Line Of Duty is over, but it is not over. Series six might have ended but the nation fumes on, blazing away in a bonfire of plot-point furies.
When it was revealed that it was dimbulb Buckells who was the fourth man, there were howls of outrage. Viewers felt emotionally swindled; cheated of their investment of time and passion in a television series that began nine long years ago. But what did they want?
Many would not have been happy unless Chief Superintendent Patricia Carmichael had been chased around the Palisades Shopping Centre by a brace of helicopter gunships while Fleming ran off with Davidson to live and love for ever in Chocolate Box Cottage in the beautiful village of Witness Protection.
(Pocket-lint) - Police correction drama Line of Duty had been absent from our screens for far too long but Ted Hastings and the AC-12 team are back and they have their work cut out for them.
Here s everything you need to know about Line of Duty series six, including how to watch it and how and where to binge watch the previous seasons.
Line of Duty release date: When is Line of Duty season 6 out?
Following months of delays due to the current global pandemic, the sixth series of Line of Duty aired on Sunday, 21 March 2021 on the BBC and BBC iPlayer in the UK.
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When last man standing DSU Ian Buckells smugly asked Supt Ted Hastings if heâd like a glass of water, I honestly thought the gaffer might lean across the desk and punch that smirk clean off his face.
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Did you hear that mass scream from sofas nationwide at around 9:34pm on Sunday? It was the sound of millions of blindsided Line Of Duty viewers exclaiming a single word. And that word was “Buckells?!”.
Yes, recurring character DSU Ian Buckells (played by Nigel Boyle) was at last unmasked as the corrupt cop pulling strings on behalf of organised crime. Once erroneously code-named H, latterly known as the Fourth Man and now forever associated with baffled cries of: “What the… Buckells? Are you sure? Yes but Buckells, though? Mother of God!”
Despite fan theories proliferating online, bookmakers taking bets and everyone having their own pet theory, the big Buckells reveal miraculously managed to still pull off a major surprise. But has writer Jed Mercurio been laying a nine-year, six-series trail of subtle hints all along?
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The finale of Line of Duty on Sunday night left some fans feeling disappointed and Piers Morgan saying he felt underwhelmed .