The Best Episodes Directed By Paul Gay

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(5 votes)

   #1 - The Darkest Evening

   S12:E42/19/2023

   On the night of a massive storm, trying to get home, DCI Vera Stanhope (Brenda Blethyn) comes across an abandoned car with a baby inside. With no mobile signal and blocked roads at every turn, Vera is forced to seek refuge somewhere she’d rather not be, Brockburn House, the Stanhope’s ancestral pile. Vera doesn’t exactly receive a warm welcome from her estranged family as there’s a function in full swing and her turning up with a baby isn’t a great look. Things start to look even worse and take a far sinister turn when a body is found on the track leading to Brockburn House.

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   8.0/10(21 votes)

   #2 - Cassie

   S1:E22/1/2007

   Cassie's family and friends are too wrapped up in their own worlds to notice that she's not eating - but there is someone who cares.

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #3 - The Sea Glass

   S6:E42/21/2016

   A fisherman's body is found tangled up in a North Sea trawler's net. Vera and her team investigate with the help of the local harbourmaster

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #4 - Blood Will Tell

   S10:E11/12/2020

   DCI Vera Stanhope must unravel the circumstances of self-styled entrepreneur Freddie Gill's death when his body is found by bailiffs, attempting to repossess his house.

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #5 - The Dark Wives

   S14:E21/2/2025

   A student violently killed and dumped at the foot of three mythical monoliths and a missing girl sets Vera on an investigation that triggers memories from her own childhood.

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   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #6 - Witness

   S11:E18/29/2021

   DCI Vera Stanhope must unravel the mystery when well-respected local builder and family man Jim Tullman is found beaten to death on the steps of the Collingwood Monument the day before he was due to testify in court as the key witness in a violent assault case.

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   7.5/10(20 votes)

   #7 - Michelle

   S1:E73/8/2007

   Time's up for Tony. His girlfriend Michelle just isn't going to take it anymore. Nor is she going to take her mum's latest husband Malcolm; toy boy, business failure and serial idiot to boot.

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8. 

   7.3/10(22 votes)

   #8 - Tony

   S1:E11/25/2007

   Tony's a smart kid. So smart he believes that he can get his best mate Sid laid... and make a profit.

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9. 

   7.3/10(10 votes)

   #9 - Pure (2)

   S7:E47/22/2013

   Cassie's strange new relationship is put to the test when she lets someone else take her picture.

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    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #10 - Tyger Tyger

    S11:E31/9/2022

    When security foreman Gary Mallon is fatally wounded during a robbery at a Blyth container port the evidence points to an audacious heist that went awry. Vera begins to suspect an inside job. But the investigation takes an unexpected turn when Gary’s ex-wife contacts police with the news that their 13-year-old son is missing. Gary Mallon was acting under duress - the victim of a tiger kidnapping. His son was being held as collateral - but where is he now? In order to rescue the missing boy, Vera first needs to work out who was behind the robbery. Further complications ensue when she finds herself forced to collaborate with an NCA Officer who is working on a covert surveillance operation with links to organised crime. As Vera closes in on the kidnappers a misstep in the investigation leads to tragic repercussions, and she finds herself taken off the case.

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11. 

    6.9/10(10 votes)

    #11 - Pure (1)

    S7:E37/15/2013

    Cassie has returned from the USA, alone. As she negotiates a solitary new life in London, she finds friendship in unexpected places.

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