The final time I was this involved in a case was when I was doing actual jury serviceTwenty-three minutes! That’s how long DS Steve Arnott’s interview scene is in this feature-length Line of Duty (BBC2) series finale. Twenty-three minutes in a gloomy conference room with no external windows,three coppers asking questions on one side of the table, another, or plus his lawyer,answering them on the other side.
Sounds procedural, a exiguous dry maybe? Hell no. DS Arnott starts off with the confidence of an innocent man but is gradually ground down by the lies and calculated treachery of DS “Dot” Cottan facing him. It’s brutal, and mental cage-fighting,and one of them – it looks like Arnott – is going down.
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Source: theguardian.com