Line of Duty

Is the woman in the OCG who we were led to believe was the UCO in truth an UCO who has been placed by (my hero) Ted?!

He was with the senior officer heading up the UCO when Steve and Kate arrived and he's made a phone call to the woman I think is his UCO.

It's my understanding (note the legal speak there)that Uniformed Officers are duty bound to stop at an RTA. The convoy drove past, the police woman in the lead was uneasy about doing that and it was the idea a baby was likely to die that had her return to the 'accident' Hang on though, would Ted countenance his UCO putting Officers lives at risk. Ah well,there's that possibility down the swanny (as ted may have said)

Really good episode. Expect there to be more said about Kate Fleming leapfrogging Steve to become DI. Knew it was weird Maneet still working with AC 12 as she had been giving info to ADC Hilton. Good twist at the end though I was amazed he turned out to be the UCO, looks to be about 4ft 10, was he tall enough?

I don't know what the legal situation is but if officers are already engaged on another important job all they would be able to do is call in the RTA. This is exactly what the AFO in the last car did but went back because there would not have been time for another unit to respond before the car was engulfed. However, she wasn't being very vigilant. She saw the driver get out of the front door of the car. Why not go back in that way to remove the child?

The driver of the van containing the drugs and who did a runner appeared to a civilian. That struck me as odd. Would you not transport something that valuable in an armoured vehicle with a police driver?

The potential UCO ignored a call and Hastings was making one but that's no guarantee that he was calling her.

Would a UCO give orders to kill another officer unless they were rogue? Note the very obvious nod to Balaclava Man near the start of the programme when the OCG revealed the drug haul.

As I said upthread Alima I think Corbett's meant to resemble Arnott to cause confusion later in the story.

There was a lot of tension between Arnott and Fleming at the start of series four when she made sergeant. It's now about two years on I reckon. PC Bindra looked about six months pregant in series four and the baby pictured on her phone looked around 18 months. Hastings said Fleming needed to get some management experience under her belt and may have taken heed of DCI Buckley's criticism that he was prejudcied against female officers. On the other hand, Arnott's accident may be a factor in him not making inspector. He seems to calling her Ma'am without any rancour.

Omg can't wait for episode 2 of this latest series

Aaargh

And double Aaargh, Iam. And we’ve to wait a whole week for the next instalment!

H cannot be ted because:
- he's a Good Guy
- Adrian Dunbar is a national treasure
- Ted is broke, crooked cooks aren't broke

- we don't want him to be we want good to triumph over evil otherwise what's the point of Line of Duty

I am trying to be strong and save the new episodes for a binge watch else I shall never remember who said what in the graffitti tunnel.

Seasons 1-4 slowly whittled away a lot of bent coppers and major players in organised crime so who is there left to be corrupt?

All we can be sure of fellas and darlin's is that there will be a lot of ted herrings.

You said it all Iam64 I agree ( not sure about crooked cooks)

It is intriguing, difficult to remember who is who, but I am sure that everything will be made clear (after it has become more complicated) and we will all be able to breath again.

Just to say I watched series 1 - 4, fantastic, loved it, will watch series 5 when I have recorded it all, couldn’t wait week to week . Now what am I going to watch !

Well done AB. You'll love it!

Jealous that you've got it all to look forward to.

I think Corbett may be the original Balaclava Man in the image in Series 4 (the one they couldn't do diametrics on because it was taken from above). He's pictured in the trailer in the same pose.

I also think that he's double-bluffing Steve and that Steve is wrong to trust him.

Question: why did Steve go to the phone box NOT in disguise? He must've known the danger of being identified (when Maneet did the same, she put her hood up as far as I recall..).

I'm reliably informed that the image Cafferty identified is Dot.

As usual some good acting from Stephen Graham who was also the leading cop in the Rhys Jones murder.

I thought it might be Dot too but we shall see. Enjoying it muchly.

Some of it was very dark and so it was difficult to see who was who - and we had to put sub-titles on; perhaps we should have done that from the beginning.

I have some visual impairment so I cannot see what is written as a text or on a piece of paper handed to someone but I am really enjoying it.

The speech is quite fast and some do mumble so I find that subtitles on the whole help me. I cannot wait until Sunday!

Bring on more red herrings - this just gets better

I agree with Iam64 - please not Ted!

It won't be Ted, it is too obvious. Arnott is sailing close to the wind...he obviously hasn't learned any lessons from the Keeley Hawes debacle!

Yes, Steve Arnott is behaving foolishly isn't he. Risking life n limb - again

So the convoy police woman was corrupt-things explained Poor Ted is about to be scammed I think and land himself in trouble trying to get his money back. (traceable serious crime money paid into his bank account?). Steve is out there again will Kate have to rescue him?

The BBC have a Line of Duty acronyms quiz .... I got one wrong

The BBC got one answer wrong Pittcity

Kate is a DI. She ranks above a DS (Detective Superintendent) but below a DCI (Detective Chief Inspector).

I think they mean that she ranks above a Detective Sergeant

I didn't spot that one "Callistemon*, especially as she "has the right to be questioned by an officer at least one rank senior"

I think we can claim 10 out of 10 as the BBC can't get them all right!