The Best Episodes of Silent Witness Season 16

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(255 votes)

   #1 - True Love Waits (2)

   S16:E61/25/2013

   When arrested and interrogated by DI Kate Warren, Alan Lane vehemently protests his innocence and insists he didn't kill his wife.

   Director:Thaddeus O'Sullivan

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Thaddeus O'Sullivan

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2. 

   8.2/10(224 votes)

   #2 - Legacy (2)

   S16:E82/1/2013

   Conflict brews between Leo and Nikki when he suspects her new boyfriend is involved in a 50-year cover-up, leaving Leo battling alone to expose the truth.

   Director:David Richards

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:David Richards

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3. 

   8.1/10(247 votes)

   #3 - True Love Waits (1)

   S16:E51/24/2013

   When a pub landlady is stabbed to death and her little finger cut off, Nikki is isolated in her quest to prove the husband's innocence.

   Director:Thaddeus O'Sullivan

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Thaddeus O'Sullivan

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4. 

   7.9/10(231 votes)

   #4 - Legacy (1)

   S16:E71/31/2013

   Nikki is wooed by a science minister as she and Jack investigate a murder on an eco-building project, whilst Leo finds himself trapped in a hospital siege.

   Director:David Richards

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:David Richards

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5. 

   7.8/10(216 votes)

   #5 - Trust (2)

   S16:E41/18/2013

   As the basement women case highlights two cooperating killers, Nikki, Jack and DI Reed realise one victim was killed by a controlled sedative.

   Director:Richard Clark

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Richard Clark

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6. 

   7.7/10(225 votes)

   #6 - Change (2)

   S16:E21/11/2013

   When two women close to a dead businessman are murdered, Nikki, Jack and Leo open his family's skeleton-packed closet.

   Director:Anthony Byrne

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Anthony Byrne

   Writer:Unknown
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7. 

   7.6/10(227 votes)

   #7 - Trust (1)

   S16:E31/17/2013

   The murders of two women in a house basement force Jack to lock horns with an old flame, while Leo wrestles with providing a second post-mortem on a baby.

   Director:Richard Clark

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Richard Clark

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8. 

   7.5/10(253 votes)

   #8 - Change (1)

   S16:E11/10/2013

   The mysterious death of a wealthy confectionery firm owner plunges Nikki, Leo and new recruit Jack Hodgson into a murky world of corporate subterfuge.

   Director:Anthony Byrne

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Anthony Byrne

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9. 

   7.5/10(271 votes)

   #9 - Greater Love (2)

   S16:E102/8/2013

   Leo develops a life-changing relationship with a charity worker as Nikki and Jack make a forensic breakthrough on their case in Afghanistan.

   Director:Douglas Mackinnon

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Douglas Mackinnon

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    6.9/10(263 votes)

    #10 - Greater Love (1)

    S16:E92/7/2013

    Human remains found on an Afghan water supply project send Leo, Nikki and Jack to the war-torn region to establish if it is a missing British soldier.

    Director:Douglas Mackinnon

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Douglas Mackinnon

    Writer:Unknown