The Best Episodes Written By Robert Murphy

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.7/10(6 votes)

   #1 - Clouds Across the Moon

   S3:E47/10/2022

   When a successful businessman is found in a shallow grave near the Glastonbury Tor on All Soul's Day, the suspects are as eccentric as the crime itself.

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   8.2/10(8 votes)

   #2 - The Fall of the House of Crockett

   S1:E13/1/2020

   When a man is shot in the deserted mansion of one of Bath's most prominent industrialists, newly arrived DCI McDonald and DS Dodds unravel a tangled web of lies.

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   8.1/10(8 votes)

   #3 - Episode 5

   S1:E55/19/2010

   When a hacker interferes with air support causing a British missile to hit American forces, Porter is assigned the mission to find the man responsible, a former guidance engineer who was dismissed from the army. However, Porter is kidnapped and taken to a Taliban camp.

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   8.1/10(8 votes)

   #4 - Wilderness of Mirrors

   S1:E23/8/2020

   The chalk-and-cheese detective duo are called to a private clinic where a wealthy patient has been killed. However, their investigation is made all the more difficult by the complex relationships of the victim's former fellow residents.

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   8.1/10(7 votes)

   #5 - Belvedere

   S3:E16/19/2022

   When a young woman dies in a busy park in broad daylight, McDonald and Dodds are called in to untangle the mysterious circumstances of her death.

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   #6 - Episode 2

   S3:E21/22/2016

   DI Jimmy Perez is convinced that Michael Maguire is somehow implicated in the death of Robbie Morton. But with the investigation seemingly under threat before it's even started, he faces an uphill battle to uncover the truth behind Maguire's silence.

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   8.0/10(9 votes)

   #7 - Episode 3

   S3:E32/5/2016

   The murder investigation takes Perez and Tosh to Glasgow as they try to uncover the reasons behind Maguire's brutal death and his connection to Robbie Morton. But old ghosts return to haunt Perez as his enemies try to prevent him from getting to the truth.

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   #8 - The Man Who Wasn’t There

   S2:E12/28/2021

   Five friends take a hot-air balloon trip but only four come back down alive, leaving McDonald and Dodds to untangle a complex web of lies spanning 30 years.

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   7.9/10(8 votes)

   #9 - Episode 5

   S3:E52/19/2016

   Perez struggles to deal with what has happened to Tosh as he continues to investigate the murders of Robbie Morton and Michael Thompson, but a shocking discovery finally leads him to the identity of who Thompson was going to testify against.

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    7.7/10(6 votes)

    #10 - Aftermath: Part 2

    S0:E210/4/2010

    DCI Banks suspects Lucy Payne of complicity in the rape and murder of four women and the disappearance of the fifth. DS Cabbot is more interested in investigating the now-suspicious death of her husband. The revelation of Lucy's true identity complicates matters.

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    7.7/10(6 votes)

    #11 - Strange Affair: Part 2

    S2:E210/17/2012

    When a body found at Halton quarry turns out to be his missing brother, Banks must return to his childhood home to inform his parents of the terrible news.

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    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #12 - Episode 6

    S3:E63/4/2016

    As the investigation reaches its final stages, Detective Inspector Perez and his team discover the person responsible for the deaths of Robbie Morton and Michael Thompson is closer to home than any of them thought.

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    7.5/10(6 votes)

    #13 - Strange Affair: Part 1

    S2:E110/10/2012

    A mysterious phone message leads Banks to Harrogate to search for his estranged younger brother, while the team investigate the murder of a young woman.

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    7.3/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Episode 4

    S3:E42/12/2016

    Perez and his team are determined to track down the person who helped Michael Thompson's killer on Shetland. But the closer the team get to the truth in both Shetland and Glasgow, the more dangerous it becomes for all of them.

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    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #15 - Aftermath: Part 1

    S0:E19/27/2010

    Police officers respond to a domestic disturbance call and find a grisly crime scene. DCI Alan Banks has found the home of a serial rapist and murderer, but the suspect is in a coma. A fifth victim is missing and may still be alive, and Banks is determined to find her. DS Anne Cabbot from Professional Standards wants to know about the circumstances leading to the assault on the suspect.

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    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #16 - Playing with Fire: Part 2

    S1:E29/23/2011

    After Tom McMahon becomes the third victim following some suspicious fires, Alan realises that he is now attempting to catch a serial killer. His superiors warn him to keep his distance from the Aspern family who are trying to lodge an official complaint against him. Banks is determined to locate the ringleader of the art forgery scam which links two of the victims. Annie continues to see Mark Keane, despite Banks’ warnings. After Banks finally discovers the true identity of ‘Morrison’, he quickly realises that Annie could be in real danger.

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    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #17 - Playing with Fire: Part 1

    S1:E19/16/2011

    In the first episode, DCI Alan Banks is taken to a canal where there has been a fatal fire. The crime is far from straightforward, and as another body is discovered the motive, as well as the intended victim, become increasingly unclear. However, the discovery of what appears to be a Turner landscape suggests that at least one of the victims was involved in an art forgery scam.

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    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Cold is the Grave: Part 1

    S1:E510/14/2011

    An armed robbery ends up taking a much darker twist after the culprit is brutally murdered in his own home. Before DCI Banks can start to unravel the case, Chief Superintendent Gerry Rydell, makes a personal plea for Banks to look for his missing teenage daughter. Some naked photographs found on the Internet by Rydell’s wife, Rosalind, makes it look like that she could be in London. Banks reluctantly agrees to help and manages to track Emily down to the home of a drug dealer. Emily refuses to come back home with him but changes her mind. Annie, who has been leading the investigation into the robber’s murder whilst Banks has been away, thinks that the robbery could have been staged, but the victim’s accomplice refuses to talk. After Emily contacts Banks and suggests that she has seen one of Clough’s associates in Leeds, Banks wants her to tell him everything she knows about Clough. Emily refuses to tell Banks anything though. After a battered body is found in an Eastvale nightclub, Banks is shocked to discover that the victim has been identified as Ruth Walker, somebody Emily knew whilst in London. After the true identity of the victim is revealed though, both Banks and Annie find themselves involved in a conspiracy which has changed both investigations hugely.

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    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Cold is the Grave: Part 2

    S1:E610/21/2011

    Emily Rydell has apparently been brutally beaten to death and DCI Banks quickly ends up being in the middle of a murder investigation with many suspects. After a surveillance operation establishes a link between the murder of Charles McKay and Brian Clough, Banks and Annie soon work out that the two cases have to be connected.

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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Episode 4

    S1:E47/19/2016

    When a young woman goes missing, Nathan must race to solve her disappearance.

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    6.2/10(6 votes)

    #21 - Wednesday's Child: Part 1

    S3:E12/3/2014

    When two bogus social workers come to Katy Heath's house and take her son away, Banks is drawn into a massive search for the boy - but is Katy telling the truth?

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    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Wednesday's Child: Part 2

    S3:E22/10/2014

    An 11-year old's body is found and Banks wonders if there is a connection between his death and Kyle's disappearance.

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    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Piece of My Heart: Part 1

    S3:E32/17/2014

    When a journalist is found dead in a remote village, Banks notices a connection between the case and a mysterious death in the 1980s.

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    6.0/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Piece of My Heart: Part 2

    S3:E42/24/2014

    Banks races to locate a mysterious recording that appears to connect Jack Barber and the members of The Crystal Kiss together.

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