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Who is Goliath? All our Bloodlands theories ahead of episode three
Scratching your head after episode two? Michael Hogan rates the likely suspects ahead of the third instalment of Bloodlands
6 March 2021 • 5:00am
Is he our man? James Nesbitt is currently the No 1 suspect as far as viewers are concerned
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“I came here to see my dead brother.” “You will.” Bang. Body falls to the ground. Roll mournful music.
So who is legendary, long-dormant assassin Goliath? We look over the runners and riders…
Theory 1: Tom Brannick is Goliath
In a gasp-inducing twist, DCI Tom Brannick (James Nesbitt) coldly shot Adam Corry (Ian McElhinney) in the head on that windswept isle in Strangford Lough. So is our brow-furrowing, rugby-loving hero actually the Troubles-era serial killer responsible for multiple murders in 1998 and now active again?
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Not so long ago, Met Commissioner Cressida Dick lambasted TV dramas such as Line Of Duty for painting a wholly inaccurate picture of today’s police ‘service’.
After meeting one of the show’s stars, Vicky McClure, Dick decided to watch a couple of episodes. ‘I was absolutely outraged by the level of casual and extreme corruption that was being portrayed as the way the police is in 2018/19,’ she said. ‘It’s so far from that. The standards and the professionalism are so high.’
How hollow her words ring today, after Daily Mail s devastating exposure of cover-up and abuse of power at the highest levels of Scotland Yard.