Hidden Assets - RTE

K-9

Poor Christian, I thought the Blondie Belgian cop had cottoned on to the police mole last week, but nope. A bit contrived that.

Nora finally got out of the office, the country and got loads of Irish tax evaders, so not a bad series for her at all.

AndrewJRenko

So the big question is - will there be a third series? I didn't think this series was brilliant, but it would interesting to see what they could do next time around.

8mv

Very good finale. I wouldn't mind another season or two...pity that Christian won't be involved, I was just warming to him. Maybe Nora's list of Irish clients will be the starting point of the next season. Hope they find a way of bringing Bibi back into it.

K-9

The list would be a great starting point plus it ended up we didn't find out who the hackers were.

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121226524#Comment_121226524

I assumed it was the woman and he corporation that Bibi was working with....the other bidder for the Port.

Could be wrong as there were alot of tangent storylines that weren't overly necessary.

K-9

Yeah. that would make sense. I knew the corporation woman would be significant at the end, just not to that extent. That would explain that.

Niall_76

That woman had passed me by. I remember her talking to Christian outside but I’d no clue what they had said or who she was.

8mv

Did we find out what had upset Josh so much in the first episode? I don't remember anything specific just that some (personal info?) was leaked or exposed during the hack.

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121230008#Comment_121230008

Well if you were working in CAB and your personal information was hacked by some criminal lowlife I'd say you'd be pretty spooked too.

He's IT support I think, not an actual guard, so wouldn't be used to dealing with lowlifes in person.

The_Dave

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121230037#Comment_121230037

CAB are made up of Guards, Revenue, Justice, and Social Protection, so technically he could be from any of them (plus it's tv, so we've to suspend belief at times anyway)

Bredabe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121230008#Comment_121230008

I assumed and from rl experience that he was upset because he was exposed in his job and there may be community repercussions for him as well.

deezell

Just watched the last two episodes belatedly together last night after a gap for the RWC. I can't believe they killed off Christian. I never seen that coming. Maybe Wouter Hendrickx was unavailable for a follyer upper, they couldn't get Angeline Ball from the first series for the second either. Who knows. He was my favourite character, but I'd noticed his involvement seemed limited this time. Josh, btw, could be either forensics, or an analyst grade. These are specialist civilian posts in the Garda, usually PhD level qualified Paid at senior civil service level, APO I think.

RoTelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121274490#Comment_121274490

Shh tell no one but that was the 3rd season, the first season was called Acceptable Risk

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6980394/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_4_act

deezell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121274603#Comment_121274603

I'd forgotten about that one, though I'd watched it. 2017, only one series in that guise,Angelina Ball is there alright, but wasn't the murder victims wife the main focus.

RoTelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121274673#Comment_121274673

Angelina Ball was the same character, I think it was set between Dublin and Montreal. RTÉ need their co-funders, I think it still has some Canadian backing.

tiegan

Just watched this, really enjoyed it until they killed of Christian - hopefully there are enough loose ends for a third series!!

RoTelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121417860#Comment_121417860

You mean 4th !

deezell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121422485#Comment_121422485

It won't be the same without Wouter Hendrickx. He filled the screen effortlessly, despite his lessened script in the last series. It won't be in Belgium either.

ArmaniJeanss

Enjoyable stuff, but hokum really.

Bibi's overall plan seemed incredibly implausible and relied on a stupendous amount of coincidences and events happening without any control. Clearly it worked but it wasn't in any way convincingly portrayed.

I'm still none the wiser as to how random Columbian criminals were coerced unwillingly into doing the suicide bombings. All of them would have had opportunities to get away/go to the police as there won't be any bad guys within the vicinity of where the bomb is going to explode. Was it ever convincingly explained.

Sad to see Christian killed, but I think his 'deputy' Vince has enough presence to step into his shoes (if any future series is a Belgian/Irish co-production). He has already had some character growth between the 2 series.

Some strange casting choices. Obviously Angelina Ball dropped for unclear reasons. But also having a Fat Body Double rather than paying Michael Ironside for a scene stood out as shoddy. And a pity that Siobhan Brannigan never featured as she was good in the first series as the mouthy gangsters moll.

Random question? Do Belgium TV viewers see the exact same show we see with identical dialogue and cast time? i.e., we clearly see a predominantly Irish police investigation that merges into a Belgian angle. Do they see more of a Belgian police investigation with some Irish involvement?