BROADCHURCH mon 9pm itv thread 2

[DuelingFanjo]

Is it ok for me to start a new thread.

Can anyone tell me why Ellie says about Will Mellor's character:

"if you go into the bookshop in town all his books are in there"?
he is KNOWN to the police for this, plus the petty convictions, vehicle theft and conspiracy to defraud, they say in EP 4. So why is he allowed to write and sell these books?

[MandragoraWurzelstock]

Right. Steve wants DT to know that he knows about the pendant. And about his prior visit to B-church. He is playing games with DT. DT recognised him from somewhere.

DT told the press that it was his wife's fault, not his. So he wants Steve to know this other story - he's putting it out there for a reason. That he wants Steve to come out and say something else. But Steve won't know it's the wife as DT said, DON'T reveal the name of the DS.

Steve won't know it was the wife - just that it wasn't DT's fault. I have no idea what this is all leading to but DT is UP TO something with the press release.

[MandragoraWurzelstock]

What if the person they took to court wasn't the murderer - and Steve is?

[WhenSheWasBadSheWasHopeful]

espresso good thinking re the dodgy vicar.

(Sorry for butting in, I was on the old thread a little bit - no theories of my own but I'm loving reading all of these).

[MandragoraWurzelstock]

also what if steve was the other kid in the flashbacks. with a mental problem, and a grudge against tennant - he knows he's been there before, as he knew him as a child.

[Juniperdewdropofbrandy]

Ahh yes vicar is IT savvy isn't he, very good point.

[FeistyLassie]

RedPencils I thought the same about the pendant remark. If DT is telling the truth to the journalists then the psychic isn't psychic because DT doesn't need forgiven.

I'm desperate to know who did it but don't want this to end
If we're meant to notice the Hardy references then it points to Tom or Chloe being the killer because there was a big discussion about Jude the Obscure where children are killed by a sibling to save the family.

I don't think Nige is the killer but he moved the body and I agree it seems odd that Mark was the first person he phoned from the police station and that Mark didn't wonder if Nige was guilty.

I keep thinking it was an accident when they were poaching and Tom and Joe are covering for each other but they haven't discussed it so actually they both think the other is guilty and he isn't. Aargh! I have no idea!

I hope they do tie up all the loose ends next week. It seems a lot to get through.

[MandragoraWurzelstock]

or Jude is to do with dt as a boy

[PuffPants]

I can't believe Mark is involved. The way he was skipping through town, merrily saying hello to everyone and laughing with Nige in the van - you'd have to be a total psychopath to murder your son then get up the next day and act like nothing ever happened.

[MandragoraWurzelstock]

I agree am a bit in love with Mark

The music is all very sort of massive attack/portishead isn't it

[motherinferior]

OMG Jude the Obscure: 'done because there was too many of us'. So that would be because Chloe knew about the new baby...

[motherinferior]

Mind you in Jude they're all hanged, including the perpetrator.

(Jolly book, Jude.)

[MadBusLady]

Oi, spoilers! I've not read Jude the Obscure!

[FeistyLassie]

MadBusLady we've saved you from reading Jude. It's the grimmest Hardy book there is and the others aren't exactly cheery! .

I'm now thinking who doesn't look like a suspect: the mum, the gran, and the sister. Hmm, either of those would be a bit of a surprise but I'm rubbish at working out thrillers so don't expect to be right.

[FeistyLassie]

(and I would cry if it was the mum because she has been brilliant!).

[montage]

I think whatever source of conflict there was between Danny and Tom (as evidenced by the fight in computer club) blew up when Tom and/or Joe Miller returned from holiday the day before Danny was killed.

So whatever racket Danny was getting money from -poaching/drugs/diesel- he may have taken over Tom/Joe's bit of it while they were away.

I think Ellie was not told about the fight between the two boys deliberately, Joe kept her in the dark as he didn't want her to know what they were fighting about.

I am still torn between not wanting Ellie's world to fall apart and dying to see scenes where Olivia Coleman finds out her family are involved and what she decides to do.

It's driving me mad that whatever Alec saw in the emails he instantly recognised it and had an "of course!" reaction - of course what??

[MadBusLady]

The mum has been brilliant. I read Olivia Coleman saying she cried a lot more in the scenes with the parents than her character was really meant to, because the actors were so great and it was so sad.

[montage]

Incidentally I wish Detectives Hardy and Miller had their own spinoff show. I wouldn't care if the Broadchurch community had to have as many murders as Midsomer to keep this going.

[DuelingFanjo]

Really good point about the vicar and the fact that the psychic is talking Bollox.

[Juniperdewdropofbrandy]

Yes be great to have a spinoff montage. We should write to them

[montage]

If they don't kill Alec off in the finale, we could send a petition for it

[HomeEcoGnomist]

I have no theories because I am utterly rubbish at working these things out

But wanted to add that I find the music very sinister and really adds a tone of menace

Looking forward to next Mon!

[Ruprekt]

There are a lot of questions that need answering in the last hour!!

[DuelingFanjo]

I am guessing the last hour will be a reconstruction of the nights events as they really happened.

[Juniperdewdropofbrandy]

We'll do that montage

I was hoping it'd be a longer one? Is it only one hour?

[montage]

It's described as an extended episode but is scheduled from 9 to (drumroll) 1005

And they will probably start excitedly flashing "News At 10 to Follow Shortly!!" all over the tension of the final moments.