Willie Oleson
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- Member Since
- April 2002
I'm very much enjoying my potpourri watch. Whatever pops into my head, I pop it into the DVD player or click it on youtube.
Shameless, unapologetic self-indulgence, and so it happened that I started watching Line Of Duty.
A hit and run by respectable characters (e.g. Marion Fowley, and the duchess in the original HOTEL story) and specifically the anguished cover-up thereof, is just as exciting as a murder mystery.
I...I just can't believe how much this situation has spiraled out of control in just TWO episodes. It's become one big mess.
"Big and sexy" as detective Tony Gates would say. Policeman of the year, father of the year, husband of the year. Good luck with that.
Things aren't looking too rosy for Steve Arnott either now they're trying to pin the shooting debacle on him.
Kate Fleming is undercover so I guess her loyalty will be tested.
How bad is Tony Gates, really? That is still the question. Or does somebody have a personal agenda? It could be!
Like THE WIRE, Line Of Duty cleverly intertwines various aspects of the economic infrastructure - legal and illegal - to broaden the canvas of the story. This means that a big plot twist can be derived from a big or small development, a main character or an eenie-meenie-tiny-supporting character. They're all part of the domino effect.
In terms of TV entertainment it's a rollercoaster ride and I'm already feeling a bit bruised and nauseous.
But will it maintain its savage story telling? Is it the British answer to THE SHIELD?
Thanks, Rita. You're a star!
Shameless, unapologetic self-indulgence, and so it happened that I started watching Line Of Duty.
A hit and run by respectable characters (e.g. Marion Fowley, and the duchess in the original HOTEL story) and specifically the anguished cover-up thereof, is just as exciting as a murder mystery.
I...I just can't believe how much this situation has spiraled out of control in just TWO episodes. It's become one big mess.
"Big and sexy" as detective Tony Gates would say. Policeman of the year, father of the year, husband of the year. Good luck with that.
Things aren't looking too rosy for Steve Arnott either now they're trying to pin the shooting debacle on him.
Kate Fleming is undercover so I guess her loyalty will be tested.
How bad is Tony Gates, really? That is still the question. Or does somebody have a personal agenda? It could be!
Like THE WIRE, Line Of Duty cleverly intertwines various aspects of the economic infrastructure - legal and illegal - to broaden the canvas of the story. This means that a big plot twist can be derived from a big or small development, a main character or an eenie-meenie-tiny-supporting character. They're all part of the domino effect.
The rookies will stumble upon/accidentally sabotage something important.
But will it maintain its savage story telling? Is it the British answer to THE SHIELD?
Thanks, Rita. You're a star!