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It just was not on par with every other season finale episode. Very little action or excitement, it was very flat. Lots of things don’t add up and there are still questions. Preferred having one individual case of corruption being investigated per season rather than this morse code H four dots thing🙄 it was all a bit far fetched from the moment they revisited the video of dots death and came to the above conclusion
 
I was thinking about it all night! Yes it was a flat episode, but I think it was pretty clever too. Quite an accurate representation of Britain today, no real
justice, no accountability of the numpties that rise to the top with no questions asked. It was never going to be a happy ending as that’s not real life.
I can see both sides - nothing will ever beat Kate chasing Dot on the side of that lorry. But this was pretty real life to me and cleverly written.
 
CabalofBolorneaise said:
I think so too. And the other thing I do think regarding Jed and the cast with social media presence (plus Craig/Dot) is that them hyping it all up and posting deliberately misleading stuff hasn’t helped. People were already frustrated with that and then an episode that was viewed as disappointing on top isn’t great.

(I wonder if the cast expected/hoped relief the big three all survived would kind of mitigate the disappointment)

Again obviously doesn’t justify any abuse but in terms of the disappointment factor etc.
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Completely agree, I think all the tweets and interviews and podcasts have created so much hype. I’ve read/heard theories that I wouldn’t have even considered if I’d just been watching it myself with no forums, tweets etc so I think I would’ve felt more impressed had I not seen some of the incredible theories throughout the last few weeks.
 
Not sure if I’ve missed something but was Kate AC-12 undercover or not?
if not how did she keep being party to all the revelations and take part on the interviews?

Edited to add I think Buckells was a let down as we had not spent much time with him. There was no investment from the viewers perspective so there was no pay off at him being revealed.
 
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TriviaNewtonJohn said:
To be fair to Jed he probably didn't think it'd last this long. I feel better about it today than I did last night. I'm not sure what would have been a satisfying ending to be honest.
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I'm not sure either, but just would have liked something "more" than last night.

I understand the message jed was giving about corruption, and he could have kept that in but just given us a bit more punch in the ending.

@StrawberrySeed i agree with your points about us whipping it up into some sort of frenzy and then being disappointed when it doesn't match expectations which is on us, but I definatly think the ending could have been executed in a more satisfying way.
 
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I get it was a huge disappointment in terms of lack of action and grit but with some of the crazy theories people had created it was always going to disappoint when ''an imposta'' didn't become Marcus Thurwell or crispy BBQ'd Tommy Hunter never resurrected from the dead. I think, had people not theorised and analysed it to the degree they had they might have been less disappointed. The way they hid Buckells face for the big reveal would gave been shocking if you were just watching a TV show. Same with the incest allegation once that was revealed
 

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Last night I was bereft. Like many of you I’ve watched this since 2012 and have been so, so invested over the years. I find Vicky, Martin and Adrian so likeable and engaging and it’s been brilliant to see them have so much success / recognition over the years. Vicky is a bit of a hero locally as well and is as nice and beautiful in real life as she comes across on tv.

this morning - I’m a bit like ‘what would of made me happy?’ I don’t think I could if coped with one of the main three being bent, Osbourne would of been too obvious, Carmichael the same?

I’ve just left a very toxic work environment and lots of it actually rang true...

I really struggled with the Patrick Fairbank/burn (can never remember). My dads got dementia (another reason for my girl crush on Vicky) and those scenes were written well whether he was faking it or not.

I was physically sat on the edge of my seat, peering through my fingers at one point, clock watching seeing how long we had left for things to resolve / happen. I can’t remember the last time I’ve done that - if ever. So even if it wasn’t what I’d hoped for I have to give Jed and the team credit for that.
 
Why didn't they pull Chris lomax on forcing Kate signature.... and at the end he was pretty smug looking!...

Will Ted be held to the letter of the law the LETTER

Buckells is not the 4th man he hasn't the brain cells to be a master mind....so many un anwswerd questions.. .

I had to disconnect Alexa last night my 10 year asked her every morning to the wee donkey and I hadn't watched it yet so it wouldn't be ruined
 
agree lots of pencil pushers in the ocg. I hope the hate doesn’t ruin it for further episodes and I do hope Jed has mapped out from the beginning the mastermind behind the OCG. Maybe Tommy Hunter was the bin laden of the OCG like Buckells has said and now there are only independent factions. I hope at some point the independent factions are united if so by one charmismatic leader if so and it’s someone in the force! There must be such a power vaccum, someone greedy ambitious and clever will take the role for sure
 
Boredofgrey said:
Not sure if I’ve missed something but was Kate AC-12 undercover or not?
if not how did she keep being party to all the revelations and take part on the interviews?

Edited to add I think Buckells was a let down as we had not spent much time with him. There was no investment from the viewers perspective so there was no pay off at him being revealed.
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It became a dual investigation between serious crime and AC12 once Jo had been captured. Kate explained it to Aldi Dot when she showed up with Steve.
 
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