Who keeps an eye on the police when they go bad? ‘Line of Duty’ is back with a new season, and the BBC crime drama sets the scene for nerve-wrecking suspense – without excessive violence.
The cast is led by Vicky McClure, Martin Compston and Adrian Dunbar who head up the Anti-Corruption Unit 12.
Crime fighting is a drunken art which you can easily overdose on, but the plot is central to police behaviour, with genuine acting to boot. Detectives Steve Arnott and Kate Fleming are the main investigators who hunt the crooked officers who draw their attention. The fearless leader of the unit, Ted Hastings, completes the shield bearers of justice.
Seasons one and two laid the foundation for the back story of unresolved crimes and covered-up cases that went cold, while simmering in the background a larger plot is being brought to the fore. The focus starts to shift in seasons three and four as more focus is placed on the AC-12 unit as their enemies make themselves known.
The new season starts where season four ended off. The team is still on the hunt for the elusive insider who has a complicated network of undesirables in control of various illicit activities in the fictional metropolitan area. The trail is on fire in this instalment and the suspicion levels high over who the mysterious figure could be… Especially after an organised crime outfit hijacks a police convoy transporting drugs that were seized and members of the AC-12 start to doubt each other.
The setting of the crime drama has shifted production towards Belfast in Northern Ireland to provide a darker, more gritty setting, with the show increasing in popularity with viewers.
BBC dramas once again live up to their reputation of not revealing the bad guy early on, which adds to the suspense of ‘who did it’, ‘who is it’ and ‘who was it’ theories.
Previous seasons featured heavyweight actors such as Thandie Newton, Keeley Hawes and Lennie James.
‘Line of Duty’ is available on Netflix.
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