Line of Duty review, season six: We’re back to the show’s unmistakeable brand of kinetic mayhem
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a 2019 piece about disappointing TV series, a writer for The Guardian suggested that Mercurio’s police thriller had gone “disastrously off-piste” in its fifth outing. Besides, it’s oddly endearing to see the multimillionaire Mercurio, one of the biggest stars in British television, drop the shopping over a review. “So either I’m accused of being a traitor or become one to avoid being accused,” she says, pinpointing one of the main narrative dynamics of the entire series. We’re plunged back into Line of Duty’s unmistakeable brand of kinetic mayhem.