Line of Duty (BBC) **Spoilers**

appledrop

Ronaldinho wrote: »

If I had to put money on someone not being whiter than white it'd be Hastings.

Why is he so obsessed and driven about anti-corruption? Maybe guilt about something from his past.

I think I'd actually feel physically sick if it was Ted.

Noooooooooooooooooo don't do it Jed.

Dempo1

OK till till next week, it's certainly getting intriguing, night all

RandomViewer

cml387 wrote: »

Black Range Rovers. What does Jed Mercurio have against them? They featured in Bodyguard as well. It's a kind of motif.

It's the vehicle of choice for bad guys, big with a decent turn of speed,

ShineOn7

Degag wrote: »

I doubt they edited the programme in the last week to remove half a beep.

I meant that maybe Mercurio took the feedback on board for this Season to keep the "Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!"s shorter



Wasn't it shorter last week too?

Tazium

Ronaldinho wrote: »

If I had to put money on someone not being whiter than white it'd be Hastings.

Why is he so obsessed and driven about anti-corruption? Maybe guilt about something from his past.

Did he maybe have an affair where Stephanie Corbett is actually his daughter?

And John and Jo are both related siblings?

Hercule Poirot

ShineOn7 wrote: »

I meant that maybe Mercurio took the feedback on board for this Season to keep the "Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!"s shorter



Wasn't it shorter last week too?

Currently on season 4 of my rewatch and the beeeeep is really fùcking annoying

Hercule Poirot

Tazium wrote: »

Did he maybe have an affair where Stephanie Corbett is actually his daughter?

And John and Jo are both related siblings?

John was born in Belfast so if anything it's more likely that he is Hastings son

Ronaldinho

appledrop wrote: »

I think I'd actually feel physically sick if it was Ted.

Noooooooooooooooooo don't do it Jed.

I dunno - I just have this niggling suspicion that there's something from his past [before the timeline of the series] that will be developed later in the story.

Degag

ShineOn7 wrote: »

I meant that maybe Mercurio took the feedback on board for this Season to keep the "Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!"s shorter



Wasn't it shorter last week too?

Thought it was very long in an interview a few episodes... probably the one with Terry Boyle.

Talisman

alchemist33 wrote: »

I would have thought Witness Protection was his only option once the OCG had sent an armed gang to kill him. Going back inside was such a stupid thing to do

The OCG got to Tommy Hunter while he was in Witness Protection.

Ash.J.Williams

The prisoner seemed very familiar with Chloe

SimonTemplar

Ted being involved with the OCG would be a serious jump the shark moment for me. It would pretty much undermine the whole premise of the show.

Degag

The fella that killed Jimmy looked like he was fairly sure that Jimmy was a rat.... and if JImmy did give information to Steve in the van the information could only have come from one place:eek:

alchemist33

Ryan, eh? It'll be nice to see him killed some day

Tazium

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

John was born in Belfast so if anything it's more likely that he is Hastings son

Gotcha, could also help explain why Hastings is helping Stephanie.

So John and Jo? Siblings??

ShineOn7

Just read this

Jo Davidson will be Matthew "Dot" Cottan's sister, both groomed or children to Tommy Hunter and placed in the force by the OCG.

H isn't a person but a place... Hillside, the stronghold for getting bent coppers through the ranks before being posted elsewhere. Was mentioned back in series 1 that Dot was posted there.

Children to Hunter? Nah, I wouldn't by that

Both groomed by him though? Yes, that's possible

Jo's massive anger at her Mother's picture ties in with her Mother letting Hunter groom her

appledrop

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

The prisoner seemed very familiar with Chloe

Yea when he said he name Chloe there is no need for the that about turning on the tape.

Would you really call the officers interviewing you by their first names?

Yep it's back on its Chloe.

ShineOn7

Ronaldinho wrote: »

I dunno - I just have this niggling suspicion that there's something from his past [before the timeline of the series] that will be developed later in the story.

It almost definitely will be

But I'd bet money on Ted being a very flawed human, but not a bent copper

bottlebrush

Degag wrote: »

The fella that killed Jimmy looked like he was fairly sure that Jimmy was a rat.... and if JImmy did give information to Steve in the van the information could only have come from one place:eek:

Was that Lee Banks who killed lakewell ?

SimonTemplar

One possible ending I can think of is that Osbourne is revealed to be H and is taken down. The person who succeeds him as Chief Constable recognizes Ted's work and recedes his forced retirement and AC-12's merger. That's assuming Jed wants to leave the possibility of another season open.

ShineOn7

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

The prisoner seemed very familiar with Chloe

Lakewell?

I'll have to go back and watch that

ohnonotgmail

bottlebrush wrote: »

Was that Lee Banks who killed lakewell ?

Yes.

dastardly00

bottlebrush wrote: »

Was that Lee Banks who killed lakewell ?

Yeah pretty sure it was Lee Banks

ShineOn7

bottlebrush wrote: »

Was that Lee Banks who killed lakewell ?

Yes

And Banks was also the surname of the other guy an episode or two back who had his throat slit (likely by Ryan)

appledrop

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Lakewell?

I'll have to go back and watch that

Yep do and it was like when he said it he coped for a sec shouldn't have said her name and then turned it into no need for the tape.

Talisman

Definitely the best episode in a long time. Have watched it twice now, there's so much to process.

I thought that Tommy Hunter was the obvious candidate for Davidson's blood relative. Another possible candidate is Patrick Fairbank. His DNA would not be on file in the police elimination database if it was introduced after he retired. As a convicted child abuser his DNA would be recorded in another database.

Talisman

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

John was born in Belfast so if anything it's more likely that he is Hastings son

Not a chance - Hastings ordered Steve to kill him in the last series.

Mr. Guappa

"What was the cause of death?"

"Being a rat, Ma'am"

Shivers

lawred2

Cracking show tonight but the someone needs to tell the writers to stop doing the "looking out the window" schtick.. they are kinda overdoing it at this stage

trashcan

alchemist33 wrote: »

Ryan, eh? It'll be nice to see him killed some day

Oh yes, make it happen Jed, the audience demands it :cool: Steve to get his revenge, or Kate if he tries to take her out and she gets the better of him.

I too thought Lakewell said something to Steve in the van. The little nod from Steve definitely made it look that way. Not a clue who Davidson’s relation is, though I don’t think it can be a cop. Great cliffhanger to end on.