It was Lennie James performance as the conflicted DCI Tony Gates that was the highlight of series one.
Gates was not a bent cop but circumstances deviated him away and now he wants to make amends.
Gates saves Arnott from being tortured and then tells him that he will bag the kingpin. Gates knows there is no way out for him and it is Gates who makes the statement where the Line of Duty gets the name of the series from.
Writer Jed Mercurio serves a thrilling series finale and also leaves a few hanging threads that will be revisited some years later. Such as Jackie Laverty's body still being in a freezer or the fate of the young tearaway on the bike.
Gates was not a bent cop but circumstances deviated him away and now he wants to make amends.
Gates saves Arnott from being tortured and then tells him that he will bag the kingpin. Gates knows there is no way out for him and it is Gates who makes the statement where the Line of Duty gets the name of the series from.
Writer Jed Mercurio serves a thrilling series finale and also leaves a few hanging threads that will be revisited some years later. Such as Jackie Laverty's body still being in a freezer or the fate of the young tearaway on the bike.