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Am SO sad! (Spoilers if you haven't seen past episode 6, season 1)

posted 8 years ago by writerchick89
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Watching episode 7 right now. Just recently got into this on Netflix streaming, and love it, and I'm so mad & sad that they let that poor young guy get killed. :( I was yelling at him to just shoot the guy with the police, don't let him get to you, and of course he didn't.

Fiction is a lie, and good fiction is the truth inside the lie.--Stephen King

[–] writerchick89 8 years ago

I finished the 1st season finale last night and loved the ending. :) I didn't figure the little girl would be his daughter. Sad, but at least he could move on. I like the three of them together.

Fiction is a lie, and good fiction is the truth inside the lie.--Stephen King

[–] writerchick89 8 years ago

Wow. No responses at all. Now I'm really mad. First Hobbs, and now Mr. Merrick? That was SO unfair, and I thought why on earth would Reid trust the new guy to protect him? Now he's made to shut up and even shake hands with that horrid monster who just killed Merrick??? It's too much!

Fiction is a lie, and good fiction is the truth inside the lie.--Stephen King

[–] ms moss 8 years ago

I was upset about Hobbs too. Wait til you get to the end of episode 8, season 2. Shine's (the man who killed Merrick) is getting to Reid too. (the end of that episode is so powerful)

Speaking of season 2, I was really disappointed that they wrote out Mrs. Reid. I understand why they did but I found her interesting.

[–] ChristopherSolomon 8 years ago

and I'm so mad & sad that they let that poor young guy get killed. :( I was yelling at him to just shoot the guy with the police, don't let him get to you, and of course he didn't.

Yeah, Hobbs death was a pivotal moment on the show, and thankfully it's something that's brought up every now and then. It's not like they just kill him off and he's never mentioned again, it's pretty integral to how we end up seeing alot of the characters.

On a sidenote though, I don't think he had a gun so that was never an option. It seems like the police on this show (perhaps in Britain in general) don't usually carry guns. That's why Reid and Drake weren't able to just shoot the Jewish gang leader when he broke into the orphanage trying to kill them, or when Drake is almost killed by the Socialists until Jackson manages to sneak a gun to him. Seems like Jackson is the only one to always carry a gun (maybe a nod to him being American lol).

Hobbs death becomes increasingly sad when you find out that they weren't going to kill the female engineer anyway. But it makes sense that he intervened, given his guilt when he did nothing but hide in the carriage when the priest Eagles was beaten to death by the Jewish gang leader earlier in the season.

[–] writerchick89 8 years ago

Just now came back here to check on my posts and saw your answer, so I'm sorry it took me so long. I like your input. Thanks. Loving this show, although there are parts I could do without. And I think I'm on episode 7 now, season 2 so will be watching the one you mention (with Shiner) soon, hopefully.

I thought Mrs. Reid was interesting, too, and it seemed so abrupt to me the way they left things, and now I'm even more confused because at the end of the last episode I watched, when Reid went to that woman, he told her he "couldn't get a divorce", and I was wondering why that was. I knew the girl at the end of the season wouldn't end up being their daughter.

I guess I never noticed that any of them didn't carry guns.

Fiction is a lie, and good fiction is the truth inside the lie.--Stephen King

[–] erosenbluh 8 years ago

"Historically, the UK police forces were established when the country had been developed for quite a long time. There were a lot of people living relatively closely, and an unarmed policeman could always call for help and actually count on getting it. This is why they had whistles."

"Police use of firearms in Great Britain has been tightly limited and controversial[6] as senior officers want forces to retain a "British Bobby" or Dixon of Dock Green effect on the community, policing by respect and consent rather than at the point of a gun."

Today they have special firearms officers who do carry guns.

[–] writerchick89 8 years ago

That's interesting. Thanks!

Does anyone know, though, why Reid said he couldn't get a divorce?

Fiction is a lie, and good fiction is the truth inside the lie.--Stephen King

[–] raf-33 8 years ago

I think he meant more that he couldn't do that to his wife, going from a policeman's wife to a divorcee is like a massive leap down the social ladder in those days.

Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived. -Isaac Asimov