MNPD assemble! It's Broadchurch time

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Notebooks at the ready We should have enough information at the end of the first episode to start cooking up some slightly implausible theories.

Thank you Gently! I have already consulted Prof Google and had my 'doh!' moment

I was going through Rory withdrawal symptoms last series, so didn't care what his actual name was, just glad he was back from 1930 but have now gotten over it! Oh well, he'll always be Rory to us....

Reverend Rory, the vicar who waited.

Ellie's baby, Fred (?) was in series 1. I have a feeling that Danny's body was found on her first day back at work after maternity leave, which was, I think, why she was particularly annoyed at being passed over for promotion whilst on leave. Clearly this still rankles as she was not pleased to find that Hardy only took the (her) job because it meant he could keep an eye on Claire.

Wasn't the vicar called Paul Coats?

I watched the first series over two days just this week so it's all fresh in my mind.

I am glad that someone called him Rory though as it was doing my head in trying to remember what he had been in!

Late to the thread but yay for the return of MNPD

I genuinely had no idea that was his name! Not even an 'Oh yeah, that was it!' moment, and he was in it quite a lot in series 1!

Reverand Rory...mmm...

I'd defrock him in an instant. Hur hur.

I watched Series 1 over Christmas and had no idea Rory's name was Paul.

I wouldn't say no to a firkle under his cassock. Aherm.

DH refused to watch most of series one of Broadchurch because of the policing inaccuracies. He fair ruined the finale moaning about the ability of one police officer to trace a murderer to a single bloody room on a mobile phone. There was all sorts of other moans about procedure and bias and er, PACE and...

He managed ten minutes of last night's episode before going to bang some nails with his hammer whilst muttering about the CPS and artistic licence.

Showy! E4, 10pm tonight, new season (9?) of Supernatural!

Hubba fricking hubba.

Ahem. Sorry.

Getting back to Broadchurch - I do love Olivia Colman so almost worth watching just for her. I think the fact that Marianne Jean-Baptiste (one of my favourite actors) is one of the QCs could be fantastic, despite the plotting being hilaire.

And although the grasp of police procedure and legal process is quite frankly, laughable, I'm really warming to the fact that Charlotte Rampling's character is being brought out of retirement just for this case. Like a legal Rambo.

I did a Law degree and mumbled something about PACE during the first series before sending myself to sleep!

Rev. Rory surprisingly attractive in a dog collar, I must agree!

Hubba fricking hubba indeed. DH is away, I have a cupboard of Christmas stuff and an appointment with Castiel et al to keep. There's a thread on here somewhere. I'll see you there.

Anyway, carry on my wayward son Broadchurchers.

Why are we calling him Rory?

Ooh, here's another good refresher course.

Because the actor played one of the companions in Doctor Who, called Rory, and no one seemed to know what his characters name was in Broadchurch!

He was and forever will be, poor sod Rory in Dr Who.

See you there! Although I'm crap at watching and typing, my inane witterings on the Returned threads are a good illustration of this.

Oh, The Returned was brilliant- I hope that comes back soon.

Ooh I haven't heard of The Returned. I'm currently mainlining Sons Of Anarchy illegally online. It's violent and gratuitous and misogynistic and I should hate it. In fact, the official party line is that I hate it. Except I love it.

Rory is the wonderful Plastic Centurion. Ruined a bit by the Shouty Ginger but he was fabulous.

Returned was fab. Have all 8 on planner to refresh self - think it returns ha ha in feb

What is it about?

Actually, just googled. It's based on Les Revenants. I'm sold.