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The Best Episodes of The Detectives Season 1

Every episode of The Detectives Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Detectives Season 1!

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A gripping factual series that brings to life the work of real detectives by blending the best of documentary storytelling with fully dramatized re-enactments. Every episode features a different detective reliving the investigation that not

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Detectives Season 1 Episode 1 - The Wells Gray Gunman
    8.1/10(42 votes)

    #1 - The Wells Gray Gunman

    S1:E1

    One of the largest mass murders in Canada is heinously committed In Wells Gray Park, B.C., as three generations of a family are brutally killed. For Detective Mike Eastham, it’s mission that takes him across the country and back again as he pioneers the use of the media to catch his man. When the killer gets a plea, Eastham vows to put him behind bars, because for Eastham the case won’t be over for him until he’s gone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Detectives Season 1 Episode 2 - Project Hitchhiker
    8.2/10(36 votes)

    #2 - Project Hitchhiker

    S1:E2

    Detective Herb Curwain is finally promoted to the Homicide Unit and with this comes the assignment of an unsolved case he knows well — the disappearance of a young woman in Pickering, Ont. There’s evidence this may be connected to one man and a string of serial killings, but when red tape threatens to get in his way — Curwain does whatever it takes and changes the way serial killers are investigated in Canada to this day.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Detectives Season 1 Episode 3 - Trick or Treat
    7.9/10(39 votes)

    #3 - Trick or Treat

    S1:E3

    When a man is reported missing, things don’t add up. Edmonton Homicide Investigator Bill Clark takes charge and before long finds himself deep in the world of Internet homicide and the sickening potential that the murder was filmed and for sale to the highest bidder.

    Directors:Petro Duszara, John L'Ecuyer
    Writers:Eric Sabbag, Alain Zaloum

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  4. The Detectives Season 1 Episode 4 - Father's Day
    8.1/10(34 votes)

    #4 - Father's Day

    S1:E4

    When leads dry up on a double homicide, Hamilton Detective Don Forgan turns to the only potential witness, the murder victim's three-year-old son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Detectives Season 1 Episode 5 - Stranger Calling
    8.1/10(30 votes)

    #5 - Stranger Calling

    S1:E5

    Detective Rod Piukkala faces a gruesome crime scene, a bomb threat, and a killer threatening to strike again. The victim's family helps change Canadian parole laws forever.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Detectives Season 1 Episode 6 - Burning Season
    7.8/10(30 votes)

    #6 - Burning Season

    S1:E6

    In 2011, a massive fire tore down a 19th century heritage building and threatened Toronto’s downtown core. The high-profile case still haunts detective Debbie Harris.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Detectives Season 1 Episode 7 - She Said
    8.4/10(28 votes)

    #7 - She Said

    S1:E7

    The high-profile case still haunts detective Debbie Harris.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Detectives Season 1 Episode 8 - Home
    8.1/10(23 votes)

    #8 - Home

    S1:E8

    The high-profile case still haunts detective Debbie Harris.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Wells Gray Gunman" is the best rated episode of "The Detectives" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 42 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/10/2018. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Project Hitchhiker".