Line of Duty 6 - Thread 2 **No Spoilers**

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Following on from the previous thread:

Line of Duty series 6 - March 2021 www.mumsnet.com/Talk/telly_addicts/4161995-Line-of-Duty-series-6-March-2021

@devildeepbluesea

Just reading all the theories and my brain is quietly being blown, but I was wondering (cos I haven't seen it mentioned) - does anyone else remember Farida being on Roz Huntley's team? It was defo her.

Yes definitely her at Polk Ave under Huntley

LOD Wiki agrees

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This is funny

[quote PrincessScarlett]@Whatwouldscullydo that's a good point that Kate has in fact clocked Ryan and supports the theory that she's deep undercover that Steve and Ted don't know about.[/quote]
If she was deep UC, would she have asked Ryan “have we met?” - I’d have thought she would keep quiet and check up on him later. It sounded like an innocent enquiry to me, but if she’s then looked him up on the police system it seems like the penny might have dropped.

I definitely agree with thecats

Kate is undercover and Hastings knows but Steve does not

When Steve finds out he's going to feel hugely betrayed especially if his temporary DI gets taken away. That plus his addiction to painkillers making him ripe for blackmail and I think maybe this is the series where he goes over to the dark side.

I think the OCG are going to get to Steph and then use her to turn Steve.

In terms of Farida and the burner phones, Farida can make all the calls she wants but unless Jo Davidson is also in on it, Farida can’t delay the armed convoy.

In other words I don’t see how Farida being involved (if she is) means that Jo isn’t, as it was only due to Jo that they convoy got stopped.

@Netaporter

But no one has answered my question up thread about why Jed M posted a pic of Timtams? It’s driving me mad and I think it goes beyond the fact that Arnott’s produced it... anyone?

The Actress who plays Chloe is British born but brought up in Australia?? Chloe is quite squeaky clean and playing the good cop so my suspicions are up already.

Just watched it on iplayer with husband asking me every 5 minutes, who's this, what's that about....

Very good episode.

I know and was twenty years since I'd taught the bearded guy. But even when I've met them again in Secondary school (for exam invigilation) I recognise their names but not their faces. Admittedly as detectives Kate and Steve would probably be better than me at facial recognition.

When I was doing A levels, so not massive younger than Ryan, one mortifying night some boys I knew started a fight in a pub garden and it was broken up by someone who turned out to be the guy who had taught a few of us in the last year of primary. He recognised all of us and remembered our names (to our shame) – so I can imagine from 13 to 20 isn’t particularly trickier than that? I dunno. I can’t recognise my own colleagues from last spring very well.

Farida being in Roz Huntley’s team was a topic of much discussion in a previous thread.

Ryan is doing exams in series 5 and they tease him for being a brain box or something similar.

Frankly I wish all women could just have some sort of ‘fuck off’ badge for every time some bloke decides to wander into a conversation with no encouragement at all.

I swear every series we go on about Jimmy Lakewell on these threads and then he never reappears!

One day... one day we'll be right.

Regarding the painkillers.
Strong Opiates are not prescribed anymore for back pain in most cases.
They have been found to be ineffective and lead to poor pain control ( they cease to work after a while) and addiction.
Steve went from being in a wheelchair to running about very quickly.

I think the ED is very relevent, that and the addiction to codeine are indicative of his state of mind not his physical conditions.
He would have had a full medical regarding his fitness to return.
MH issues can be hidden or played down in assessments.
Im intetested to see how this plays out and far from poor acting he is playing the addicted personality well.

@devildeepbluesea

Just reading all the theories and my brain is quietly being blown, but I was wondering (cos I haven't seen it mentioned) - does anyone else remember Farida being on Roz Huntley's team? It was defo her.

Yes, the was explicitly mentioned in S6E1, when Farida first approaches AC12. Steve tells her that he can't help her if she is still at Polk St because they are still under AC3's remit. Farida explains she has moved to 'the Hill' so AC12 are able to intervene.

To be fair, Jimmy only turned up in series 4, so he's only been absent for a single series.

Really? It feels like forever!

Wasn't he also on the list of names? What series was that? Daniel Mays ?

@GillBiggeloesHair

Just watched it on iplayer with husband asking me every 5 minutes, who's this, what's that about....

Very good episode.

You'll need to sort him out or LTB...you can't be doing with that behaviour!

@Piggywaspushed

Wasn't he also on the list of names? What series was that? Daniel Mays ?

Nope.

Ronan Murphy
Linus Murphy
Dale Roach
Tommy Hunter
Patrick Fairbank
Gary Blakefield
Jame Colwick
Peter Greysham
Ian Collent
Malcolm Severin
Lee Greendove
Craig Ringwood
Simon Monkford
Martin Denmoor
Daniel Topping
Paul Maleton
Neil Oepping
Roger Hyde-Albert

Simon Monkford was a character in Lewis I think.

Can it be Jimmy? He was banged up after series 4. Would get have been released in time to be a part of a recording made at some point in 2019?

She could have visited him in prison

[quote Netaporter]@CherryValanc Nige is Nigel Morton - he of the fake disability. He appeared in s1,2. He was Tony Gates best mate. He was also aware of Dot’s burner phone details (might even still have t, I can’t remember) lots of speculation online that he is the bearded man in the van..?[/quote]
Man in the van can't be Nige unless they have another actor in for it, doesn't look like Neil Morrissey at all.

How does anyone think that's Nige?! He looked like he was dropping off the phone on his way to a hipster brunch.

@CovoidOfAllHumanity

I definitely agree with thecats

Kate is undercover and Hastings knows but Steve does not

When Steve finds out he's going to feel hugely betrayed especially if his temporary DI gets taken away. That plus his addiction to painkillers making him ripe for blackmail and I think maybe this is the series where he goes over to the dark side.

I think the OCG are going to get to Steph and then use her to turn Steve.

And Steve, bless him, has already walked into it a bit by leaking to Kate.

Plus he's onto Hastings and the links to Corbett - who he felt massive sympathy with. I can see him going to the dark side - but semi-unintentionally, or at the very least believing he's doing the right thing. The whole series kicked off with him doing the right thing, after all.

@NoWordForFluffy
I think The Caddy being from the SE was based on the statement by the officer who took lots of burner phone calls Dot in the 2016 season (Hari, played by Arsher Ali).

@CovoidOfAllHumanity

I definitely agree with thecats

Kate is undercover and Hastings knows but Steve does not

When Steve finds out he's going to feel hugely betrayed especially if his temporary DI gets taken away. That plus his addiction to painkillers making him ripe for blackmail and I think maybe this is the series where he goes over to the dark side.

I think the OCG are going to get to Steph and then use her to turn Steve.

Would fit in with Hastings saying Steve is very honest or some such. So we wouldn’t be expecting him to be turned. I know he’s in pain but there’s something more off with him this series. He’s seriously pissed off I think. I hope he doesn’t turn as that’s not really in his character. But something isn’t right.

Nige was a great character-didn't he tell all, & get a payoff(?) & imm-u-ni-ty?