#danny latimer

[casasupernovas]

broadchurch au concepts NOW

[sirius-crowley-immortaltwinks]

Ok another appreciation post

Ok I am making my way through filmographies of some of my favorite actors and I've finally made it around to walking Broadchurch staring David Tennant and I gotta talk about it. I will be adding a spoiler warning.

Ok here's another super late night appreciation post/rant about a stunning tv show that left me thinking. I love it when shows do that! And I will say that one thing that I love is that I could not figure out the who dun it which I'm pretty good at doing when watching a detective tv show and every season I couldn't figure it out. Each season I was left speechless.

The first season, I was crushed when Jack Marshall passed and I really thought Nigel had done it. And my jaw was on the floor when it was revealed that it was Joe Miller who killed Danny. I also don't know if I love the idea of all of the main detectives in these detective shows having a physical or mental problem (Sherlock and his cocaine addiction, Bull and his heart conditions/heart attacks, not to mention all of the detectives that get shot or injured and all of the distrust and such. it just seems like an overdone trope in my opinion) but I do think they did a good job with it on this show. It was handled differently that you see on others and that's what made it work.

The second was just a whirlwind of emotions. I was livid when Joe was found innocent. He should not have gotten off and even with circumstantial evidence, I really thought they would have found new evidence that would have gotten him convicted but they never did. Now this may be a hot take but I lowkey hated Beth in this season. There are multiple cases of spouses not knowing that anything is amiss in their household. And because Ellie was working on the case, I can see why she didn't believe it was Joe. Not wanting to believe he would be so stupid as to commit a murder. I believe Beth was just spiraling and needed to take a deep breath. I was very happy when Alec survived his surgery and solved Sandbrook. He deserved the wins and I loved that for him.

Season three hit very close to home for me so many times I had to watch a couple episodes then walk away and leave it alone for a little while then coming back. I will say, this is the one season that shocked me the most in terms of who did it. I really thought it was Jim or Ian, I did not expect it to be Leo and Michael and the different layers that this case had. I was sick to my stomach at one point but at the same time, it was interesting because I believe that's a sign of a good plot twist. I also just want to say that I love how good of parents Ellie and Alec are portrayed. It made me smile when Alec defended his daughter and then tore up her ticket.

Overall, I will say that it deserves the high ratings that it has on both IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes. It's definitely a show I will recommend in the future to other people and multiple rewatches. The cast was stunning and the stories were great!

[rotund-squirrelmeister]

just realised something in broadchurch 1x08, when hardy and miller are on the beach and miller gets a call saying danny’s phone has been traced.

hardy clocks that it was joe miller, during the tom miller interview (the scene prior) and purposefully sends miller off to do a other job so she doesn’t have to arrest joe. he knew that it would wreck her so he chose to protect her from it :(

i can’t they’re so cute

edit: also he says something along the lines of ‘well done miller. you’ve done good work on this.” she gives him a funny look, like she knows this is out of character and that somethings going on, but STILL she trusts him.

[twinge-of-cosmicangst]

Chris Chibnall’s greatest achievement?

Jodie’s era of Doctor who

Broadchurch

Voting ended onMar 2, 2024

[overcompensatingmiller]

the broadchurch slug is one of the more obvious visual metaphors for finally catching and “stomping out” danny’s murderer, an intruder to their home. imo it’s even more effective as an illustration of how ellie’s feelings change between this first scene (left column) and second (right column). the muted, matter-of-fact way she kills the slug reflects how removing the “monster/invader” from play hasn’t healed the damage he’s caused - there’s no catharsis here, but a disillusionment and disgust causing her to kill what is ultimately a pretty pathetic threat.

also, that slug sure lingered about didn’t he. R.I.P.

[applepiewinchesters]

Unlikely Friends (Alec Hardy x Reader)

*REQUESTS ARE OPEN*

Requested by: Anonymous 

The babysitter just had to cancel, on a Monday, when you had absolutely no one else to watch your son, Archie. He was only two, so he definitely hasn’t started primary school yet, and you lived in Broadchurch alone, no family, no nothing.

All of your friends had jobs as well, so none of them could watch him. So, it looks like Archie was coming to work with you.

Hopefully your boss, DI Hardy, wouldn’t mind, he wasn’t exactly the most compassionate man. He was kind when he wanted to be of course, he was a good cop too, no matter what the media labeled him.

Oddly enough, he seemed to have a soft spot for you as well, he was kinder to you than the others, even Ellie.

So, you came into work that morning, one hand holding Archie’s as he toddled beside you, the other holding a diaper bag containing things to entertain him for the day. People stopped to coo at Archie, who just giggled back at them.

When you got to your desk, you grabbed Archie, setting him on top of the desk along with his diaper bag. You stopped him from grabbing your scissors before a shadow appeared beside you, looking over, you saw Ellie, smiling.

“Bringing the little man to work today?” she asked, reaching out to pinch Archie’s cheek playfully, he smiled.

“Ellie!” he squealed in his cute little voice. Ellie picked the small boy off your desk, turning to you for an answer for her question.

“Yeah, unfortunately Alice had to cancel, she’s sick or something, I didn’t have anyone to watch him so hopefully Hardy doesn’t get on my arse about it,” you explained, sitting down at your desk as Ellie tickled Archie, making him giggle again.

“I’m sure he won’t, everyone here knows he’s got a soft spot for you,” Ellie said, giving you a playful wink.

You groaned, throwing your head back, “Yeah, and I’ll never understand why,” you spoke, throwing your hands up in the air.

Archie reached out for you and you happily took him from Ellie’s arms, grabbing a toy from his bag and sitting him on your lap.

Ellie shrugged, “Probably fancies you or something,” she told you, you laughed and shook your head.

“Yeah, sure,” you said, turning to your computer as you powered it up.

Ellie laughed, going to sit at her desk. After a while, Archie got a bit fussy, so you set him on the floor beside your desk to play with his trains on the floor. Thankfully, Hardy was shut up in his office, not really paying attention to anyone, so it seemed he hadn’t noticed your little visitor for the day.

After making sure Archie was content, you turned back to your computer, continuing to type out some files.

Unbeknownst to you, Archie had silently gotten to his feet and padded away. Considering he was so small, he sort of went unnoticed, that was, until he wondered into Hardy’s office. The door was cracked, and Archie was a rather curious little guy.

Alec was sitting at his desk going over documents from the Latimer case, he didn’t even notice the door open or the sound of little feet walking towards him until he felt a small hand tug at his shirt.

He nearly jumped out of his skin, not expecting anyone to be there, “Shit!” he cursed, looking over to see a chubby cheeked little boy standing beside his desk chair.

Archie only laughed, clapping his hands, “Shit!”, he repeated, he was into that phase now, unfortunately for you.

Alec’s eyes widened and he shook his head, “Oh, no, no, don’t say that,” he spoke.

Archie giggled again, “Shit, shit, shit,” he said, like it was a song.

Alec couldn’t help the small smile that tugged at the corner of his lips, he knew he was yours, the only question was, why was the little guy here? He looked out the window of his office to see you glued to your computer screen.

Was it bring your kid to work day? Was that even a real thing?

The detective shook his head, setting down the document he was holding and turning his chair to face the small boy, “Mummy busy, eh?” he asked.

Archie smiled and nodded, “Workin, shhhh,” he said, putting a chubby finger to his lips.

“Oh yes, your mums very busy, suppose that’s my fault,” Alec spoke, more to himself than the little boy, who was now currently trying to climb into the man’s lap.

Alec let him, he missed having a small child, Daisy was the cutest little thing when she was younger, always laughing and running around, Archie sort of reminded him of that. The better days Alec liked to call them.

Once Archie was on Alec’s lap, he made himself comfortable and began to grab at the papers on the man’s desk.

“Ah, ah, no, not those,” Alec said, stopping the boy’s hands. He reached into his pocket for his phone, pulling up one of those little kids shows that Daisy used to like, he handed the phone to the little boy who smiled and laughed at the song the cartoons were beginning to sing.

Alec continued his work; the little guy wasn’t being fussy anyway. He was an easy kid it seemed.

You on the other hand finally looked up from your computer, your vision a bit blurry from staring at the light. You swore you’d only looked away from Archie for ten minutes, so when you looked down to check on him and saw just his trains lying there, you panicked.

Standing quickly from your desk you checked the immediate area surrounding you. Not there. “Archie?” you called, looking around a few desks.

“Have you seen Archie?” you asked one of your coworkers, who shook their head.

The panic was settling in a bit more then, your hands were shaking as you quickly walked past the door of Alec’s office, but something out of the corner of your eye made you back track quickly.

There, sitting on Alec Hardy’s lap, was your son, happily giggling at whatever he was watching on the man’s phone.

“Sir?” you asked, Alec looked up from his papers, smiling a bit when he saw you.

“Ah, Y/N, believe I’ve got something that belongs to you,” Alec said, motioning to your son on his lap.

“Sir, I-I’m so sorry, I only looked away from him for a minute, his babysitter cancelled today, and I didn’t have anyone else to watch him…” you were rambling, and Alec cut you off.

“It’s fine, don’t worry about it, little man here’s been helping me,” Alec said, reaching down to tickle the little boy’s side, making him squeal.

“Really?” you asked, laughing a bit.

“Yeah, he counted ten pens and told me all the colors he knows, smart boy you’ve got,” Alec said, making your smile widen.

“He’s always been,” you answered sheepishly.

Archie finally seemed to notice you were there, when he did he dropped Alec’s phone on the desk and reached out to you. Alec stood from the desk then, holding the little boy in his arms as he brought him over to you.

“Alright, say bye to Alec, we’ll get you some food okay?” you told Archie.

Archie nodded, surprising you both when he wrapped his little arms around Alec’s neck, giving him a tight squeeze, Alec smiled a bit, hugging the boy back softly.

“Bye Awec,” Archie said as Alec handed him to you.

“Bye buddy, don’t give your mum too much trouble yeah? She works hard,” Alec said, saying the last part more to you.

You could feel the blush creeping up your cheeks as you looked down, “Thank you sir,” you spoke.

“Call me Alec, please” your boss told you.

You smiled, “Alec,” you said, the man’s lips twitched up into a smile.

Turning to leave the room, Alec spoke again before you left, “If you ever need help with him, just ask, I’ve done it before I know how hard it can be sometimes, and he’s welcome back anytime,” he told you.

You smiled and nodded, “Thank you, that means a lot actually,” you said.

Alec looked down, becoming his more reserved self again, “Course,” he said, shrugging.  

You left then, carrying Archie to the small kitchen area to make him some toast. You’d never admit it but seeing how good Alec was with Archie absolutely melted your heart.

Maybe Alec wasn’t such a shitface after all.

A/N: This was such a cute request thank you so much for the idea! I hope you guys enjoyed it and thank you for reading! Love you all! ~ Sara :) 

[someonesmind]

Right, okay, so I just finished watching Broadchurch (season 1). I can’t have been the only one to have figured out who it was, right? I came up with the idea of who was the murderer by the end of episode 5, but I got the motive wrong.

[dorsetti]

Mark being a selfish tart and wanting to put the family through another trial for Danny? I’m shocked