Line of Duty - Series 5 [DVD]

Loved everything about it , it’s kept me hooked from start to finish

I really like "Line of duty" very much, I consider it one of the best police TV-shows. It is thrilling, gripping, intelligent and seems realistic - at least concerning the characters who do not appear as superheroes looking like models, but as people like you and me with faults and weaknesses. I especially like the development of DS Steve Arnott who, after his crucial injury in series 4, now appears more mature, still trying to cope with physical and surely also psychological aftereffects. He also now faces the situation that he is one rank under his mate Kate Fleming, now calling her "ma'am" (which for me as a German not used to addressing someone by their rank or official title seems quite odd).This time the emphasis is clearly on the action rather than on the well-known interviews for which "Line of duty" has become famous. We follow the Organised Crime Group very closely which is quite thrilling (especially Arnott's meetings with Corbett) until the end of the fourth episode where something happens which completely changes the atmosphere and course of the story. From then on for me it gets quite confused with the former tension having nearly completely ended. There is only the question left who the superior police officer pulling the strings in the background is, and a lot of time is spent with interviews by AC-3 with the most probable person whereas Kate and Steve, who normally run the show, have only very little screentime. The end, too, is not in the least as spectacular than the end of former seasons. You always expect something big to happen, but a clear climax is missing. Okay, maybe that makes it more realistic in the end, but it also leaves the audience a little disappointed. We are consoled by the outlook of a possible final showdown in the next (and maybe last?) season.

Another gripping series. I'm not sure all of the dialogue is up to previous standards but that is just being a bit picky. If you want to go along for another tense ride, this will take you there.

This series is one of the best bent copper series on TV.

What can I say ?This really was excellent right from the start to the finish.I only recently sat down and watched season 1 to 4 (one after another) again and it is surprising how many things from the past are referred to in new seasons. They're only little things but when you've just looked at them all in succession you spot them immediately and they add to your enjoyment of the newer episodes.This season was just as good as those gone by. Every time there appears to be an answer to a question it seems to bring up more questions.I see one reviewer seems to be a whodunit expert. He knew halfway through who the bad person was. And that is so hard to believe for me. I didn't know till the last minutes of it and was completely shocked.I'm not saying anything about that part of it as I don't want to ruin the story on anyone who hasn't seen it yet.I WAS delighted to hear the announcer say, as the credits went up, that there is to be a season 6.Although, looking at the closing moments of it, it was quite obvious that there was plenty left for more to be written.Long may it go on.Don't be in any doubt about buying it. You won't be able to stop watching once you've started.

I watch a lot of British crime drama series but this is by far the best I've ever seen, absolutely brilliant

Line of Duty has become sothing of a cult series in a few series - from the first one, perhaps. The stories of the anti-corruption police, the famous "internal affairs" in America, has gripped the spectators in the UK and has created somethng like a religion, with followres and organised clubs of discussions mushrooming everywhere. And deservedly so, because it is a fascinating work, thinly interlaced in its on-going seasons.This season is perhaps the best so far, and it is the darkets. There is more action but also more pain. The main character, the very undervalued Stephen Graham, gives a lesson of doubt, fear and many other emotions.A great work.

This show is brilliant. The writing is first class. There hasn't been a weak season so far, and that's quite an accomplishment when you consider the amount of detail present in those stories. Jed Mercurio has a huge talent.If you like police procedurals, and scripts that are trying to stay as close as possible to the way things are in law enforcement, you will become addicted to this show. It has the perfect balance of action, personal drama and realistic investigation work. It even has some humour here and there, just like in real life.The concept of this show is also very interesting because it's about anti-corruption investigators going after other law enforcement personel that have ties with criminal organisations. It really shows how it works from inside the police system and all the internal politics and so on...Without a doubt one of the best police shows ever made.