Well..... I got AMM's new posting (before the BBC announcement 😉), and the untugged thread of Ted's visit to Lee Banks.
I didn't enjoy this episode as much. I fear JM and MC are trying to raise the tension that will be hard to maintain. The fact that the shots were against a black screen means I'm not worried about Kate.
There was also too much 'mate' between Steve and Kate and Ted is becoming a caricature. (Sorry.... )
So I'm sure Kate and Jo will survive. I'm not sure about Ryan and if he does, as others have said, what's his value now. He seemed genuinely surprised he was under surveillance. He's been operating under the radar for too long and thought he was invisible. He may be a junior police officer but he's been in the OGC for a many years. He's more than a foot soldier.
I'm not sure whether Jo is a victim or perpetrator. She's been portrayed in recent episodes as a victim but Farida was frightened when she said 'you don't know what she's capable of' and Jo probably set up Buckells. They were in cahoots at the start and Jo was probably using Buckells incompetence to hide her own agenda.
Pat Carmichael's entry was timely as it effectively meant that Jo/ Ryan could kill Kate (as instructed) without surveillance. Does that mean Pat is H or did Osborne tell her to dismantle the enquiry. I wonder how she behaves at the shootout.
Will she be suspicious of those orders after the shooting or will she continue to follow them.
I would love Pat to join forces with Ted and AC 12 to bring down the H/the CC but I suspect JM won't go there. Meanwhile we can enjoy AMM's brilliant sense of timing.
The Christopher Lawrence link took us off into a whole new area. It seems Chloe is the only one on that line of enquiry. I love the way she says 'I'll keep digging'. But is it the key or a red herring (and where do herrings fit in the mackerel and sprat hierarchy?). I hope James Nesbitt continues to be a photograph. I'm not sure I can cope.