Line of Duty: All the clues about Ian Buckells we missed over the years
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The
Line of Dutyseason 6 finale answered the big question we ve been asking for years, finally unmasking DCI Ian Buckells as H or the fourth man . And while we still have some big
big doubts about Buckells being some kind of criminal mastermind, let s just suppose for a moment that it s all true and he is, in fact, the OCG linchpin AC-12 have been searching for all these years. Here are all the big clues about Buckells that we missed for six whole series.
Sunday, 2nd May 2021 at 10:00 pm
Halfway through the Line of Duty season six finale, AC-12 finally found out the identity of ‘H’, or the “Fourth Man” who they had been chasing for so long. Did we, the viewers, find out at the same time? No, we most certainly did not.
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For another excruciating eight minutes, the team passed around print-outs and made cryptic remarks, exchanged knowing looks, and got sidetracked into other conversations. “All this time we’ve been chasing shadows! If this is right he’s been under our noses from the very beginning!” declared Steve. (Who was he talking about? Surely it’s Chief Constable Osborne, we thought.) And then we had a montage of armed officers drawing up to AC-12 and marching an unseen interviewee into the building, while DI Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) tap-tapped on his iPad and linked up the DIR. Of course, the camera pulled away before he typed in the name of the interviewee.
Line of Duty s creator Jed Mercurio shared a cryptic post after the finale on Sunday night as the show s future hangs in the balance.
The writer, 55, shared a picture of the AC-12 sign to his Twitter after the episode had aired and simply captioned it: Carry the fire , which gave no indication if there will be a seventh series or not.
BBC bosses are yet to confirm whether the show will return, despite an average of 13 millions viewers tuning in for the latest series, which faced multiple delays due to the Covid pandemic.
Uncertain: Line of Duty s creator Jed Mercurio shared a cryptic post after the final on Sunday night as the show s future hangs in the balance
Line of Duty star Martin Compston sends message to fans explaining ending of BBC show
Di Steve Arnott has spoken after the divisive ending
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