Line of Duty · Season 6 · BBC One
Line of Duty Season 6
Line of Duty Season 6 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.5/10. 7 episodes on BBC One from 21 March 2021.
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What BollyAI Thinks
Series 6 opened in March 2021 to record BBC figures - 9.6 million viewers for the premiere - but the finale sparked the most divided critical response in the show's run. The long-teased resolution of the 'H' four-man conspiracy and the identity of the mysterious fourth OCG member landed at 86 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, with the Guardian giving the finale three stars and Lucy Mangan writing: 'It was all fine. But, oh my, you should have seen it when it was good.' The New Statesman called it a series that 'ended with a whimper, not a bang.' The Times was kinder, awarding four stars. Audience disappointment was measurable in social media response; the scale of the finale's scrutiny reflected how much viewer investment the show had accumulated over a decade.
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The Room
“It was all fine. But, oh my, you should have seen it when it was good.”
The Guardian
Standout Episodes
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- E7Episode 76.5
The series finale delivers the long-awaited identity of the fourth man and closes out AC-12's decade-long conspiracy investigation. Critics were split down the middle: those who found the resolution credibly mundane praised its realism; those who had followed the mythology for years felt the reveal deflated rather than paid off a ten-year investment.
The moment: The interrogation room reveal of 'H' - the culmination of six years of fan theorising.
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Season Over Season
The payoff series for a nine-year conspiracy arc polarised critics, with the deflating 'H' reveal pushing the show's critical score below 90 percent for the first time.