By David Craig

Published: Wednesday, 02 February 2022 at 12:00 am


The latest Jed Mercurio-produced thriller Trigger Point has had a somewhat mixed response from viewers thus far, but one particular criticism levelled at the show actually has a perfectly reasonable explanation.

A number of people have taken to Twitter to decry the show’s protagonist Lana Washington (played by Line of Duty‘s Vicky McClure) as foolish for removing her helmet every time she gets close to an active explosive.

This has happened on several occasions so far, as the explosives officer (or ‘expo’) is deployed to neutralise a series of threats being co-ordinated by an as-yet-unknown terrorist cell.

A number of viewers have joked that Lana takes her helmet off purely to give more screen time to star player McClure, but this couldn’t be further from the truth.

#triggerpoint Confirmed explosive devices, imminent danger…….. @Vicky_McClure ‘seems like a good time to take my protective helmet off’ pic.twitter.com/dfFotuUt7v

— Hannah Blaxland (@hannah_duhh) January 30, 2022