We are being invited to believe that 'Osborne' and 'Carmichael' are the corrupt Officers which may be the case and would conform to the previous pattern - we have known often the identities of the criminals and it is a question of what will happen and whether the villain shall be revealed
Mr. Mercurio and his team of writers have ensured kindly that there are threads intended to tease
It is interesting that the 'Terry Booth' character used - if recollection
serves correctly after all this time - the name 'Ross Hunter' which intimates a knowledge of the criminal family involved in the series
What is the role of the 'Deborah Devereux' character who may be more significant than she appears to be in the narrative?
We have to believe that 'Ryan Pilkington' was supposed to murder both 'Jo Davidson' and 'Kate Fleming' but the situation did not end as his controllers had planned
What was the involvement of the 'Steph MacDermott' character in the
death of her husband and the attempt to discredit 'Ted Hastings'?
It is possible that 'Line Of Duty' shall lose some of its enduring characters this evening - 'Hastings' or 'Arnott' or 'Fleming' - and viewers need to be on their guard against the sudden and terrifying use of a counterfeit Scottish accent which may sound akin to a set of bagpipes expiring in the corner of an empty room
It may not happen but be vigilant at all times
We ought to be grateful that 'Line Of Duty' has used so many of the finest character actors of their generation - Keeley Hawes, Lennie James, Gina McKee, Daniel Mays, Neil Morrissey, George Costigan, James Nesbitt - over the course of several series but it means we need to pay attention to any plot device which may lead to the arrival of Ramon Tikaram if he is not purloined by Messrs. Davies, Gatiss and Moffat and forced to take his turn as 'Doctor Who'