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?

Definitely worth a second watch as pp mentioned. I quite liked the ending. Feel bad for the cast & crew over the Soc media reaction

@JaneJeffer

I'm interested in one thing and one thing only; what Jenny thought of the final episode.

Ha, yes! Looking forward to seeing what she and the rest of them make of it.

@JaneJeffer YES, I have thought about this too. Do we think the notebook will be shredded in frustration?!

It seemed a bit pointless having Steph in the series. Although I suppose if not we wouldn't have known Hastings gave her the money?

@lottieproject

As an aside, did anyone else find "Steph Corbett's" Liverpool accent excruciating? It was so bad.

www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/irish-line-of-dutystar-keen-to-avoid-wild-mountain-thymeblunder-with-liverpool-accent-40379303.html

@SunscreenCentral

Definitely worth a second watch as pp mentioned. I quite liked the ending. Feel bad for the cast & crew over the Soc media reaction

Agree, must be awful to see the comments. I really enjoyed it, was such a talking point at work, we all bonded over some virtual gins!

@SunscreenCentral they will be used to it, they made a epic show that drew in millions of viewers. So a few cry babies didn’t get the ending they wanted!

I was initially wtf but the actor who played H gave a good interview on this morning and did actually put the ending into a good perspective.

@lottieproject

As an aside, did anyone else find "Steph Corbett's" Liverpool accent excruciating? It was so bad.

The actress is Irish. You can always tell when the actor isn't a native.

You can always tell when the actor isn't a native.

I can't! I am totally shit at it. Even with my own South London accent.

To be fair I can pick out Steve's Glasgow twang every now and then (I'm Glaswegian) - don't get me wrong his English accent is excellent but there's something about the pace/pronunciation of certain words that gives the game away if you know.

It's the same with most actors/actresses.

I think the ending was a slow burner for me, as soon as it finished I thought "well that was shit" but now I've had time to process it I think it was well done. I just wish we had more of a hint what's going on with Steve/Kate/Ted. I'd have liked a note on them but then I suppose that would mean giving the game away on whether there was a S7 though!

@CheekyWeeShite

If you want a brilliantly written crime / police series with a perfectly written ending, I advise starting on The Shield. I believe it’s on Prime now, also All4. As much as I’ve enjoyed LoD, The Shield makes it look like Midsummer Murders.

'The Shield' is absolutely awesome.

I predict that Jenny will have cried when Ted confessed to Kate and Steve.

Who’s this wee Jenny girl?

@DialDownTheIanPaisley - Jenny is a massive Line of Duty fan who appears on Gogglebox. She sits every week with her notebook and pen taking notes (genius!)

@MotherOfGodWeeFella

I predict that Jenny will have cried when Ted confessed to Kate and Steve.

Oh I love Jenny and her notebook - can't wait to see her reaction 😊

Thanks @EvilOnion. Wise woman!

Sorry if this has been covered (not read entire thread!) but a question that's bothering me!!!!

Why was Buckells "framed" with the evidence in the boot of his car? I think Jo confessed to planting them, but if Buckells was also in with the OCG then who would have told her to do this and why, since it put an ally behind bars?

I keep chewing it over and it's not making sense in the context of all we now know, unless I missed something? Any clarity appreciated!

One of the many unanswered questions Rollo...

I think Jo didn't know Buckell's was part of the network, certainly not the one who had been giving her instructions, so she thought she could get him out of the way so she could run/direct the investigation and get rid of Ryan whilst protecting Kate.

That's just my wonky thought process though!

Thanks onion! That makes as much sense as anything else I can think of - but what a massive OCG blunder in that case!

Who signed the document ordering Jo to be taken out of prison for interview? The one that was co-signed by Kate (but Kate said she didn't sign it) I found that very confusing?

That's another one giving me sleepless nights! Ryan was dead by then and Buckells had already been taken out by Jo, of all people. So who was left to orchestrate it? Nobody seemed to follow up with Lomax, whose name was also on the doc?

Also why did Carmichael stay out of the final interview, and Kate joined it as a non-AC 12? Bumping Sherlock Chloe who'd single-handedly identified Buckells as H 😆 So many questions!

@RolloTomassi

Sorry if this has been covered (not read entire thread!) but a question that's bothering me!!!!

Why was Buckells "framed" with the evidence in the boot of his car? I think Jo confessed to planting them, but if Buckells was also in with the OCG then who would have told her to do this and why, since it put an ally behind bars?

I keep chewing it over and it's not making sense in the context of all we now know, unless I missed something? Any clarity appreciated!

Did you notice how in the first episode Jo says to Buckels about we need this( the arrest of the Gail suspect ) to go the way WE want. Who did she mean? Just the two of them or the OCG?

There were some strange goings on in that first couple of episodes between Jo and Buckells which don't seem to make sense in light of her no knowing he was actually pulling her strings.

I think we also got to find out that Buckells did in fact put the files in the boot of his car himself (although he said initially that Jo was framing him).

I've blagged the afternoon off and I'm going to watch S6 again. Happy days. Hopefully it will make more sense in hindsight.

@Buggerthebotox

There were some strange goings on in that first couple of episodes between Jo and Buckells which don't seem to make sense in light of her no knowing he was actually pulling her strings.

I think we also got to find out that Buckells did in fact put the files in the boot of his car himself (although he said initially that Jo was framing him).

I've blagged the afternoon off and I'm going to watch S6 again. Happy days. Hopefully it will make more sense in hindsight.

Jo admits to framing Buckells with the files in one of her interviews (of course she could be lying to protect him).

I do believe she thought it was Fairbanks on the laptop though.

@RolloTomassi

Sorry if this has been covered (not read entire thread!) but a question that's bothering me!!!!

Why was Buckells "framed" with the evidence in the boot of his car? I think Jo confessed to planting them, but if Buckells was also in with the OCG then who would have told her to do this and why, since it put an ally behind bars?

I keep chewing it over and it's not making sense in the context of all we now know, unless I missed something? Any clarity appreciated!

Jo was just dropping someone else in it instead of her - she wasn't told to put files in Buckells' car. From working with him she already knew he was lazy, etc as she had deliberately got his approval for the wrong kind of surveillance so as to mess up the arrest of Carl Banks.