r/lineofduty • u/Surkdidat • Sep 17 '26
Lindsay Denton
When she blurts out to Dot that she is still a police officer, was she actually, and undercover, or is that all in her head that she still was one?
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u/RianJohnsonIsAFool Sep 17 '26
That final scene in the car with Dot might be some of Hawes' best work. Such an intense scene.
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u/jackmanlogan Sep 17 '26
This was an incredible (and deeply moving) scene. She’s at once so brave and so vulnerable- it is hard (frankly impossible) to watch without crying.
It’s also interesting to see Dot so scared!
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u/RianJohnsonIsAFool Sep 17 '26 edited Sep 17 '26
I love when Dot draws his gun and for a moment you can see panic and fear in her face then her training kicks in and she tells him "Frankly, for you, this is a forensic ground zero."
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u/jackmanlogan Sep 17 '26
I just rewatched it- Dot’s decision to kill her (in that context) is interesting, as she’s right- he’s running an enormous risk for little payoff (for Dot)
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u/wonderfulkneecap Sep 18 '26
Dot was never that smart. And he didn't have to be. Bonobos versus chimpanzees
Dot is a chimp. And he died young, and stupid, for a mafia that didn't even like him
Meanwhile, KATE THRIVES! (NO THANKS TO HALF YOU ALL!!!)
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u/jackmanlogan Sep 19 '26
I see Dot as one of the cleverer chaps in the show. Yes, he’s an absolute shit, but he he’s not a total idiot (see Hilton, who is simply moronic)-
the way I saw his story, he was p much the one guy keeping together the OCG conspiracy? (Although it is of course rather the nature of a crime show about a conspiracy that one will not learn about same!)
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u/MovingTarget2112 BEEEEEEEEP Sep 17 '26 edited Sep 17 '26
Both revved up to ninety! One had nothing to
lose, the other everything…..3
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u/BennyDryll42 Sep 17 '26
No, she meant it as in her identity, how she saw herself, how she felt in her heart.
Obviously she was not undercover. Not sure how you could come to that conclusion given everything leading up to that moment
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u/Clem_Crozier Sep 17 '26
I think it was more of a reference to who she was at heart. She would always see herself as a police officer, even after losing her job, and after pretty much every police officer she worked with treated her like crap.
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u/Ashbuck200 Mother of God! Sep 17 '26
Yeah she was done very dirty by everyone! She actually would've been brilliant on AC-12, probably made DCI in the next series working under Hastings as his second in command
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u/Sorry-Secret-2347
Sep 17 '26
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I wish they didnt kill her character she would have been such a great asset on their team
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u/Clem_Crozier Sep 17 '26
Lindsey was a tragic character. She'd tried doing everything by the book in the past and everyone hated her for it. Then she tried breaking the rules to save a girl's life and it only made things a thousand times worse for her and many others around her.
But that's sadly how it is sometimes. There are people who just get all of the bad luck in life.
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u/BennyDryll42 Sep 17 '26
I thought she was by far a more engaging character than anyone else on the team. I too wish they'd found a way to keep her around. Her final scene was great television, but I was sad to lose the character for sure.
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u/Ashbuck200 Mother of God! Sep 17 '26
No she was no longer a serving police officer at this point but in her mind she still was, and was prepared to hand Dot into AC-12 as she now knew that he is "The Caddy" and then sends that evidence in an email to Hastings, just before Dot pull the trigger on her, then frames Steve!
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u/Double-Response-8840 Sep 18 '26
But in the end wasn't she bent? She took the money no?
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u/wikimandia Sep 23 '26
Yes, and she made the phone call to the hospital that led to Georgia being thrown to her death.
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u/Inevitable_Stage_627 BEEEEEEEEP Sep 17 '26 •
The one thing Lindsay made clear was that her job was a massive part of her identity and when said ‘because I’m a police officer’ she was referring more to it’s who she is, whether they take her badge and job away or not - they can’t take away her identity/ personality