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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - Chapter 1: The Arrival
    8.6/10(77 votes)

    S2:E1

    Retired angel Aziraphale and retired demon Crowley's lives are upended when a visitor arrives on the doorstep of Aziraphale's bookshop, bringing chaos. Local shopkeepers Maggie and Nina get locked in to Nina's coffee shop when Crowley loses his temper. Heaven and Hell are suspicious, and Crowley and Aziraphale have a disagreement.

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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  2. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    8.6/10(18 votes)

    S2:E2

    Following the tragedy at the hospital, AC12's Kate Fleming is planted undercover in Lindsay Denton's Missing Persons Unit. But Lindsay in turn gathers compromising evidence against the anti-corruption team.

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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  3. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    8.5/10(19 votes)

    S2:E1

    A brutal ambush on a police convoy leaves three officers dead and a protected witness fighting for his life. AC-12 turn their spotlight on Lindsay Denton, the officer who led the convoy but escaped unscathed.

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - The Very Last Day of the Rest of Their Lives
    8.3/10(71 votes)

    S1:E6

    Can Adam, Crowley and Aziraphale work together to fight the powers of Heaven and Hell and prevent the apocalypse? And what fate awaits them if they do? The story reaches its conclusion, and it might just be the end of the world.

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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  5. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Chapter 2: The Clue featuring the minisode A Companion to Owls
    8.3/10(57 votes)

    S2:E2

    Heaven and Hell are determined to find the missing angel. An overheard song provides Aziraphale with a Clue. Crowley and Aziraphale visit the pub to discuss ways that humans fall in love. While almost 5,000 years ago Crowley is sent to inflict punishments on the righteous Job, God's favourite person, as Aziraphale learns at first hand about temptation, and what Gabriel will and won't believe.

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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  6. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    8.2/10(18 votes)

    S2:E3

    Lindsay is denied bail and finds herself targeted in prison. Growing increasingly desperate, she tells Kate about a relationship with an executive police officer and her theory of why she is being framed.

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 6 - Chapter 6: Every Day
    8.1/10(61 votes)

    S2:E6

    Crowley becomes a Heavenly bee and learns the truth about the Armageddon sequel. Aziraphale defends his bookshop from Shax's army and reveals his halo, Maggie and Nina become warriors, and Jim the assistant bookseller gets some hot chocolate. Crowley and Aziraphale get to the bottom of the mystery of the Matchbox. The Metatron brings an oatmilk latte, along with a final offer.

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - The Doomsday Option
    8.1/10(69 votes)

    S1:E5

    Aziraphale and Crowley race towards Tadfield airbase as they attempt to prevent Adam and the Four Horsemen from beginning the apocalypse. But one has been discorporated and the other is trapped in a flaming motorway. Will they get there in time?

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    8.1/10(16 votes)

    S1:E5

    With Gates on the run, the anti-corruption team come under pressure to close the case once and for all. Arnott is forced to make some tough decisions about where his loyalties lie. Fleming and Hastings go all out to catch Gates, leading to a shattering conclusion.

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Chapter 3: I Know Where I'm Going featuring the minisode The Resurrectionists
    8.1/10(54 votes)

    S2:E3

    Heaven sends the angel Muriel in disguise to spy on Aziraphale and Crowley. Aziraphale drives to Edinburgh in pursuit of his Clue, and learns a little about a lot. The couple's visit to Edinburgh in 1827 involves graverobbery, a statue and an unfortunate encounter with a vial of laudanum. In the present, Crowley is in charge of the bookshop, and is disappointed by human beings and the weather.

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  11. undefined Season 2 Episode 4 - Chapter 4: The Hitchhiker featuring the minisode Nazi Zombie Flesheaters
    8.1/10(54 votes)

    S2:E4

    Aziraphale's good deed of picking up a hitchhiker on his way back to Soho, proves to be a serious mistake. In 1941 Crowley and Aziraphale encounter some surprising adversaries, old and new, as the Nazi spies who almost entrapped Aziraphale return as Zombies from the dead, intent on preventing him from attempting a Bullet Catch on the West End Stage.

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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  12. undefined Season 8 Episode 9 - Flatline
    8.0/10(75 votes)

    S8:E9

    Separated from The Doctor, Clara discovers a new menace from another dimension. But how do you hide when even the walls are no protection.

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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  13. undefined Season 8 Episode 4 - Listen
    8.0/10(83 votes)

    S8:E4

    What scares the grand old man of time? What horrors lurk under his bed? Ghosts of the past and future crowd into the lives of The Doctor and Clara; a terrified caretaker in a children's home, the last man standing in the universe, and a little boy who doesn't want to join the army...

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
    Writer:N/A

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - Hard Times
    8.0/10(74 votes)

    S1:E3

    We follow Aziraphale and Crowley's friendship across the ages. Meanwhile, in the present day, Agnes Nutter's descendant Anathema arrives in Tadfield on her own mission to save the world.

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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  15. undefined Season 2 Episode 5 - Untimely Resurrection
    7.9/10(22 votes)

    S2:E5

    Reunited, Jamie and Claire attempt to extinguish the fires their dinner party ignited; however, Claire is set off on an unexpected change of course. Jamie and Claire’s relationship is put to the ultimate test when the past rears its ugly head.

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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  16. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - In the Beginning
    7.9/10(108 votes)

    S1:E1

    In the beginning and eleven years ago, two immortal beings decide that it might not be time to start an Apocalypse.

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Saturday Morning Funtime
    7.9/10(71 votes)

    S1:E4

    Aziraphale and Crowley's friendship is tested to the limit as their superiors catch up with them. Armageddon starts in earnest, with the Antichrist's powers wreaking havoc across the globe.

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  18. undefined Season 2 Episode 5 - Chapter 5: The Ball
    7.9/10(57 votes)

    S2:E5

    Aziraphale tries to bring Maggie and Nina together by organizing a meeting of the Whickber Street Shopkeepers and Street Traders Association. In Hell, Shax is determined to launch a full scale attack on the bookshop, with a legion of demons at her command. Nina's heart is broken, as is a bookshop window. Gabriel has a close encounter with Mrs Sandwich and a small plate of cakes.

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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  19. undefined Season 0 Episode 148 - The Husbands of River Song
    7.7/10(68 votes)

    S0:E148

    It's Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon the Doctor for help, he finds himself recruited into River Song's squad and hurled into a fast and frantic chase across the galaxy.

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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  20. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - The Book
    7.7/10(80 votes)

    S1:E2

    Having followed the wrong boy for years, Aziraphale and Crowley must now try to locate the whereabouts of real Antichrist. Perhaps the story of Agnes Nutter and her famous prophecies will hold the answer?

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  21. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    7.6/10(16 votes)

    S1:E4

    Desperate for proof of Gates's corruption, Fleming pushes her relationship with him to the limit. But her behaviour causes Morton to question if she might not be such a loyal colleague after all.

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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  22. undefined Season 4 Episode 4 - The Sontaran Stratagem (1)
    7.4/10(75 votes)

    S4:E4

    Aided by the Rattigan Academy, the Sontarans establish a covert base at the mysterious ATMOS Factory. Can the Doctor stop the Sontarans from unleashing a potent terror that will bring the world to its knees?

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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  23. undefined Season 4 Episode 5 - The Poison Sky (2)
    7.4/10(76 votes)

    S4:E5

    The Sontarans continue their evil plot and begin to "choke" the Earth. The Doctor and Donna, now teamed with Martha have to stop them! Can they save Earth before it's too late?

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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  24. undefined Season 8 Episode 5 - Time Heist
    7.2/10(73 votes)

    S8:E5

    The Bank of Karabraxos is the deadliest bank in the cosmos - only a fool or genius would tempt to rob it. Fortunately, for The Doctor, he's both. But nothing even The Doctor has encountered can prepare them for the Teller: a creature of terrifying power that can detect guilt.

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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  25. undefined Season 7 Episode 4 - The Power of Three
    7.0/10(69 votes)

    S7:E4

    The Doctor and the Ponds puzzle an unlikely invasion of Earth, as millions of sinister black cubes arrive overnight, almost like presents falling from the sky. But what are they, what’s inside them and most importantly, who sent them? With the international community at a loss, it’s left to the Doctor to unearth who is behind the mystery.

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon
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Douglas Mackinnon Ratings Summary

"Chapter 1: The Arrival" is the best rated episode directed by Douglas Mackinnon. It scored 8.6/10 based on 77 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 7/28/2023 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Episode 2".