Line of Duty s bent prison officer Alison Merchant seems to have finally been caught by AC-12 and brought to justice.
In filming pictures, which were taken in September 2020 and show scenes yet to air in the current series, she is seen being arrested at gunpoint by armed officers.
Merchant (Maria Connolly) was first introduced in series two when she put feces in Linday Denton’s food and poured boiling water over her hand while in custody.
Caught at last? Line of Duty s bent prison officer Alison Merchant seems to have finally been found out by AC-12 after being seen held at gunpoint in filming snaps from the show
Line of Duty’s Gregory Piper on his villain Ryan – and whether he’ll face off with Ted Hastings
The actor discusses growing up with the hit BBC show – and whether his character will face off against AC-12’s Ted Hastings
Villain: Gregory Piper as Ryan Pilkington in Line of Duty
Credit: Steffan Hill/BBC
Gregory Piper remembers the nerves and excitement he felt when he was first asked to play Ryan Pilkington. He was 13, and Ryan was a foul-mouthed, vicious little BMX errand boy for organised criminals in series one of Line of Duty. He recalls the glee of running around swearing on set. That was a decade ago. It almost felt like a dream, until he got a message from his agent in 2018: “You’ll never guess what? Line of Duty has got in contact.”
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Rotter Ryan Pilkington finally showed some nerves this week as the young scallywag turned bent PC realized that his crimes might have caught up with him. Kate knew her AC-12 surveillance protection had been removed, but she was able to bluff Ryan into believing that it was still in operation and the young lad’s death stare finally cracked.
But would Ryan’s sudden bout of fear have made him twitchy on the trigger? Or did Kate mean it when she screamed a final warning at Ryan to drop his weapon?
Both characters have been deliberately left off the cast lists for next week’s episode, so there’s no sneaky way of learning who made it out alive.