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The Best Episodes Directed By Douglas Mackinnon

Every TV Episode Directed by Douglas Mackinnon Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. 9.1/10(55 votes)

    #1 - Chapter 1: The Arrival

    S2:E1

    Retired angel Aziraphale and retired demon Crowley’s lives are upended when a visitor arrives on the doorstep of Aziraphale’s bookshop, bringing chaos. Local shopkeepers Maggie and Nina get locked in to Nina’s coffee shop when Crowley loses his temper. Heaven and Hell are suspicious, and Crowley and Aziraphale have a disagreement.

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  2. 8.7/10(41 votes)

    #2 - Chapter 6: Every Day

    S2:E6

    Crowley becomes a Heavenly bee and learns the truth about the Armageddon sequel. Aziraphale defends his bookshop from Shax's army and reveals his halo, Maggie and Nina become warriors, and Jim the assistant bookseller gets some hot chocolate. Crowley and Aziraphale get to the bottom of the mystery of the Matchbox. The Metatron brings an oatmilk latte, along with a final offer.

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  3. 8.7/10(13 votes)

    #3 - Episode 2

    S2:E2

    Following the tragedy at the hospital, AC12's Kate Fleming is planted undercover in Lindsay Denton's Missing Persons Unit. But Lindsay in turn gathers compromising evidence against the anti-corruption team.

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  4. 8.6/10(39 votes)

    #4 - Chapter 2: The Clue featuring the minisode A Companion to Owls

    S2:E2

    Heaven and Hell are determined to find the missing angel. An overheard song provides Aziraphale with a Clue. Crowley and Aziraphale visit the pub to discuss ways that humans fall in love. While almost 5,000 years ago Crowley is sent to inflict punishments on the righteous Job, God’s favourite person, as Aziraphale learns at first hand about temptation, and what Gabriel will and won't believe.

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  5. 8.6/10(38 votes)

    #5 - Chapter 3: I Know Where I'm Going featuring the minisode The Resurrectionists

    S2:E3

    Heaven sends the angel Muriel in disguise to spy on Aziraphale and Crowley. Aziraphale drives to Edinburgh in pursuit of his Clue, and learns a little about a lot. The couple’s visit to Edinburgh in 1827 involves graverobbery, a statue and an unfortunate encounter with a vial of laudanum. In the present, Crowley is in charge of the bookshop, and is disappointed by human beings and the weather.

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  6. 8.5/10(38 votes)

    #6 - Chapter 4: The Hitchhiker featuring the minisode Nazi Zombie Flesheaters

    S2:E4

    Aziraphale’s good deed of picking up a hitchhiker on his way back to Soho, proves to be a serious mistake. In 1941 Crowley and Aziraphale encounter some surprising adversaries, old and new, as the Nazi spies who almost entrapped Aziraphale return as Zombies from the dead, intent on preventing him from attempting a Bullet Catch on the West End Stage.

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  7. 8.5/10(38 votes)

    #7 - Chapter 5: The Ball

    S2:E5

    Aziraphale tries to bring Maggie and Nina together by organizing a meeting of the Whickber Street Shopkeepers and Street Traders Association. In Hell, Shax is determined to launch a full scale attack on the bookshop, with a legion of demons at her command. Nina's heart is broken, as is a bookshop window. Gabriel has a close encounter with Mrs Sandwich and a small plate of cakes.

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  8. 8.4/10(13 votes)

    #8 - Episode 1

    S2:E1

    A brutal ambush on a police convoy leaves three officers dead and a protected witness fighting for his life. AC-12 turn their spotlight on Lindsay Denton, the officer who led the convoy but escaped unscathed.

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  9. 8.3/10(13 votes)

    #9 - Episode 3

    S2:E3

    Lindsay is denied bail and finds herself targeted in prison. Growing increasingly desperate, she tells Kate about a relationship with an executive police officer and her theory of why she is being framed.

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  10. 8.2/10(11 votes)

    #10 - You'd Know What to Do

    S1:E1

    After the battle of Acre, we join the Knights Templar in Paris where Landry, a veteran of the Holy Wars, fears that the Order has lost its way. When the blood of a brother is shed, Landry and the Templars are forced to take up their swords again.

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  11. 8.1/10(48 votes)

    #11 - The Very Last Day of the Rest of Their Lives

    S1:E6

    Can Adam, Crowley and Aziraphale work together to fight the powers of Heaven and Hell and prevent the apocalypse? And what fate awaits them if they do? The story reaches its conclusion, and it might just be the end of the world.

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  12. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Episode One

    S1:E1

    The last living descendent of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is Tom Jackman. From time to time his alter ego Hyde wakes. Tom's wife hires a private investigator to find out why he left his family life six months previously.

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  13. 8.0/10(12 votes)

    #13 - Episode 5

    S1:E5

    With Gates on the run, the anti-corruption team come under pressure to close the case once and for all. Arnott is forced to make some tough decisions about where his loyalties lie. Fleming and Hastings go all out to catch Gates, leading to a shattering conclusion.

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  14. 8.0/10(10 votes)

    #14 - Find Us the Grail

    S1:E2

    Landry and Parsifal search for a killer. The unexpected arrival of Pope Boniface in Paris threatens De Nogaret's carefully laid plans.

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  15. 8.0/10(49 votes)

    #15 - The Doomsday Option

    S1:E5

    Aziraphale and Crowley race towards Tadfield airbase as they attempt to prevent Adam and the Four Horsemen from beginning the apocalypse. But one has been discorporated and the other is trapped in a flaming motorway. Will they get there in time?

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  16. 7.9/10(78 votes)

    #16 - In the Beginning

    S1:E1

    In the beginning and eleven years ago, two immortal beings decide that it might not be time to start an Apocalypse.

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  17. 7.9/10(63 votes)

    #17 - Listen

    S8:E4

    What scares the grand old man of time? What horrors lurk under his bed? Ghosts of the past and future crowd into the lives of The Doctor and Clara; a terrified caretaker in a children's home, the last man standing in the universe, and a little boy who doesn't want to join the army...

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  18. 7.8/10(57 votes)

    #18 - Flatline

    S8:E9

    Separated from The Doctor, Clara discovers a new menace from another dimension. But how do you hide when even the walls are no protection.

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  19. 7.8/10(54 votes)

    #19 - Hard Times

    S1:E3

    We follow Aziraphale and Crowley's friendship across the ages. Meanwhile, in the present day, Agnes Nutter's descendant Anathema arrives in Tadfield on her own mission to save the world.

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  20. 7.8/10(52 votes)

    #20 - Saturday Morning Funtime

    S1:E4

    Aziraphale and Crowley's friendship is tested to the limit as their superiors catch up with them. Armageddon starts in earnest, with the Antichrist's powers wreaking havoc across the globe.

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  21. 7.7/10(58 votes)

    #21 - The Book

    S1:E2

    Having followed the wrong boy for years, Aziraphale and Crowley must now try to locate the whereabouts of real Antichrist. Perhaps the story of Agnes Nutter and her famous prophecies will hold the answer?

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  22. 7.7/10(13 votes)

    #22 - Untimely Resurrection

    S2:E5

    Reunited, Jamie and Claire attempt to extinguish the fires their dinner party ignited; however, Claire is set off on an unexpected change of course. Jamie and Claire’s relationship is put to the ultimate test when the past rears its ugly head.

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  23. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Body 21 (1)

    S8:E7

    Leo and his team are approached by a support group to help discover the truth behind a train crash.

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  24. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Body 21 (2)

    S8:E8

    Leo, Harry and Nikki step up their efforts to discover the truth behind the train crash but there are still many unanswered questions.

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  25. 7.5/10(12 votes)

    #25 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

    Desperate for proof of Gates's corruption, Fleming pushes her relationship with him to the limit. But her behaviour causes Morton to question if she might not be such a loyal colleague after all.

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Douglas Mackinnon Ratings Summary

"Chapter 1: The Arrival" is the best rated episode directed by Douglas Mackinnon. It scored 9.127/10 based on 55 votes. It was written by Neil Gaiman. It aired on 7/28/2023 and is rated 0.4 points higher than their second-best episode, "Chapter 6: Every Day".