Line of Duty

[Dr Nowt]

They’ve devoted so much of this series to being essentially a greatest hits farewell tour, bringing together all the different plotlines and characters from the various series, this really does need to now be the last ever episode coming up, to deliver the pay-off.

 

If it ends with, oooh, they nearly caught H but still didn’t uncover him, wait for series 7 to find out who it is, their audience numbers by rights should go through the floor.

[Total Longo]

H is deffo James Nesbitt's appalling wig. It will be like that Simpson's Halloween episode where Snake's hair attached itself to Homer and turned him evil.

 

Hairline of Duty.  

[Section_31]

Jimmy Saville's police mate's son murdered Steven Lawrence and Jill Dando was about to expose it until someone busted a cap in her ass and H's mate's daughter/niece was planted in the force years ago with the expectation that she would climb the ranks at sufficient speed to cover it all up. 

 

When you read it like that - which is basically the plot - it does sound mental.

 

They should just go all in now and break the bank to cast Tom Hardy as The Krays. 

 

"Listen son, are you the gay one? How about you cottage me this - who is H?!" 

 

"Is he talking to me? I fink he's talking to me?"

 

"Yeah he's talking to you Ron. Look I'm sorry mate he hasn't had his tablets. Look we don't know who H is, we're just your standard East End villains ain't we?"

 

"DO YOU THINK! THAT I!?! Floated up the Thames in a bubble son! You've both got another thing coming believe you me!"

 

"Reg what's he on about?"

 

"I dunno mate."  

[Reckoner]

35 minutes ago, Total Longo said:

H is deffo James Nesbitt's appalling wig. It will be like that Simpson's Halloween episode where Snake's hair attached itself to Homer and turned him evil.

 

Hairline of Duty.  

Repped for the long drawn out premise just to get a terrible pun in.

[Chip Butty]

They've killed Chrissy Waddle. 

[Trumo]

37 minutes ago, Chip Butty said:

They've killed Chrissy Waddle. 

 

Heth Heth Heth Heth...

[Skidfingers McGonical]

Hastings is gonna go full McNulty.

[Bobby Hundreds]

This is quickly becoming the dumbest shit I've ever watched. Its making Dr Who feel legit. If that whole look beyond the "race claim" being an anagram of carmichael minus the H is a true theory then I am going to roundhouse kick my fucking TV. Its bad enough knowing I've got James fucking Nesbitt to look forward too an absolute atrocity of an actor. There's suspending belief for the sake of drama but theres got to be some kind of boundaries to a drama.

[Bjornebye]

9 hours ago, stringvest said:

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

Me and her have just been pissing ourselves watching that 

[stringvest]

8 hours ago, Paul said:

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?

No comment.

[Elite]

It's turned into a complete load of shit. 

 

Watching it is like doing a Rubix Cube with your eyes closed, whilst your fingers are covered in lube. 

[Section_31]

We've sent her to prison for now 

 

Which prison, the one where EVERYONE we send gets killed?

 

Yes. 

[Elite]

7 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

We've sent her to prison for now 

 

Which prison, the one where EVERYONE we send gets killed?

 

Yes. 

The one with the guard that's been involved in more suspicious deaths than the CIA.

[stringvest]

When those two bruisers came in it looked like she was going to get aggressively lezzed to death.  I feared for her lady parts, I truly did.

[stringvest]

17 minutes ago, Elite said:

It's turned into a complete load of shit. 

 

Watching it is like doing a Rubix Cube with your eyes closed, whilst your fingers are covered in lube. 

 

except that's normally on a Friday

[Elite]

Just now, stringvest said:

When those two bruisers came in it looked like she was going to get aggressively lezzed to death.  I feared for her lady parts, I truly did.

It was like a parody of Bad Girls.

[RedKnight]

Still good fun in my book. 

 

As for the 'no comment' thing, Jed Mercurio must have been watching a lot of 24 Hours in Police Custody.

[Section_31]

"No commento"

[Butch]

11 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.  

Of course it's going to be over the top and full of drama, that's what dramas are about and everyone loves it. Whoever wrote it has done a great job. So many twists and turns. 

[YorkshireRed]

Just watched this week’s episode. As usual, no clue. It’s bollocks but it’s fun bollocks. In these difficult times it’s good to remember how much fun can be had with bollocks. 

[Juniper]

Just popping in to say I’ve never seen a single episode of this show.

[Jockey]

I've really enjoyed it. Despite its obvious flaws it keeps the right side of daft. But an OCG who have apparently been able to stay in the shadows for decades not being aware of VPNs is a bit of a stretch. 

[Butch]

2 hours ago, YorkshireRed said:

Just watched this week’s episode. As usual, no clue. It’s bollocks but it’s fun bollocks. In these difficult times it’s good to remember how much fun can be had with bollocks. 

 

[Total Longo]

12 hours ago, stringvest said:

When those two bruisers came in it looked like she was going to get aggressively lezzed to death.  I feared for her lady parts, I truly did.

"This place is like a maze" 

 

What shape were the Maze Prisons in Norn Iron? 

 

H shaped. I rest my case, M'Lud.

[Strontium]

I'm a bit bemused that after six series and 36 episodes, everyone is only just now realising this show is complete hokum.

 

But still the most entertaining hokum on British television.