Season guide

Line of Duty: Season 3

6 episodes Premiered Mar 24, 2016

Previously on Line of Duty

Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Line of Duty Season 2.
⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.

Season 3 Episodes

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (3): Character development & subplots

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S3·E1 Mytharc

Mar 24, 2016

Sergeant Danny Waldron and his armed response team shoot dead a hardened criminal.

S3·E2 Core

Mar 31, 2016

After the shooting at the drugs house, DC Fleming increases the pressure on Danny Waldron.

S3·E3 Core

Apr 7, 2016

DS Steve Arnott believes there is a dark secret in Danny Waldron's past.

S3·E4 Core

Apr 14, 2016

Fresh testimony launches AC-12 back on the trail of a corrupt officer.

S3·E5 Mytharc

Apr 21, 2016

Loyalties are divided when DS Steve Arnott comes under scrutiny from his colleagues.

S3·E6 Mytharc

Apr 28, 2016

DS Steve Arnott is arrested on suspicion of murder but continues to protest his innocence.