The BEST episodes of Line of Duty
Every episode of Line of Duty ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Line of Duty!
A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.
#1 - Episode 5
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/12/2014
Lindsay fights for her life as troubling details emerge of a vicious conspiracy involving corrupt police officers. With growing evidence of links between DCC Dryden and the ambush, Hastings is under pressure to arrest his senior officer.
#2 - Episode 4
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/5/2014
Following the violent attack she suffered in prison, Lindsay is granted special dispensation to visit her dying mother. Meanwhile, deputy chief constable Dryden shrugs off allegations about his relationship with Lindsay and possible links to the ambush.
#3 - Episode 6
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/5/2019
In a nail-biting 90-minute finale, Hastings's secrets are laid bare. Will 'H' be revealed at last?
#4 - Episode 5
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/21/2016
AC-12's loyalties are divided when DS Steve Arnott comes under scrutiny from his colleagues. With his career in jeopardy, Arnott turns to an unlikely source for help.
#5 - Episode 6
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/28/2016
DS Steve Arnott is arrested on suspicion of murder but continues to protest his innocence. Does DC Kate Fleming's undercover operation hold the key to Steve's guilt and the identity of the Caddy?
#6 - Episode 3
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/7/2016
DS Steve Arnott believes there is a dark secret in Danny Waldron's past. But while DI Cottan is commended for cracking the Waldron case, the spotlight falls on Arnott's questionable conduct in a previous enquiry.
#7 - Episode 3
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/26/2014
Lindsay is denied bail and finds herself targeted in prison. Growing increasingly desperate, she tells Kate about a relationship with an executive police officer and her theory of why she is being framed.
#8 - Episode 4
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/14/2016
Fresh testimony launches AC-12 back on the trail of the Caddy, a corrupt officer with links to organised crime. But new disturbing evidence suggests the Caddy may reside within AC-12.
#9 - Episode 1
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/26/2017
DCI Roz Huntley is under intense pressure from her superiors to apprehend a serial murderer after months of fruitless investigation. When another young woman is abducted, Roz is on the scene to track down and charge a 24-year-old man. But doubts around the young man's guilt lead the chief forensic investigator to ask AC-12 to investigate. Is Roz ignoring forensic evidence that might prove the young man's innocence? AC-12's Supt Hastings places DS Kate Fleming undercover inside Roz's team to dig deeper into the case. With DS Steve Arnott piling on pressure from the outside, Roz is forced to act decisively. A mother of two and wife to Nick, Roz will do anything to stop her life from unravelling.
#10 - Episode 6
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/19/2014
AC12's investigation finally exposes a vicious criminal gang run from within the police. But while Steve now appears convinced of Lindsay's innocence, Kate remains determined to prove she had a role in the ambush.
#11 - Episode 1
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/12/2014
A brutal ambush on a police convoy leaves three officers dead and a protected witness fighting for his life. AC-12 turn their spotlight on Lindsay Denton, the officer who led the convoy but escaped unscathed.
#12 - Episode 2
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/3/2012
Having been duped into covering up Jackie's crime, Gates is desperate to sever ties with her. But, as Arnott and Fleming close in on his secret, Gates is plunged into an even more dangerous situation than he first thought.
#13 - Episode 1
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/24/2016
Police anti-corruption unit AC12 return for another investigation. Sergeant Danny Waldron and his armed response team shoot dead a hardened criminal, but cracks soon appear in their story. Are they hiding a cold-blooded murder?
#14 - Episode 2
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/31/2016
After the shooting at the drugs house, DC Kate Fleming uses her undercover role to increase the pressure on Danny Waldron's armed response unit. Meanwhile, a previous AC12 investigation comes under legal scrutiny.
#15 - Episode 2
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/2/2017
A dismembered body is discovered, and worries grow when DCI Roz Huntley fails to report for duty. AC-12 crank up their investigation into Operation Trapdoor, concerned that Michael Farmer will go to jail for crimes he didn't commit. With suspicions that Roz may have withheld crucial evidence, a new DCI is drafted in to run Operation Trapdoor. Kate makes progress in her undercover role, but AC-12's investigation falters when they realise that their main informant, forensic investigator Tim Ifield, has also gone missing.
#16 - Episode 4
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/16/2017
Roz's husband Nick is brought in for questioning by AC-12. But while Nick denies any involvement in Steve's attack, his suspicions about Roz mount. Meanwhile, AC-12 discover new anomalies in the forensic evidence and issue DCI Roz Huntley with a second Reg 15 notice. AC-12's case appears watertight until Roz starts dismantling their evidence with inside information of her own.
#17 - Episode 5
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/23/2017
DCI Roz Huntley struggles to allay her husband's suspicions. AC-12 find a new angle to pursue their case against her.
#18 - Episode 4
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/17/2012
Desperate for proof of Gates's corruption, Fleming pushes her relationship with him to the limit. But her behaviour causes Morton to question if she might not be such a loyal colleague after all.
#19 - Episode 3
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/10/2012
Arnott is convinced Gates played a part in Jackie's disappearance. With Fleming's help, the anti-corruption team tries to trap Gates into revealing his involvement in covering up Jackie's crimes.
#20 - Episode 5
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/24/2012
With Gates on the run, the anti-corruption team come under pressure to close the case once and for all. Arnott is forced to make some tough decisions about where his loyalties lie. Fleming and Hastings go all out to catch Gates, leading to a shattering conclusion.
#21 - Episode 1
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/26/2012
When Steve Arnott is transferred to a police anti-corruption unit, he finds his target is the city's top detective, Tony Gates. Can Gates really be as good as he appears? Arnott must engage in a cat-and-mouse struggle to uncover Gates' secret.
#22 - Episode 2
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/19/2014
Following the tragedy at the hospital, AC12's Kate Fleming is planted undercover in Lindsay Denton's Missing Persons Unit. But Lindsay in turn gathers compromising evidence against the anti-corruption team.
#23 - Episode 6
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/30/2017
While Nick Huntley faces lengthy questioning, AC-12 remain convinced of Roz's involvement.
#24 - Episode 7
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/2/2021
With time running out, AC-12 attempt to unmask 'H', the Fourth Man (or Woman) commanding the network of corrupt officers behind the murder of Gail Vella. But sinister and powerful forces appear intent on orchestrating a cover-up.
#25 - Episode 6
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/25/2021
As AC-12 struggle to deal with the repercussions of tragic events, Hastings makes one final bid to uncover institutionalised corruption before his time runs out.