It is now too laboured to be honest and would be better without having three time periods with which to contend.
There were quite a few times when I wished it would hurry along a bit..... I was getting quite fond of the shop that appeared in every other shot though.... 'Am'... something.
Yes, congratulations to the poster last week who figured out that the sobriety medal was the piece of evidence. We've still got some thinking to do, but that was vital for the armchair detectives here.
Everyone now knows it's Alain......if the medal wasn't enough, there were more shots of him looking furtive and smoking tonight than in any other episode just to remind us of him..........way too obvious. According to my missus this is all misdirection and the actual abductor is....his wife Sylvie. She can't say why, but she just thinks it is too obvious to be Alain. The queen bee reference is not to be disregarded either.
I've re watched first 4 episodes and reviewed the Malik scenes again the last two episodes. Surprising what detail you miss.
In terms of the episodes the key messages for me are:
Unsolved case in Morocco - Charmantaines clearly Ziane/Malik are linked to this.
Baptiste says if Ollie not found immediately he won't be.
Someone you know someone with a grudge is usually involved.
James mistaken for Ollie - twice.
Baptiste asks Mark to be involved in investigation more than liaison job. (Does he know more about what job he has?)
Undercover cop immediately asked for Baptiste so he knew about gang being infiltrated due to job in Paris.
Mark present when 3pm transaction mentioned in warehouse. He asks what chance Ollie still alive if sex trafficking involved to Thailand. Gang were pre-warned.
Mark told about liaison at railway station with undercover cop at 8 pm. Who told gang?
Mark on scene to arrest Ziane.
Lastly Emily to Mark - Imagine if it was your son that had gone.
Does Mark know James was the target?
Mark once again knew about them going to see Ziane!!!
So Malik got his information about Garrett from listening to Tony's phone. How does he manage that?
As everyone just said, the same way all those News of the World and Sun journalists hacked into phones - like when they read the Milly Dowler messages and deleted them. And no, it's not legal and they should go to jail for it. Probably still doing it now, the *******.
But including it in the drama tonight was just stunning - another reason to utterly hate Malik, just as we're also seeing his pain over his son. Totally in character that he would be that kind of scum journalist as well.
Everyone now knows it's Alain......if the medal wasn't enough, there were more shots of him looking furtive and smoking tonight than in any other episode just to remind us of him..........way too obvious. According to my missus this is all misdirection and the actual abductor is....his wife Sylvie. She can't say why, but she just thinks it is too obvious to be Alain. The queen bee reference is not to be disregarded either.
Ohhh - clever! I said to OH earlier that the bees need to be relevant somehow
He dialled 0000#, just like the phone hacking journalists that have been in the news quite recently. They are able to do it because people don't bother to set PINs for their voicemail.
The sobriety medal - why does it *have* to be Alain's? Is there a name engraved on it? Can't be or Malik would have known. It could be anyone's - lots of recovering alcoholics collect them.
Everyone now knows it's Alain......if the medal wasn't enough, there were more shots of him looking furtive and smoking tonight than in any other episode just to remind us of him..........way too obvious. According to my missus this is all misdirection and the actual abductor is....his wife Sylvie. She can't say why, but she just thinks it is too obvious to be Alain. The queen bee reference is not to be disregarded either.
must admit I am thinking it could be her to be honest , they have no children of their own maybe its nothing to do with paedophiles at all there maybe a bit of a twist to come
Everyone now knows it's Alain......if the medal wasn't enough, there were more shots of him looking furtive and smoking tonight than in any other episode just to remind us of him..........way too obvious. According to my missus this is all misdirection and the actual abductor is....his wife Sylvie. She can't say why, but she just thinks it is too obvious to be Alain. The queen bee reference is not to be disregarded either.
Agree totally. Beginning to look too obvious to be Alain. Writers wouldn't suddenly make it that blatant . Sylvie was the one that got Tony to come back in the first place by putting that photo on Facebook with the boy in the yellow scarf. But why does she want him back investigating the case?
So, it was the sobriety medal. But no one as far as I can remember without going back through 92 pages, came up with phone hacking as the way Malik knew about Tony killing Garrett.
I'll go back and have another look, but when Tony returned to the hotel (when he told Sylvie that he was still going to stay even though the other boy's disappearance was not connected), there was a guy on the left of the hotel entrance smoking. When they were at the station waiting for Mark, there was a guy sitting on a bench on the platform - was it the same bloke? Did anyone else notice or is this programme making me question everything and everyone?!
must admit I am thinking it could be her to be honest , they have no children of their own maybe its nothing to do with paedophiles at all there maybe a bit of a twist to come
Agree totally. Beginning to look too obvious to be Alain. Writers wouldn't suddenly make it that blatant . Sylvie was the one that got Tony to come back in the first place by putting that photo on Facebook with the boy in the yellow scarf. But why does she want him back investigating the case?
She wouldn't have known that the scarf was Ollie's - didn't they say that the people in the photo had been traced and that they'd bought the scarf in a charity shop?
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There were quite a few times when I wished it would hurry along a bit..... I was getting quite fond of the shop that appeared in every other shot though.... 'Am'... something.
Maybe there's a secret camera behind the screen so the hotel owners can watch children in bed/undressing etc.
Don't know but the pin code was 0000
Was it mitu-pappi?
Mark once again knew about them going to see Ziane!!!
As everyone just said, the same way all those News of the World and Sun journalists hacked into phones - like when they read the Milly Dowler messages and deleted them. And no, it's not legal and they should go to jail for it. Probably still doing it now, the *******.
But including it in the drama tonight was just stunning - another reason to utterly hate Malik, just as we're also seeing his pain over his son. Totally in character that he would be that kind of scum journalist as well.
Brilliant, brilliant episode.
Ohhh - clever! I said to OH earlier that the bees need to be relevant somehow
The sobriety medal - why does it *have* to be Alain's? Is there a name engraved on it? Can't be or Malik would have known. It could be anyone's - lots of recovering alcoholics collect them.
I think it was me - thank you
I said it had to be as otherwise there was really no point to the scene where Sylvie showed the coins/medals to Tony.
mitu-pappi was probably too busy slagging off the BBC and the writers etc.
It's an interesting idea that it could actually be Sylvie rather than Alain.
Not for me - I was thoroughly engrossed in that episode - can't wait for the last one.
Mind you, I could happily spend hours just listening to Julien Baptiste's voice
In time for xmas?
must admit I am thinking it could be her to be honest , they have no children of their own maybe its nothing to do with paedophiles at all there maybe a bit of a twist to come
I get it now. Didn't expect that from Malik but looking back I suppose I should have, seeing as he's been portrayed as a sleezy journalist.
That thought crossed my mind too.....
Agree totally. Beginning to look too obvious to be Alain. Writers wouldn't suddenly make it that blatant . Sylvie was the one that got Tony to come back in the first place by putting that photo on Facebook with the boy in the yellow scarf. But why does she want him back investigating the case?
I'll go back and have another look, but when Tony returned to the hotel (when he told Sylvie that he was still going to stay even though the other boy's disappearance was not connected), there was a guy on the left of the hotel entrance smoking. When they were at the station waiting for Mark, there was a guy sitting on a bench on the platform - was it the same bloke? Did anyone else notice or is this programme making me question everything and everyone?!
They've got a daughter.
She wouldn't have known that the scarf was Ollie's - didn't they say that the people in the photo had been traced and that they'd bought the scarf in a charity shop?
How did someone find out Ziane was going to pass on information? Was it Mark agajn?
What will Mark do with the information about Tony and Ian Garret?
Roll on next week!!!
have they ? must have missed that bit lol:D