Line of Duty (BBC) **Spoilers**

Mr.Crinklewood

Heraldoffreeent wrote: »

No one, makes mugs, of AC 12.

magic17

Wow, that was absolutely atrocious. Quite possibly the worst ending they could have had. Just dreadful.

Dempo1

Maybe "H" stood for Horses**** coz that what this ending was, so disappointed

sydthebeat

Louis Friend wrote: »

Thank you

Patently said he wasn't boss of ocg and that there was no boss, ie no big H

Therefore you were wrong on both accounts

Loafing Oaf

Lady Spangles wrote: »

In all fairness, these shows are usually pretty hard to close satisfactorily. Especially after several years of explosive storylines and endless speculation. But yeah, that was a real whimper to go out on.

But surely a really top showrunner would have some sort of satisfying finale sketched out, even if it took a few implausible twists to get there

archfi

Without a doubt, the deterioration of plot, characters, dialogue is a trademark of Jed Mercurio.
That was absolutely awful.
Fifteen-ish minutes wasted on Steve's back problems in a 60 minute episode, but as it turns out what other sh1te would the writer have filled that approx 15 minutes with?

sebdavis

Based on this now, it is a pity they killed off the caddy so quick to replace with that idiot :-)

ThunbergsAreGo

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Hold on Buckles witnessed Jimmy getting murdered in his cell and told that's what happens to Rats and looked genuinely frightened for his life so no way he is the top dog.
Roll on Season 7

He's not the top dog, he just got caught.

H was only always someone in the police, not the head of the OCG

Fitz*

What a massive let down of a finale.


Did Hastings cut Buckells off during the interview when he was about to reveal the other guy?

KatW4

Just watched Dot's escape from AC-12. Nothing will beat that. I was kind of expecting something good like that to happen.

SimonTemplar

He clearly left that open for a new season especially with Ted saying he'll appeal his retirement. My guess will be that his appeal will be successful and he'll be given command of a unit within Carmicheal's AC division. Kate and Steve will be with him. They'll try to track down how Buckles kept getting promoted.

Mantis Toboggan

Buckells as H a little underwhelming to be honest.

appledrop

Dempo1 wrote: »

Mother of God that was S****

I have to agree.

A big anti climax. No way Buckles is the top guy, just the fall guy.

It has to be Osbourne and will never be caught now Carmichael in charge.

A damp squid for final episode.

Unearthly

The only thing that could have made that worse is if Arya stabbed H in the back with a knife and a dragon burned down AC 12

voldejoie

Not sure how I feel about it tbh, was always going to be a victim of its own hype and be underwhelming no matter what but definitely wasn't quite what I was expecting! I think the tagline at the end might be pointing to

Carmichael et al being involved in institutionalised corruption

, but god knows

razorblunt

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

But surely a really top showrunner would have some sort of satisfying finale sketched out, even if it took a few implausible twists to get there

It just shows they make it up as they go along.
You’d expect an ending and work back the way, if Buckels was meant to be H from the get go, they’d have landed a better actor (not necessarily bigger) for the long pay off. It was poor acting continuously.

Dempo1

Fitz* wrote: »

What a massive let down of a finale.


Did Hastings cut Buckells off during the interview when he was about to reveal the other guy?

I think Ted just got bored, I certainly did

dobman88

Speaking of making mugs of AC12. The Hairy Baby lads with the finger on the pulse.

https://www.hairybaby.com/ac-12-best-of-hastings-mug

On a side note, can't believe I left the snooker for that load of nonsense. Worst TV episode I've seen in a long time. Hugely disappointing.

Dempo1

Unearthly wrote: »

The only thing that could have made that worse is if Arya stabbed H in the back with a knife and a dragon burned down AC 12

And if Nesbitt showed up

sydthebeat

Honestly don't think that finale could have been worse

Tzardine

appledrop wrote: »

A damp squid for final episode.

Snake Plisken

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Hold on Buckles witnessed Jimmy getting murdered in his cell and told that's what happens to Rats and looked genuinely frightened for his life so no way he is the top dog.
Roll on Season 7

Top secret top dog isn't going to tell some random hired grunt hey man I'm not scared because it's me! Don't tell anyone shhh! He was totally pretending

Mr.Crinklewood

Fitz* wrote: »

What a massive let down of a finale.


Did Hastings cut Buckells off during the interview when he was about to reveal the other guy?

Thought so

ShineOn7

Louis Friend wrote: »

Thank you

He's not Main H though

He took the hit for him/her

Basq

Tzardine wrote: »

Perfect!

SimonTemplar

The BBC were obviously proud that LOD was trending all day. They probably want to stay away from Twitter now. It has not been well received.

jojofizzio

KatW4 wrote: »

Just watched Dot's escape from AC-12. Nothing will beat that. I was kind of expecting something good like that to happen.

Was that the series where the armed gunmen came in during one of the long interviews??

sydthebeat

ShineOn7 wrote: »

He's not Main H though

He took the hit for him/her

There is no him / her

Terrible conclusion

Dempo1

Reviews should be interesting, I'm just amazed how such a series could have ended so badly.

appledrop

sydthebeat wrote: »

Honestly don't think that finale could have been worse

I have to agree.

I mean I thought I couldn't get any worse than last weeks episode, but it did.

I actually have no interest in another series of that balderdash and I say that as someone who is a huge LOD fan.

I'll just keep rewatching the good seasons and pretend 6 never happened!