Line of Duty Season 5

This series is an ensemble comedy, a real comedy centered around the family of post-New York firefighters and their colleagues. They have fine wine, beautiful women, and the honor of heroes, yet none of them are truly happy. The plot vividly portrays the fleeting happiness of the first four seasons in New York, the shattered America that its people can never avoid, and the tragic loss of a cousin who was also a firefighter, leaving behind a widow and son for him to take care of. He constantly converses with the apparition of his cousin, discussing topics he cannot escape about where to go from here. Meanwhile, his relationship with his long-time wife, with whom he already has two daughters and a son, falters due to his work and alcoholism, putting a red light on their marriage. The fragmentation of his family and infidelity cause disdain among his colleagues, leading to his children wanting to leave. To preserve the integrity of his family, he stops drinking and takes antidepressants, enjoying harmonious moments together. But fate plays a cruel joke when his only beloved son is killed by a drunk driver, causing the false happiness built on pills to collapse instantly. A miscarriage follows, breaking promises and prompting her to leave. When he sends his own younger brother to reconnect with her, unexpectedly, she becomes his sister-in-law. Upon discovering this at his father's birthday dinner, he brutally beats him. When he decides to forgive his brother and bless them both, news arrives that his brother was killed by drug dealers. And while maintaining a lingering connection with her, she becomes pregnant. He returns to take care of her, someone he has always loved, but finds out she betrayed him; she used the compensation money to become a wealthy widow and almost kills him by drugging him in their new house. As the era crumbles and expectations fade, the male heir expected to carry on the family tradition as a firefighter finally arrives, only to be the child of his deceased brother. He goes to great lengths to claim this child as his own. His grown-up daughter does things he doesn't like. As the father drifts off to sleep at the end, the world once again picks up the bottle. What appears to be the main storyline of this show is exceptionally cruel. From cousins to flesh and blood, from siblings to father, the male members of this family gradually diminish. Yet, the firefighting team centered around him saves more and more lives. Each subplot involving the team members is filled with humor: getting divorced leaves one with little money, which is then swindled away by a stripper and further depleted by a lustful nun. The playboy unexpectedly learns responsibility after gaining a daughter and faces rejection from his destined love after dealing with an art girl with a disabled brother. The most disliked fire captain grows old and unable to care for his Alzheimer’s-stricken wife, forcing him to call back his rookie son whose unrequited love leads to constant jokes from Cupid. The fool often says the wrong things, makes mistakes, and marries the alcoholic sister. The plot often seems like whatever you fear will come true, akin to Yu Hua's "To Live," where death is discussed throughout, yet there is still a love for life. It tells people to maintain a positive attitude towards life. They sincerely and diligently live, completing one dangerous task after another. In the fire scene, they trust each other; at the fire station, they tease each other; during injuries, they support each other; at work, they feel like a well-paired remedy for summer heat, cooling down when together and feeling powerless when alone. In life, they are like monkeys in separate cages at the zoo, watching each other, not knowing who is funnier than the other.