8.5/102 votes#1 - Tracie's Story
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 8/14/2012
Simon Gaskell works as a college English teacher who specialises in poetry and also has a secret. His alter ego is a transvestite called Tracie Tremarco, who is looking for love. Tracie falls head over heels in love following an altercation with some men out on a stag night. Tony and Tracie become smitten with each other and hesitatingly their love affair begins. Tony also has a secret though, he's married to a local beautician called Karen. Before long Tracie becomes entangled in a triangular love affair that leads to a shocking crime of passion and the dock.
Director: Ashley Pearce
Writer: Jimmy McGovern
8.0/109 votes#2 - Game
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2017
As Endeavour and Thursday deal with the heartbreak of Joan's departure, a death at East Cowley Slipper Baths hurls Oxford's Finest into their darkest adventure.
Director: Ashley Pearce
Writer: N/A
7.6/1011 votes#3 - Episode 1
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/2011
The Great War unsettles life at Downton and surprising news about Matthew rocks the family. New maid Ethel irritates O'Brien - and Bates returns with devastating news for Anna.
Director: Ashley Pearce
Writer: Julian Fellowes
7.6/1017 votes#4 - Mrs McGinty's Dead
Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/2008
James Bentley is arrested for the murder of old Mrs McGinty. It looks like an open and shut case, but Superintendent Spence is not convinced. He turns to Poirot for help, and together with Poirot's writer friend Ariadne Oliver they set out to find the real killer.
Director: Ashley Pearce
Writer: N/A
7.6/1021 votes#5 - The Clocks
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 12/26/2011
Four clocks surround an unidentified corpse in a blind woman's house, and a young typist is summoned to the crime scene. However, Poirot is convinced that the complicated setup is merely hiding a simpler solution.
Director: Ashley Pearce
Writer: N/A
7.5/104 votes#6 - Obscura
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/2015
The team investigates the murder of the press attaché of the Romanian Freedom Party. Marco follows a new lead on his missing sister's case.
Director: Ashley Pearce
Writer: Wendy Battles
7.4/1020 votes#7 - Appointment With Death
Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 12/25/2009
On holiday in Jerusalem, Poirot hears about an archaeological expedition to Syria led by the eccentric Lord Boynton and his son Leonard, who believe they are on the track of the head of St John the Baptist. Drawn to visit the dig, Poirot meets Boynton's dominating, fabulously rich, American-born second wife. However, events are overtaken by the discovery of Lady Boynton's dead body and revelations about her fortune.
Director: Ashley Pearce
Writer: N/A
6.7/1051 votes#8 - Maigret Sets a Trap
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/28/2016
Maigret comes under pressure from his superiors and the press to catch a serial killer of women with no common feature except their hair. Making no progress Maigret sets a trap using undercover police women. The trap yields a clue to a suspect with a possessive wife and mother but a sixth murder while his suspect is in custody throws doubt on Maigret's theory and his superiors decide to replace him as investigator of the case.
Director: Ashley Pearce
Writer: N/A
6.7/103 votes#9 - Dragon
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2015
The team takes on the case of a young girl believed to be a victim of human trafficking.
Director: Ashley Pearce
Writer: Francesca Gardiner
6.3/103 votes#10 - Episode 4
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 2/9/2021
The Maguires arrange for Bobby to leave the U.K., but the plan goes awry en route to the airport. Katherine sends a threatening message to Marcella.
Director: Ashley Pearce
Writer: Tim Loane
6.0/103 votes#11 - Episode 5
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/16/2021
Her stalker's latest threat leaves Marcella suspicious of Frank. After recognizing one of Bobby's abductors in police records, she tracks him down.
Director: Ashley Pearce
Writer: Mike Walden
6.0/103 votes#12 - Episode 6
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/23/2021
Marcella recalls how Frank rescued and reprogrammed her 18 months earlier. When Stacey flees from the Maguires with her baby, Marcella must find her.
Director: Ashley Pearce
Writer: Matthew Thomas
6.0/103 votes#13 - Episode 7
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 3/2/2021
Finn uses Rory's phobia to bully him into an alliance. Marcella confronts Frank with a discovery about his past. DCI Sangha learns of Stacey's arrest.
Director: Ashley Pearce
Writer: Tim Loane
6.0/1011 votes#14 - Episode 2
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/2011
Carson is finding it tough maintaining standards in the house, and the suicide of a young officer prompts Isobel to suggest converting Downton Abbey into a convalescent hospital.
Director: Ashley Pearce
Writer: Julian Fellowes
4.8/104 votes#15 - Episode 8
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 3/2/2021
Marcella's latest blackout leaves her with an unexplained corpse. Wondering why DCI Sangha is still in Belfast, Jack decides to investigate on his own.
Director: Ashley Pearce
Writer: David Allison
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"Tracie's Story" is the best rated episode directed by Ashley Pearce. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by Jimmy McGovern. It aired on 8/14/2012 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Game".