The Amazing Line Of Duty starts again tonight

TheBlueDune said:
We weren't sucking on diesel tonight

And how can "occupational health" totally rely on not responding to email messages to suspend Arnott?
They'd surely phone him and phone his superior
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When they do catch up with him maybe he can ask for three other Rio Ferdinand missed tests to be taken into consideration
 
domalino said:
That was the worst episode of all 6 seasons.

Its like the BBC told them to write an extra episode at the last minute and they thought "let's just do a 45 minute exposition in the form of the interviews people used to like".
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I was watching Community and they referred to a episode being a "bottle" episode. I had to look it up and think it is an episode where it is shot on the cheap to save budget. Perhaps it was something like that.
 
TheBlueDune said:
We weren't sucking on diesel tonight

And how can "occupational health" totally rely on not responding to email messages to suspend Arnott?
They'd surely phone him and phone his superior
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Why is he in trouble anyway?

He's supposedly addicted to an over the counter painkillers - codeine/cocodomol. We saw him going to lots of different pharmacies to get around the limit on how many you can buy.

Over. The. Counter.

ie a drug you're allowed to take. Drug tests don't test how much of a drug you're taking, so all it would do is alert them that he's taking a legal over the counter painkiller.
 
domalino said:
Why is he in trouble anyway?

He's supposedly addicted to an over the counter painkillers - codeine/cocodomol.

Over. The. Counter.

ie a drug you're allowed to take. Drug tests don't test how much of a drug you're taking, so all it would do is alert them that he's taking a legal over the counter painkiller.
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yeah, I don't really get this element of the storyline. Almost set up for a "he knows he's on the outs so gets his bucket list done in 5 days" kind of deal. All over some painkillers when he knew he'd be tested and could have just not taken any that morning...
 
No clue what that episode was really about or tried to acheive other than confusing the story and giving it an extra episode. The whole Steve / pain killer thread is utterly pointless, the car chase and arresting of Kate made no sense what so ever and the whole interview with Jo was just so mixed up.

Really enjoyed the series up to that episode so hopefully e7 pulls it right back up to standard.
 
PannickAtTheDisco said:
yeah, I don't really get this element of the storyline. Almost set up for a "he knows he's on the outs so gets his bucket list done in 5 days" kind of deal. All over some painkillers when he knew he'd be tested and could have just not taken any that morning...
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Codeine can be detected in your system for 48hrs, long time to go without for someone with an addiction. We have seen him try to swap to alcohol and he didn't last the evening.
 
Fode N The Hole said:
Codeine can be detected in your system for 48hrs, long time to go without for someone with an addiction. We have seen him try to swap to alcohol and he didn't last the evening.
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at the end of the day its Codeine. Unless he's taking something they ain't showing I don't really see the point of it apart from create some desperation with him and Hastings both having an artificial deadline to crack the case and save their jobs.
 
PannickAtTheDisco said:
at the end of the day its Codeine. Unless he's taking something they ain't showing I don't really see the point of it apart from create some desperation with him and Hastings both having an artificial deadline to crack the case and save their jobs.
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They need to crack on then as they've only got till 10pm next Sunday.
 
Fode N The Hole said:
Codeine can be detected in your system for 48hrs, long time to go without for someone with an addiction. We have seen him try to swap to alcohol and he didn't last the evening.
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I might be talking absolute waffle but isnt Codeine an Opiate? having lots of opiates appear in your drug test might not be a good thing for an anti corruption officer!

Like I said might be talking waffle, but that's how I'm passing it off in my own head cannon
 
Pughie said:
I might be talking absolute waffle but isnt Codeine an Opiate? having lots of opiates appear in your drug test might not be a good thing for an anti corruption officer!

Like I said might be talking waffle, but that's how I'm passing it off in my own head cannon
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It definitely is, but is easily explained unless his levels were off the chart, which hasn’t been implied.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
It definitely is, but is easily explained unless his levels were off the chart, which hasn’t been implied.
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Could the implication not be the amount he's been taking? we've certainly been privy to how many he has been buying, he had a bread bin full of the stuff! (think it was a bread bin? or overhead cupboard?)

The only reason I'm suggesting it is because the writing has been near perfect up until this series as there's a few holes appearing in the script, though I'm waiting for the finale to say for certain, and I'm trying to explain those plot holes away!
 
Pughie said:
Could the implication not be the amount he's been taking? we've certainly been privy to how many he has been buying, he had a bread bin full of the stuff! (think it was a bread bin? or overhead cupboard?)

The only reason I'm suggesting it is because the writing has been near perfect up until this series as there's a few holes appearing in the script, though I'm waiting for the finale to say for certain, and I'm trying to explain those plot holes away!
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Of course it could be. The whole idea of the series is to keep the viewer guessing all the time.

The plot twist I’m expecting is around James Nesbitt (spits). There’s no way he’s got a non-speaking role.FCF11410-9EE8-49AA-8281-2BE3AD5F3E16.jpeg
 
Pughie said:
I might be talking absolute waffle but isnt Codeine an Opiate? having lots of opiates appear in your drug test might not be a good thing for an anti corruption officer!

Like I said might be talking waffle, but that's how I'm passing it off in my own head cannon
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Which is why he has avoided the meeting where he will be suspended pending an inquiry.
 
PannickAtTheDisco said:
yeah, I don't really get this element of the storyline. Almost set up for a "he knows he's on the outs so gets his bucket list done in 5 days" kind of deal. All over some painkillers when he knew he'd be tested and could have just not taken any that morning...
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You have clearly never been addicted to codeine type opiates.
I have.
Believe me you cannot just not take them.

Anyway he has clearly hidden how badly his injury affected him and returned to work in not a fit state to continue without drug help.
 
denislawsbackheel said:
You have clearly never been addicted to codeine type opiates.
I have.
Believe me you cannot just not take them.

Anyway he has clearly hidden how badly his injury affected him and returned to work in not a fit state to continue without drug help.
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That's the point. If they realise his physical problems he'd probably be stood down on health grounds.
 
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