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Line of Duty Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2019 - 2019
Episode 1
Operation Pear Tree
57 mins
An organized crime group (OCG) hijacks a police convoy transporting seized drugs and kills three armed officers; AC-12 suspect that undercover police may be involved. Sergeant Jane Cafferty survives the attack, drawing suspicion. PC Maneet Bindra is interviewed by Superintendent Hastings, DS Steve Arnott and DI Kate Fleming, due to her involvement with her cousin, Vihaan Malhotra, in spying on AC-12 and leaking information to the organized crime group for ACC Derek Hilton. In a further attempt to protect Malhotra, she contacts the organized crime group. Corbett accuses her of infiltration and she is killed. AC-12 discover that the undercover officer (UCO) is DS John Corbett and not, as originally assumed, Lisa McQueen.
Episode 2
The Head of Medusa
58 mins
Lisa McQueen blags her way past a police guard and Cafferty's husband to talk to her in private. Another police leak enables the OCG to carry out a raid led by Corbett on a weapons convoy. Arnott finds Cafferty with £5,000 in a brown envelope in his attempts to gather information, yet Corbett convinces him he is "straight". Hastings is approached regarding his failed property investment by Mark Moffatt, who hands him a big brown envelope. Hastings's wife Roisin insists on a divorce. From photographs, Cafferty identifies who recruited her.
Episode 3
Code Zero
58 mins
Arnott tells Fleming and Hastings of his liaison with Corbett. After their initial shock, they agree to continue with Arnott's proposal. AC-12 identify that the organized crime group are involved in sex trafficking at a block of flats, raid the flats and the group's front print shop. Corbett tips Arnott off about a larger-scale raid on the Eastfield police depot, stating a corrupt senior police officer will be there. Arnott is drawn away from the raid by a false 'Status Zero' call. Corbett shoots the senior police officer, who arrives with tracker information, and is revealed to be DCS Hargreaves. Corbett learns of his death and flees, to enter Roisin Hastings's flat using false AC-12 ID and abuse her.
Episode 4
The Betrayal
58 mins
AC-12 discover Corbett's links to Northern Ireland. Arnott arranges, backed up by armed officers. to meet Corbett who tells Arnott that he had beat Hastings's wife Roisin in hospital. Hastings orders Arnott via his wire to shoot Corbett, but he refuses. Corbett reveals the location of a meeting between the OCG and "H" and then escapes. AC-12 and the Cybercrime unit impersonate "H", contacting the OCG via a laptop. The OCG transport a whores cargo to their base to be trafficked. Corbett wants to free them, thinks that McQueen will support him, but OCG retaliate against Corbett realizing he is the rat.
Episode 5
On Your Own
58 mins
As the hunt for H intensifies, Steve and Kate wonder if Hastings is guarding a dark secret.
Episode 6
The Intrigue
84 mins
The search for the mysterious H reaches its climax as long-buried secrets finally come to light.
