Love/Hate [** Spoilers **]

Pen.Island wrote: »

But what was Elmo supposed to have ratted about?

When the cops went to arrest Aido and Elmo in relation to the tiger kidnapp robbery, elmo was caught red handed with drugs in his pockets, yet didnt get charged with any offence, this led Nidge to believe he gave the cops info in return for immunity from prosecution.

Did people watch the show? Some of the questions are ridiculous

Only got to see Ep6 this evening. I thought the suspense was pretty good throughout. I thought Obama was going to get shot when he called over to the house.

I think Carolan did as much as he could given the limited screen time he has. The show desperately needs a few more episodes to develop stories and plots properly.

I have to say I thought that one of Aido/Fran/Elmo wouldn't make it to S5.

Was disappointed that the RA story was knocked on the head early (excuse the pun). The two main guards are excellent characters and actors and are certainly an asset to the show.

a series doesn't always have to end on a cliffhanger!

For all the people who said that love hate was

Rubbish
Far fetched
Bad Storyline
Bad Actors
The Director "cakked" it

Why did you bother watching it?

I know the x-factor is shíte, and is nothing more than a load of gimps on a glorified karaoke programme so guess what i do?

I don't fcuking watch it - ever.

Deleted User wrote: »

I think the whole psychosis in the jail cell is sort of like Fran's 'Ging gang goo' dance in the interview room. Its to play the 'mad' card if needed in court down the line.

From what it looked like Nidge just walked up and pissed on the milk as a sign that he is beginning to believe he is made of Teflon and cant be touched. The gardai will hold him for a while but they aren't going to waste time charging him for pissing in public (albeit on their milk) when there is loads more going on with him.

I think he done it to prove to himself and to others that he is still tough.Having lost the staring match with detective Moynihan he went home feeling a little dejected and did a below par performance in bed with his misses. Getting up the next day feeling like **** he decided to go and piss on their doorstep to get thrown back into the ring for a possible rematch with Moynihan, spending his time in his cell psyching himself up for round 2.

Pen.Island wrote: »

Who did the cops beat up?

Also can someone explain to me why Elmo was called a rat?

He was taken in, but let out without a charge sheet? SO was Fran?

Please someone explain this bit to me.

Also who was supposed to have done the graffiti?

watch the show

What's the point of a US version? It's already an Irish version of US shows.

Is there any actual official discussion of next season being the last series? Or is that just a rumour sparked by discussion here? It seems unlikely that RTE would kill off the only dramatic juggernaut they've had in years at the peak of its powers.

Silverfish wrote: »

Fran: "What goes around comes around"

Trish is a goner next season imo!

Now that would be interesting! During this season we've seen Fran and Nidge become increasingly paranoid and Fran in particular being very unhappy as been seen as less than equal to Nidge. Next season will be all about a powerplay between them imo and it's quite likely that what will tip it over the edge will be Fran finding out what happened with Nidge and the pipe bomb. Then Trish could very well get it.

Haven't read the whole thread so don't know if this has been posted but there was an interesting article in the Irish Times today.

I agree with quite a few points in it but think it's overly critical.

It was a good episode, Many are just upset because they had no pay off at the end, it was a damp squid to put it mildly

If season five is to be the finale then it is all set up brilliantly. I think writer deliberately set up as many threats to Nidge as possible which caused him to lose it in the end and leave us all in anticipation for the next season.

Things don't look good for Nidge - he is facing at least five serious threats:

1) Fran is liable to do anything and could decide to take Nidge out for not letting him in on the where and when of the heroin deal. Alternatively Fran may yet find out that Nidge pipe bombed his misses.

2) Siobhan wants to take down Nidge for bashing Tommy's head in. She loves Tommy to bits despite his condition and she knows she has to stop Nidge to protect Tommy. So she could turn State witness or lead Nidge into a trap with the cops. This could set season 5 up for a stronger female role. Siobhan would be perfect for it - her acting is brilliant. The Tommy-Siobhan-Moynihan sub-plot is where the real emotion and feeling is in this drama.

3) Then there is Patrick, the settled traveller that makes the pipe bombs (again brilliant acting). He's a real likeable character, keeps himself to himself, but is probably as tough as nails underneath it all. He might well come back from England with a few of his cousins and wipe out Nidge and his crew. Is he really going to let Nidge run him out of town?

4) There was a hint in last nights show that Tommy is started to remember things. He remembered that Nidge had ordered a hit on Darren. He might start to remember other things such as the pipe bomb or the fact that Nidge beat him up.

5) There is always the possibility that young lads on the rise or rival gangs could pose a threat.

Season 5 could deliver all the action people were looking for in final episode of season 4. There was no way the writer could have brought all these sub-plots to a conclusion at the end of season 4.