Line of Duty (BBC Police Drama)
Discussion
DickyC said:
Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the wee periscope.
As for that Dot Cottan, thought she'd died in Eastenders.
(Sorry, haven't watched the previous series of this tosh.
And following my comment a day or so ago about a police car with an "I" in the reg, the final episode appeared to have a RR with a "Q" in the last three letters.
Nimby said:
Maybe worth an "Endings" thread of its own - here's my list
BEYOND REPROACH
- The Prisoner
MOST EXCELLENT
- Six Feet Under
- Mad Men
PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD
- Breaking Bad
- The West Wing
SORRY NO REFUNDS
- Line of Duty
- Game of Thrones
- Lost
- Dexter
WTF???
- The Prisoner
- The Sopranos
FTFYBEYOND REPROACH
- The Prisoner
MOST EXCELLENT
- Six Feet Under
- Mad Men
PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD
- Breaking Bad
- The West Wing
SORRY NO REFUNDS
- Line of Duty
- Game of Thrones
- Lost
- Dexter
WTF???
- The Sopranos
We have been away so caught up on the last 2 episodes last night.
It felt to me as though the final episode was hastily re-written once the bbc realised the popularity meant there was another season in the offing.
So rather than a final episode in which the top man/woman was unveiled it was changed to leave this still hanging.
Also the additional lines of "I am appealing my forced retirement" was a clumsy way of opening up a regroup of the team for one final push.
But still, better than most of the general rubbish on.
It felt to me as though the final episode was hastily re-written once the bbc realised the popularity meant there was another season in the offing.
So rather than a final episode in which the top man/woman was unveiled it was changed to leave this still hanging.
Also the additional lines of "I am appealing my forced retirement" was a clumsy way of opening up a regroup of the team for one final push.
But still, better than most of the general rubbish on.
I think they milked the conspiracy/4th man/H thing way too much. The series in my opinion would be better served with some unrelated story lines that don't have Ted Hastings banging on about all the above every ten minutes. They could certainly run a fair few more seasons if they don't keep running a tired script that has played out way too long.
Just watched the finale of The Mandalorian on you tube again, it popped up as a recommended video, and you sit there thinking 'thats how you shock and awe your audience' - hair raising, scintilating, brilliant. But how utterly utterly woeful was the finale of LoD. Its like they set out to leave a trail of clues leading everyone to think it could be one of three or four characters, along with so much to convince us it couldnt be him, then it was like 'haha we got you'
No
You simply wrote a terrible lazy ending which A means you bleed another series out of it and B you dont respect your audience. Simply, awful.
No
You simply wrote a terrible lazy ending which A means you bleed another series out of it and B you dont respect your audience. Simply, awful.
The Line of Duty ending was perfect – you just don’t know it yet
Sort of sums my feelings up about it actually.
Sort of sums my feelings up about it actually.
coldel said:
soxboy said:
Why is Ted Hastings a superintendent and therefore always in uniform, whereas everyone else in AC is a detective and thus in plain clothes?
He dresses to the letter, the absolute letter, of the office dress code 
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