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Vigil Episode 3 Questions & Theories: Who Killed Burke? The Florida Cover-Up & True Story

Warning: contains Vigil episode three spoilers. A great deal happened in the latest Vigil episode. DC Longacre declared a joint investigation into the muhduhs of Craig Burke and Jade Antoniak, and discovered a major Royal Navy cover-up. DCI Silva discovered that CPO Glover and Lt. Doherty have been secretly having it off. Poor engineer Gary Walsh almost shot himself. MI5 showed up. As did the US Navy. And everybody sang a hymn. If you’re still unsure how it all fits together, join us in getting the story straight and putting our speculation hats on below. What happened in Port Havers,…
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Star Wars: The Bad Batch Episode 1 Questions Answered and Theories

This Star Wars: The Bad Batch article contains spoilers. Star Wars: The Bad Batch, the new animated series airing on Disney+, picks up where The Clone Wars left off. Order 66 has left the Jedi Order in shambles and the Republic has been re-organized into the Galactic Empire, with Palpatine declaring himself the ultimate ruler of the galaxy. For the Bad Batch, a squad of clones with genetic mutations, life with the Clone Army will never be the same. Those wondering what happened to the Bad Batch after Order 66 got their answer in the series premiere. But while “Aftermath”…
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Line of Duty Series 6 Episode 7: H, The Fourth Man, the End of AC-12 & All Our Questions & Theories

Warning: contains spoilers for the Line of Duty series 6 finale. Perhaps thanks to the extra half hour of screen time, or perhaps because there was a genuine sense of threads being tied up as AC-12 went into storage for potentially the last time, there are fewer questions left to answer than usual after Line of Duty series six. The finale gave us lots of certainty, and just a few things still to mull over. After you’ve read our weekly episode review, catch up on the post-finale theories and questions below. So, Buckells was H all along? He was bent all along, ever since…
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Line of Duty Series 6 Episode 6: Thurwell, Carmichael, Osborne & All Our Questions & Theories

Warning: contains Line of Duty spoilers. Notebooks at the ready. There’s just one episode remaining in this special extra-long Line of Duty series, and after that whopper of an interview scene, we already have the answers to several of our previous questions. Below are a few still to be pondered, including: how long has Marcus Thurwell been dead? (Ages) Is Patricia ‘Don’t call me the Guvnor’ Carmichael working for the OCG? (Nah) Is CC Osborne The Fourth Man? (Has to be, doesn’t he?) And what are they going to find under the concrete floor in that workshop? After you’ve read our weekly…
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Line of Duty Series 6 Episode 4: Davidson, DNA, Buckells’ Codes & All Our Questions & Theories

Warning: contains spoilers for Line of Duty series 6 episode 4. After all the excitement of episode four (read our spoiler-filled review here), fans could be forgiven for taking a recovery day before putting their minds to work and trying to figure out series six’s many mysteries. But did Steve and Chloe take a rest after that shoot-out? No, so in their honour, neither will we. After all, as Kate told Ted in that piss-stinking underpass make-up scene, we’ve got a case to solve. Jargon of the week: Nominal Anybody convicted, cautioned, reprimanded, warned or arrested of a recordable offence…
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Line of Duty Series 6 Episode 3: Buckells, Steve’s Painkillers & All Our Questions & Theories

Warning: contains spoilers for Line of Duty series 6 episode 3. Now three episodes in to Line of Duty series six, the questions and theories are piling up. Jo Davidson is clearly up to her neck in it, but she’s not the one pulling the strings. Who is Jo talking to on that laptop? Is it H? What hold does the OCG have over her, and what might it have to do with that photograph of her mother from episode one? The final four episodes will tell. In the meantime, after you’ve read our weekly episode review, there’s all this to ponder……
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Line of Duty Series 6 Episode 2: Ryan, Davidson & All Our Questions & Theories

Warning: contains spoilers for Line of Duty series 6 episode 2 If you’re left with niggling doubts and unchecked hunches after reading our weekly episode review, we can help. Consider the below a communal evidence wall on which to pin mugshots of potentially bent coppers connected by red string and Post-Its scribbled with question marks. Join us as we delve into this week’s Line of Duty theories and questions… Jargon of the Week: Reg 15 Stands for a Regulation 15 Notice, or Yellow Notice. It advises an officer that they’re going to be investigated by professional standards and therefore enter Line of…
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Line of Duty Series 6 Episode 1 Questions & Theories

Warning: contains spoilers for Line of Duty series 6 episode 1 Line of Duty requires attentive viewing. Try to watch it while doing the ironing and it’ll be burnt shirt collars and confusion for you, son. Every sly look, slight frown and worried swallow by the characters needs to be absorbed by fans if we’re to construct our usual baroque theories week by week. (A bold, early suggestion: DCI Davidson is the first innocent copper AC-12 has ever investigated; she simply has the ability to see things happen in slow-motion, like a housefly, and is a keen collector of high-end door locks. Show…
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Bloodlands Episode 2 Questions & Theories: Goliath, the Owl Pendant and the Kidnapper

Warning: contains MAJOR spoilers for Bloodlands episode 2. In BBC thriller Bloodlands, in Belfast in early 1998, weeks before the Good Friday Agreement was reached, four people disappeared from both sides of the political conflict. They were former IRA member Joe Harkin, UVF Loyalist David Corry, Catholic priest Father Quinlan and military police officer Emma Brannick. The disappearances were made to look as though the victims had left the country, but it was suspected that all four had been executed by an assassin codenamed ‘Goliath’, an ‘inside man’ with access to police files. The disappearances were never solved, the investigation…
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WandaVision Episode 7 Theories Explained

This article contains WandaVision spoilers After seven painfully short episodes of Marvel’s WandaVision, we’re still none the wiser about how exactly the Westview anomaly was created, and how Vision was brought back to life. We’ve just been introduced to one potential villain in the form of nosy neighbor Agnes – unveiled as powerful Marvel Comics witch Agatha Harkness – and we’ve seen that Wanda is still far from a malevolent force. She has threatened people who’ve encroached on The Hex, but she hasn’t killed any of them, and we don’t know how aware she is about the true ramifications of…
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WandaVision Episode 6 Theories Explained

This article contains spoilers for WandaVision and the wider MCU It’s that time of the week where we’ve had a few days to digest the latest episode of WandaVision, so it’s time to drag out our diminishing ball of red yarn and start connecting theories about what’s really going on at the core of the show’s story. In Episode 6, ‘All-New Halloween Spooktacular!’, there were more Marvel Easter eggs than ever flying around. We also got to spend some quality time with Wanda’s new family, including Evan Peters’ integration as the MCU’s long-dead Pietro Maximoff. Hard to argue that Uncle…
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WandaVision Episode 5 Theories Explained

This article contains WandaVision spoilers. It’s very weird and more than a little thrilling to see some of the fan theories that we’ve previously collected actually play out on WandaVision, but of course there are still four episodes of Marvel’s rollercoaster spinoff series left to go, and this week we’re bringing you all the most compelling theories gaining traction online to help pass the time until the sixth episode drops. At this point, many of the theories surrounding WandaVision’s bigger story are less outlandish. Every week a little more of the puzzle is revealed, and every week we get a…
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Why WandaVision’s Showrunner Likes Reading Fan Theories

Now that WandaVision,episode 4 “We Interrupt This Program,” has spelled out a lot more clearly what has been happening on the show, it’s safe to say that a number of theories put forward by fans during the run-up to the Disney+ show’s launch and the streaming of its first three episodes have either been confirmed or dismissed. But that doesn’t mean the always-cagey Marvel Studios, as well as showrunner Jac Schaeffer and director Matt Shakman, have laid all their cards on the table. There are five more episodes to go for WandaVision, and while some answers have been provided with…
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WandaVision Episode 4 Theories Explained

This article contains WandaVision spoilers. “It’s Wanda. It’s all Wanda,” states Monica Rambeau after she’s ejected from Westview for triggering Scarlet Witch’s memories of Ultron and the real world. SWORD’s gal on the ground had tentatively been playing the part of ‘Geraldine’ in the first three episodes of WandaVision’s sitcom reality, but episode 4 gave us a chance to see the real Monica in action as she attempted to help the FBI’s Jimmy Woo unravel the mysteries of Westview prior to being pulled inside. When her final encounter with Wanda turned ugly, Monica seemed convinced that Scarlet Witch was the…
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WandaVision Episode 3 Theories Explained

This article contains spoilers for WandaVision episodes 1-3, and the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe. The internet is full of places to go and thrash it out with likeminded overthinkers if you become obsessed with a particular TV show. Lost, Breaking Bad, Twin Peaks and Game of Thrones all boasted thriving fan communities who had a blast dreaming up theories about where their series’ story was heading. Now, Marvel’s WandaVision has tapped into the natural curiosity of viewers with its wall-to-wall Easter eggs and mysterious MCU nods, and people have gone full ‘It’s Always Sunny red string meme’ over them. You…
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Xbox Series S: 4 Theories About the Next-Gen Console

Recently leaked photos of Microsoft’s next-gen controller have seemingly confirmed the existence of a device known only as the Xbox Series S. Long-standing rumors have suggested that Microsoft intends to release another console alongside the Xbox Series X, but nobody seems to be able to agree on what, exactly, the Xbox Series S is. In lieu of confirmation, though, there’s an abundance of theories about Microsoft’s mysterious next-gen platform. So join us as we breakdown four of the most popular Xbox Series S theories in an attempt to discover what Microsoft’s mysterious next-gen device will offer that the Xbox Series…
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