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There were a lot of story threads that ultimately didn't get used, like Richard's investigative reporting. Him, Daniel and Ann weren't even in the last episode! Shame we didn't get to see Faisal get nicked, he was practically skipping away when he found out about Ivan and Matija.

But. Can't really complain when the writing was so unbelievably good and we got that brilliant, cathartic, tense, satisfying confrontation between Catherine and TLR. Just them talking. Incredible. The first scene they'd had together since S1? Just sublime. That moment where she walked in saying "Hello?" and he replied "Hiya" like a son coming in for dinner with his mum. He was clearly still a deluded, insane fuckwit but at least he had the wherewithal to realise the woman he despised gave his son a happy life.
One of the most beautifully heartbreaking moments I've seen was that bit where the photo album of Becky stopped. Just blank pages. So harrowing and nothing needed to be said. Gonna miss this show!

Did anyone else find the scene where Catherine and TLR were shouting at each-other quite funny? “No YOU fuck off!”

butterfliesandhurricanes said:

Super happy they didn’t go down the silly plot twists and big reveals that have been floating around the internet this week.

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All the ridiculous ideas people came up with (Neil is TLR’s dad, Nevison is running a people-smuggling ring, Becky was incestuously impregnated by her dad/brother) made me realise that some people fundamentally misunderstood the programme they were watching.
HV is a character-driven drama, and has never used cheap, last-minute gimmicks. It doesn’t need to because it’s not about what happens, it’s about how and why things happen as a result of the flaws and failings of the humans involved.

Aha

I know it had to happen for the purposes of plot, but I’ve been irritated all day by the fact that the school didn’t contact Claire or Catherine when Ryan didn’t arrive at school - it’s a basic safeguarding requirement: all school needs to follow up if a pupil doesn’t turn up as, truanting aside, they could have been involved in an accident en route to school.

Before the singeing of the crocheted blanket!

Absolutely superb ending and yes it wasn’t very dramatic but it tied all 3 seasons together really nicely (the man trying to set himself on fire from opening of scene 1, TLR trying to set fire to him and Ryan on boat, and also before Tommy set himself on fire she said about not forgetting Gary Gagovski because she nicked him for a public order once and he bit her…which was in opening scene to this series)

I think the rob/Joanna storyline has been wrapped up well as well. They didn’t need to dwell on it too much. Yes rob didn’t kill her, they found indecent images on his phone not because Ryan will have said he noticed him staring at his arse but they will have seized his phone when he was bought in under caution anyway and found pictures when they go through it. So he will go away for a long time for those considering he’s a teacher as well.

Catherine solved the Joanna murder in the last 5 mins speaking to detective superintendent shepherd or whatever he was called. You can see the cogs spinning in his head. They will arrest Faisal for diazepam job, get his DNA and fingerprints and then he will get done for Joanna’s murder because of that so he will be in prison too. It just shows how all these men think they are so slick and clever yet Catherine being the EXCELLENT cop she is gets so much information and intel she is a killer detective. CID would never have figured it out without Catherine’s input at the very end.

And the little girl never takes her coat off as a trauma protection or it’s implied perhaps he was messing with his kids as well or just poppy. And Catherine saying who’s going to look after them now and detective says they’ve got a grandma, ties it all together perfectly because this is how it started, Catherine looking after her grandson. I’m honestly so pleased with the ending, it was really clever and there were a lot of red herrings but Daniel, Richard, Ann etc didn’t need to be featured anymore because it was always about Catherine and Tommy, plus Ryan and Claire. I will rewatch all 3 soon!!!

Awww my heart at Catherine's face when she asked who will be looking after the little girls. When he said there's a grandmother....

Just saw a good tweet - couldn’t agree more!

I just wanna know why that little girl never took her coat off ?!

Richard isn’t much of an investigative reporter if he doesn’t notice he’s in the same room as his own grandson

I really enjoyed that. It wasn't what I'd expected but I think it worked very well.

I also kinda like how it's not perfectly watertight wrapped up with a 'and this is what they're all doing next'. You get just enough so you can give characters the ending you like for them Personally I'm thinking Ryan seemed overly pleased at being mistaken for a police officer so I like to think there will be another Sergeant Cawood in the future.

I do wish Ann had maybe had a better final appearance because her character got quite a rough deal this series between the drinking, exploding at Ryan, and not doing her actual job. But it does make her a very human character that she's still not over her horrendous trauma but she's at least still carrying on.

If you know Northern Rail.. you know

Double clutching didn’t matter after all

Really hope James Norton gets some recognition for his portrayal of Tommy. He really gave a phenomenal performance and completely matched Sarah Lancashire’s abilities as an actor. He deserves a bafta for that role

Well it wasn’t what I expected but I do think the final showdown between them was better than a big violent dramatic ending. They both acted their arses off in that scene

The last episode was stunning not what I expected.. Oh my gosh when Catherine had given up hope and Becky held her mum. Beautiful, I was in tears.
I like how Sally wrote TLR as what he was a flawed human who never had a chance in life and a fucked up childhood. If TLR was born into a loving household things might have been different for him.
I always felt before this episode TLR was using Ryan to get at Catherine but I realise he actually loved him in his own fucked up way. He was like a child in a grown mans body.

Catherine finally has some peace over Beckys death and it was no longer constantly eating at her. The realisation that Ryan is a lovely young man and it's more nurture Vs biology. I loved how the ending was at Beckys grave as that was the main point of the show for Catherine to come to terms with Beckys death.

It’s just so believable!! I don’t know if it’s because I’m from Yorkshire and it seems even more familiar but we left bbc1 on after and when the news started for a split second I genuinely thought that TLR’s jailbreak would be the headline story 🫣🫣 ffs I’m clearly cracking up. Can’t wind down for ages on a Sunday night and no doubt I’ll sleep terribly tonight dreaming about criminals

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Ok I’m now howling at this. U.K. Twitter when there’s a prime time tv show on is just the best. Imagine if it was all released at once and everyone was watching at different paces. Just wouldn’t be the same.

Just seen this on twitter. His Claire is uncanny.