Line of Duty (BBC) **Spoilers**

Mad_maxx wrote: »

the bit where they are interviewing Terry Boyle is farcical , someone like that could not be used as a witness to anything in court , might as well use a two year old

Absurd I thought, and that questioning would have been stopped by both his lawyer and the appropriate adult there.

The Ryan incident was beyond preposterous. The OCG succeed in getting someone inside the force and then potentially blow it by drawing attention to their guy by him committing an unnecessary and suspicious act. They could just have gone around to Terry's (unguarded) flat and shot him. Season by season credibility just goes out the window. Still entertaining though.

And could Kelly MacDonald be undercover from another AC team or internal security (MI5)? More to her case than the standard OCG plant.

Here is a somewhat convincing video arguing that Buckles is H. It was made before season 6 and has spoilers for seasons 1 - 5.

His theory will probably be disproved or substantiated next episode.

I feel like I'm missing something with this whole mystery of H.

Why are they looking for this 4th person involved with the OCG, as if it's the last person they need to find, when we can clearly see that there's loads of cops involved with the OCG. Ryan and Davidson to name but two. If they find and arrest H/the 4th man/woman, what difference will it make? There's obviously more than 1 more bent copper out there.

Everything is hinged on H, but I just don't see the significance of it from a storyline perspective.

Started season one again today. I’m just not getting the links in every episode every wk, only from reading here!!

Hollyworth wrote: »

I feel like I'm missing something with this whole mystery of H.

Why are they looking for this 4th person involved with the OCG, as if it's the last person they need to find, when we can clearly see that there's loads of cops involved with the OCG. Ryan and Davidson to name but two. If they find and arrest H/the 4th man/woman, what difference will it make? There's obviously more than 1 more bent copper out there.

Everything is hinged on H, but I just don't see the significance of it from a storyline perspective.

H is supposedly the head of the OCG operation within the police force. The foot soldiers don't know who it is, all communication is via anonymous chat sessions on encrypted devices and the burner phones.

Talisman wrote: »

H is supposedly the head of the OCG operation within the police force. The foot soldiers don't know who it is, all communication is via anonymous chat sessions on encrypted devices and the burner phones.

Is this confirmed? I thought that this was the premise AC12 were working with based on Dot blinking for H. But Steve later realised that Dot was saying there were 4 dots, which is H in morse code.
So, why then is this last remaining "h" the all powerful leader? Dot wasn't in charge and he was one of the Hs. Same with Gill. Why would Dot lump in the leader of the OC with three other lowly bent coppers? Surely he would have said 3 dots? And besides, there's obviously way more than 4 corrupt high ranking police officers. So why did Dot say there was only 4?

I just feel like this H thing started off as the person who would be behind it all but in an attempt to stretch out the series, they've added more corrupt cops to pad things out until they reveal who H is.

I guess my point is, the dramatic weight behind there being a H is undermined by a character like Davidson, who is a high ranking cop we know is bent. So why isn't she H? What's the difference? H is just another bent cop. Same as all the others. It just seems the mystery surrounding H is done for our benefit, the audience. Why would the characters in the show think of H as one person when they have encountered so many bent cops since the idea of a H came to light?

Hollyworth wrote: »

Is this confirmed? I thought that this was the premise AC12 were working with based on Dot blinking for H. But Steve later realised that Dot was saying there were 4 dots, which is H in morse code.
So, why then is this last remaining "h" the all powerful leader? Dot wasn't in charge and he was one of the Hs. Same with Gill. Why would Dot lump in the leader of the OC with three other lowly bent coppers? Surely he would have said 3 dots? And besides, there's obviously way more than 4 corrupt high ranking police officers. So why did Dot say there was only 4?

I just feel like this H thing started off as the person who would be behind it all but in an attempt to stretch out the series, they've added more corrupt cops to pad things out until they reveal who H is.

I guess my point is, the dramatic weight behind there being a H is undermined by a character like Davidson, who is a high ranking cop we know is bent. So why isn't she H? What's the difference? H is just another bent cop. Same as all the others. It just seems the mystery surrounding H is done for our benefit, the audience. Why would the characters in the show think of H as one person when they have encountered so many bent cops since the idea of a H came to light?

Don't look too deeply or the whole thing will unravel and you might begin to wonder why you wasted your time watching the show.

Corbett infiltrated the OCG and planned the raid on the depot in series 5 to lure out 'H'. They didn't show, instead Lester Hargreaves was blackmailed into making an appearance.

'H'/The fourth man is a working theory of Ted Hastings and by extension AC-12. Corbett obviously bought into it but suspected Hastings.

this is the last season, surely they cant draw it out much longer

I think Mercurio and BBC have been dancing around the issue of confirming a new series. I'm hoping that this is the last season and they want it to come as a shock when it ends.

But more realistically, I don't think they want to announce a new series until this one has finished because they know if they announce another series now, a large portion of viewers would say "what? Another series? How can you continue this story?" and simply stop watching this series.

BBC/Mercurio know they have a cash cow. They will milk it dry it seems.

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Have you a link to the BBC or Jed saying this?

BBC only officialy renew the show after a series is finished airing. There was an interview with Jed Mercurio last year where he said that there were two more series planned. I can't find a link to the interview but this article makes reference to it.

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1299986/Line-of-Duty-season-7-release-date-will-there-be-another-series-Line-of-Duty-cancelled-BBC