OHMYGOSSIP — Jed Mercurio has admitted it is “too soon” to consider whether ‘Line of Duty’ will continue, but he hinted there is “clearly potential” in a further plot about Owen Teale’s character.
A record 12.8 million viewers watched the series six finale, and while creator Jed is unsure whether it will be the last-ever season, he admitted it is possible he could further explore Chief Constable Philip Osborne (Owen) in a future storyline.
When asked if series six could be considered “a finale, or a clearing-out of the past” ahead of a fresh start, he replied: “I’d say it’s too soon. It’s too soon to draw that conclusion. It could be either of those, or it could be something different.”
Referring to Osborne, he added: “I think that if there is more ‘Line of Duty’ then clearly there’s potential there.
“He’s someone who retains high office who is an outright liar and has been involved in corruption in the past in terms of the Karim Ali case and the Lawrence Christopher case.
“Clearly there would be potential there if we wanted to explore it, but it’s too early to say whether we ever would.”
Jed also admitted he puts even more detail into his scripts nowadays because the way TV is taken in has made it much easier for people to go back and re-watch episodes.
He told Den of Geek: “We have embraced the fact that the way that people watch TV now has changed.
“In the past, people just had one opportunity to watch and writers like me were often discouraged from putting too much detail in because we were warned that the audience would miss it all, whereas now, the audience has the opportunity to go back – if they care, and I’m not saying that they should.
“Some members of the audience care enough that they go back and re-watch and it gives them a new perspective, so being able to reward them for doing that is part of our responsibility on the show.”
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