#1141

Just really happy for the Big Man that we got some closure on the Steve’s Bad Back (SBB) storyline.

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#1142

I feel like if you’re setting up a mystery you, as the creator of this fictional universe, have to have some kind of idea of what the eventual answer is. You can still be creative, obscuring details, revealing things slowly, throwing in red herrings etc… but it feels like too many shows open with a question and nothing else, and always ends in disappointment.

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#1143

They definitely forgot they had Farida as well

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#1144

I’m not sure a lot of writers think that far ahead sadly. Would they ever dream they’d get 6 series in?

I bet he hoped to get 2 or 3 and that finale then was what he had planned, but then it got renewed and scuppered that.

So many shows have to figure out another season that screws them over.

Breaking Bad is the only one I can think of that was written by a revolving team on the fly, week to week, and turned out ok.

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#1145

They probably, in hindsight, should have dragged out the themes of the last season into this one and had H be Hastings if they wanted an ending that people would long remember…

#1146

But the main direction and end of breaking bad was always kinda set. the story was always about Walt’s descent into becoming evil and would always end with his death, it was just a matter of how to show that. Although it still blows my mind that jesse was only meant to last halfway through season 1, can you imagine the show without him?!

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#1147

That’s true. Again it is a simple get from A to B story really. This was more a series of twists and cliffhangers which is a different sort of TV.

Had a lot of fun along the way though watching Line of duty and it’s given me a lot of great evenings of entertainment. That last episode of series 2 is an all timer. And I thought the bigger theme at the end around truth and accountability was more interesting than the reveal of the Fourth Man.

Just a shame it all got a bit too contrived to stand the test of time.

#1148

Someone definately would.

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#1149

Ffs beastie was H all the time

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#1150

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#1151

Best finale since Six Feet Under imo. Outstanding.

(Haven’t seen it)

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#1152

I think after having thought about it, it’s quite a good ending imho

I quite like the whole idea that their obsession over there being one lynchpin that they could catch and bring to justice was just a bit naive. It’s a more realistic ending that they’d spend so many years fighting against the tide only to pretty much fail and be shut down, there’s no way that an institution with proper institutional corruption would allow itself to be caught by its own anti-corruption unit. And to end up effectively neutralising whatever small amount of power the anti-corruption teams had seems an appropriately realistic ending.

Of course, in TV terms it results in an immediately unsatisfying ending, and definitely it was probably affected by COVID, but I think it’s quite effective in conveying the message that we live in an inherently corrupt society where the “good guys” don’t win.

Also whether or not that’s the “point” of Line of Duty is a totally different question.

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#1153

You see put it like that and that it isn’t a bad ending. It was just so poorly written that it was unsatisfying and actually didn’t explain itself as well as you have.

There is also the issue of that most good cop shows kind of reach that same conclusion in the end, The Wire ended with all the officials getting away with it for example they deposed Clay Davis and then didn’t follow through by getting him.

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#1154

The final interview confrontation was a let down. Just basically calling him thick until he snapped

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#1155

Any TV series with a vastly invested audience is nearly always going to disappoint at the end.
If the ending is widely predicted, then that leads to a sense of deflation. If the ending is not what the fans expected, that too leads to outrage. There’s also the sense of loss because the show has now actually ended and further enjoyable speculation is curtailed.

The ending of Line of Duty did seem rather undercooked, but whether that was due to Covid restrictions or because they just couldn’t take it any further we’ll have to find out in due course.

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#1157

Was anyone actually truely invested in this? I watched it almost like a comedy and didn’t care about the ending either way. Hehe.

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#1158

Watched every episode drunk and always fell asleep before the end

10/10

#1159

It was fine. Ending made pretty good sense all things considered. Nice effort.

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#1160

The big man last night with the SBB story

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