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Line of Duty 2....Anyone Else..?

very good finale, up to the standard of the rest of the show.

she took the cash home cos they'd already searched there and she thought she was in the clear. I guessed about using summat that would be burnt in the fire to move the tracker :) Tho from what they showed, she didn't really need to anyway.
 
bouncer_the_dog said:
I have a theory

  • Dot IS the Caddy.
  • Ackers WAS dirty.
  • The witness IS STILL ALIVE.
  • The burnt body was not angry man from series one.
  • Dryden did not kill girl.
  • 'The Witness' had girl killed to blackmail Dryden.
  • Dryden was manipulated into putting Denton in place, but maybe as extra ammunition against her...
  • Dot is running a clean up operation.
  • Can't figure out if Denton was looking for abducted girl to cover her back.
  • On balance I think Denton probably IS a baddie after all...
  • Can't wait to find out what happens!!
  • Nice to see Neil Morrisey do proper acting..

    :eek:
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Pretty good guesses now we've seen the end!
 
belboid said:
she took the cash home cos they'd already searched there and she thought she was in the clear.
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And the cash was safe with her mother's stuff I think - it was her last chance to get it back, and she made a fuss, which partly tipped AC12 off. I suspect the Denton story isn't over, as the third series has been commissioned. The "Dot" Cotton story certainly isn't done.

Anyway, bravo, really enjoyed it. I hope Carly is OK, and at least calls her foster parents.
 
I really enjoyed it too and I really liked the ambiguous ending. There were so many threads and a lot of it was left still up in the air which I actually found more satisfying than the neat conclusions that happen so often in TV shows. The door is open for series 3 methinks. Where can I catch up on series 1? I assume that Tommy and Dot were a big part of series 1?

I thought Keeley Hawes was really excellent in this. A very interesting female character with a lot of depth which is unusual to see. You don't often see such brutality and scheming from female character combined with humanity and real sympathy. A complex and believable individual. I did not know where her character was going all the way through and she was a constant surprise. I think that her and DI Fleming might actually pass the Bechdel test!

The weakest actor for my money is the guy who plays Steve Arnot but he is surrounded by some real talent. Adrian Dunbar's struggle with morality was a particular joy to watch.
 
Sorry for joining this discussion so late - I only just got round to watch this show. I really enjoyed it, and agree that both Vickie McClure and Keely Hawes put in excellent performances, but I disagree with some of the criticism of Martin Compston's role.

Line of Duty managed to combine the grippingness and watchability of US TV with the complex characterization of UK TV. The problem with UK shows is that they forget they are primarily a form of entertainment (think Peeky Blinders), while in U.S shows, even if the characters are morally ambiguous (e.g. Breaking Bad's 2 main protagonists, various GoT roles), they are always inherently likable and you end up rooting for them. I guess it is the British sense of self-depreciation that really allows us to present and identify with truly irredeemable characters (think Basil Fawlty or Frank Gallagher).

So regarding Martin Compston's role - you are not supposed to like DC Steve Arnott. From the opening shots of series one, we begin to realise he is a man of limited ability. While he had a lot of action with the ladies, he is never portrayed as a smooth Lothario, but rather as an insecure and sleazy sex-addict, for which I think a 5 foot 6 average-looking Compston is quite well cast.

This all helps to build the suspense - who do you really align yourself with? Maybe DI Denton is really the soul of the series. Or is it Ted Hastings? No, he is controlled by his financial irregularities. Maybe it is Kate Fleming? Oh - she is also flawed. You always end up second-guessing yourself throughout.

This is quite clearly the best thing on British TV in quite a while.
 
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For reasons I can't quite define, I'm not a fan of the new feller in this, Daniel Mays. Still, looking forward t it.
 
Turned it off just seemed the most compeletly fucking stupid opening I've ever seen made no sense at all the other coppers firing their guns made no sense at all.:confused:
 
I'm really enjoying it, but wasn't that thrilled to see the plotlines from the last series entangling with this one. It's wonderfully done with strong characters and great writing - and the converging plotlines probably make it even more so. It's just a bit implausible.

Just finished watching 13 (series about a girl who is abducted for 13 years). It was okay but definitely a couple of notches down from Line of Duty, in terms of character, intensity and the like. I won't get too spoilery in case anyone is still watching it, but there were a couple of sub plots that you kept thinking were going to have a real impact on the main theme/outcome/whodunit. In the end they didn't and sort of resolved themselves in a fairly naturalistic way. Suspect I probably prefer that kind of real life messiness rather than the L of D thing - even if it is still an excellent series.
 
So the two plotlines converging are gonna reveal a vigilantic cop squad taking out ex members of a peado ring???

.....and peado king was the cockney geezer on the blower to Hari????
 
Nanker Phelge said:
So the two plotlines converging are gonna reveal a vigilantic cop squad taking out ex members of a peado ring???

.....and peado king was the cockney geezer on the blower to Hari????
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With added dimension of SC12 (or whatever they are called) being undermined or even suspended due to Lindsay Denton winning her appeal.
 
Including plot lines from previous series' is one of the things that mark LoD out as more interesting than most such shows. Nowt wrong with it at all - except it means you have to pay a bit more attention. At least enough to realise the squad is called AC12.

My only problem with the latest development is how did Keeley Hawes get an appeal? Theres no new evidence on offer, the story about Steve planting evidence could clearly have been offered at her original trial, so...
 
Nanker Phelge said:
So the two plotlines converging are gonna reveal a vigilantic cop squad taking out ex members of a peado ring???

.....and peado king was the cockney geezer on the blower to Hari????
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I reckon it was The Caddy (dot) on the phone and Hari was possibly involved in the hit on Hunter which turned into a mass murder after Denton veered off the agreed ambush route in S2
 
baffled said:
I reckon it was The Caddy (dot) on the phone and Hari was possibly involved in the hit on Hunter which turned into a mass murder after Denton veered off the agreed ambush route in S2
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Yup. Two close ups on suspiciously similar watches worn by Dot, and Hari's mystery caller.
 
belboid said:
Including plot lines from previous series' is one of the things that mark LoD out as more interesting than most such shows. Nowt wrong with it at all - .

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It's not that it comes from the last series per se as that they are (seemingly) building it into one mega-plot. A contrast would be Happy Valley which ended up, the second series at least, with a few frayed ends of plot that they were happy to leave be.

except it means you have to pay a bit more attention. At least enough to realise the squad is called AC12
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And that's another thing, you can't hear the dialogue. :p
 
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