Guildford

So the hamster wheel of misery just keeps spinning for Upton? How long has this dragged on now? This show is currently unwatchable.

Which did not answer the question at all.... Which did not answer the question at all. Ughhhh.... another reason to not watch the rest of this boring season.

I really enjoyed that one. No overwrought personal angst & an interesting case. Poor Noah with the eyes, yikes who does that to a person. That person deserves to be hunted down by Voight. Loved how Burgess & Ruzek literally ran out of the bullpen when Hanks told them to go home. Upton only mildly irritating but I think that comes down to the monotonous way she delivers her lines... oh & she looked like she'd been dragged through a hedge backwards with that hair. (only 7 epsiodes to go... I can do it, I can do it.) I do like the dynamic between Voight & Chapman. They seem to play off each other really well.

I enjoyed the case for what it was. It was also a nice change that it wasn't the usual black v blue story that Eid dished up regularly. I also love that Gwen is allowing a little more of their personal stories to be shown. That's been a huge improvement. This case also rang very true to Atwater's character. He did everything he could, he's not responsible for other peoples panicked choices but his personality didn't allow him to see that & he carried that burden & that effected his judgement when him and Ruzek were chasing the crims later in the episode. Funny how my first thought in that scene was ... if Eid was in charge he would've had Ruzek get shot just to dial the trauma up on Atwater only to ignore it a week later. ... so thankfully everyone survived unscathed. However the myopic focus she has delivered this season isn't working. I know Eid bought in the centric but they were a little less myopic. You can still have centric foucsed episodes without them being so narrow. It turns people off watching. I'm certainly not going to sit through myopic episodes of felony barbie. I'd rather poke knitting needles in my eyes. (maybe the fact she wasn't in this episode made it infinitely better as well). Anyway, While I feel like they are on the right path with the personal developments.... the glaring issue remains the Myopic focused epsiodes.

Gwen is doing fine. She's fixing Eid's unholy mess, slowly but surely. It's far from perfect but it's a thousands times better than Eid's rubbish. Not her fault JLS upped and left with no notice. It's insanity to think that even if he'd stayed that Upstead would've continued being trauma free, drama free happy ever after, not matter what that fandom will have you believe. Gwen got left with myopic centric episodes, two characters who had every trauma known to man thrown at them, a black cop who was barely sighted unless it was a black v blue storyline, Voight who was pussy whipped by the Crimesteads & a couple who barely looked like they knew each other.

Mainly from the bitter fans who are still in the midst of their 18mth long temper tantrum because JLS upped sticks and left. They had done everything possible to break Burzek over the last 7 yeaars, there was literally nothing left to do with them other than make them happy. And honestly Paddy & Marina deserve it, as do the fans. It's been a wild freakin' ride.

It would be a nice surprise is just one cop who 'helps' out IU isn't a POS... but I guess the trope works well enough across all procedurals. I did love how Voight just accepted that Burgess was running point & let her run with her theory. She's come such a long way since she was the giddy patrol cop. And after years and years of trauma it's nice not to hold your breath when Burzek open an episode is a good place because it always ended horribly. It's a strange feeling. I do want to know what Adam had planned, cheesy I'm sure. But hoy boy, hasn't that triggered the mob. I hope Gwen (showrunner) has good security because that fandom is wholly unhinged.

Typical crap from that site. Gwen has already said they will be bringing in cops from other departments for them to work with in different episodes. Like the one who worked with Blondie in the first. I don't know why anyone believes one word of this rubbish. I mean they wrote articles about 'Will we see Bunny on PD again' after the actress who played her died. Total trash.

So much better than last weeks snooze fest. Another CI dying wasn't needed but I must say actually hearing Adam admit he's no good without the job, that he knows if he doesn't get back he will fill his time with bad shit & he'll lose Kim & Mack was kinda heartbreaking. At least he knows who he is. But for the love of god... Adam, stay the fuck out of it. Let the team do their thing, as shady as it always is. I'm sorry the comedy of the hour was provided by none other than Sanctimonious Barbie... demanding to be looped in... with all the shit she's pulled & knowing that she still hasn't told Burgess about Roy... GTFO woman. The roof scene with Kim was a bit OTT & clearly CGI which just took me out of the whole thing, but overall a much improved hour. Domestic Adam folding washing, grocery shopping (including annoying Platt) was cute.

In a surprise to no-one Upton has a crisis... So they went to the trouble of hiding Paddy/Adam from all pre-season promotions & interviews to maintain their 'cliffhanger' and then precede to give him a 42 second scene that shows us he's alive, but not working.... six months later with zero context as to why & then he's completely ignored for the rest of the episode. All so we can watch Upton's 4000th crisis of confidence. What exactly was the point of having a cliffhanger?

Ruzek? You know the guy that was shot in the finale? Nope, we get another whine fest from good 'ole UpWoe. It's been confirmed that there is a 6mth time jump, so it's been what? A year since hubby deserted their marriage. Can we move this story to the archives please?

Kinda makes their startling lack of chemistry onscreen even more embarrassing.

That's a bit of a shame.....😂 It's an early Christmas Present.

Well this is good news. A short season too! Woot woot. Only downside is we will probably get multiple episodes of her miserable life before she goes.

Him calling Kim makes more sense to be honest, He couldn't speak. So he calls 911 they have no idea who he is, where he is & they muck around trying to get info from him or he calls Kim, doesn't say a word and she knows exactly where he is and he's in trouble. The ambo was there before she was so there was no delay.