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

[TheHoodedClaw]

And why didn't she just try shooting him in the legs first? she's a trained firearms officer and it would have been the right thing to do tactically surely?

I think they are trained to always aim for the largest target - the torso.

 

[gosub]

I think they are trained to always aim for the largest target - the torso.

even though she can hit a a moving bullseye at over 200yrds

 

[sojourner]

It was great but the ending was a bit contrived. I was wondering what the armed police were doing outside the interview room - basically a plot device!

First 75 minutes - seriously good writing. Tense, exciting, riveting. As others have said it was essentially two interviews and the the pace and unfolding of the evidence was absolutely excellent.
Last 15 minutes - spectacularly daft.

Agree 100% and I was hacked off that they chose to go this (completely and utterly implausible) route. Not to mention, apart from the testosterone-overload "let's all run around and shout a lot and point guns a lot" laziness, it didn't make any sense at all. Why would bent firearms copper risk it in a crowded police station? Why the shouty (and badly written) convo between Kate and Dot at the end? And why didn't she just try shooting him in the legs first? she's a trained firearms officer and it would have been the right thing to do tactically surely?

argh. it's eating away at me like a case of systemic corruption. It was SO GOOD in parts and then let down by these shenanigans.

Absolutely. It kind of ruined it for me that. I would have been happier for it to stop around about the bit where he falters and begins to fuck up.

 

[evildacat]

I think they are trained to always aim for the largest target - the torso.

isn't the motto shoot to stop ?
Was ok but considering like others have said how many guns the police have on the streets here was ott.

 

[Mab]

The lead investigator looks just like my 7yo nephew and lacks gravitas. I can't get past that, despite the excellent supporting cast and quite good storylines and script. It must also be said that it owes an enormous debt to The Ghost Squad which did everything this does but better.

Thank you for The Ghost Squad. I thought I had most of the U.K. crime drama but I don't and I really like the leads acting in other programs I've seen.

 

[rubbershoes]

Dot and Arnott should have had a dance off, like they did in Soul Boy

 

[goldenecitrone]

Dot and Arnott should have had a dance off, like they did in Soul Boy

Brilliant! Was Jimmy Savile on the doors?

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Dot and Arnott should have had a dance off, like they did in Soul Boy

That there is top internet digging It just needs Kate hula-hooping in at the end and smiting Dot.

 

[Ms T]

Excellent!

I was surprised to discover the other day that the actor who plays Steve is actually Scottish. Top accent work.

 

[TikkiB]

Loved that. My mind is slightly blown by that, plus the fact that film was only made in 2010 and Arnott was playing a 17yr old, and he still looks the same.

 

[Saffy]

I wonder what a TV show with Kate Fleming and Catherine from Happy Valley would be like?
I'd defo watch it.

 

[spanglechick]

Excellent!

I was surprised to discover the other day that the actor who plays Steve is actually Scottish. Top accent work.

Ahh! His very odd accent has been troubling me for years. I had settled on Australian.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Excellent!

I was surprised to discover the other day that the actor who plays Steve is actually Scottish. Top accent work.

Not if you are where I am from.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I enjoyed that last ep...but all those shitty suited people running reminded me of an ep of the apprentice....and like the apprentice it was a lot of nonsense

 

[Nanker Phelge]

The action at the end of happy valley was way more gripping

 

[Sprocket.]

Enjoyed it though not as much as the first two series.
Still think Adrian Dunbar is a very talented actor, be good to see him get more work. Though Craig Parkinson was also good as Dot, felt like punching him through the screen at times.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

I enjoyed that last ep...but all those shitty suited people running reminded me of an ep of the apprentice....and like the apprentice it was a lot of nonsense

That's a strange comparison!

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Why is it?

 

[gosub]

Most of the death scenes get edited out of the apprentice.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

This is back on Sunday night. Thandi Newton is the - bent? - cop in this series

 

[Sprocket.]

The BBC have even given it an upgrade from Wednesday on BBC 2 to Sunday on BBC 1.
Am anticipating another classic.

 

[rubbershoes]

The BBC have even given it an upgrade from Wednesday on BBC 2 to Sunday on BBC 1.
Am anticipating another classic.

Sunday is for showing shite like Call the Midwife, hence pub night.

iPlayer it is then

 

[Supine]

Woot woot. Looking forward to this.

Reminds me though, I haven't seen S2 yet.

 

[Mr Moose]

Skinny and sophisticated Thandie Newton may struggle to convince she made it through Hendon. A bit like when David Bowie was a Major in the British Army in Merry Xmas Mr Lawrence. But that's actoring, maybe she will.

 

[sojourner]

Ooo yeh - looking forward to this! I have a guaranteed hangover lined up for Sunday so this'll be the perfect end to a day of nausea

 

[themonkeyman]

this is gonna be class, really enjoyed the first two seasons. But I agree with an earlier post, maybe not as gritty as Happy Valley. Especially season 1 of HV. That is different class.

 

[Saffy]

I can't wait for this.

 

[Mab]

Line of Duty only became available this March for my area. Fantastic! I'm on series three episode 5. I must admit feeling a tinglely glee when Keely gave that bastard a kicking. I too am waiting for more Happy Valley and the Danish/ Swede The Bridge.

 

[themonkeyman]

So what do we think of Line of Duty season 4 so far?

 

[lefteri]

I watched the first three episodes but can't be arsed continuing - it's lost something, can't quite put my finger on it but somewhere between the acting and the script it just fails to convince