I have concluded that I am very thick: I am utterly lost, too many plot strands for me to process in the time available. Anna is still pretty mind.

Antony Moxey

8,083 posts

220 months

Tuesday 17th May 2016
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Quite a bit seemed to fall in place last night. I say 'seem to' as I've thought that all the way through only for it to go off on a different line. I guess we'll find out tonight, unless it ends all 'Undercover' and we're left wondering WTF like we were all the way through that.

irocfan

40,505 posts

191 months

Tuesday 17th May 2016
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why did Friel take Grace's body out? Why did illegal immigrant just leave her? Polish dude suffering a terminal auto-erotic asphyxiation moment? Please!! It seems to be trying so hard to be clever it's in danger of disappearing up its own arse

Bluedot

3,593 posts

108 months

Tuesday 17th May 2016
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irocfan said:
Polish dude suffering a terminal auto-erotic asphyxiation moment? Please!! It seems to be trying so hard to be clever it's in danger of disappearing up its own arse
That part of the story I sort of understand is that the guy with the MS needs cash urgently. So he setup the polish guy to take pics as part of a blackmail plot for them to go 50% each on, not content with just his 50% though he then murders the polish guy but makes it out to be some weird sex act gone wrong. Hence he was then looking (but couldnt find?) for the other £7.5k

I'm not convinced it's the son either thats been doing all the murders, I think thats going to be another plot thread.

My head hurts to much now though thinking about it all confused

AshVX220

5,929 posts

191 months

Tuesday 17th May 2016
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Bluedot said:
That part of the story I sort of understand is that the guy with the MS needs cash urgently. So he setup the polish guy to take pics as part of a blackmail plot for them to go 50% each on, not content with just his 50% though he then murders the polish guy but makes it out to be some weird sex act gone wrong. Hence he was then looking (but couldnt find?) for the other £7.5k

I'm not convinced it's the son either thats been doing all the murders, I think thats going to be another plot thread.

My head hurts to much now though thinking about it all confused
I didn't think of that, but if he had done that surely he would have tried to find the money before he went and sat in the room waiting for the wife to come home and for him to make the "discovery"?

Bluedot

3,593 posts

108 months

Tuesday 17th May 2016
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AshVX220 said:
I didn't think of that, but if he had done that surely he would have tried to find the money before he went and sat in the room waiting for the wife to come home and for him to make the "discovery"?
Maybe, but assuming he didn't know what time his wife would be in, I wouldn't have thought he could run the risk of being caught going through cupboards and drawers while there is a dead body sat there.


Nick NE

117 posts

223 months

Tuesday 17th May 2016
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Well it's almost over!

If I believed, I'd thank god.

Wife is still hoping it all falls into place tonight - I abandoned all hope long ago.

ajprice

27,503 posts

197 months

Tuesday 17th May 2016
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I have stuck with this, it's not great, but I want to see who did what.

The scene with her copying files to USB from the computer before the guy comes back? Straight out of Iron Man rolleyes


ajprice

27,503 posts

197 months

Tuesday 17th May 2016
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rofl

sone

4,587 posts

239 months

Tuesday 17th May 2016
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Wtf was that all about!

Lauryn

68 posts

193 months

Tuesday 17th May 2016
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I'm glad I'm not the only person who hasn't understood this in its entirety. Rubbish ending too, disappointing.

Edited by Lauryn on Wednesday 18th May 19:00

stevensdrs

3,210 posts

201 months

Tuesday 17th May 2016
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I thought it was very good. I hope for another series.

Simes205

4,539 posts

229 months

Tuesday 17th May 2016
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I followed this,
It's no Line of Duty' or 'night manager'; still it was better than Undercover.

Alucidnation

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16,810 posts

171 months

Tuesday 17th May 2016
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I quite enjoyed it, but i must have missed the bit that explained her being outside of Grace's house, and also why, at the very beginning, she was covered in blood sat in the bath.

confused

MrBarry123

6,028 posts

122 months

Tuesday 17th May 2016
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It was good however ultimately it lacked coherency.

A completely unexpected jump at the end though when Marcella is lying in bed - had both of us jump! laugh

PurpleTurtle

7,002 posts

145 months

Wednesday 18th May 2016
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Desperately trying to be clever and failing miserably.

Anna Friel is still very easy on the eye, alas last time I saw her interviewed on Jonathan Ross she came over as massively pretentious, a bubble burst.

Bluedot

3,593 posts

108 months

Wednesday 18th May 2016
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Loads of stuff left unanswered for me but given the amount of subplots and threads that was always going to be the case. The scene where he touched his shoulder a couple of times which made her then run off to the morgue to get the girls tooth impression before then examining the CCTV was laughable, although that's artistic license I suppose.
It was OK and I felt i needed to keep watching it but as others have said, there was no one likeable in the whole series, I realise the whole thing was dark and about the murders but I can't even remember a single person even cracking a smile ffs.

berlintaxi

8,535 posts

174 months

Wednesday 18th May 2016
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Is allowing people to visit prisoners to make threats standard operating procedure now?
Apart from the body on the bed at the end a complete waste of time.

chris watton

22,477 posts

261 months

Wednesday 18th May 2016
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Even Apollo from BSG was a st!