And at the end of every series, we have been left in no doubt that Mercurio believes that
decent people can be corrupted, no good deed goes unpunished, and there is always someone with something to lose who will hush up wrongdoing.
So we got the ending we deserved, in drama, as in life. If we turn a blind eye, swallow the comfortable lies instead of looking for the hard truths, we get, for want of a better word, shafted. As Ted says: “It devastated me that we have stopped standing up for accountability, that we have stopped caring about truth and integrity because it’s these institutional failures that enable the likes of Ian Buckells to be corrupt.”
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When last man standing DSU Ian Buckells smugly asked Supt Ted Hastings if heâd like a glass of water, I honestly thought the gaffer might lean across the desk and punch that smirk clean off his face.
Here are some of the unanswered questions viewers may have after watching…
What was the full extent of Philip Osborne’s involvement in corruption and cover-ups?
Just because Buckells was exposed as the OCG rat doesn’t mean everyone else is exonerated – quite the opposite. Instead, as Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar) explains to Patricia Carmichael (Anna Maxwell Martin), Buckells’s rise through the ranks was only facilitated by institutional failings that went right to the top.
Ian Buckells (Nigel Boyle) comes clean in the Line of Duty finale (BBC)
Exactly how complicit Chief Constable Osborne was in the various crimes and scandals AC-12 were looking at is still unknown; for now, it seems, he’s gotten away with his role in Vella’s murder. With Carmichael in charge, however, it seems likely everything will be swept under the rug.
Line of Duty finale mysteries explained â Buckells true identity to Ted Hastings fate
Line of Duty season six left more mysteries than answers in the finale, but now Daily Star has compiled the ultimate explainer for confused viewers, from the truth behind Buckells past to what happened to Ted Hastings
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