Line of Duty Thread 8: All aboard the wee donkey for the final episode - no spoilers, the wee donkey bites!

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Hope you all don’t mind, getting near the end of thread 7, so thought I’d trot this one out!

@CheekyWeeShite - equally could mean they wanted to know who it was he'd spoken to in the pub so they could arrest him for GV's murder.

I'm going to start avoiding LoD articles now until after Sunday.
I really want the gang back together at the end.
No H reveal.
Carmichael to continue guest appearances
Jo and Kate to move in together

@GrimDamnFanjo

I'm going to start avoiding LoD articles now until after Sunday. I really want the gang back together at the end. No H reveal. Carmichael to continue guest appearances Jo and Kate to move in together

Steve can move in with me. I'll make room in my wardrobe for his waistcoats.

If ted kate or Steve are bent or die the whole world would be distraught

@GrimDamnFanjo

I'm going to start avoiding LoD articles now until after Sunday. I really want the gang back together at the end. No H reveal. Carmichael to continue guest appearances Jo and Kate to move in together

Jo and Kate to move in together She set her up to be killed!

There's a theory to explain why Kate and Jo ran - and Kate said "we are being framed" (Framed for what? Shooting Ryan? Odd when that's what Kate apparently do.)

The theory is that an OCG member was there and shot Ryan (for being a rat? As in telling he killed Corbett and Maneet.)

It would explain why they ran and the framing claim but leaves us with the question why we heard the shots directly after Kate's shout warning and the gun used and residue on Kate's sleeve.

Is it possible the OCG member did what Jo claimed she did when saying she she Ryan?

Could it have been H who was there and shot Ryan?

The biggest draw back is the time between Kate's warning and the two shots we heard. Not long enough for someone to have intervened.

Is Jed inclined to put in misleading things? I know there's lots made about "clues" but does he really add these or does he just add them in so people can go off on wild insane theories (like there being Hs everywhere and that meaning something).

Sorry I didn't make myself clear - what I meant was I know Hunter is her dad - but could it be that since childhood Jo thought and did up until the big reveal last week, that it was Osborne?

@SophieB100

Sorry I didn't make myself clear - what I meant was I know Hunter is her dad - but could it be that since childhood Jo thought and did up until the big reveal last week, that it was Osborne?

I'm tending to agree with you here. I rewatched yesterday and I mentioned upthread earlier about Jo's bent copper dad and there was a few comments about it must have been referring to the man her mum said raped her but now I'm having my doubts.

Kates asks about him pre-car chase then, which is when Jo says he's a bent copper and then she's asked about him in the glass box interview and once again Kate mentions it to Steve in the car park.

It seems to be lingering there but have no idea why and how. It's referred to on so many occasions that it must have some signficance.

I don't think any of the 3 are bent. I genuinely believe the last episode will lead to Osborne being caught, going full circle to the first ever episode

@SophieB100

Sorry I didn't make myself clear - what I meant was I know Hunter is her dad - but could it be that since childhood Jo thought and did up until the big reveal last week, that it was Osborne?

Jo lived in Scotland. I'm not sure how feasible this is. Also, how long has Osborne been in the force? It would've had to be 43 years ago for him to fit the 'bent copper who raped Jo's mum' criteria.

"Jo lived in Scotland. I'm not sure how feasible this is. Also, how long has Osborne been in the force? It would've had to be 43 years ago for him to fit the 'bent copper who raped Jo's mum' criteria."

I think that Osbourne is a similar age to Tommy Hunter?

Of course Jo's mum was lying about who her dad was so why would she tell Jo that he was a "bent copper"?

She may not have known. If she was in that care home at the time and lots of different bent coppers appearing as well as her brother raping her she may not have known who the father was and assumed it was a bent copper as there were more of them. She was only sent to Scotland when she was pregnant with Jo. I do think Jo was genuinely shocked to hear Tommy was her father. She suddenly realised stuff about her mum that she didnt know before.

He may be a bent copper. Just not one we know. Did Jo say she had a relationship with the person her mum told her was her dad?

Osborne looks much older than Hunter. Hard life!

For Jo to know the man she thought was her father was a bent copper means it's likely he has either been killed in the course of LoD or imprisoned. It's going to be someone we know or have seen. The alternative is that it's someone she can bring down with what she knows, but she hasn't done so because of the OCG. I think the latter is likely because it would make for a great final episode. For AC-12, getting her to impart the information she has will be the big thing.

Jo's been a copper since 96 or 98 I think - all her adult working life. That means the bent copper stepfather joined in the 70s.

Could potentially have joined early 80s. Dryden perhaps?

So, if Gail's murder has been solved (Carl Banks) why are they still investigating? Has MIT actually said the murder is resolved based on Carl Banks admitting the murder despite him now being dead so no way of knowing for sure? Or are they looking for someone else in connection to the murder? Surely MIT have no part to play now and it will just be AC12 investigating bent coppers based on what Gail was investigating? Seems like the murder of Gail is just a plot device for AC12 to find H but the first episode was all about solving the murder.

Clearly someone thought Carl Banks was a liability for shouting his mouth off in the pub, plus he didn't decide off his own bat to kill Gail, he was the hitman for whoever ordered it. It's that person or persons they now need to find.

@MotherOfGodWeeFella and presumably the person who ordered the hit on Gail will be H, if there are hints that the finale ties in with all the other series.

I do hope the finale is the one we've all been waiting for but based on previous series I think there is possibly going to be one hell of a twist/shock that will upset.

@MotherOfGodWeeFella

Could potentially have joined early 80s. Dryden perhaps?

Dryden is on record as having a thing for teen girls...

I'm so impressed with all your forensic knowledge of characters and plot lines going back to series 1. I'm totally invested but basically just along for the ride.

I thought of Dryden, too. But he is too young for Jo to believe he is her father. And we saw his wife.

Also, when was Jo told that her dad was a "bent copper"?

Were they a bent copper when her mum was raped or became one later?

That would impact the age that the person could be & therefore who Jo might be thinking of.

I'm thinking it must be someone we haven't met. I'm not sure anyone meets the age criteria, unless, like Tommy, they raped her at a young age and became a bent copper layer...

@YoutubeZoom

I thought of Dryden, too. But he is too young for Jo to believe he is her father. And we saw his wife.

She won't necessarily have known how old bent copper dad was so I don't think that's a reason to rule him out.