Home > Line of Duty > Season 5 « TV Series Page Line of Duty: Season 5 (2019) SEASON: Season 5 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Episode List All Critics | Top Critics TOMATOMETER 90% Average Rating: 8.89/10 Season Reviews: 21 Fresh: 19 Rotten: 2 Critics Consensus: Line of Duty's sterling ensemble all maintain a stiff upper lip, but audiences' limbs will be quavering throughout this tense fifth season that dives deep into moral murk. 100% Average Rating: 9.0/10 Season Reviews: 6 Fresh: 6 Rotten: 0 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Critic Consensus: Line of Duty's sterling ensemble all maintain a stiff upper lip, but audiences' limbs will be quavering throughout this tense fifth season that dives deep into moral murk. AUDIENCE SCORE 71% Average Rating: 3.8/5 User Ratings: 12 + WANT TO SEE Share on Facebook Post Want to See Add Rating My Rating × Want to See Post Share on Facebook Episodes 1 Episode 1 Air date: May 13, 2019 During a hijack, three police officers are murdered in cold blood. The AC-12 unit is alerted that the hijack would've required a police insider. More 2 Episode 2 Air date: May 13, 2019 Lindsay is kept in custody where both staff and prisoners victimise her. Steve and Kate learn the identity of the dead witness from inspector Cottan. More 3 Episode 3 Air date: May 13, 2019 A British anti-corruption unit called AC-12 investigates a Detective Chief Inspector's past. More 4 Episode 4 Air date: May 13, 2019 A British anti-corruption unit called AC-12 investigates a Detective Chief Inspector's past. More 5 Episode 5 Air date: May 13, 2019 The hunt for the mysterious H intensifies, while Steve and Kate wonder if Hastings is hiding a dark secret. More 6 Episode 6 Air date: May 13, 2019 A British anti-corruption unit called AC-12 investigates a Detective Chief Inspector's past. More Tv Season Info Line of Duty returns forafifth series, as AC12 continues to hunt for any corruption lurking within the police. Genre: Drama Network: Acorn TV Premiere Date: May 13, 2019 Cast Thandie Newton as Roz Vicky McClure as Kate Fleming Adrian Dunbar as Ted Hastings Martin Compston as Steve Arnott Jason Watkins as Tim Lee Ingleby as Nick Paul Higgins as Hilton Maya Sondhi as Maneet Show More Cast News & Interviews for Line of Duty: Season 5 13 TV Shows You Should Binge-Watch This May View All Line of Duty: Season 5 News Episodes 1 Episode 1 Air date: May 13, 2019 During a hijack, three police officers are murdered in cold blood. The AC-12 unit is alerted that the hijack would've required a police insider. More 2 Episode 2 Air date: May 13, 2019 Lindsay is kept in custody where both staff and prisoners victimise her. Steve and Kate learn the identity of the dead witness from inspector Cottan. More 3 Episode 3 Air date: May 13, 2019 A British anti-corruption unit called AC-12 investigates a Detective Chief Inspector's past. More 4 Episode 4 Air date: May 13, 2019 A British anti-corruption unit called AC-12 investigates a Detective Chief Inspector's past. More 5 Episode 5 Air date: May 13, 2019 The hunt for the mysterious H intensifies, while Steve and Kate wonder if Hastings is hiding a dark secret. More 6 Episode 6 Air date: May 13, 2019 A British anti-corruption unit called AC-12 investigates a Detective Chief Inspector's past. More Critic Reviews for Line of Duty Season 5 All Critics (21) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (19) | Rotten (2) I think this is the ropiest bit of work [Jed Mercurio]'s ever sent our way. You could almost smell the desperation: a frantic stitching born, perhaps, of the need both to give his audience something in the manner of a resolution. Apr 4, 2019 | Full Review… Rachel Cooke New Statesman Top Critic Mercurio's script cleverly comes at a familiar scenario from a new angle. Apr 1, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Jasper Rees Daily Telegraph (UK) Top Critic A lot of television drama is realistic but essentially trivial; Line of Duty succeeds by combing the thinnest surface mimesis with a deep concern for matters of the greatest importance. Apr 1, 2019 | Full Review… James Cooray Smith New Statesman Top Critic Season five has been a joyous ride and held the audience captive for the past six weeks with every watercooler conversation across Britain. May 13, 2019 | Full Review… Neela Debnath Daily Express (UK) With epic interrogation scenes, surprise betrayals, grisly murders, untold secrets, massive twists... well, it's just good to be back. May 13, 2019 | Full Review… Eleanor Bley Griffiths Radio Times Episode by episode, the plot is thickening, like soup that's been left sitting on a hot stove for too long. Apr 16, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… Pat Stacey The Herald (Ireland) [Line Of Duty] is so dense and complicated and interlocking that you can be sure if something doesn't add up, it isn't your failure, which is a relief, as you can never blame the writing. Apr 15, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… Deborah Ross The Mail on Sunday (UK) Line of Duty really leans into the four seasons that came before it and more connections than ever will be made. If you're thinking those connections are corrupt, yes, that's a good start. May 13, 2019 | Full Review… Tim Goodman Hollywood Reporter Top Critic It's not good for you, but it will definitely give you a buzz. May 13, 2019 | Full Review… Mike Hale New York Times Top Critic I don't think anyone can have understood a word of the first episode of the fifth series of Line of Duty. I didn't. We had to work out what was happening osmotically, from our encyclopaedic knowledge of What Happens in Line of Duty. Apr 8, 2019 | Full Review… Camilla Long Sunday Times (UK) View All Critic Reviews (21) Audience Reviews for Line of Duty: Season 5 There are no featured audience reviews yet. Click the link below to see what others say about Line of Duty: Season 5! View All News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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