Trigger Point season 2 fans have ridiculed some of the show's officers for having a Mr Blobby style approach to sweeping a building in an abandoned multi-storey car park full of hidden bombs!
The new series sees Expo Lana Washinton (Vicky McClure) reuniting with her team after a secondment training bomb disposal teams in Estonia (spoilers ahead). In the first episode, she ended up being thrown back into the line of duty a day before she was even due to rejoin her team.
Following an explosive incident at a power station in London, Lana and her squad followed an anonymous tip-off to Crayford Place, an abandoned multi-storey car park in East London. Unfortunately, the team at HQ learned this tip-off came from a burner device, meaning Lana and her squad had walked right into a trap.
Firearms officers and Expos headed into the building to clear it and check for any contact, so it would be safe for other officers to gather evidence. As anyone who's seen the episode will know, despite being told to proceed with extreme caution, they were sweeping the floors pretty recklessly.
After Lana found a false threat, they seemingly forgot the warning about the burner phone, and one officer stepped on a pressure plate, triggering an explosion that killed him and John Hudson. What's worse, Lana's ex, DCI Thom Youngblood headed to the 11th floor alongside his new flame, DS Morgan... where he promptly ended up stepping onto another bomb.
Reacting to the investigation on-screen, viewers mocked the crew for their rash investigation, likening it to Mr Blobby blundering about the place! Check out some of their responses below:
Thom and Helen entering the car park full of bombs #TriggerPoint pic.twitter.com/oAb27AU0jBJanuary 28, 2024
Cannot wait to watch a whole new series about a bomb disposal squad who do not know how to behave around bombs #TriggerPoint pic.twitter.com/c6HTo0HqlmJanuary 28, 2024
#TriggerPoint Trained bomb disposal and firearms officers gambling about in a carpark full of landmines like pic.twitter.com/aa83QeNoA4January 28, 2024
These armed cops are going into the stratosphere soon they are clumsy #TriggerPointJanuary 28, 2024
Running through the car park like #TriggerPoint pic.twitter.com/t8JOWnpr8lJanuary 28, 2024
Luckily, Thom was in Lana's capable hands, and she managed to keep him calm enough so she could defuse the plate he was standing on, whilst DS Morgan got to safety. And in the heat of the moment (and after she'd already confessed to still loving him).
The disregard for safety didn't stop there, though. Mere minutes later, a drone carrying some explosives appeared just minutes after Thom was safe, he recklessly ran across the floor (narrowly avoiding more pressure plates) and grabbed a gun to shoot it down! Is he trying to get himself blown up?!
Trigger Point season 2 continues on Sundays at 9 pm on ITV1. The full second series is also available to stream on ITVX. Already binged Trigger Point? Check out our top picks for the best ITV dramas you should be streaming right now for more shows to stream.
