Line of Duty (Mini-Series; BBC)
Seasons 1-4, 2012 - present
It has been described as the best TV police procedural drama ever produced. Each season carries a theme, but they are all intrinsically linked to each other.
Anti-Corruption Section 12, AC#12, is a team within the police department given executive powers to look into possibilities of the miscarriage of justice, corruption and cover-ups in the force. In a way, it acts as the public's eyes that the police are supposed to serve in the first place. The miniseries show a wide intricate web of a network within the department that control each other to cover each other and paint a good name of the police force.
It is easy when a layperson commits a crime. His misdeed can easily be traced and pinned down in no time. However, when the perpetrator is entrusted with the duties to maintain law and order, one within the pack, the task of unmasking the wrongdoer becomes a Herculean task! With the advanced knowledge of dodging suspicion, avoiding detection and nuances of making pieces of evidence disappear, the investigations become near impossible, like chasing shadows.
Sometimes the protectors make mistakes. Sometimes the system errs them. But the culture of witch-hunting, fear of loss of recognition or prospect of promotion makes one plunge deeper and deeper into his own grave! To cover one lie, he needs to lie again and to expunge one wrongdoing, he does another. Two wrongs do not make a right but only opens the can of worms for more scrutiny. This seems to be the common theme in all the seasons. One mistake and another, and pretty soon, it becomes too overwhelming, and all hell breaks loose!
Only on the tiny screen or Tinseltown are civil servants made to be seen working as if their whole life is dependent on it. However, in real life, these servants are little Napoleons who treat their day jobs as just a way to feed their family. With their meagre wage, in many third world countries, they have to be creative in bringing home the bacon. The world is just for the rich and famous. For the little men who toil day and night, rain and shine, health and sickness, to maintain peace for the rest, it is not a day in paradise!
Seasons 1-4, 2012 - present
It has been described as the best TV police procedural drama ever produced. Each season carries a theme, but they are all intrinsically linked to each other.Anti-Corruption Section 12, AC#12, is a team within the police department given executive powers to look into possibilities of the miscarriage of justice, corruption and cover-ups in the force. In a way, it acts as the public's eyes that the police are supposed to serve in the first place. The miniseries show a wide intricate web of a network within the department that control each other to cover each other and paint a good name of the police force.
It is easy when a layperson commits a crime. His misdeed can easily be traced and pinned down in no time. However, when the perpetrator is entrusted with the duties to maintain law and order, one within the pack, the task of unmasking the wrongdoer becomes a Herculean task! With the advanced knowledge of dodging suspicion, avoiding detection and nuances of making pieces of evidence disappear, the investigations become near impossible, like chasing shadows.
Sometimes the protectors make mistakes. Sometimes the system errs them. But the culture of witch-hunting, fear of loss of recognition or prospect of promotion makes one plunge deeper and deeper into his own grave! To cover one lie, he needs to lie again and to expunge one wrongdoing, he does another. Two wrongs do not make a right but only opens the can of worms for more scrutiny. This seems to be the common theme in all the seasons. One mistake and another, and pretty soon, it becomes too overwhelming, and all hell breaks loose!
Only on the tiny screen or Tinseltown are civil servants made to be seen working as if their whole life is dependent on it. However, in real life, these servants are little Napoleons who treat their day jobs as just a way to feed their family. With their meagre wage, in many third world countries, they have to be creative in bringing home the bacon. The world is just for the rich and famous. For the little men who toil day and night, rain and shine, health and sickness, to maintain peace for the rest, it is not a day in paradise!
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