Bodyguard
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Creator Jed Mercurios answer is all of the above.
David wakes up with a bomb strapped around his midsection and his thumb taped to a dead mans switch.
Hes about to be made a patsy.
He blows up and everyone presumes he killed Julia Montague.
He was the inside man all along and now hes going to blow himself up in downtown London.
Bloodied and battered, David walks out into the street, convincing someone to help him call 999.
Well, after he sets up Richard Longcross with a booby trap that finally gets him caught.
Vicky gets the tablet and leaves Davids side.
Its time to disarm.
!As hes disarming the bomb, David learns that the politicians have already gotten Richard Longcross released.
Hes gonna have to solve this himself.
He gets the final wire cut and flees.
Cut to David in Chanels apartment.
He needs her to turn.
She knows the truth.
He uses her to track down the people who set him up … including Chief Superintendent Louise Craddock!
Yes, Davids superior was in on all of this.
In fact, she set him up from the beginning to be the patsy.
Instead he says, Its over.
They recruited Andy, even giving him access to the sniper spot.
They gave up the itinerary, security plans, procedures.
But theres a big puzzle piece missing Craddock didnt tell anyone about Budds kids school.
Remember David showed her the pic of his kids on his phone in the premiere?
It felt like a throwaway moment, a negotiation tactic.
It was way more than just that.
They bring her in and Nadia changes her demeanor like Kevin Spacey at the end ofThe Usual Suspects.
David Budd made the same mistake, she says.
She told her organization about Budds kids from prison.
She was no pawn.
She was a player.
She built all the bombs.
She framed Longcross as the man who gave it to her.
She worked with organized crime to plant the one that killed Julia.
Crime pays the terrorists and it feeds more terrorism.
And its all over.
David was never the bad guy.
And theres now at least some justice for Julia Montague.
(A) Dont do it without him.
(B) Pay him whatever it takes.
Richard Madden is clearly the MVP, but who else did you love?
Keeley Hawes did great work in her trio of episodes.
Really, the whole supporting cast works.
Who was your favorite?
Anyone else honestly uncertain as to whether or not David would live during the majority of this episode?
Its a testament to the quality of this show that the bomb sequence is as tense as it is.
