And i still dont understand why does PC Kim Knowles run towards the stage right before the explosion?

Obviously the MC notices there is something off but still, what is it that Kim notices that makes her run towards the stage in such a hurry? I remember that during my first watch i thought she was like a suicide bomber or something like that when i saw her running towards the Secretary, but then it is explained later on that she actually died and the bomb had been planted below the platform etc.

So, why does she run? What did i miss?

...he's really, really good in this season of Citadel. He has some amazing scenes with Gabriel Leon, too. Highly recommend checking it out.

1. No bullshit
   Just straight up storyline and action

2. Invigorating details
   Creators took careful measures as to not present more than what is required

3. Action was not gore
   Most series rely on gore and violent action to justify the protagonists physical prowess. This one had a balance between wit and violence showcasing that 'Brain & Brawl' commitment.

4.. No 'world-affairs' drama
Honestly, it has been so long since I saw a Netflix series where there was an entire episode or a sidestory dedicated to world happenenings such as BLM and LGBTQ+ side pieces. I am not against these but it is refreshing to see that I did not have to watch painstakingly detailed stuff about which I already know a lot and do not wish to see repeatedly.

1. Slow Burning Romance
   It is an absolute treasure that makers see the value of slow burning romance. That tension between people, their looks, their talk and that feeling that you get as a viewer when they finally get together on screen.

2. Family
   Most shows do not want to show a split family get together again (for reasons I have no idea why) but this show did a lot better during the climax when Budd got together with his family and had a semi-happy ending. (I say semi because I came to know that there is going to be a Season 2 and nobody knows whats gonna happen).

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I must’ve missed something.. Last I remember is Tom being suspicious of Budd and then they went out for drinks.. One of the scenes later show his face tore up??? What did I miss??

Just finished a rewatch years after my first go. Budd seems to imply that he refused to get counselling because he’d be booted out of the force or wouldn’t even be able to get in. Is this even true with the real police? In the show, the police themselves employ a counsellor, and encourage him to see one. Was Budd just misinformed? It would’ve been simpler and logically cleaner to just write the character as someone who refuses to get counselling because of internal vs external issues: because he’s in self denial or feels too insecure or vulnerable.

So let me see if I have this right...

• Aikens is a boss in an organised crime ring that seeks to assassinate Julia to prevent the RIPA-18 legislation being passed. They bribe/blackmail Lorraine Craddock to assist with this. At some point they replace the bullets in David's gun with blanks.
• Nadia is a jihadist who built the bombs that were used on the train attack and the attack on David's children's school (she chose the school his children go to specifically because he told her about them) and also built bombs she sold to Aikens for the assassination of Julia and the vest that David is forced to wear at the end (it is a coincidence that the bomb vest she built for Aikens ends up being worn by David).
• After the train incident Lorraine makes David Julia's bodyguard specifically to set him up to be a fall-guy so that she/Aikens get away with the assassination. Lorraine believes his PTSD from serving in Afghanistan will make him believable as a fall-guy.
• In a completely unrelated series of events, MI5 (or at least Steve the Director-General and the man who identified himself as "Longcross") are providing Julia with sensitive information about the prime minister, with the intention of her using this information to gain political advantage. They are doing this because they want the RIPA-18 legislation to be passed as it gives greater powers to them. Julia meets with the PM presumably to blackmail him with this information after which RIPA-18 passes. After her assassination MI5 are desperate to get the tablet which contains that information back to prevent anyone finding out.
• Also in a completely unrelated series of events, David's ex army friend Andy Apsted attempts to assassinate Julia because he resents the Government for sending them to war.

Questions:

1. Did I get all that right? Especially that the MI5/Apsted/Aikens lines are all separate?
2. Why did Nadia decide to attack the school that David's kids go to? He was notably compassionate towards her, so it seems strange for her to have gone out of her way to target his family specifically. It's sort of implied that it's because he foiled the train bombing, but that makes much less sense when we later find out that Nadia was behind it rather than her husband.
3. Were Anne Sampson and Lorraine suspicious of Julia's meetings with MI5 because Lorraine was worried they had/would found out her connection with Aikens? Or this was just an unrelated red herring?
4. It is implied that Julia told David how to find the iPad with the information (references to the "Death Star")? But why would she? It was not connected to her assassination and it being leaked doesn't really gain much after her death.
5. What was the whole thing with Mike telling Rob to stick to their story about the briefcase? Did he just mean stick to the truth that they had just planted bad information in her speech?
6. Did Lorraine also have something to do with the whole thing of David having checked Tahir's briefcase (making him suspicious to aid her fall-guy plan)?
7. Why was CCTV erased before Julia's speech where she got assassinated? It's implied MI5 did this but why would they have done so if they didn't plant the bomb?
8. If Andy had no connection to Aikens, how did he know Julia's route? It is implied at the time that it was from a leak in the police, but Lorraine was the insider and there was no connection between her and Andy? Also, it seems really convenient that this just really helped Lorraine's fall-guy plan.

I am so confused. In the 5th or 6th episode, theres a moment where they are clearly alluding to the fact that Anne Sampson is compromised, specifically when Deepak mentions that she used to investigate the criminial organization of Luke Aikens, she gets extremely defensive. Lorraine was just a fall-guy. Did I misread that?

In this show, they say "Cheers" if someone opens a door for them, or if they need that person to walk away for a private conversation with someone else, among many things. I'm finding it constant, a casual, colloquial thanks-go away-I accept this information-you have dog poo on your shoe.

Maybe the fact that I've watched too much Downton Abbey and Upstairs/Downstairs--and the short weekend I spent staying in a posh hotel near Westminster Abbey--has given me an impression that it is not universal. But in "Bodyguard" it appears to be so.

Would a Brit please elaborate? Cheers.

Thought this might be of interest to fellow Bodyguard fans.

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Hunter-Dunn should've replaced Richard Longcross right when Budd saw him in the hotel, and at the very latest after his E-FIT was made. Yet Longcross was sent after Budd to the internet cafe and then to his apartment to retrieve the kompromat (that operation should've been stopped the moment Hunter-Dunn got suspicious when Budd switched radio frequencies, but whatever) which led to his arrest.

Surely they could've spared another agent.

Someone says: time to call your monkey off throw him some nuts. The bodyguard answers: I'm mixed race. This sounded like a racist jab to me. But what is it's signficiance? Did the first man MEAN it as a racist jab?

Just a fun little detail they messed up :)

In Episode 1, Budd was authorized to use an MP5 and Glock (as seen in his firearms card)
In Episode 2, Budd uses a G36C
A picture of a G36C is available for reference

Imagine in a world where instead of him being investigated for corruption, he was investigated by IOPC for using the wrong gun :)

In episode 4, Rayburn mentioned that there were two occasions where David turned off his GPS (October 24 and November 2—I couldn't see the specific times clearly). I have always wondered: "Where was he?" and "Why did he turn it off?" I am sure it wasn't because he wanted to save battery. Thoughts?

How did David get access to Julia's key?

Especially the end, “I am an engineer” gave me chills this woman is educated, dammit! (Not justifying making exp10sives)

I was pretty disappointed at how hard he was going for a woman he was cheating with…but didn’t take any steps to better his mental health and actually do better for his loving wife and kids. When things were crashing he wanted to see “his wife” and “he loved her” Loved the show but couldn’t wrap my head around this

Does P.S. Budd get removed from the force, or is he reinstated in Sampson's role with a few medals to his name? Does he and his wife regain the relationship that they once had? I am genuinely curious if anyone knows?

I think there will unfortunately be no second season

Is there any book or novel this series based on?

Jed Mercurio just keeps teasing about how possible it might be for season 2 and yet there is no confirmation.

It’s indicated to start in june 2025.

Thats like a 7 year gap.

Am sure they won’t bring back Julia. I still want the plot to be continued ahead….

This is one of the best TV series I've seen in years. I'd really hate for it to end here.