Mother of God: Line of Duty thread 5 - **MNHQ edit**; "We are obliged to warn you that any spoilers will be taken down and used against you. No spoilers, even upcoming characters, please, in the name of the wee man. (aka Steve Arnott)

[IstandwithJackieWeaver]

Hope no one minds me starting a new thread as 4 was filled on one episode.

Ted has been the police so long that they won't necessarily have his DNA on file from him joining. He was arrested and interviewed last series so his DNA may be on the nominal database from then.

Absolutely! If any of you also watch Blue Bloods you know a convoy ALWAYS goes wrong
Well, they certainly do in LOD land. They might as well take the bus.

They might as well take the bus.
I wouldn't fancy being on that bus

@ServedWithAReg15

Oh god I think it may have been me that started the spoiler stuff...! I just chucked a screenshot of an instagram post in like a smoking grenade then fucked off to work... 😳

I assumed because it was public knowledge people would want to know. I apologise fellas!

As per your username, you will be served with a Reg 15, for misconduct on a public forum.

@JaneJeffer

I presume they will say Lakewell hung himself so no murder investigation needed.

Excellent!

I think (hope) this series will end with exposing Osborne as bent as a very bendy thing but, of course, there are still many many lower level bent coppers to be exposed AND the head of the OCG to be caught.

Which will be the remit of S7.

Not so sure - I've just been making my google search history even more bizarre, and it seems you can tell the difference between hanging type ligature and murderous strangling sorts

Aha, but you hadn't factored in a bent pathologist performing the post mortem.

Blimey Bore - didn't think the OCG had nobbled the pathologists too!

@BoreOfWhabylon

Not so sure - I've just been making my google search history even more bizarre, and it seems you can tell the difference between hanging type ligature and murderous strangling sorts

Aha, but you hadn't factored in a bent pathologist performing the post mortem.

It’s also pretty easy to spot the difference between someone who drowned while being held under and struggling and someone who drowned alone, but no one but Kate has bothered to pay that any attention!

Exactly Handwash!

sorry Handtowel

• They might as well take the bus. I wouldn't fancy being on that bus*

Oh god, then the bus wouldn’t be able to go under 40mph as Ted will have out a bomb underneath it as he didn’t like his retirement present.

If Ted gets given a watch, be afraid. Very afraid 🚌 💣 ⏰ 👮‍♀️ 💃

@MysteriousAffairAtStyles urgent exit required

@Garliccoriander

I am surprised that the prison transfer was not followed by helicopter 🚁 or drone. MOG it’s the 21st century.

That’s a good point, it should definitely be a thing!

Perhaps Ted will be the next DI sent out to Guadeloupe for Death in Paradise ?

[quote ServedWithAReg15]**@MysteriousAffairAtStyles* urgent exit required*[/quote]

One thing I have learned from LOD is that it is a very dangerous thing being a detective in murder or serious crime squads. Being murdered, blackmailed or framed all seem to be daily hazards of the job.

One question I have is what about Farida? Is she still in prison or was she killed too? I may have to rewatch the first few episodes of S6.

@BeaLola

Perhaps Ted will be the next DI sent out to Guadeloupe for Death in Paradise ?

And match up with Catherine. 💞

I've read virtually all threads but haven't commented... I'm exhausted!

Thoughts I've had:

Jo cannot be related to Ted; he wouldn't respond like he did if she was a relative of his.

Totally agree that Ryan, most likely, offed Gail. Makes his serene sitting through the talk of the robbery afterwards even more haunting.

Initialisms is a real word 😆 They are basically acronyms that don't make 'words'. Agree that RGT was probably Really Great Tits.

I'm sure Lee Banks said 'this is what happens to rats' just before killing Lakewell; I assumed from that Buckles was corrupt but reluctantly.

I also had the thought that Chloe could be dodgy after the 'Unless the leak is in AC-12?' potential double-bluff comment, but who knows. Ted can't be corrupt given he's so cross about being made to retire and the slashing of the department. It would really surprise me - he's like a dog with a bone when it comes to catching bent coppers.

It’s the cool calculated way Ryan is. ESP any rat lines

@feellikeanalien

One thing I have learned from LOD is that it is a very dangerous thing being a detective in murder or serious crime squads. Being murdered, blackmailed or framed all seem to be daily hazards of the job.

One question I have is what about Farida? Is she still in prison or was she killed too? I may have to rewatch the first few episodes of S6.

Farida is in prison but refusing to talk as she had her wrist broken by a bent prison guard (the same one who shat in Lindsay Denton’s porridge) She will re-emerge I am sure, i can’t decide whether i think she is a wrong-un or wronged?!

Ted has already been in Death in Paradise as a murderer! He did undertake a mega-smarm of Catherine as I recall.

He is so deadpan and innocent when he says it, it’s chilling!

And yet he really reminds me of Tom Daly :o

@Blondeshavemorefun

It’s the cool calculated way Ryan is. ESP any rat lines

He is an incredible actor playing a brilliant character isn’t he!?

Ryan scares the life out of me. Did you see the way he looked at Jo when she said they were transferring him to another department? I think he's capable of anything, he's definitely capable of killing Gail Vella.

A teaser is not a spoiler. Just sayin'. It's an (annoying) marketing strategy.

I now know what I know.

I don't know why I don't know, to channel Buckells.

On another note Sir Keir was in my neck of the woods today, literally going around talking to the community about 'crime and organised crime'.

Sir Keir, love, I am sure you're a fan but you are not going to find out about H and the OCG or who Jo's relly is from the good people of an entirely unexciting if rather rundown market town.