The Thin Blue Line
The Thin Blue Line Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.7 | |
| S2 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.6 |
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"Rowan Atkinson trades slapstick for deadpan office warfare"
Set in a small English police station, this sitcom pits the by-the-book uniformed officers led by an old-fashioned inspector against a scruffy, self-important CID detective convinced his lot are the real crimefighters. It's traditional multi-camera British comedy: broad characters, snappy verbal sparring, silly misunderstandings, and a studio audience laughing along. The pace is brisk and episodic, built around workplace rivalry and farcical mishaps rather than ongoing plot. Rowan Atkinson anchors it with a more restrained, deadpan performance than his rubber-faced roles elsewhere, and the fun comes from the ensemble bickering rather than any single big joke.
Rowan Atkinson's understated comic timing as a stubbornly proper police inspector.
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