Shetland season 8

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Anyone else looking forward to the new season starting on Wednesday? It will seem a bit strange without Perez but looks to be a good cast and storyline so far as we know.

Okay, let's start off really weird...

WTF? Some sort of big Gollum pagan nut now?

What happened to the boy on the bus who took Ellens bag, do we know?

Beaten up and put on a ferry by Ellen's uncle - who kept the money

Ta, i must've had a wee break during that bit!

Ruth's jumper with the yellow cuffs and sides. Anyone know where it is from? I really like it.

Oh great, so big Gollum was the plumber, good one!

No idea about the jumper, sorry..

So Ellen might be Ruth's half sister..

Same!

Didn’t see that coming at the end, the family connection.

Can someone with better understanding of tangled webs sort out the symbols, sheep and funeral pyre which are clearly linked?

Snap, loved that jumper!

@Merryhobnobs @Forestdweller11 google lens says Me&Em block colour but out of stock 🙁

oh that was weird, but I wonder what Gollum was doing there in 2016. And there was someone in his house when the police stopped by to ask if he’d noticed any cars going past.

That was a potential twist! I don't think Ellen will end up being she is her half sister.

I don't think pagan plumber guy killed Ellen, but I think they probably had the same beliefs so he thought he was giving her the send off she would have wanted.

I still think it's something to do with her friends partner. I really hope it isn't Tom as he really has enough on his plate, and he and his mum seemed to have a good relationship with her.

The psychiatrist and his wife. Who killed their son? What is the knocking she can hear? Is it the emergency services telling her what her husband did to her son?

@Merrilydancing they're both the same guy

I don't think pagan plumber guy killed Ellen, but I think they probably had the same beliefs so he thought he was giving her the send off she would have wanted.

Absolutely that. But what's the deal with nasty, blackmailing Heather?

Wait a minute. Heather was described as Ellen's cousin. She's in her 50's though. She's surely Ellen's Aunt.

I prefer Tosh's jumper.

Yes I had assumed Heather was Stella’s sister so would be her aunt. Isn’t Ellen her son’s cousin.
is it being implied that Azir killed his son I think I missed that.
All a bit creepy!

Well, it's being implied that Azir killed his son. However, it could have been the wife or someone else and the fact that he is covering would mean he would lose his daughter.

I prefer Tosh's jumper too. Do we know where that is from?

@Awrite @Lifesapurpledream Heather the cleaner is Ellen's cousin. Ellen is also the cousin of Heather's son... second cousin.

I'm thinking their son dying may have been an accident but could be viewed as negligence so that's why Heather is blackmailing them.

Yes. That was Tom said that, wasn't it? He's not the sharpest tool in the box and was obviously taken in by Heather.

It was Azir. He said Ellen's cousin brought her in - Heather. (To the psychiatric ward)

Ah, thanks.