Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio has broken his silence to defend Sunday's final episode after a massive backlash from fans.
Over 13 million viewers tuned into BBC1 at 9pm on Sunday in the hopes of enjoying an utterly thrilling 60 minutes of drama and ultimately find out who the mysterious H was.
And, following a rather slow start to the series 6 finale, fans were left scratching their heads as to whether bumbling I an Buckells could really be H, after he was hauled into the interrogation room and laughed at Ted Hastings, Steve Arnott and Kate Fleming as he said he'd pulled the wool over everyone's eyes with his corruption.
Line of Duty final episodes are known for summing things up in a series of updates right before the end and ,the closing minutes of Sunday's show revealed that Buckells had been 'confined to a vulnerable prisoners unit of a maximum security prison.'
While the trailer for the last part promised so much, many viewers immediately took to Twitter furious at how things played out, with some branding it the 'worst ending ever.
Celebrities like Piers Morgan and Kate Garraway also voiced their disappointment at the 'underwhelming' conclusion and now Jed, the man behind Line of Duty and other hit dramas like Bodyguard, has spoken out.
Taking to Twitter on Monday after it was revealed 13.2 million tuned in on Sunday, he wrote: "We're honoured and flattered by the viewing figures for #LineofDuty6.
"We knew attempting to explore the real nature of corruption in our society wouldn't appeal to everyone, but we do sincerely thank you all for watching.
"It's been our privilege to share your Sunday nights."
Fans were quick to react to his post, with one blasting: "Wouldn't appeal to everyone? That ending didn't appeal to ANYONE Jed! Dissatisfying and anti climatic. Rushed writing on so many levels. Fans like myself who invested 10 years over 6 series feel totally short changed."
A second told him: "Having totally eschewed any semblance of reality for the previous 35 episodes it’s a bit of a cheek explaining away last nights insipid offering as an exploration of the “real nature of corruption," and another unimpressed devotee of all things AC-12 fired back: "Just poor writing the last couple of episodes. Like what was the point of Arnott's drug problem? It didn't lead to anything, apart from he lost his gun but then he just used his taser and it was fine, no dramatic tension.
"Why did Fleming and Davidson need to flee? Etc etc."
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