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Old 28-10-2016, 22:15
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So .. Gibson was beaten by a very strong man and is at work the next day .. Really!

What sort of place was that that someone who is mentally disturbed and attacks a police woman and then is let free to roam without a thought that he may attack again Should he not have been locked in confinement ?

All that money spent on fixing him and he goes on to killer and also maim another and killers himself and Gibson gets a well done

So glad there is not another series but gutted Gibson was not killed
Ey' they never came any tougher than Scully, y'know! Some of the things she went through and she was fine 5 minutes later, giving as good as she got!

Clearly the spirit of Scully lives on in Stella!
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:15
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whyd he kill ginger nut
Because he needed to guarantee himself a quiet, undisturbed 5 minutes in the bathroom with a plastic bag and the belt - is my opinion. I don't think he was concerned with ridding the world of a child killer, ginger psycho was just part of Spector's final solution for himself.
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:16
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I thought it was a really great ending. Yes, he would never be punished for the crimes but it was a bleak and quite realistic end to an horrific story. Sometimes TV shouldn't go for the happy ending, but one that is thought provoking and shocking
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:17
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Absolutely wonderful season finale.

I found it to be a rather heartbreaking irony that spectors daughter ended up in the system

Jamie was truly chilling
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:19
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So .. Gibson was beaten by a very strong man and is at work the next day .. Really!
Can you imagine how slow the episode would have been if Stella had to have a realistic recovery time? It really would have needed a 4th series to resolve everything...
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:19
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I thought it was a really great ending. Yes, he would never be punished for the crimes but it was a bleak and quite realistic end to an horrific story. Sometimes TV shouldn't go for the happy ending, but one that is thought provoking and shocking
With the lax way he was treated, Spector would have been released after 6 months for good conduct!
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:21
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I wonder what will happen to Sally Ann? Disappointed we didn't get a follow up since the beach incident.
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:22
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In one way I feel like they nearly rushed that by cramming all that in but I'm glad they tied it up even if he didn't get held accountable for his crimes.

Good ending to the series though.
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:23
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I wonder what will happen to Sally Ann? Disappointed we didn't get a follow up since the beach incident.
The children were taken into care so presumably she's in psychiatric care
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:23
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With the lax way he was treated, Spector would have been released after 6 months for good conduct!
I don't know which was more unbelievable. The lax security at the institution or that Stella can afford a big house like that in Notting Hill on a police detectives salary.
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:23
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I wonder what will happen to Sally Ann? Disappointed we didn't get a follow up since the beach incident.
There were a lot of complaints in NI about those scenes though!
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:23
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Ey' they never came any tougher than Scully, y'know! Some of the things she went through and she was fine 5 minutes later, giving as good as she got!

Clearly the spirit of Scully lives on in Stella!
I never watched that as I cannot stand her. Was it bad that that was the best scene for me
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:25
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I don't know which was more unbelievable. The lax security at the institution or that Stella can afford a big house like that in Notting Hill on a police detectives salary.


They way they had to use a key to lock them in
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:25
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Again poor DS Anderson just seemed to get shunted off to one side once he got injured!
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:27
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Absolutely wonderful season finale.

I found it to be a rather heartbreaking irony that spectors daughter ended up in the system

Jamie was truly chilling
Did she? I must have missed that.
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:27
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Again poor DS Anderson just seemed to get shunted off to one side once he got injured!
The noise of his arm breaking was a real ouch moment
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:29
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Can you imagine how slow the episode would have been if Stella had to have a realistic recovery time? It really would have needed a 4th series to resolve everything...
God forbid


There was not even and ouch from her even tho Spector booted her
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:30
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The noise of his arm breaking was a real ouch moment
I actually winced!
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:31
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A very poor review from The Guardian....

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...ime=1477689587
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:31
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Did she? I must have missed that.
It showed her in a foster home, they were asking her if she'd had any bad dreams since she'd moved.
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:32
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Cantona resigned? Why? Please don't say it was because of ... something along the lines of 'we shouldn't have let this happen and it's my fault it did'?
Talking of Cantona, I half-expected him to fly-kick one of the guards when he went all mad following the assault on Gibson.
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:32
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I expected him to escape a bit like Lecter to come back in a couple of series down the line
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:37
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I just scanned through that and saw what he said about the first series ...

Well to be fair, he's not the only one who thought the first series was brilliant and that should have been the end of it.

It's hard to believe this series has anything to do with that first series!
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:38
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Talking of Cantona, I half-expected him to fly-kick one of the guards when he went all mad following the assault on Gibson.
Ha! Ah yes, re-enact his kung-fu antics!
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:41
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I expected him to escape a bit like Lecter to come back in a couple of series down the line
It could happen. Remember in Dallas and the shower scene
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