That only made her more driven to root out those responsible, but even she was taken by surprise when the perpetrator finally made themselves known in a nail-biting scene.<\/p>\n
Trigger Point<\/a> writer Daniel Brierley gave RadioTimes.com<\/a> an exclusive insight into the big twist in episode 6, but be warned our conversation was completely spoiler-filled<\/strong>.<\/p> In the series finale, none other than Karl Maguire (Warren Brown) is revealed to have been orchestrating the terror attacks on London from the start, which sends Lana reeling.<\/p>\n The two had first crossed paths in episode 2 at a boozy wake held for Lana\u2019s ill-fated partner Joel Nutkins and quickly formed a connection, but many viewers were instantly suspicious over his true intentions.<\/p>\n Brierley expected as much, telling\u00a0RadioTimes.com<\/strong>: \u201cSomething we worried about a lot in the process was that it\u2019s clear when Karl turns up that he\u2019s the villain. He turns up and you\u2019re like, \u2018OK, we know that actor\u2026 it seems too good to be true\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201c[So] then I think we wanted to set up this kind of duplicity,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe wanted it almost to look like he was so obviously the villain that he couldn\u2019t possibly be the villain, if that makes sense.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Some viewers \u2013 myself included \u2013 eventually dropped their guard around Karl, as he and Lana shared tender moments over pool games and pints, bonding over their time spent in the armed forces.<\/p>\n Brierley revealed: \u201cI\u2019ve always thought of Karl and Lana as kind of different sides of the same coin. That Lana could easily become the person Karl became in terms of their experiences of conflict, their experiences of war. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s only because Lana had the strength and the courage to fight against this instinct that she was able to survive and thrive. <\/span>And that\u2019s the reason why\u2026 they genuinely do have this connection. They have gone through the same things.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n A pivotal moment in Trigger Point\u2019s finale comes as Karl approaches Lana at the police cordon around Deptford Assembly Hall, where the results of a hotly contested by-election are to be announced.<\/p>\n He once again professes his love for her, but she turns him down, not ready to get involved in a new relationship after the deaths of Joel and Billy, as well as a messy break-up with colleague Thom Youngblood (Mark Stanley).<\/p>\n According to Brierley, things may not have ended the same way if Lana had reciprocated Karl\u2019s feelings.<\/p>\n \u201cI do think that if she turned around and said, \u2018Yes, let\u2019s make our life together\u2019, then yes, he probably would have certainly had second thoughts, if not completely abandoned the plan and let John take all the blame for it,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAt that moment, he\u2019s still thinking, \u2018There\u2019s hope\u2019. <\/span>But then, once that hope is gone, there\u2019s nothing really left for him. Lana was giving him a reason to keep on going in the world and then once she said, \u2018This is not for me, our relationship is ending here\u2019, he really had nowhere else to go. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAnd so the actions that he has in the final act are those of a desperate man in every sense.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In an intense monologue, Karl reveals he had targeted parliamentary candidate Ayesha Campbell-Khan (Salima Saxton) as she was involved in covering up the deaths of British soldiers transporting chemical weapons in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n Karl had left the calling card \u20181912\u2019 at the scene of more than one attack, which is revealed to be the element numbers of Potassium and Magnesium, with the corresponding chemical symbols spelling: K Mg (his initials).<\/p>\n Previously, expo officer John Hudson (Kris Hitchen) was thought to have been the main culprit<\/a>, but while he was implicated in the far-right plot, it emerges that he had been used as a pawn by Karl.<\/p>\n Trigger Point is available to stream on BritBox. Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By David Craig Published: Sunday, 27 February 2022 at 12:00 am After six weeks of speculation, the Trigger Point season finale has revealed the culprit behind a series of co-ordinated terrorist attacks that have taken a terrible toll on explosives officer Lana Washington (Vicky McClure). 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