Line of Duty (BBC) **Spoilers**

cml387

Why

did Ted wrest control of the laptop from the cybercrime officer and finish the exchange with "time to bring this to an end".

gmisk

cml387 wrote: »

Why

did Ted wrest control of the laptop from the cybercrime officer and finish the exchange with "time to bring this to an end".

and type definately, I think it's his way of letting Lisa know it was him talking, I think the end thing was to give her ok to take him down

kala85

Who was the man Hastings visited in the prison and what's the significance of that visit

Marje

kala85 wrote: »

Who was the man Hastings visited in the prison and what's the significance of that visit

Details on who he is but not sure of significance yet
https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/lee-banks-line-of-duty-who-dci-hastings-prison/

Lucas Hood

I think Ted told the guy in prison that Corbett was the rat and he got it back to the gang.

baldbear

Ted is getting framed here. He is as pure as the driven snow in my eyes. The 100k cash in that scheme is been used by the top guy to Stitch him up.

Plus i reckon he was involved undercover in the North during the troubles & didn't act on something which led to the deaths of one of John's parents which led him to believe that Hastings is a top corrupt cop.

Lisa is also a cop working undercover linked to Hastings. John was sacraficed.DefinAtely.

funkey_monkey

Is there anywhere showing the computer chat between Lisa/Corbett and H?

Gimme A Pound

How do ye know McQueen is definitely an undercover operative? My suspicion is that she's a former sex slave herself.

cml387 wrote: »

The "definatly" is a phrase being used to assure the receiver that the message is coming from the right person. A well known spy usage is to insert a known keyword to identify if the message is being sent genuinely, or alternatively if it's being sent under duress.

But I still think Ted is innocent.I expected Corbett to last a bit longer though.

I wonder did the cyber crime division pick up on the mis-spelling of "definitely" and let Ted know? I don't recall it. I suspect it's a red herring. It's common for that word to be mis-spelled that exact way.

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Gerry Adams whose brother was Liam?

I don't know that those first names are particularly Catholic. Alex Maskey is another SF member. John Hume - another Catholic. There was a prominent loyalist paramilitary called Lenny Murphy.

ED E

Its really frustrating. They get the police terminology and procedures down really well but then make a total dogs dinner of the IT bits. F'sake.

Franz Von Peppercorn

Travis Grumpy Cave wrote: »

How do ye know McQueen is definitely an undercover operative? My suspicion is that she's a former sex slave herself.

That wouldn’t explain much.

I wonder did the cyber crime division pick up on the mis-spelling of "definitely" and let Ted know? I don't recall it. I suspect it's a red herring. It's common for that word to be mis-spelled that exact way.

They didn’t intercept any messages just metadata.

I don't know that those first names are particularly Catholic. Alex Maskey is another SF member. John Hume - another Catholic. There was a prominent loyalist paramilitary called Lenny Murphy.

Ted Hastings is Catholic and ex RUC/PSNI. We’ve known that for a long time. And yes, surnames dome tell you much in NI.

Gimme A Pound

I know Hastings is Catholic and former RUC - I was responding to the poster who said that doesn't seem like a very Catholic surname.

I didn't say that explained anything about McQueen, just what I think her background might be. People are saying she's definitely an undercover police officer. Definitely? Where was this indicated?

Sittingpretty

Well I am SHOOK after that, I never saw that ending coming!

Agree on the farce that was the supermarket “sting”.

I wonder will it come to a close and we’ll find out H’s identity this series?

8-10

ED E wrote: »

Its really frustrating. They get the police terminology and procedures down really well but then make a total dogs dinner of the IT bits. F'sake.

Quite a lot of the procedures aren’t right apparently. Things like Superintendent sitting in on interviews, full dress uniforms and anti corruption carrying firearms are more embellished for the show

Also if you’re being interviewed you don’t have a right to be questioned by an officer at least one rank above, sadly

Franz Von Peppercorn

8-10 wrote: »

Quite a lot of the procedures aren’t right apparently. Things like Superintendent sitting in on interviews, full dress uniforms and anti corruption carrying firearms are more embellished for the show

Also if you’re being interviewed you don’t have a right to be questioned by an officer at least one rank above, sadly

The whole ACS idea is entirely made up.

cursai

There's only three high ranking officers with the surname H in the series. One has already been eliminated. There's no way it's Ted as they'll want him back for more series so that leaves the only other H.

Basq

cursai wrote: »

There's only three high ranking officers with the surname H in the series. One has already been eliminated. There's no way it's Ted as they'll want him back for more series so that leaves the only other H.

I mean this is on the assumption that 'H' is the initial of a surname..

.. could be a initial of a middle name or initial of their pet beagle for all we know.

alchemist33

Or, given the direction it's taken, he used to work in the H block

Basq

alchemist33 wrote: »

Or, given the direction it's taken, he used to work in the H block

Could be this "screw"..

cursai

alchemist33 wrote: »

Or, given the direction it's taken, he used to work in the H block

Could be the building Handyman either.

frag420

Basq wrote: »

Could be this "screw"..

Ah good ole Joan the freak!!

She used to give me roses...

Mad_maxx

Wonder if it's Steve, he was a hopeless allie of John

Mad_maxx

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

That wouldn’t explain much.



They didn’t intercept any messages just metadata.



Ted Hastings is Catholic and ex RUC/PSNI. We’ve known that for a long time. And yes, surnames don’t always tell you much in NI.

This is true, that journalist who was tragically killed in Derry has a quintessentially protestant name yet was from the Catholic community

Guy in the UUP named Danny Kennedy

lawred2

Missed it Sunday night. BBC iPlayer is whinging about rights.

Where can I get it?

Heckler

It can be found with a 1 second google search...

lawred2

Heckler wrote: »

It can be found with a 1 second google search...

Yeah none of those youtube links work

Heckler

Dailymotion.

OmegaGene

Just caught up on iplayer and it was a very dull episode with the shopping centre fiasco and then with a disappointing ending

OmegaGene

Bent coppers

gucci

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

The whole ACS idea is entirely made up.

That just explains how high up the chain the corruption goes
They are prepared to make an entire section of the police force to just make work!

pinkypinky

When they were in the shopping centre, I thought to myself, that looks like Victoria Square in Belfast. It was a full day later that it dawned on me that it probably was...