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#81 Post by **Scurra** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 11:15 pm

It depends. What were the names of the members of the fire brigade?

#82 Post by **Bunnylump** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:18 am

No firemen, but the village was called Chigton Green...and I've just realised that the biscuit factory is Cresswells! Slightly disappointed that there wasn't a PC McGarry.

#83 Post by **Bunnylump** » Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:01 pm

Anyone else watching The Terror? If so, what are your thoughts?

#84 Post by **Scurra** » Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:55 pm

No, but looking back at the previous couple of posts in this thread...

(I should note that I sent my RBQ question to them about four months earlier than this, so it wasn't connected.)

#85 Post by **Bunnylump** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:41 am

Oh yes - forgot about that conversation!

Re The Terror...

It's all a bit unfortunate that it was presumably filmed prior to people having enforced isolation! I'm expecting the onset of madness and a visitation from a weird polar bear / Inuit spirit at any moment...

#86 Post by **Bunnylump** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 11:11 pm

Line of Duty anyone?

"Mother of God!"

#87 Post by **Scurra** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 11:33 pm

He's clearly intent on this being "the end" - and I also wonder if he might be angling for a downer of an ending, with the bad guys 'getting away with it'...

Mitch Benn had a bit of fun with it though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkkwfHU73TE

#88 Post by **Bunnylump** » Mon Apr 19, 2021 1:21 am

Love it!
I'm not sure, but hope not - thought they were "sucking on diesel"!

There must be some significance to the misspelling of "definAtely" in those on screen meetings though...

I'm also thinking that tonight's cliffhanger has been somewhat kiboshed by a trailer they have already shown !...

Did you see the "Easter egg" thing when there was a QR code on a picture?

#89 Post by **Bunnylump** » Sun Apr 25, 2021 11:16 pm

OK, I realise I'm talking to myself about the LOD but...

"Jesus, Mary and the wee donkey"!!!

#90 Post by **LAT** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 12:34 pm

Haven't seen it yet. We've been recording it to watch later so that we can pause it if, eg, we want to make a cup of tea in the middle. Will probably watch it tonight.

Have a feeling we may need to watch next week's live so we can avoid any discussion of the ending before we've seen it!

#91 Post by **maisie ladybird** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 2:50 pm

We’re watching last night’s episode tonight - being really careful not to see any spoilers.
I’ve started watching the whole thing from the beginning too, on series 2 at the moment - there’s things that I’d completely forgotten about.

#92 Post by **Bunnylump** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:45 pm

It's actually really hard to keep track of everything, isn' t it? Although there are more red herrings than in an episode of Puzzlebrains!

#93 Post by **LAT** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 10:24 pm

Bunnylump wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:45 pm
It's actually really hard to keep track of everything, isn' t it?

YES!

#94 Post by **Scurra** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 1:52 am

So you haven't got one of those "inquiry boards" set up, with different coloured bits of string linking all the characters up? Oh, it must be just me then...

#95 Post by **Bunnylump** » Tue Apr 27, 2021 9:56 am

I have been trying to piece together the various possibilities in my head prior to next week's final. At the moment there are far too many loose ends - I can't see how they can possibly answer all of those in one episode!

My current theory is that the final "bent copper" is Andrea Wise. I can't believe that it's actually Carmichael (despite all the "race claim - H" theories) simply because she is so obviously evil.

Although that Chloe is definitely up to something...aarrrggghh!

...Also, waiting with bated breath to see if Hastings can top "Jesus, Mary and the wee donkey."

#96 Post by **Scurra** » Mon May 03, 2021 12:45 am

Well I guess that went where I generally expected it to go; it was perfectly fine and it walked that narrow line between being an acceptable "end" to the series whilst also potentially keeping the door open for the future.
The minor revelations were credible rather than absurd, and the general theme of this series (about why putting incompetent people in charge of things is generally a bad idea) sort of came good, albeit only by basically letting some folk off the hook. I'm not sure I want any of them investigating actual real crimes...

I will miss it though.

#97 Post by **Bunnylump** » Mon May 03, 2021 1:54 am

I actually thought it was very disappointing. Lots of things not cleared up, and the whole thing seemed very rushed. I also thought it was pretty silly that they didn't go any further with investigating Osbourne, since clearly Buckles has just been put in position by someone else. And as if Carmichael wouldn't have leapt on Hasting's admission!

Spoilering everything just in case someone hasn't watched it!

#98 Post by **Scurra** » Mon May 03, 2021 11:11 am

Well, I guess it depends upon whether you go into something like this expecting all the loose ends to be tied up. What Mercutio does so well is to remind you that 'real life' isn't like that; sometimes you just don't get answers, or the answers are disappointing or trite or even absurdly coincidental.
In this case, there were a few overriding things that needed an answer, and they were given (albeit mostly being disappointing, trite or absurdly coincidental!) And there were some things that were never going to be answered, no matter how much we 'needed' them to be.
(You ought to try being a fan of SF/fantasy tv. We have entirely different standards for this sort of thing.

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#99 Post by **Bunnylump** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:18 pm

Bake Off anyone?

German stereotype guy!

German engineering and black forest gateau!

#100 Post by **Laura** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 3:35 pm

He's my favourite!

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