Line of duty - can we start with this series?

[Derbyshirelady]

Do we need any back story? Or can we dive straight in?
Only people in the country not watching it, it seems, we tried ep 1 season 1 but it's a bit tired and not grabbing us.

You can start with this series, my dh is as I have watched all the others without him, but I would really recommend going back to the start. And if you don’t like series 1 you aren’t going to like series 5 anyway!

DH and I started with the last series and thought we were ok, then before this series started we went back and watched from series 1 on iplayer and now loads of stuff from the series we watched makes much more sense and we have picked up on loads of stuff we missed that we didn’t realise!

I really would start from the beginning as you won't "get" any references to previous characters.

S1 definitely isn't as good as the rest of it but it's all part of one big story so you really need to stick with it. It'll be worth it!

We've just watched series 1 and I really enjoyed it and looming forward to continuing.
If I hadn't enjoyed series 1 I wouldn't have finished in and would have no interest in future series.

Deff need to watch previous series. They're brilliant so worth a watch anyway

Series 1 is just the beginning . . . Really, although each series can be watched as one offs, the storyline is developed through all of them. There's lots of referring back through hints which is why it's developed such a devoted following as we struggle to untangle the threads of the overarching story unfolding through the series. Binge them, it'll be a pleasure.

No you must start from the beginning. No point in just watching this series I’m afraid. There’s lots of references to others series.

Definitely start from series 1. It's the best programme ever I don't see how you can call it 'tired'.

Well I've just started watching this series and following it with no problem.

Ohdear, it will work as a single series, however, much of the pleasure in this impressive take is how it's been spun over 7? years. Highly recommend the whole thing as first time viewers will be missing out on all kinds of criminal
fun and games.

Ok we will go back to series 1!