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[Dolly2404]

Anyone else think this looks good?

Oh I've just had a thought!

Maybe Micheal was an undercover police officer too and they found out something very bad (he was a paedophile?). He knew a lot of info about people in high places so was killed off and hence the huge cover up- to protect others.

So Rudy saying 'he deserved to die' was referring to Michael because of this Bakeoff and Rudy was part of the conspiracy?

If Michael and his mother were drug dealers why weren't they arrested at the time? If Michael shot the Mayor why wasn't he extradited to the US? It was as if the writer had all the different plot lines and then was told he had only one episode left to clear everything up. A bit like a student who runs out of time in an exam.

I don't think he was knowingly part of the conspiracy, he was the scapegoat for Michael. The USA authorities didn't arrest Michael because he had knowledge on a paedophile group over there too?

Wonder if the Daily Fail will do a write up on this junk......

Am utterly lost and cross.

You know what has really pissed me off about this? That the character Maya, who is set up to be this brilliant mind with a fierce heart ended up just being dazed and confused for the majority of the time and needed the Men to come in and sort it all out for her (Rudy's miraculous recovery just in time for his rousing testimony that win hearts and minds and whatsisface - husband, sacrificing himself for the 'good of the family'). Bollocks. I won't be watching another series.

How annoying another tv drama that doesn't make sense. It would have helped if they had read out the book at the end!!!

Maya just seemed obsessed with the whole racism thing but it turns out Michael was no angel, was a drug dealer, killed the mayor and let Rudi take the blame. Don't really get why once Michael was dead Rudi didn't say it was him as he was dead anyway and seemed to be aware who did it.

Did the politicians get Michael to murder the major for some political reason? But then Rudi got arrested and Michael wanted to get him off the hook by confessing so he got killed as the politicians as he didn't want to get caught for having organised the mayors murder???

What on earth is going BIG!!! She was absolutely rubbish in court, she didn't really say anything of use.

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I think that too that Michael was a very important undercover cop in UK and he killed mayor as a sort of hitman and he knew lots about the UK gov and the bad people in it,

He was a drugs mule to get into drugs gang also maybe paedo gang

I think rudy was used as a scapegoat for Michael hence why he had to be silenced as Rudy knew all about Michael

I too thought the son was a brilliant actor

This is one of those series where I am sure the writers were making up the plot as they went along!

I think they should publish a full explanation at the end of every made for TV drama series!!

Glad everyone else is as confused as me. I admit I drifted off for a few minutes and after that was totally lost.

What was all the paedophile stuff about??

Were the whole 6 (6bloody hours) really just because Michael shot the Mayor and smuggled in drugs? Why would that gave necessitated his murder in the police cells? Why would they need an undercover officer to shadow Mya?

How did Rudy suddenly become completely lucid and very articulate when last episode he was incapable of understanding the death penalty?

At least we have Wallander to look forward to.

It seems the writers wanted to squeeze in as many current topics as possible as it all ended up a proper mess.

I've decided Michael was the USA president's illegitimate son. It explains why they were willing to spend so much money hiding everything. Don't care if it's not the truth, it stops my brain from hurting.

Impressed with the son's acting. Thought the reporter friend was quite good too and deserved a more exciting part in the last episode.

Right.

What was the massive cover up that was so important?

Who was the Mayor and why was he killed?

What does the paedophile thing have to do with the story?

These aren't cliff hangers, they're pretty fundamental!

This was so disappointing and confusing - when it got to 9.55, I looked at the TV guide thinking maybe it was a 90 min episode like the final episode of line of duty, but no, just loose ends and implausible story lines.

I couldn't believe that maya would be so calm, coming across the guy who had just attempted to murder her son, walking free in the hospital.

Also, pretty easy to get the voice recorder through the security scanners. Wouldn't they have made him go through again? I could hide something that small in my bra without having to break my arm (swan neck injury?)

Lots of rumours of a second series. Don't think I'll be bothering again though.

I hate when they leave things open in a blatant attempt to secure a second series.

Don't leave things open, close them!

Have they announced a second series?

So disappointed with this ending in many ways - agree the plot seemed ad hoc, veering all over the place. Some great performances, let down by the writing.

The paedophile element brought in almost as an afterthought (though shouldn't have been surprised as everything is cherchez la paedo these days) really annoyed me. Also, does Maya still have epilepsy? Or has everyone forgotten about that?

Amongst many of the things I don't understand is that why, when Rudi was asked by the judge in the last epeisode, he said he wouldn't tell them who the real perpetrator was because he wouldn't want another person to go through what he did. Why would he say that when Michael Antwi was already dead? He could just have said it was MA.
Who "deserved to die"? The mayor? Michael?
The minder's paedophile speech made no sense to me. Was MA a paedophile then? No idea.

I'm usually fairly easily pleased with dramas and let things wash over me, but there were way too many unanswered questions that left me wondering what was going on it pissed me off. So disappointing.

whataload yes that's true! Why did he say that? ? It was just a blatant attempt to get another series. Maybe the plan is for everyone to be so annoyed about the plot holes and the loose ends they endure another series in the hope it gets better?

I thought by saying the mayor deserved to die Rudi was confessing.

So that would have meant the Maya would feel betrayed by him and herself for believing him, by Nick for obvious reasons,and by Michael and his mother because of the drug dealing.

Why did Nick and Maya even believe it when they were told Michael killed the mayor? What evidence was there?

I think the paedophile story was just to make Nick feel that his job could be worse.

I think you're right about the paedophile story - just watched that bit again and it was just the handler telling kick that he's had an even worse time undercover. Pointless. Thought I'd missed something as I was nodding off!