steve arnott- Well Labour was alright when Blair was in but Tory ever since kate fleming- Labourdot cottan- Tory lindsay denton- this is a tough one, natural LibDem but there's something about the levels of seething rage that suggests Tory derek hilton - greasing up to RW Labour councillor type patricia carmichael- lib dem nigel morton - Brexit or Torytony gates- Labourted hastings - only interested in one thing, BENT COPPERS
― Matt DC, Sunday, 26 January 2020 09:07 (four years ago) link
Yes I typed that entire thing out so I could make that joke what of it?I recently saw Superintendent Ted Hastings directing his free jazz version of The Wasteland which was not a direction I expected my life to take. He's a lot smaller than he appears on TV so the real Steve Arnott must struggle to make himself seen above medium-sized chairs.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 26 January 2020 09:10 (four years ago) link
Dont think Compston is crazy small. 5'7 or 5'8
― bidenfan69420 (jim in vancouver), Sunday, 26 January 2020 09:26 (four years ago) link
It's Graham's actual missus and kids on the other end of the phone in those sequences.
― Ngolo Cantwell (Chinaski), Sunday, 26 January 2020 10:22 (four years ago) link
for real?
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 26 January 2020 15:13 (four years ago) link
Playing Corbett's wife and kids? No it's not.
Martin Compston's real wife is the women who contacts Steve via the dating app though.
― ailsa, Sunday, 26 January 2020 15:41 (four years ago) link
Graham was on something recently (Graham Norton, maybe?) and he said that for the phone call his character made to his family, the director had arranged for it to be his actual family on the other end. He'd been missing his family horribly; the reaction on camera was a genuine one.
― Ngolo Cantwell (Chinaski), Sunday, 26 January 2020 16:52 (four years ago) link
Aw!! <3
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 26 January 2020 17:29 (four years ago) link
Ah, ok, I thought you'd meant playing the rest of the Corbett family on screen. That makes absolute sense, cheers.
― ailsa, Sunday, 26 January 2020 19:56 (four years ago) link
DOTDOTDOT DOTwhat the dotting christ was that retrofitted nonsense jfc
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 27 January 2020 02:10 (four years ago) link
you dreamed thatwe all dreamed itit will never be mentioned again
― kinder, Monday, 27 January 2020 10:21 (four years ago) link
Love how they just magically notice this on a video they’ve probably watched thousands of times
― steer karma (gyac), Monday, 27 January 2020 10:51 (four years ago) link
we haven't got the bit where they pan out further and realise what he's saying with his feet
― mark s, Monday, 27 January 2020 11:09 (four years ago) link
Four dots is Morse code for H. The entire thing was retcon wankery of the highest order.
― ailsa, Monday, 27 January 2020 12:26 (four years ago) link
in s6 they will re-view the clip and realise that four dots are actually four Es:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcOY8ziJdLk
― mark s, Monday, 27 January 2020 12:30 (four years ago) link
it was actually "fore" and the real villain is the golf course from season 1
― seandalai, Monday, 27 January 2020 16:22 (four years ago) link
line of duty season 3 - scotophobia report: lindsay denton's caseworker who tries to sexually exploit her: scottish
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 17:16 (four years ago) link
Filming of series 6 suspended.
― tokyo rosemary, Thursday, 19 March 2020 01:08 (four years ago) link
boooooo
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 19 March 2020 02:11 (four years ago) link
Le fuck
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Thursday, 19 March 2020 09:17 (four years ago) link
Just finished watching season 5. Great obv, but:
- 'definately' was not satisfyingly explained. I caught it early on thinking it would be a major clue to H's identity. It was first used by someone pretending to be H. (we think), then when Hastings went rogue(ish) and started chatting with H. But Charmichael's "OK Hastings so you studied H. so well you started typing like him/her/it?" Q - which could only be answered with a t/n anyway - was just... not good. (Hastings also swiftly brushed aside the forensic orthography and clearly thought it was pish)
- neither was Hastings' 'ditched my laptop bcz porn lol'. "Perfectly legal" porn is no reason to ditch a laptop ffs.
Unless it's all to be explained in season 6? Not that everything needs to be explained, mind, but the above just stood out as being handled poorly imo. But then I've not read all of the posts up here. I did read those with an 'H' in it though.
― Ilxor in the streets, Scampo in the sheets (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 12 October 2020 15:07 (three years ago) link
― seumas milm (gyac), Monday, 12 October 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
Oh come on lol. Who ditches a laptop for having watched legal pornography? (he stressed it was legal, if it had been bestiality then... yeah, but it doesn't make sense as a plot point) That's a lot of laptops on the scrap!
― Ilxor in the streets, Scampo in the sheets (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 12 October 2020 15:18 (three years ago) link
There’s a lot of ground that’s both “legal” and incredibly embarrassing/disgusting, what have you, I’ve probably said this upthread. And especially given Ted is a Catholic man of a certain age...
― seumas milm (gyac), Monday, 12 October 2020 15:21 (three years ago) link
He likes his steak with NO SAUCE, remember
― kinder, Monday, 12 October 2020 15:27 (three years ago) link
Lol. Ok, but even then, does he not know how to erase his history or delete a file? Just struck me as a very weak resolve: ‘lets just use porn as his excuse’.
― Ilxor in the streets, Scampo in the sheets (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 12 October 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
Funny, we just binged this entire show and I was thinking of bumping the thread. Pretty addictive, though S5 was definately my least favorite. the conclusion just wasn't as satisfying as other seasons. I don't think Hastings's actions will get explained in more detail. I agree they seemed pretty out-of-character for him, and likely just for the purpose of misleading viewers
― Vinnie, Monday, 12 October 2020 15:33 (three years ago) link
Me and my Dutchness didn’t buy it. I’m willing to accept the ‘catholic shame’ angle, it’s just so random
― Ilxor in the streets, Scampo in the sheets (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 12 October 2020 15:34 (three years ago) link
This is back tonight at 9!
― Scamp Granada (gyac), Sunday, 21 March 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
is series 5 going to spoiler series 3 and 4? (which i haven't seen yet)
― koogs, Sunday, 21 March 2021 19:11 (three years ago) link
wait, this is series 6?
The answer is yes anyway
― groovypanda, Sunday, 21 March 2021 19:16 (three years ago) link
yessssssuddenly realised I remember zilch about s5, apart from some utterly retro-handwavey reimagined stuff about 4 dots that I am choosing to ignore and hoping s6 does too.but trying to squeeze in a rewatch of the last ep or 2 of s5 to remind me...
― kinder, Sunday, 21 March 2021 19:19 (three years ago) link
kinder at 2:02 12 Mar 19I'm also considering a re-watch of all of LoD before s5 starts...
― kinder, Sunday, 21 March 2021 19:21 (three years ago) link
Here's a spoilery recap of the series so far:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43qt3FrZh4s
― cajunsunday, Sunday, 21 March 2021 19:26 (three years ago) link
this show is so dependably bananas
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 21 March 2021 22:19 (three years ago) link
Tense! Fun! But a slightly boring first episode cliffhanger, given its previous form in that respect.
On the whole this episode wasn’t very revealing, and scenes like “I’ll throw a glass against a framed photograph to show that I’m angry” suggest that this once-great-show could still uncover new layers of dumbness, but on the whole that felt like an improvement on last season.
I guess the very obvious jokes should be left to Twitter (or not) but I did lol at “jizz handler”.
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 21 March 2021 23:42 (three years ago) link
On the whole this episode wasn’t very revealing,
But... but the marks on the floor from the large appliance, such as a FRIDGE OR FREEZER.
― trishyb, Sunday, 21 March 2021 23:47 (three years ago) link
Those who haven't seen s1 might want to watch it (it's only 5 eps) (and then remind me if certain things are still in certain appliances? Thought they were moved?)
The finale of s5 was a good recap of that whole series, so that was a good one to watch. I'd forgotten about Ted's wife and Corbett's mum.Going off to remind myself what bit Buckells was in before and if he was corrupt or just crap...
― kinder, Sunday, 21 March 2021 23:57 (three years ago) link
Watched the series premiere tonight. (It's on Hulu in the US now, no longer on Netflix if it ever was.)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 22 March 2021 00:23 (three years ago) link
xxp I KNOW
― Scamp Granada (gyac), Monday, 22 March 2021 00:31 (three years ago) link
Certain things were in certain appliances as recently as last season xpAlso so far Buckells has just been crap rather than corrupt
― groovypanda, Monday, 22 March 2021 08:04 (three years ago) link
Missed this but apparently there was a scannable QR code in the trailer which takes you here (and elsewhere):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s4n96qRc2Y3-Xs8TgfWQndtaSR1pFsy6/edit
― groovypanda, Monday, 22 March 2021 11:02 (three years ago) link
Hastings did not say "bent coppers" once!
― chap, Monday, 22 March 2021 14:09 (three years ago) link
it was low-key but when hastings approved the investigation i punched the air
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 22 March 2021 14:39 (three years ago) link
He did call someone with downs syndrome "the local oddball" so there is that
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Monday, 22 March 2021 18:33 (three years ago) link
mother of god!
― himpathy with the devil (jim in vancouver), Monday, 22 March 2021 18:39 (three years ago) link
he did tell Steve to whisht
― Bignefs Proportionable (seandalai), Monday, 22 March 2021 20:41 (three years ago) link
steve on pills in his flat w his empty fruitbowl = peak bachelor not v exciting granted but lots of setup so i guess we’ll just wait & see who falls off a balcony or jumps out a window i guessthe fkn fort knox lock system on herself’s condo has me VERY intrigued
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 05:47 (three years ago) link
Agree with everyone so far - not exciting, but could be some ok groundwork laid for later developments. Was the acting and a lot of the writing always this bad though? Did I just ignore it in earlier seasons because I was hooked on the overall storytelling and twists etc? Some scenes here were just dire and laughably wooden.
I was musing on the ludicrous door lock system as well - I guess it was another (possible/likely red herring?) wee signpost to make us think she's dodgy, needing such a security system to keep whatever dubious people she consorts with at bay.
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 10:03 (three years ago) link