Ally Ross
Updated: May 7 2021, 6:36 ET
NINE years, six series and 1,000 acronyms later, millions of underwhelmed Line Of Duty viewers finally learned H’s identity and the lousy price of his treachery as well.
It was poor, gormless Det Supt Ian Buckells, who’d done it all for “a time-share in Gran Canaria”.
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Millions of underwhelmed Line of Duty viewers finally learned H’s identityCredit: BBC
Not even Fuerteventura, with a “resort swap option”, which would’ve had me tipping off the OCG the moment I passed out at Hendon Police College.
Buckells sold his soul for Gran Canaria, we were asked to believe.
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