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Broadchurch thread 2- the one where everyone in MNPD requests a transfer to the traffic division

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EauRouge · 27/01/2015 17:09

Thread number one.

So are we all still watching, despite the mumbling, bad writing and inaccuracies?

I'm not sure what ClaireGwen is up to, but they've written her to like kinky sex which in telly land means she's a bad un.

Last night's highlight for me was DH's genuine confusion over whether subtitles were for the hearing impaired or vision impaired (he may have had a couple of beers). Also sweaty Lee hammering in fence posts.

Has that junior solicitor fella been in something on CBBC?

When does The Missing season 2 start?

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lostoncemore · 03/02/2015 22:24

There is something going on with Lee, Claire and the Gellespie guy. I am not sure if the Gillespie woman was involved but was aware of what was going on and now feels so much guilt she has turned to drink. I still think that the Gillespie guy is running scared as it is my interpretation that Lee has stood trial for the murders?

seaoflove · 03/02/2015 22:29

I don't think Sandbrook got as far as a trial, due to the loss of the pendant, which was a key piece of evidence?

hollyisalovelyname · 03/02/2015 22:36

What did DT say to OC at the end of last nights episode as they looked into the furnace ?

seaoflove · 03/02/2015 22:39

Something like "Do you still think Lisa might be alive?"

lostoncemore · 03/02/2015 22:41

Oh I thought Sandbrook got to court then fell apart?

hollyisalovelyname · 03/02/2015 22:43

Thank you

APlaceInTheWinter · 03/02/2015 23:00

I thought Sandbrook fell apart in court too because iirc Sandbrook was all over the papers when DT first joined Broadchurch. It wouldn't have been widely known that DT had been involved in a case that fell apart if it hadn't gone to court before it fell apart iyswim.

lostoncemore · 03/02/2015 23:06

Yes that was my impression. Lee asworth was accused of the murders, was tried for the murders but was cleared. Claire was the main witness but as Lee was cleared was not offered witness protection that was why Hardy took her into his 'protection'. Lee went to France following his acquittal, which is why they thought the babysitter went to France with Lee?

seaoflove · 03/02/2015 23:12

Ah, maybe I'm misremembering.

AnnieHoo · 03/02/2015 23:21

The Sandbrook case felt apart after a vital piece of evidence, the pendant of the babysitter, went missing. It was stolen out of the car of the DS in charge when she was in a hotel having an affair with another Detective. Hardy took the blame because he didn't want his daughter to find out about the affair.

AnnieHoo · 03/02/2015 23:23

the DS was hardy's wife - crucially!

seaoflove · 03/02/2015 23:54

So Sandbrook didn't get to trial?

I'm sure Claire complained that you didn't get witness protection when you didn't get a chance to stand as a witness.

And I didn't think Lee was acquitted, he merely went on the run after the case collapsed because his character was tainted/he'd got away with murder.

Fiderer · 04/02/2015 07:44

Don't get the Tom in court thing at all. How credible a character witness or alibi giver can he be as Joe's son. The jury couldn't take it seriously.

My dad is great. Never hit me. My mum was always putting him down (can imagine him making something like that up). He was there all night as I woke up every 20 mins and can vouch for him. He was kind to Danny and Danny was my best friend and my dad would never have hurt him.

And is he even allowed to be called at his age?

SpanishFly · 04/02/2015 08:32

The most ridiculous line of this episode - "I mean, who takes a hipflask to a wedding?"
Um, everyone in Scotland, for starters.

BOFster · 04/02/2015 08:35

I nominate "I like your church", if only for the heavily implied "I'd hate to see anything BAAAAD happen to it."

AliceinWinterWonderland · 04/02/2015 08:41

Yes, the "I like your church" was a bit odd.

Fiderer My understanding was that character witnesses are used for the sentencing part - so not needed unless he was convicted. Otherwise it just muddies the waters in the actual trial. Unless the boy has specific testimony that pertains to the crime or to the actions of his father in relation to the crime, I can't imagine his testimony would be appropriate. Confused They've really broken the spine of the rule book on this series though, so heaven only knows what they'll come up with. I'm really frustrated with it. Whoever did their research and checked their facts (indeed whoever wrote this!)... they didn't do that great a job, did they?

hackmum · 04/02/2015 08:45

Maybe Tom is going to give evidence saying that his Dad was with him? Or maybe that he - gasp - did it and his dad was covering up for him?

APlaceInTheWinter · 04/02/2015 09:02

I wondered if the 'I like your church' was a hint that she knew it hadn't always been his church and hence a precursor to them finding out what Rev Rory was like in his previous place.

I must admit I found all the Rev Rory stuff a bit meh except for the opportunity to watch Rev Rory . He's a vicar so he visited a parishioner in jail. It didn't seem that shocking. It also seemed highly unlikely that a vicar visiting a parishioner would then be called as a character witness because a vicar can't give an accurate portrayal of someone's character. My understanding is that they're bound by confidentiality to not reveal anything negative that a parishioner has disclosed in a confessional setting. Maybe it's setting it up so Rev Rory can reveal his affair with Beth on the witness stand Shock

atticusclaw · 04/02/2015 09:08

This series is driving me mad. We loved the first series and neither of us can stand the second series. Whoever has been advising on the legal side of things needs shooting.

FoxyMcFox · 04/02/2015 09:24

Yy I thought that too about vicar visiting Joe. Kind of what they do isn't it?

Willferrellisactuallykindahot · 04/02/2015 09:34

Gosh I totally missed the lesbian lawyer thing - this is why I need this thread!

'Who takes a hip flask to a wedding' - er, lots of people!

So this wedding then - so the Gillespie wife said that Ricky was shagging the bridesmaid and assumed that's where he was. The bridesmaid said that she chucked him out and didn't see him again for the rest of the night. Ricky said he was looking after the wife (so obviously lying then?). He also said his wife 'was pissed', and we know she drinks a lot, but I thought she had only started drinking since her daughter died, that's the impression? So was the 'she was pissed' thing just a cover up? Unless.....it's the wife who is lying and has always been an alcoholic and she killed the girls in a drunken jealous rage?

Sandbrook is so confusing though - Claire is still in contact with Ricky, were the having an affair? What about the bluebell thing? And it looked like mrs Gillespie and lee were having a thing, although maybe they didn't sleep together? Pippa obviously really liked Claire, the dad said she wanted to be a hairdresser. What about when they were all playing hide and seek in the woods (random) the older girl looked upset/worried at one point? Maybe all the adults were in on it.

At the agri place, I thought that the furnace was a water tank and a decomposed body was going to float past the window or something! When she said 'what's that smell' I was thinking 'no, surely the wont find a body, the mirder was months (years?) ago!'

DT said he had never heard of this agricultural place before, so surely lee must have put it in with all the stuff he gave him?

It's certainly more dramatic than the almost identical estate i used to live on, we only ever exchanged pleasantries with our neighbours!

The paedo support group bit was just weird - i mean what the fuck is the vicar thinking?

I have to say though, despite the total ridiculousness of it, I am hooked again!

hackmum · 04/02/2015 09:34

APlaceinWinter: "Maybe it's setting it up so Rev Rory can reveal his affair with Beth on the witness stand."

I do hope so. I'll be awfully disappointed if it turns out that Rev Rory hasn't got a dark secret he's been hiding.

AuntieMaggie · 04/02/2015 09:37

PatterofaMinion thanks that was it!

Didn't hardy allude to the fact that he didn't believe Claire to ellie the other week when they were having coffee at court? and he was keeping tabs on her more than protecting her?

I thought beccas reaction to the vicar visiting Joe strange

Willferrellisactuallykindahot · 04/02/2015 10:19

I thought beccas reaction to the vicar visiting Joe strange

Yes, I did too, but I couldn't tell if it was just crap acting on her part! That has happened a lot this series, it's hard to tell if things are a actually significant or just down to rubbish acting/writing.

OC was superb again last night though. The scene with her and Tom did make me shed a little tear (apart from 'I love you more than chocolate') and explains why she is now so obsessed with Sandbrook (at the expense of abandoning poor Fred!) and desperate for redemption.

OnlyLovers · 04/02/2015 10:23

Was Becca more concerned/upset about him visiting Joe per se, or was it just that, as she said, telling her about it dragged her into the whole thing?

Which makes me think –the vicar obviously did badly need to tell someone, so what do the clergy do about all that stuff they have to keep in confidence? Do they have their own priest/vicar to talk to, and do they go to confession or whatever?

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