Line of Duty

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

23 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

Remember that funny one the other week when a Bobby snatched a woman off the street, did god knows what to her and then chopped her up and dumped parts of her body in a bag?

I also thought Hot Fuzz was accurate.

[littletedwest]

Never get a better bent copper than Don Beech 

[Charles Penrose]

5 hours ago, Captain Turdseye said:

Remember that funny one the other week when a Bobby snatched a woman off the street, did god knows what to her and then chopped her up and dumped parts of her body in a bag?

Yeah but I wasn’t including it under ‘exciting’ but whatever works for you mate. 

[Tony Moanero]

6 hours ago, Charles Penrose said:

I’ve not seen a minute of this but suspect it’s absolute garbage. Another one I hear identikit, off the shelf, personality vacuum Police Officers discussing. File under Life on Mars , Hot Fuzz and Luther.  
 

As if it gets any more exciting in real life than someone being suspended for trying to return an ‘unworn’ suit they actually wore at a wedding and producing their warrant card as evidence of their supposed honesty. Or the knobhead who was adding his own reduced stickers to joints of beef. Make a series out of that. 

 

 

Life on Mars neg.

[Chip Butty]

[YorkshireRed]

Just watched it. As usual, no clue. We go on...

[Chip Butty]

It's Franco Begbie, it makes too much sense not to be. 

 

 

[Bjornebye]

On 12/04/2021 at 21:22, Chip Butty said:

It's Franco Begbie, it makes too much sense not to be. 

 

 

Hahaha and Kelly McDonald reveals it the same way she says his name in her letter to Renton in Trainspotting. 

[Champ]

Am I being really dense but when they sprang Lakewell from prison why did they leave in convoy with all sirens blaring? They couldn’t have drawn more attention to themselves if they’d tried. This must be the point but I can’t fathom why

[Bjornebye]

I know its just TV entertainment but it's disappeared up its arse this series. I haven't enjoyed the last two episodes at all apart from pissing myself everytime Hastings speaks. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Any news Keet?

Yes ma’am we have info from AC-12, one of their CHIS’S stopped a suspected OCG member on the M1 driving a XJS, he was listening to ELO and XTC. On searching the boot of the XJS under some MDF they found a large amount of MDMA, the driver one P.J May an ex MMA fighter denied he knew the MDMA was in the XJS. 

OK Keet good work.

Ma’am.

[John102]

I've enjoyed this series. Probably my favourite other than the last. My enjoyment may be greater as I'm now having to wait a week for the episode. 

[Trumo]

Carmichael's soft-spoken passive-aggressive tone followed by a smug grin after EVERY single thing she says is going to make Hastings snap.

[Section_31]

That police raid by the Spanish reminded me of the fast show. 

 

"Butros butros ghali Marcoos Thirlwell."

[littletedwest]

10 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

That police raid by the Spanish reminded me of the fast show. 

 

"Butros butros ghali Marcoos Thirlwell."

No way is it him. They haven't brought James nesbitt in as just one photo I'm sure

[John102]

11 minutes ago, littletedwest said:

No way is it him. They haven't brought James nesbitt in as just one photo I'm sure

Mother of God 

[Red74]

Boss that tonight 

[Butch]

On 12/04/2021 at 18:21, Chip Butty said:

I did that. 

[Total Longo]

9 hours ago, littletedwest said:

No way is it him. They haven't brought James nesbitt in as just one photo I'm sure

As unlikely as that is, i'm definitely hoping it's true as he is a dreadful actor. 

 

 

It's deffo gone off on one as a series too, i can't decide if that is a good thing or a bad thing.

[Trumo]

9 hours ago, Section_31 said:

That police raid by the Spanish reminded me of the fast show. 

 

"Butros butros ghali Marcoos Thirlwell."

 

You might be right. I think his last words were "Buono Estente".

[stringvest]

It’s now Jesus Mary Joseph and the wee donkey. Do you reckon he’ll add one of the wise men next week?

[Skidfingers McGonical]

10 hours ago, Section_31 said:

That police raid by the Spanish reminded me of the fast show. 

 

"Butros butros ghali Marcoos Thirlwell."

Said the exact same thing to Missus. 

[Section_31]

This series of Line of Duty has been a bit like being Bishop Brennan and getting kicked up the arse, you won't notice how much daft nonsense it is until about a month after it's finished. Virtually none of it makes sense. 

 

No idea why Kate went on the run given that she'd shot someone in self defence and was licensed to have a firearm, no idea why she was ready to have some kind of Thelma and Louise style shootout at the end before Steve talked her down. 

 

No idea why the OCG exclusively only drive black Range Rovers and wear balaclavas (talk about conspicuous), no idea why Steve has failed a dug test but gets about a week's worth of polite emails inviting him in for a chat. 

 

No idea why nobody thinks it's weird that a probationary PC is allowed to sit in on Major Investigation Team briefings. 

 

I think the show has gone down that route that many go down, where the more popular they become the more they have to drag it out even though they've got no ideas. I also think - and it'd be interesting to know if this is true -  that it's been designed around new viewing habits (i.e people watching and sharing clips on social media) because most of it seems to be a medley of funny looks and 'clues'. 

 

It was boss years ago but now it's basically just a bit mental. I still enjoy it for what it is, but like most British telly, it's not a patch on something like The Shield.  

[Stickman]

12 hours ago, littletedwest said:

No way is it him. They haven't brought James nesbitt in as just one photo I'm sure

If they have it’s probably been the best performance I’ve seen from him

 

I thought the last series was bad enough but this has been awful I can’t believe they’ve managed to pan it out to seven episodes.

I think Kate turning into Steve McQueen from Bullitt last night was the final straw 

[Paul]

9 hours ago, Section_31 said:

This series of Line of Duty has been a bit like being Bishop Brennan and getting kicked up the arse, you won't notice how much daft nonsense it is until about a month after it's finished. Virtually none of it makes sense. 

 

No idea why Kate went on the run given that she'd shot someone in self defence and was licensed to have a firearm, no idea why she was ready to have some kind of Thelma and Louise style shootout at the end before Steve talked her down. 

 

No idea why the OCG exclusively only drive black Range Rovers and wear balaclavas (talk about conspicuous), no idea why Steve has failed a dug test but gets about a week's worth of polite emails inviting him in for a chat. 

 

No idea why nobody thinks it's weird that a probationary PC is allowed to sit in on Major Investigation Team briefings. 

 

I think the show has gone down that route that many go down, where the more popular they become the more they have to drag it out even though they've got no ideas. I also think - and it'd be interesting to know if this is true -  that it's been designed around new viewing habits (i.e people watching and sharing clips on social media) because most of it seems to be a medley of funny looks and 'clues'. 

 

It was boss years ago but now it's basically just a bit mental. I still enjoy it for what it is, but like most British telly, it's not a patch on something like The Shield.  

I think it’s fallen off a cliff this series. The whole “no comment”, now I’ll tell you a bit and now I’m back to “no comment” again thing was beyond parody - and it went on for what felt like half the episode!!! And the overarching series narrative arc is so complex no fucker can remember anything. And why has Vicky McClure, one of the best actors of her generation when working with Shane Meadows, become this wooden, cliched robot in this?

 

I’m too far in to fuck it off now, but this series has been weak as fuck.