Quote Originally Posted by westcountryvillain View Post
Agree on both counts - Buckles implied institutionalised corruption didn't exist and with Carmichael's endorsement of that point it's prodded our Ted to fight on. It's had its day though for me.
I’ve given this more thought in regards to Buckles the dumb f u c k.

To make the bumbling senior officer the “fourth man/H” is actually a quite brilliant idea.

It nearly worked but the final interrogation scene wasn’t as well crafted as in previous series.

They missed an opportunity to do something similar to a very good film with Edward Norton and Richard Gere a few years ago where Gere plays a lawyer trying to get Norton’s character ( a simple guy with a stutter ) off a murder charge.

Only when Norton was finally alone with Gere did he suddenly admit his guilt by ridiculing his supposed stammer.

I think that a crafted moment alone with just Buckles and Hastings with Buckles suddenly giving his......”well I fooled you lot but prove it” would’ve had infinitely more power and lead us well into another series.

Buckles nearly pulled it off but was stymied by a poor script and set up.