Line of Duty Thread 9, no spoilers! Watch along as we find out (?) wtf is going on!

[TedisnotH]

Reporting in, fellas. Let's fill up Thread 8 first though, ok?

Seriously, it wasn't shit. It was a thoughtful and intelligent ending and probably reflective of realitity. Osborne off the hook, Buckells in jail, Ted's future uncertain and corruption covered up.

Very satisfactory. Thank you Jed for not turning it into a pantomime.

@ImAncient

I don’t have Twitter- does anyone have a link? Seriously thinking of joining just so I can whinge

Im sorry, have you just asked for a link to twitter?

So yes am disappointed but hopeful that there could be a series 7.

I felt asleep 5-10 minutes before the end!!! I'm not exactly sure what time.

Unless a lot happened in last few minutes that was all a bit shite!

Reflecting on it I think the message jed was perhaps conveying is that it's not about all the catching a baddie stuff, when the baddies are untouchable. That policing is political more often than adrenalin fueled. A bit of a departure though!

I agree and the mature side of me admired his message. The woman who just wants a bit of drama and a departure from reality on a Sunday night is fucked off though! I don't want reality! I want a bloody exciting finish!

This.

Yes lots of corruption at various levels - lomax might be good but has a murky past. Carmichael suits herself. Osbourne dodgy.

@stickyjamtoast

I felt asleep 5-10 minutes before the end!!! I'm not exactly sure what time.

Unless a lot happened in last few minutes that was all a bit shite!

spoiler

Fuck all happened.

As you were.

They hyped it as an exciting finish this may well be true to reality but it was a rubbish ending :-(

The people who were disappointed what ending did you expect?

@Misty9

Reflecting on it I think the message jed was perhaps conveying is that it's not about all the catching a baddie stuff, when the baddies are untouchable. That policing is political more often than adrenalin fueled. A bit of a departure though!

Agree, but I think it was meant to be a bit of a wake up call as yo how politicised/corrpupt policing has become. And how we're powerless to stop it.

Well, that was disappointing and sort of perfunctory. Lots of exposition and events the audience never got to witness. We never got invested in Gail Vella, Laurence Christopher, Darren Hunter and Thurwall. It's always a mistake to centre a series on things that happen off-screen.

Jo Davidson was a bit of a cipher, all backstory and no current story and it was very hard to understand her motivations. She was certainly no Lindsay Denton. There was very little point to the whole Steph detour or the Steve painkiller storyline.

I kept on expecting something really clever to happen or a brilliant twist or even a bit of action but it just felt like a load of filler. The fan theories are more interesting than the actual storyline. I was more intrigued by one episode Danny Waldron than seven episode Jo Davidson.

[quote poundoflard]@Cuntryhouse

Yes indeed there have been far better theories on MN , perhaps Jed needed to read a few and put on a better ending on for us.

Cheated , I tell you cheated![/quote]
Most of the theories on here were bloody ridiculous. I would've been disappointed if most of them had cropped up!

It was very underwhelming but I think that was the point. Corruption is not about criminal masterminds and explosions and high speed car chases. It's about the ordinary people that are the collateral damage. Criminals aren't generally evil geniuses; they're lucky. Doesn't make for a good TV drama though.

What a load of utter shit!

It was brave not to be predictable.

They should have ended it on season 4. I can't remember it exactly but they could have gone with Hilton outed as H, end of story. The whole "oh there are actually 4 caddys let's find them all" always seemed a bit forced and now has been a huge anticlimax.

Dh just told me:"Osborne was in that bloody play you made me watch that time"
It was macbeth. About 13 years ago. He wouldn't let me tell him the plot, so had no idea what was going on.

@CrumbsThatsQuick

How did Kate get into the back of Jo's transfer van without evil prison officer laydee in the front knowing about it?

Yeah, I thought that prison transport caper was the closest Jed's come to jumping the shark.

I liked it. No way were we going to get a neat tie up of all loose ends

@tecatea

The people who were disappointed what ending did you expect?

An exciting twist.

How did Kate get into the back of Jo's transfer van without evil prison officer laydee in the front knowing about it?

She did know didn't she as Steve was next to her in the drivers cab

I enjoyed it so much I forgot to eat my chocolate.

The wee donkey could have written a better ending

I'd go into witness protection for Jo's cottage.