Do I even need to give you a spoiler warning at this point?
As we hurtle towards the conclusion of the latest drama for Ted, Steve and Kate at AC-12, a whole dossier of questions remain. Is Carmichael actually the worst person in the country? Will Steve’s beard return next series? Perhaps the most crucial one though is whether James Nesbitt is going to come away with a paycheck for having a couple of photos of himself taken.
So far his appearance as the extremely mysterious and dodgy Marcus Thurwell has consisted of a mugshot and a picture of himself on a boat. And then during the latest episode it was revealed that he was in fact dead at his villa in Spain.
But many aren’t buying this at all, and are pointing the finger at a certain Spanish police officer involved in the raid on his residence.
After Joanne Davidson admitted in her interview that she had been in conversation on her laptop with someone whose IP address shows they were based in Spain, it became more and more likely that Thurwell has been a crucial figure pulling the strings behind the scenes for the last six series.
But a Spanish raid on his place found two bodies there, one of which was identified by the police in the raid as Thurwell. But some think that they recognise the eyes of the Spanish officer who made the identification.
Defo the eyes of James nesbitt
— Neil Phillips🏳️🌈 (@neilphillip0) April 26, 2021
The police captain's eyes looked very much like James Nesbitt's.
👀— Andy Kelly 🌍 (@Gooner_AK) April 25, 2021
Fans are also struggling to believe that someone as high-profile as James Nesbitt would be hired to make such a fleeting cameo. Although you only need to speak to Keeley Hawes to know that this wouldn’t be a first for show creator Jed Mercurio.
imagine if marcus thirwell actually is dead and jed just asked james nesbitt for a holiday photo to use in series 6 😂 #LineOfDuty pic.twitter.com/pfN9ZlsKKm
— line of duty caps (@lineofdutycaps) April 25, 2021
Just going to keep Line Of Duty tweets in this thread.
Episode 6 thoughts. Why would they get an actor in James Nesbitt to play Marcus Thurwell and not have him say a line? For me he’s still alive and the police in Spain are bent too. pic.twitter.com/ZLXvMnQomm
— Smiv (@smivadee) April 26, 2021
Right, Thurwell’s not dead. Next week will wrap it up, but the end will reveal this fact and all of season 7 will be about bringing him down.
— Secret Headteacher (@secretHT1) April 25, 2021
The more you think about it, the more sense it seems to make. But if you think that some of the cliffhangers this series have been too much to wait just a week for, I suspect a ‘Thurwell is still alive’ style one may be awaiting us after the final episode on Sunday.
Considering that there was a two year gap between series 5 and 6, we could be waiting quite a while yet for answers on Thurwell, and whether Nesbitt’s screen time will exceed the two minute mark.
