Line of Duty - Series 6

I'm probably a lone voice but I felt as though the ending was feeble because originally it was written differently with a big bang ending.

When it became obvious that viewers didn't want the programme to end it was changed hastily to leave it open for a possible future series, hence the bitty unsatisfactory finish.

That is definitely my theory ?

Never been so disappointed with an ending. The only good part of it was that it came to light that Ted was John Corbett's father. I was so glad about that because there was no way Ted could have been dodgy. There must be another series in the offing as that ending was so inconclusive and there was something not quite right about it.

I think there may have been another ending involving James Nesbit but Covid struck and they had to work within the rules, so they killed him off and made do with what was left using actors that were already working on the series. I didn't mind it. It did explain why Buckles was in the cell when the solicitor was killed-checking things were done.

Ted was Corbett’s father? Oh, I am dim, didn’t register that

Emily 49, love the wee donkey

Ted is not John Corbett's father. Quote from Jed Mercurio:

No, Hastings was not Anne-Marie McGillis's babydaddy.

As Mercurio points out, "if you look at the ages [of the various characters], that's not physically possible, because it would mean that Ted had fathered John before he'd even met [Corbett's mother] Anne-Marie".

NanKate

Kate’s hair style was fab.

No lockdown hair for Kate!

I am left wondering if Buckells lived in that house which was owned by a company registered in the Cayman Islands - if so how come none of his fellow officers had been alerted to the fact that that type of house was way above his pay grade? Surely they would know where fellow officers lived and that would arouse immediate suspicions?

I still think someone else higher up was directing him.

I think you may be right about the ending shandie

Despite taking on board the many comments on here, I still think it was an anticlimax and didn’t live up to the rest of the series. The drama played out effectively what may indeed be occurring in RL, but I want entertainment as well as credibility. Buckles just didn’t cut it for me.

Hastings said at the end he was appealing against his compulsory retirement, so watch this space. BBC are up against it these days so need to keep their audience happy.

Whitewavemark2

Yes I think it has definitely ? left us hanging.

Buckles is too young to be her father.

He isn’t H - bet a dollar on it.

Buckells managed to persuade Jo that the head of the OCG was her father; whether it was Fairbanks or not who was her father and the head of OCG was still unclear, I thought.

Although she was Buckells's boss, he was manipulating her.

I thought this series was disjointed and the socially distanced scenes were fairly obvious. In the end it was the bumbling fool who was giving the orders but as he insisted he was just passing on the message and the real decisions were being made by someone else. As if anyone would be taken in by a bumbling fool. Oh wait.
Just a thought though, is he any relation to Fred Buckles in Call the Midwife.

SusieWoosie However, if nothing changes hands but people keep quiet when the problems emerge to save their own skin ( and bonuses) what do we call this? Not incompetence but a form of corruption?

In my book, it is the latter (a form of corruption).

Thanks for confirmation Alegrias.
I find the Radio Times update is very good when I have missed something. ( especially as I only started watching at Series 5). What shall we talk about next Monday?!

The only good part of it was that it came to light that Ted was John Corbett's father.
As Alegrias said, he wasn't John Corbett's father.

I think he had said way back that he met Anne-Marie when she already had the 'wee boy'

Atqui

The weather?

Parsley3

I thought this series was disjointed and the socially distanced scenes were fairly obvious. In the end it was the bumbling fool who was giving the orders but as he insisted he was just passing on the message and the real decisions were being made by someone else. As if anyone would be taken in by a bumbling fool. Oh wait.
Just a thought though, is he any relation to Fred Buckles in Call the Midwife.

I thought so too. Very wet ending with all sorts of dangling bits left to sort out. And why did Ted walk out so easily? He had nothing to go to; his ex-wife having got the lot. And Carmichael? What was she hiding?
Nah, not happy at all. Very unsatisfactory ending.

shandi6570

I'm probably a lone voice but I felt as though the ending was feeble because originally it was written differently with a big bang ending.

When it became obvious that viewers didn't want the programme to end it was changed hastily to leave it open for a possible future series, hence the bitty unsatisfactory finish.

That is definitely my theory ?

This is an interesting theory, and could well be the case.

fevertree

SusieWoosie However, if nothing changes hands but people keep quiet when the problems emerge to save their own skin ( and bonuses) what do we call this? Not incompetence but a form of corruption?

In my book, it is the latter (a form of corruption).

Yes I agree - corruption comes in many forms and guises doesn’t it and is perhaps most invidious when it passes for something else and so goes unrecognised and unacknowledged.

Alioop: "Emily 49, love the wee donkey" - please explain. Think I have missed something!

There would be no point in a future series without Ted.

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(For Findingnemo15)

Well I thought that ending was a bit of a wet fish... I'm still quite amped up waiting for something to happen ?

Having said that we're watching it again this morning because we can't agree on what actually happened - there was so much going on with so many people it's hard to keep track of the details.

Emily 49 - thank you. Where did you get the pattern for the donkey please?

Ah, no, not knitted by me - a pic from Facebook

Emily49

Ah, no, not knitted by me - a pic from Facebook

There’s an online auction in NI were knitted figures like this have reached £500 already ( money going to charity).