BLOODLANDS BBC 1 sun 21 Feb - 9pm no spoilers - at weekly tv pace

[Blondeshavemorefun]

James nesbitt pays a detective hunting an evasive killer who he believes Murdered his wife

Who has been missing over 20yrs ago and presumed dead but no body ever found

New case haunts him when a new abduction happens

4 part series

Is this all going to be a case of jealous husband killing his wife and her lover, and then killing a few others to make it look sectarian related? Knowing the GFA was coming, he knew that the investigation would be stopped?

Tom Brannick spent 90% of the episode wearing "Nesbitt acting expression Number 3, Glowering menace"
Niamh in contrast went for Agape with Shock.

But I did enjoy Dinger's droll alibi about the poor wee gazelle

Birdy is hilarious.

We still don't know where the wife is.

When the doctor sees the necklace on the daughter she is going to put two and two together.

I thought the doctor had already seen the necklace?

Dinger is the best!

Has she? You'd think she would have made the connection with the one Corry gave her then.

I thought she had as the daughter wears it all the time.

are there 3 necklaces now? one on the daughter, one dug up on the island and one in the box sent to the doctor?

@redspecial

are there 3 necklaces now? one on the daughter, one dug up on the island and one in the box sent to the doctor?

No, the one in the box sent to the doctor Tory was the one retrieved from the skeleton in ths grave. You saw that character's personal effects being given back to his brother. Who luckily had the foresight to post them all to Tory before he was shot in the heed by Brannick.

@redspecial

are there 3 necklaces now? one on the daughter, one dug up on the island and one in the box sent to the doctor?

The necklace on the body was included with his brothers possessions given to Adam Corry. He sent it to the doctor.

Who luckily had the foresight to post them all to Tory before he was shot in the heed by Brannick.
Who promptly handed them over to Brannick

thank you.

I can't believe Tori just handed that box over to Tom. She can't be that easily taken in surely?

Still not sure what Twomey is up to with that burner phone. Have I missed something?

I think Twomey's burner phone is to with his side hustle which is having am informant (not sure informant on who? IRA? unlikely as his character is Catholic but I'd need to re-watch) who is the widow of one of the 3 men in the grave (the one who the guy on the motorcycle was going to shoot dead on the doorstep) and you saw Twomey warning her to be careful in a very brief scene outside a church I think tonight. The PO box with the number that was made so much of is part of that plot strand.

Just a theory, could be bollocks!

I would like to hope that it's a double bluff. That Twomey knows that Brannick is Goliath and that everything has been set up to ultimately expose him. There's only one more episode, right? So things are going to pan out unbelievably fast.

Susan Lynch didn't show up last night. She's in the cast list. Is she Brannick's ex wife who'll reappear ?
Is next week the final episode ?
Very convoluted plot.

Oops i've just seen Susan Lynch is Heather Pentland a detective brought into the case.
Bang goes my theory

I think the double bluff theory is a good one. That scene with Twomey and Birdy seemed quite orchestrated?

Forgotten about Susan Lynch. Hope she turns up (even if as a flashback).

The RT recap explains more, especially about Twomey.
www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/bloodlands-episode-3-recap-questions-theories-explained/

Finally seen

Confused

So Tom is setting up Jackie for Adam’s murder

Is Tom Goliath

Or his wife

Doesn’t hVe to be male

recap e3

Anyone have any theories

Sorry @DuncinToffee didn’t reliese you did a radio times recap

Didn’t read thread till posted

here’s another recap - telegr h of e3

@BenoneBeauty

Is this all going to be a case of jealous husband killing his wife and her lover, and then killing a few others to make it look sectarian related? Knowing the GFA was coming, he knew that the investigation would be stopped?

Quite possibly.

I didn't enjoy last night's episode as much. It leaves a lot to be tied up next week.

Or the IRA killed the priest and Harkin when they found out someone was leaking information and Tom came along the freshly dugged grave and changed his plan of just dunping the bodies of his wife and Cory in the water and then made up Goliath?

It really was a bit ridiculous last night - they narrowed it down to three 'still-serving" police officers, and two of them were allowed to keep investigating each other! Surely another team would have been drafted in to take over. And why did Twomey not realise there would be planted evidence in his caravan, when he received a photo of said caravan in the mail!

Yes I agree.

Also are we to believe that Tori (Doc) planned and executed the kidnapping like a pro and then left an obvious tag on Keenan's file?