Line of Duty (BBC Police Drama)

[maniac886]

Looks like there will be a little wait until series 5 airs -Jed Mercurio confirms that it won't air until 2019

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv...

[Spanna]

maniac886 said:

Looks like there will be a little wait until series 5 airs -Jed Mercurio confirms that it won't air until 2019

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv...

Oh well! Game of Thrones is back soon.

[Tony Angelino]

Countdown said:

Ok, so I may have missed this...

Why did Tim Ifield panic and get ready to dismember Roz when he thought he'd killed her? Why not just tell the truth?

Like you, I may have missed a few bits that will be clear on rewetting but along with the above.....

How did Roz manage to get from looking the saw in the face to doing Ifield over?

Why did Ifield wear a balaclava in B&Q?

Why did Maneet grass on her colleagues?

How many senior coppers have a surname starting with 'H'?

Why didn't Roz do time for manslaughter?

My money on next series making it look for all the world that its Hastings who's bent, but he can't be or else why would he try and bust the peado ring in the last series? And why wouldn't the fella from Rita Sue & Bob too tell everybody when he nabbed him?

My early 50p going on the bloke who played Archie in Emmerdale Farm.

[joema]

Roz did do time. 10 years.

[Tony Angelino]

joema said:

Roz did do time. 10 years.

Thought that was for perverting the course of justice?

[joema]

It was for manslaughter and perverting the course of justice. Guess the CPS offered her a deal (not murder) for entering a plea as I'm sure ted charged her with murder

[Mojooo]

Holes all over the place - just lazy writing IMO. It is easy to write an exciting story but its harder to finish it in a clever way which stands up to scrutiny.

So Jamie is brought in by Hastings to cover for Kate whilst she is undercover

During this time he seems quite keen to uncover stuff (rather than sitting back and not being proactive)

Why not leak info during that time?

The impression is given that he is a junior officer yet almost immediately he is leading a major murder investigation on another team

Then he suddenly turns evil at the last second. If he was that bad there would have been all sorts he could have done to harm the investigation.

With regards to Hastings - again another classic cop out - if you watch previous series there are lots of things he could have done differently if he was actually a bad guy all the way through.


And the idea that 3 phone calls were made and a man was dispatched to deal with Arnott in the space of a few minutes is ridiculous.

[entropy]

Predictably dull end to the series.

The show is a victim of its own success - trying to entertain its audience at the expense of plot credibility.

As someone said earlier its daft and captivating at the same time - its redeeming features are the great performances from the main suspect from each series and the police corruption scandal threatening to burst open.

Not sure I'll watch the next series. Probably tempted to watch the first episode and then watch the last; I'd imagine season 6 will tie up the police corruption scandal so all the more reason to watch.

[carl_w]

I thought it was a great episode. Not understanding the hate here, but I haven't caught the first 3 series yet.

[chilistrucker]

hepy said:

Cfnteabag said:

That is going to be the theme of the next series , Hastings being part of it. My money is going in now of him nit being guilty but a heavy weight of evidence being presented to make it look like he is

and no doubt Neil Morrisey's character to make an appearance..missed him this series.

I have just watched last nights again and think these ^^^^^^^ are spot on.

It seems they are pushing us in the direction to think Hastings is a big part of it and wouldn't be surprised if it forms a big part of the next series, could cause problems between Hastings, Steve and Kate.

There is still 1 more 'H' to consider though maybe.

Was in last nights episode in more ways than 1, and has been in previous series and with links to ACC Hilton, Dot and Neil Morriseys character.

As much as I enjoy it I do think that they could end up over doing it. Maybe the next season should be the last.

[BlackLabel]

FiF said:

Two, if DC Jamie Desford was Hilton's man why did he need Maneet to do the farcical "Oh we're changing logins etc" in order to get the copy of DI Dot Cotton's dying declaration etc.

I think he was only Hilton's man after the whole login thing - Hilton probably set this up as he knew Jamie would be pissed off and therefore easier to recruit.

[e21Mark]

I just don't get all the fuss that's been made about this series. I thought it was mediocre at best and the ending was laughable.

[anonymous-user]

e21Mark said:

I just don't get all the fuss that's been made about this series. I thought it was mediocre at best and the ending was laughable.

No matter how good a TV programme is, once it becomes popular then it rarely takes long for them to fk it up.

Jamie certainly went from "Slightly too enthusiastic young detective" to "Pulling a gun on fellow police officers" very quickly.

There are some exceptions to the above rule, but not many.

[Mojooo]

Hastings being dodgy wouldn't make any sense (not that I am saying they wouldn't do it as a twist) - for a start why would he push so heavily to investigate everyone and everything.

Its all well and good having twists but it at least has to be consistent with what they show us.

[carl_w]

FiF said:

That was some shot from Hastings with an unfamiliar sidearm.

Thinking about this again, didn't some marksmen have laser designators on the perp but didn't take the shot? Then Hastings pops him off with a pistol...

[R1gtr]

Symbolica said:

No matter how good a TV programme is, once it becomes popular then it rarely takes long for them to fk it up.

Dexter, 24, and Prison Break are prime examples of this.

[Beefmeister]

R1gtr said:

Dexter, 24, and Prison Break are prime examples of this.

Christ, don't get me started on the new series of Prison Break. Utter drivel!!

[FiF]

carl_w said:

FiF said:

That was some shot from Hastings with an unfamiliar sidearm.

Thinking about this again, didn't some marksmen have laser designators on the perp but didn't take the shot? Then Hastings pops him off with a pistol...

Yep, there was a red dot on the guy's forehead.

[AMG Merc]

Line of Duty's 9 silliest moments so far: https://a.msn.com/r/2/BBAqG85?m=en-gb&ocid=New...

[easytiger123]

AMG Merc said:

Line of Duty's 9 silliest moments so far: https://a.msn.com/r/2/BBAqG85?m=en-gb&ocid=New...

Very good but sadly published before the final episode and therefore missing:

10) Roz drives hours to dispose of the bag full of crucial evidence at the very spot she found crucial evidence in a previous case, and gets captured on CCTV entering that area despite apparently knowing the whereabouts of every other CCTV camera in the UK, when she could have just dumped it literally anywhere else.