9.5/102 votes#1 - Episode 8
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 5/6/2018
In the Series 3 finale, Leslie and Margo have news about their relationships, and as Louisa and Spiro grow closer, a circus comes to town.
Director: Niall MacCormick
Writer: Simon Nye
9.0/101 votes#2 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/17/2024
A violent street attack is investigated by DS John Rebus and new detective Siobhan Clarke. However, it's John’s family that pose unexpected problems, along with an awkward affair.
Director: Niall MacCormick
Writer: Gregory Burke
8.0/101 votes#3 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/24/2024
Hard-up Michael Rebus's rash act in Fife has bloody consequences for his brother John, who faces a fatal confrontation. Meanwhile, Siobhan finds out who stopped the street attack, and John confesses to contact with criminal Cafferty.
Director: Niall MacCormick
Writer: Gregory Burke
7.7/103 votes#4 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/19/2014
The team discovers a sleeper agent with terrifying connections in the US military. Faced with a formidable foe who not only appears to be a traitor, but a trained spy with access to US bases, MI5 may be out of its league. Meanwhile, Daddy is on a mission of his own to secure the safe defection of his favorite Chinese dancer. But when his assistant, Wendy, goes to carry out the admin, Bobby Waterhouse catches wind and manipulates plans to gain information about Daddy’s secret life for his own personal gain.
Director: Niall MacCormick
Writer: Sarah Dollard
7.7/102 votes#5 - Episode 6
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 4/22/2018
It's Gerry’s birthday and Louisa wants to have a party and make a fuss, even though he doesn’t want to. She fails to realize that Gerry is growing up.
Director: Niall MacCormick
Writer: Simon Nye
7.3/103 votes#6 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/12/2014
The next agent on the Soviet list, Tom Mallory, is a brutal man currently in prison for assault. Without his freedom, he can’t perform his task and bring MI5 one step closer to thwarting Operation Glass – leaving Daddy with a terrible choice. Joe, haunted by events in his past, continues to struggle with his lover’s killer’s role in the plot. But when it’s revealed that a possible nuclear strike is imminent, Joe makes a deadly decision to stop the information from falling into enemy hands.
Director: Niall MacCormick
Writer: Toby Whithouse
7.0/101 votes#7 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2011
Small-time solicitor Harry Venn is forced to revisit his murky past when he is approached by a mysterious and glamorous lawyer, Gina Hawkes, looking for a missing alibi witness for her client. Harry quickly finds himself plunged into a deep and dangerous conspiracy.
Director: Niall MacCormick
Writer: N/A
7.0/103 votes#8 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/5/2014
London: 1972. When a defecting KGB officer, Arkady Malinov, reveals Operation Glass, a devastating Soviet plot that could change the course of the cold war, Daddy, the head of MI5, assembles a secret team to investigate. As the Soviets awaken a list of sleeper agents all over Britain, Daddy’s team must move swiftly to gain information about the plot. But when Joe Lambe, Daddy’s prized agent, becomes obsessed with the reappearance of a dangerous nemesis, a Soviet agent codenamed ‘Odin’, he risks letting his personal vendetta jeopardize the operation.
Director: Niall MacCormick
Writer: Toby Whithouse
6.8/106 votes#9 - Firewall
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/7/2008
A body is found at a cash point, the apparent victim of a heart attack. Two teenage girls are arrested for the brutal murder of a cab driver. The girls confess to the crime, showing no remorse. Two open and shut cases. At first these two incidents seem to have nothing in common, but as Wallander delves deeper into the mystery of why the girls murdered the cab driver, he begins to unravel a plot much more involved complicated than he initially suspected. The two cases become one, and lead to a conspiracy that stretches beyond the borders of Sweden.
Director: Niall MacCormick
Writer: N/A
6.8/104 votes#10 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/2/2021
In order to protect the next person on the kill list, Rose and Baxter attempt to outwit the Ragdoll Killer with an unorthodox plan. Edmund's past catches up with her as she investigates Rose and his unusual behavior. The team finally get their first tangible lead on the Ragdoll killer.
Director: Niall MacCormick
Writer: Freddy Syborn
6.7/103 votes#11 - Whistleblower
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2015
New leads suggest Wombosi is not behind the murder and kidnapping. Rather the person who gave Sophie the evidence is the real target of a much more complex plot.
Director: Niall MacCormick
Writer: Wendy Battles
6.7/103 votes#12 - Lost and Found
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/2015
A known criminal is attacked but dies from a contagious disease rather than his wounds, leading the team to track down everyone in contact with him.
Director: Niall MacCormick
Writer: Nicholas Meyer
6.5/102 votes#13 - Episode 5
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 4/15/2018
Spiros spends time with a glamorous Italian family who have recently arrived on the island. Louisa is jealous of the attention he is paying their new neighbors and invites the new neighbors over to learn more about them. She ends up convinced they are hiding something, while Margo feels threatened by their eldest daughter. Larry joins the fire service, and Gerry falls in love.
Director: Niall MacCormick
Writer: Simon Nye
6.3/103 votes#14 - Redux
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2015
When one of Michel Dorn's prosecutors is kidnapped, he recruits new team members and reactivates the unit to tackle the case.
Director: Niall MacCormick
Writer: Frank Spotnitz
6.0/104 votes#15 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/9/2021
Rose and the Ragdoll killer engage in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which Rose is pushed to the edge. Baxter goes back to basics to try and track down the killer while Edmunds’ piqued suspicions put her on the right track but also land her in grave danger.
Director: Niall MacCormick
Writer: Freddy Syborn
5.3/104 votes#16 - Episode 7
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 4/29/2018
Writer Henry Miller visits Larry on Corfu, and Sven is under scrutiny from the police for being gay. Leslie is forced to arrest him, causing conflict in the Durrell household.
Director: Niall MacCormick
Writer: Simon Nye
5.0/104 votes#17 - Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/16/2021
Rose is forced to confront his choices as Baxter tries to help him choose a path of redemption; Baxter and Edmunds are faced with a difficult decision as Rose's name becomes that last one left on the kill list; Edmund's dark past is revealed.
Director: Niall MacCormick
Writer: Freddy Syborn
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"Episode 8" is the best rated episode directed by Niall MacCormick. It scored 9.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by Simon Nye. It aired on 5/6/2018 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Episode 1".