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lifeskyblue
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Yes watch it. Last one tonight. I had high hopes at series start but must say I think it has lost its way a little. Not on a par with line of duty in my opinion. I'm not sure how it will end as last nights episode had a bit of a surprise at the close.
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SkyBlueScottie
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Superb viewing.
Nick
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Is it along the lines of Line of Duty?
Otis
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I find it very, very frustrating. Too muddled and far too many 'key' characters popping out all over the place. Hard to fathom what on earth is going on even though you follow it all, if that makes sense.
Rather pretentious and a tad irritating to boot I would say, with next to nothing in common with Line of Duty.
Really pushed credibility with key police with a personal, vested interest still allowed to carry on and interview suspects they have personal associations with.
Have kept watching, but now can't wait for it all to end. Could have been so much better, but I have found it hard work and a muddled mess.
Rather pretentious and a tad irritating to boot I would say, with next to nothing in common with Line of Duty.
Really pushed credibility with key police with a personal, vested interest still allowed to carry on and interview suspects they have personal associations with.
Have kept watching, but now can't wait for it all to end. Could have been so much better, but I have found it hard work and a muddled mess.
lifeskyblue
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More of a whodoneit than line of duty. Many more characters. It has built up some tensions tho a few early red herrings have disappeared from the show
Nick
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Is it as frustrating as when Line of Duty kept missing obvious stuff with Dot?
Otis
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Yeah, but in a different way. People are suspects or suspected and have personal relationships with the police carrying out the investigations. All rather implausible and the main character keeps bending the rules and ignoring instructions, yet still remains on the case.
Everyone seems to know everyone. One suspect is known by another suspect and there are tie ins like 'oh this one is this one's barber's that sort of thing.
Been trimmed down a lot now, but it was over packed with characters and you began not to care about it anymore at times.
Otis
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Example Nick is the police detective's (Anna Friel) estranged husband was having an affair with a woman from the company he works for and she is murdered. Anna Friel is investigating that murder.
That same company have been doing some dodgy building planning (trying to get round restrictions put in place for the contract) and the guy from the authority turning down the application is then also murdered and the police detective investigating that case is in love with the detective (Anna Friel) investigating the other murder case (her husband's lover).
Then there is the murdered girl's brother whose friend is in a gay relationship with a guy who becomes the murder suspect, but then his partner then himself becomes the murder suspect.
It all moves around in a very small world circle and is rather unbelievable.
That same company have been doing some dodgy building planning (trying to get round restrictions put in place for the contract) and the guy from the authority turning down the application is then also murdered and the police detective investigating that case is in love with the detective (Anna Friel) investigating the other murder case (her husband's lover).
Then there is the murdered girl's brother whose friend is in a gay relationship with a guy who becomes the murder suspect, but then his partner then himself becomes the murder suspect.
It all moves around in a very small world circle and is rather unbelievable.
Sky_Blue_Daz
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It's got Anna Friel in it, so I'll watch it at some point
Otis
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Captain Dart
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Reason enough in my opinion.
Pipehitterz
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i thought it was good
the tie ins just added to the story
left a few things open for the inevitable second series
not as good as broadchurch, im yet to find anything that is as good as that
the tie ins just added to the story
left a few things open for the inevitable second series
not as good as broadchurch, im yet to find anything that is as good as that
Pipehitterz
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oh, and i sussed out the killer early on in the series
Nick
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I have watched the first 4, where she realises he didn't do all of them!
Enjoying it so far, but like Line of Duty things don't make sense. Like with the CCTV outside the woman's house, they get her to check it even though she was doing her husband. Then they find out she was looking at the CCTV on date's earlier, so they get HER to check again rather than somebody else.
Enjoying it so far, but like Line of Duty things don't make sense. Like with the CCTV outside the woman's house, they get her to check it even though she was doing her husband. Then they find out she was looking at the CCTV on date's earlier, so they get HER to check again rather than somebody else.
Otis
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Yep, ridiculous! Her superior officers already don't trust her, yet let her get away with murder (no pun intended).
She would have been suspended for her behaviour and rule breaking.
eastwoodsdustman
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I don't know about that. I seemed to get a warm feeling quite a lot when she was on screen!
SkyBlueScottie
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Well there is going to be a 2nd series so Im guessing the story will continue to be told.
