10.0/101 votes#1 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1993
Anna Madrigal is the bohemian landlady with a mysterious secret. Mary Ann Singleton is the newcomer, a naïve young girl from Ohio eager to embrace SF and all it has to offer.
Director: Alastair Reid
Writer: N/A
7.5/102 votes#2 - The Hitch-Hiker
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/22/1980
When a driver picks up a hitch-hiker in his car, his journey turns into a thrilling ride.
Director: Alastair Reid
Writer: Robin Chapman
7.0/105 votes#3 - The Dead of Jericho
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/1987
Morse is passed over for promotion and gets a new working partner in the shape of Lewis, who is not sure what to make of his new boss. Their first case together is a murder, when Anne Staveley, who was Morse's friend in a choral society, is found hanged in her house in the Jericho area of Oxford. The death looks like suicide, but Morse has his own reasons for treating the case as a murder investigation. A parking ticket and Oedipus the King, by Sophocles, come to his assistance.
Director: Alastair Reid
Writer: Colin Dexter
6.5/102 votes#4 - Taste
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 4/12/1980
A dinner party takes a surprising turn when one pretentious guest is challenged to a wine tasting contest.
Director: Alastair Reid
Writer: Ronald Harwood
5.5/102 votes#5 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1993
Mary Ann starts voluntary work at the Bay Area Crisis Switchboard, which is run by the one-eared Vincent, whose problems outnumber those of his callers
Director: Alastair Reid
Writer: N/A
1.0/101 votes#6 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1993
Michael's old-fashioned parents see some shocking sights when they visit him on Halloween - and he still hasn't told them he's gay. DeDe Halcyon Day has a shock when her pregnancy is confirmed.
Director: Alastair Reid
Writer: N/A
1.0/101 votes#7 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1993
Christmas is coming to 28 Barbary Lane and Mrs Madrigal is in party mood. However, Mary Ann is increasingly suspicious of Norman Williams and Mona is in for a surprise.
Director: Alastair Reid
Writer: N/A
N/A/101 votes#8 - The Wolvercote Tongue
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 12/25/1987
Laura Poindexter, a rich American tourist, dies in the Randolph Hotel, Oxford, apparently from a heart attack, but Morse suspects foul play. Laura was due to return a historic jewel to an Oxford museum, and it has gone missing. Then Dr Kemp, who is a womanizing historian, dies of a fall, Lucy Downes is crushed to death in a telephone box, and Dr Kemp's widow appears to take a fatal overdose of Paracetomol.Morse believes the deaths are all linked.
Director: Alastair Reid
Writer: Julian Mitchell
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"Episode 1" is the best rated episode directed by Alastair Reid. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 9/28/1993 and is rated 2.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Hitch-Hiker".