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Prefer Unforgotten
I'm really enjoying this.
I'm sure LoD will get better - it needs to.
I thought the male copper bag carrying for the senior woman copper was 'son of Dot'. I swear if you close your eyes it's Dot talking. Maybe there's some sort of channeling going on and it'll get all mystic with Steve reading the tarot cards.
Regarding 'the tape' AC12 has flashier fish bowl interview rooms that are easier to shoot up, the interviews in this episode were just in some skanky cop shop so maybe 'the tape' will come back with the fishbowls. They certainly have more ipads and tellies and remember Hastings is more old skool than Flavor Flav so he'd still be using tapes to record Corrie.
Agree the acting was a bit pov.
As for the gang yoof signing up for the police, if that's a testament to H and the tie up between gangs and police you'd assume it was a longer game than having him pop up all corrupt in the next season when he's waving down cars to check MOTs. I doubt he'll have made inspector yet.
Not the fastest pace to an episode one, nor any shock ending.
But will strap myself in and prepare for the ride.
Did smile a lot when they mentioned AC-6 and AC-9. Just how many bent coppers are there? Presumably the AC units can man-mark every officer in the force 😉
gave it 15 mins and sacked it off. had no idea wtf was going on or wtf anyone was on about??? sierra hotel india tango echo.
gave it 15 mins and sacked it off. had no idea wtf was going on or wtf anyone was on about??? sierra hotel india tango echo.
Have you watched it before? The geezer in the waistcoat is the goody. Everyone else is a baddie.
I'm on the fence.
I wanted to enjoy it but it all felt a bit forced and rushed. This kind of summed it up to me:
Ahhh but is the geezer in the waistcoat really the goodie? 😀
Kelly Mcdonald. I can't get past Trainspotting every time she speaks... her voice hasn't changed one iota.
Diane: Do you find that this approach usually works? Or let me guess, you’ve never tried it before. In fact, you don’t normally approach girls — am I right? The truth is that you’re a quiet sensitive type but, if I’m prepared to take a chance, I might just get to know the inner you. Taxi! A little bit crazy, a little bit bad. But hey — don’t us girls just love that?
Renton: Eh?
Diane:Well, what’s wrong boy — cat got your tongue?...
Any program that has me searching the internet to understand the script isn't worth it for me. Why do they do that? Do they think it makes them look clever?
I'm out.
Have you watched it before? This is season 6.
Any program that has me searching the internet to understand the script isn’t worth it for me.
What exactly were you searching the internet for?
I enjoyed it but Kelly MacDonald is painful to watch - a poor performance from her IMO.
Not sure I can be arsed to sit through another 6 episodes of drama drama drama every 5 mins. Not really sure I care anymore
Got myself up to speed with this recap:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p099hkl8?xtor=CS8-1000- [Discovery_Cards]-[Multi_Site]-[SL02]-[PS_IPLAYER~N~~P_ABeginnersGuidetoLineofDuty]
although it was probably better when I didn't know what was going on............
I enjoyed it but Kelly MacDonald is painful to watch – a poor performance from her IMO.
Really, I thought she was the best thing about it. Admittedly I watch under duress with my Wife.
She can do other voices, but this is her own. She was fantastic in 'No Country for Old Men' and 'Boardwalk Empire'.
Well, its proved useful in this mornings training session. Ticked off CHIS and OCG on the bingo list....
CHIS done 0-60 into UK vocabulary faster than any other word??
Admittedly I watch under duress with my Wife.
I'm made to watch it too, as part of the 'Quality time together initiative' Funny how it never applies to things I like.
Looked on here to see if there was much chance of improvement, or at least an ending but I'm not hopefull.
Any program that has me searching the internet to understand the script isn’t worth it for me. Why do they do that? Do they think it makes them look clever?
I’m out.
Presuming you're talking about all the TLAs and other abbreviations I really enjoy them - the police use them all the time but they're dialled up to 11 in LoD as a bit of a piss-take.
My wife says she's going to leave me because I'm obsessed with LoD. For the benefit of the tape she's just walked ot.
I ended up picking my feet and wondering which power sander to buy.
Blimey, how bad are your feet?
She was fantastic in ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘Boardwalk Empire’.
I am not saying she is a bad actor, I am saying I don't like her acting in this - I want to because I like her, but something about her character just isn't convincing me.
something about her character just isn’t convincing me.
I assumed she was playing a character who is emotionally stilted and a bit aloof and remote.
I was getting the vibe of a decent actor playing a slightly odd person rather than a bad actor failing to play a normal person.
I was getting the vibe of a decent actor playing a slightly odd person rather than a bad actor failing to play a normal person.
Well the thing is, I didn't get that from her performance at all. I thought Keely Hawes played *that* character very well in an earlier series but I wasn't convinced about KM - she just came across a bit stilted and appeared to be struggling to get the personality of the character across. IMO. #wearealldifferent.
Keely Hawes was the absolute best in LoD, such a great character.
My wife says she’s going to leave me because I’m obsessed with LoD. For the benefit of the tape she’s just walked ot.
This is good enough to steal 😂
Vicky McClure - D I Kate Fleming....just doesn't work for me... too stilted, not natural, whatever.
This current series...maybe okish but massively overhyped.
Watched episode one. Does it get better?
Has Fleming actually left the AC unit or is she undercover?
Why did she not recognise Terry?
Will any of that matter?
Should Steve's beard go?
Why did Hastings not get more screen time?
Too much CHIS.
If it takes them 6 series to uncover H, will they be any quicker with I?
Why did she not recognise Terry?
This is certainly odd - why would she not point out his history of being exploited in this way by organised criminals?
Could be many reasons, but a poor script is the most likely, I think.
Anyway, Owen Teale is H.
He's popped up again as Chief Constable after being one of the main protagonists right back in series one.
Why did she not recognise Terry?
....because she's never met him. Terry's only interaction with the police was being fobbed off by a couple of uniformed constables who couldn't understand him when he tried to tell them he was being abused.
Eyes down
See you on the other side.
Bent coppers!!!
Got the mezzanine and the tunnel so far!
Beeeeeeeeeeep!
House!
are horribly wooden acting, awful scripting and noddy camera angles on the bingo card?
Beeeeeep was done last week. Got a few more this week! The bent PC is obviously worried about Steve recognising him, but not sure why - I think you’d struggle - although did Kate hint at it?
So, will the Sergeant or the DI be silenced first?
I think the kid copper recognition thing will be a theme for a bit until Steve sees him. 2 episodes.
Am curious if the thing with his ex will return. Might her new boss be the Geordie from GoT? He could be H4.
Buckles is good for a laugh.
The Commissioner has to have it comming.
When did they say the Gail Vella murder was? Was it 2010 - but her body was laid by a 17 plate Peugeot 108. Makes you think...
I've had to many glasses of wine - 3 now - to understand what's going on. Yet to achieve a triple letter score...
Even the older characters are calling it a DIR, ruined a vertical and horizontal line for me.
When did they say the Gail Vella murder was? Was it 2010 – but her body was laid by a 17 plate Peugeot 108. Makes you think…
Think it was 2019, so that detail checks out.
2nd episode was definitely better than the 1st, a bit predictable but otherwise more like the LoD of old.
Only thing ruining this series for me is Kelly MacDonald. Awful, wooden acting, especially in that AC12 interview.
Yes the DIR thing is very annoying - going to be listening very carefully for a slip over next couple of weeks...!
Blimey, how bad are your feet?
Lol! Just a bit of hard skin on the heels. Nothing a quick pummice after my shower, didn't sort out.
Kelly Macdonald is a terrible actor. She is so emotionless and her voice is about as monotone as Andy Murray's!
Having now seen the first episode of the new season I am reminded how bad the acting is.
H
Thought I'd worked it out just now:
H in Morse code is ....
4 pips
What police rank wears four pips?
Pah! None of them 🙄
I got unreasonably annoyed about when they left the DCC outside the sunlight caused real consistency issues but Hastings's only put in his headgear when actually in the pavement in public, surely it should have gone in while leaving the building.
Would Steve’s drug test flag his reliance on painkillers? Surely you could quite easily explain it away. They are OTC after all.
OTC - I see what you did there... 😆
I thought last nights was the best of the series so far, not a high target admittedly ;). Good entertainment though.
I was glad they didn't drag out the kid copper thing out for too long as well.
H
Thought I’d worked it out just now:
H in Morse code is ….
4 pips
What police rank wears four pips?
Pah! None of them
3 pips is a Chief Inspector. The rank above that is Superintendent...so if they hadn't adopted a crown, feasibly they may have adopted....4 pips....
I've just watched from that start over last few weeks and finally caught up.
Its a shame its got so daft after what I thought was the high point of series 2 and 3. Not uncoincidentally that was the Lindsay Denton era and Keeley Hawes really impresses me - she's such a classy actress and was head and shoulders above everyone. Look at 'its a sin' for even more nuance.
Its still great fun, even though the show itself is so po faced it seems like the writers are having a laugh and indulging the 'LOD bingo'.
Series 1 was a joke after Eric Gates says with all the seriousness in the world "if you're coming after the king you best not miss". Pure cringe but still funny. It deffo seemed amateurish though
Like I said, Keely Hawes raised it for the next couple of seasons and Daniel Mays was great as well. Series 4 was a big downturn for me and Thandie Newton looked great but I'd say was miscast. Series 5 was just getting daft plotwise and the OCG just looked crap so all the menace and mystique went.
I love it for Ted Hastings who has had all the best lines, although his cheesy line on last nights episode about hastings being the name for an old battle was laugh out loud funny.
the only dodgy regular actor for me is martin compston although Vicky Mcclure has been disappointing too - and she was amazing in This is England. There was a scene in this season where Arnot went round to Stephs house and they had some footy banter that was acting straight from a B movie.
They should've let martin compston act in his regular voice if it would help him seem less wooden but he might ve insisted on putting on a SE accent just to get more regular work. There's plenty of Scots in the show - although DCC Hilton/Jamie from the Thick of It put on an english and was one of the worst actors in the show.
anyway, im rambling now. We'll have to wait for a UK version of the Wire i think
Bent coppers!
(good shooting by Steve mind)
Anyone else laugh out loud at Steve's sharp shooting?
Crossed posts....
Dentons daughter?
Who was the picture of? Who is Jo’s blood relative? 🤔
Picture was Jo.
Lovely traffic free roads. Until the van starts swerving...
top trolling on the picture, the blood relative must be on the LHS of the page. 10 million people swearing as they miss with the pause button time and again and then it's Davidson anyway!!
I have to admit, after a late start to the series this week and getting up to speed tonight, it is basically crap. It's like 1% was written by the folks who made the The Wire, and 99% is from the makers of The Bill.
"Our shadowy and incredibly highly connected criminal conspiracy needs to off a witness, what shall we do? I know, we'll put them in a police car, drive it into a lake, which will also kill a police officer. That should arouse no attention at all"
Who is Jo’s blood relative?
Tommy Hunter
Need a bent Bbc exec to explain what’s going on.
Possibly she is related to Tommy (rip) from golfing and ocg fame
Lucky the villains were only using Airsoft. I mean they must have been since they couldn't penetrate the panels on a van.
Got it!
Justin
or Jimmy
There was a picture on the mantle piece in Jo’s flat that the camera focussed on in prev episode. Young Jo with another young girl... red herring or not? Chief superintendent lady?
Unless....Jo Davidson’s mother was Anne-Marie (photo from a previous series is v similar to the one on JD’s sideboard at which she threw a wine glass) and the blood relative they found was John Corbett (son of Anne-Marie); and we think (know?) Hastings had a thing with Anne-Marie which makes Jo Davidson his daughter!
Lucky the villains were only using Airsoft. I mean they must have been since they couldn’t penetrate the panels on a van.
Likely to be an up armoured van.
Alpha1653
Full MemberLikely to be an up armoured van.
Would be about the only transit van on the planet with one!
The thing that i picked up in that scene was that when it panned out on the crash site the orientation of the van and the building with the 'sniper' were off, the angle where Steve was would have been at the overpass, lets not even mention why there's a random sniper in that building, as if they'd planned to crash the van in that spot!
they had stingers to ensure that the van stopped in the ambush location.
Likely to be an up armoured van.
Mainly armoured on the roof it seems!
they had stingers to ensure that the van stopped in the ambush location
They pulled the stinger before the white van hit it.
, lets not even mention why there’s a random sniper in that building, as if they’d planned to crash the van in that spot!
Kind of assumed that was the point of the ambush? I'd also hope that any Police van used to move such a high profile target would be armoured. Those convoys are pretty impressive when you see them moving in real life.
Davidson can't be related to Hastings or any of the serving officers or that would have shown on the initial cross check of the Police database? So the Tommy Hunter theory looks likely - not sure which Corbett would now be on?
When Chloe mentions that the leak of the convoy could have been from AC-12 (I mean, why would the prison know the route of the convoy) that was completely brushed over by Ted, unless its a double-bluff by Chloe as she's the leak....?
I thik the shoot-out sequences in LoD are always massively OTT, there was the one where Kate took out Cottan in the Range Rover with a single-shot a couple of series a go, and then Steve's shot tonight was straight out of 60's James bOnd, and far too many bullets exchanged.
BUT is Ted the real H, that's why they're getting rid of him? or is DC Syad is the real H at the top of the tree....
BUT is Ted the real H, that’s why they’re getting rid of him? or is DC Syad is the real H at the top of the tree….
I've got to be honest, after five and a bit series I've got to the point where I don't really GAF. It's gone from being a sharply-scripted, taughtly-plotted thriller to being an appallingly-scripted, absurdly-plotted nonsense.
I will of course watch it to the end, because MrsIHN will want to. I'll just have to keep my tutting and scowling to a minimum, because apparently it 'spoils it for her'
I’ve got to be honest, after five and a bit series I’ve got to the point where I don’t really GAF. It’s gone from being a sharply-scripted, taughtly-plotted thriller to being an appallingly-scripted, absurdly-plotted nonsense.
This. It's nowhere near as compelling as it used to be.
If I was head of senior police and head of the OCG and Ted was being a nucisance, Ted would have been killed off a few series ago, make it look like a botched burglary.