Line of Duty

8.4/ 10

#58top 100

60 min

Follow this serie

Comments

anonymous • 15 March 2013, 21:11

Exciting series with an original angle.

6Translated from Dutch.

italklaas • 8 January 2023, 20:21

8.6

Wow... what a fantastic series this was. I've seen quite a few series in my life, but this one is definitely one of my top 3 favorites of all time. Good actors, good storyline, everything only got better with each season. Maybe check it again in about 5 years. Highly recommended I would say.

5Translated from Dutch.

anonymous • 1 May 2017, 22:30

One of my favorite series. Not every season is of the same level, but that might apply to all series, otherwise how do you appreciate another series and the seasons. If 2 of the 4 seasons are so bizarrely good, so well written, then the makers deserve all the credit. In fact, the 2 somewhat 'relatively' lesser seasons, are very functional and their loose ends / suddenly very deliberately worked out weaker. Below my reaction to S4 finale (no spoilers): You can feel the plot twist coming, you could predict it, but how? And is your gut feeling correct? It is not quite comfortable yet. And then, as the finale continues, your gut feeling grows into an adrenaline monster unleashed. Tying up all those loose ends, deeply buried fantasies, loose ends from 5 years ago !! And yet .... everything is correct, but then those last shots, am I looking for something that is not there? A bizarre thought, probably nothing, I no longer trust myself. Nevertheless ... something is crawling under my skin again. This final is excellent. May rank among the best ever. What a rush !! I didn't need one scene, the gun / action scene, at least that's what I thought at first. Now that I think about it, I will come back to that immediately, In line of duty, right across from each other. All in all, this final is one of the best ever.

4Translated from Dutch.

latevogel • Monday 17 March, 21:40

“Catching criminals is hard enough, but catching cops — God give me strength.” -Det. Superintendent Ted Hastings

It’s a series about a fictional anti-corruption unit called “AC-12” of the British police force that investigates its own officers. There have been six seasons so far, each with a separate corruption investigation. So five seasons, five corrupt officers. While those investigations are the main points, there are various subplots that all necessarily lead to the revelation of a major cover-up.

Not a single officer is out of sight and there are several deliberate scenes designed to make the viewer question the moral sanity of the characters. A good reason to watch this show is creator Jed Mercurio, the same man behind another nitrogen-filled drama - The Bodyguard. The star of the show is the steely Keeley Hawkes in seasons two and three. A riveting performance. Such raw emotion she has brought to the screen... wow. Then there is the wonderful Adrian Dunbar as Superintendent Ted Hastings. You will admire his character for his steadfastness, determination, integrity, sadness, one-liners and everything else. Then there is the villain (who keeps the secret). Ah! He/she would be in my list of top 3 villains of modern TV dramas.

Every episode is accurate and captivating. Every episode ends with a "Prison Break"-like cliffhanger. (Prison Break (2005–2017)) The most interesting parts of the series are the interrogation/interview scenes. So much entertainment there. I find myself, once I start, having a hard time putting it down. I'm glad I found a series that I can watch for a long time.
Still have 3 seasons to go.

Already a 9 as a rating!!

2Translated from Dutch.

Toontje35 • 4 June 2019, 09:05

9.4

Thick 10 for s05. Wow, what a series. Adrian Dunbar was really great. My No.1 this series

2Translated from Dutch.

jakkepoes • 5 August 2019, 18:49

Very realistic series with top-notch acting. Topper.

2Translated from Dutch.

mvdl85 • 7 June 2021, 22:02

Season 6 is STONEWEAR again! Best British series if you ask me...

2Translated from Dutch.

ieman6 • 2 February 2018, 00:08

AMAZING SERIES !!!

1Translated from Dutch.

anonymous • 9 February 2013, 18:41

Watch tonight. M curious. pilot

1Translated from Dutch.

klijn494 • 8 November 2019, 14:45

What a series! Season 5 was also top-notch. I finished the last episode and rewound it. What how? The quick plot twists require your full attention. Great actors. The lines have already been plotted for Season 6, but we'll have to wait a long time ...

1Translated from Dutch.

CC11 • 6 September 2016, 07:43

8.1

Although I'm mostly positive about the first season of this series, at the end of it, I had some reservations about certain things. It starts very surprising, of course, but anyone who has ever been looking for a house number also looks at the numbers of the other houses / apartments than the one they are looking for. Since almost all over the civilized world, house numbers in densely built-up areas dare to follow one another, either even / odd depending on which side of a street or, as here with apartments, simply following each other, you would assume that at least one person should start ringing a bell if you suddenly find yourself in front of number 56 and in this case you have not passed 55 or 57. I had another problem with the scene where Jackie Laferty's phone is traced and plucked out with all his might. After that not so wild chase in which, among other things, 2 police cars are released, even though the car that is being chased just comes back from the street he drove into, Tony Gates chases it on foot and is still kind enough to get to the corner of to communicate to each street the position and direction of the fleeing car. Ultimately, the position he transmits is so accurate that he is driven upside down by the same car even though he is chasing it all the time. Despite all this information, no reinforcement shows up. In fact, there are simply no police in the area. Where all those agents who took part in the chase or have gone is already a mystery to me. Among other things, these things mean that the series is not a real topper for the first season, at least in my eyes, there are a little too many misses for that. Furthermore, after the strong start, the series quickly drops to a lower level. Also the fact that no one responds when a policewoman on the desk is spit on by a male colleague or just beaten down without any reaction from anyone else made me frown.

1Translated from Dutch.