Note: this article contains spoilers.
Like millions across the country, my housemates and I tuned into BBC 1 on Sunday evening having eagerly discussed our predictions for
Line of Duty’s season finale. I’d binged the first five seasons of
Line of Duty before the pandemic and had been anticipating the sixth season since then. Though season six had failed to fulfil my high expectations for one of Britain’s most successful TV crime dramas, I remained hopeful as the final episode began. Little did I know that an hour later I would be sitting in shock, close to uttering arguably the three most famous words from the show, “Mother of God”. However, this wouldn’t be because of the incredible plot twist I had been imagining, but instead due to an overwhelming sense of disappointment.