Line of Duty

[drew]

It does help to explain why the general plot was crappy. I thought the first scene was OK and then decended into general crappiness and in the end ended up as drivel. I am not suprised an actor walked out of the set. I would have done the same.

Which actor are you talking about? I believe Robert Lindsay walked from the 2nd series but hadn't heard anything about the third series.

 

[sparkie]

A plot has to be a litle bit true to life. It wasn't.

“There’s artistic licence and then there’s pure misrepresentation.”

This explains it and saves me the trouble of writing it in my own words: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/apr/02/line-of-duty-bbc-police-kate-london

It only got seeming seriously ridiculous in the second episode for me. Things that did not seem to fit together, I thought woud become unravelled turned out just be just bad plotting. Done in a rush without checking if it held together.

The problem is though that you went all in on a forensic whodunnit of the opening shooting.

When the plot turned into something different you lost a lot of interest.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Just finished watching the last episode, and all I can say is .............WOW BRILLIANT

 

[Motogull]

I reckon the Irish fella is Mr Big.

 

[Diego Napier]

It does help to explain why the general plot was crappy. I thought the first scene was OK and then decended into general crappiness and in the end ended up as drivel.

A fair summation of the majority of your posts?

 

[Machiavelli]

What a night, for me, at least.
2-2, and ...
... we watched the last episode. Verdict:
83 minutes of unravelling and creeping tension. Followed, by six or so minutes of utter jaw-dropping idiotic fantasy.
Nicely set up for the next series though.

 

[Machiavelli]

Overall I enjoyed it a lot - it wound me up (in a good way) more than most TV dramas do, and the ending was gripping. The bad guys lose and wouldn't it be nice if that happened more often in real life?

Who cares if you enjoyed it. You need to endure some more meetings.

 

[Machiavelli]

Actually Daniel Mays, Adrian Dunbar, Craig Parkinson, Martin Compston, Vicky McClure have all said about this series that its one of the finest things they've ever worked on, and that Jed Mercurio is an incredible writer.

Can you do the bad guy?

 

[Machiavelli]

I was thinking along the lines of Das Boot. That had the tension paced very well, and was panned by submariners but looked realistic to me (not knowing much about submarines).

Some things like the bolts looked dodgy in Das Boot, but I suspend disbelief in the story lines until it becomes quickly ridiculous like Line of Duty. Jed Mercurio pretends that is getting at the truth. Pretends that he is a social realist. A shit plot with sudden thrills (roller coaster of emotions if it affected you?) carried by the actors (casting was mostly OK). I'll not bother to watch the fourth series.

I was annoyed as the start got me hooked and I wanted to know how it panned out and how dramatic the bloodbath would be at the end.

Lots of good ideas that petered out as red herrings.

I'll be watching the fourth series, but George Eliot this isn't.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Well...I've just watched the final episode, and was entranced from start to finish, as I was by the whole series. As I have been by all the other series.

This was fantastic TV, the BBC at its best. Up there with Luther.

Don't pick it apart, for God's sake, the acting, the directing, the scriptwriting...all were quite superb. I am so pleased that there will be another series.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Seems a 5th series has been agreed, with series 4 in production.

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/line-o...hing-you-need-to-know-as-it-moves-to-bbc-one/

 

[sparkie]

Series 4 starts 9pm Sunday 26th March.

Excellent.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Started watching season 1, 2 & 3 this week on Netflix.
Really intriguing to see how the baddies characters start to evolve.

 

[BensGrandad]

Started watching season 1, 2 & 3 this week on Netflix.
Really intriguing to see how the baddies characters start to evolve.

I was considering doing the same as I think it would be of benefit when watching the next series. Having watched some would you agree?

 

[banjo]

I was considering doing the same as I think it would be of benefit when watching the next series. Having watched some would you agree?

Well worth watching.

 

[BensGrandad]

I have only just got netflix so know nothing about it. Where do I find Line of Duty as BBC I player only has the lasf series on it.

 

[empire]

Quality,cant wait for new series

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[Pogue Mahone]

I have only just got netflix so know nothing about it. Where do I find Line of Duty as BBC I player only has the lasf series on it.

Click on 'Search', then type in 'Line of Duty'.

 

[BensGrandad]

Click on 'Search', then type in 'Line of Duty'.

Ok. Thanks I thought that it broke down to types of films but I have only used it for Sponge Bob for grandchildren and my roku for now tv.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Ok. Thanks I thought that it broke down to types of films but I have only used it for Sponge Bob for grandchildren and my roku for now tv.

Enjoy. It is truly brilliant.