The Best Episodes Directed By Paul Mcguigan

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.5/10(275 votes)

   #1 - A Scandal in Belgravia

   S2:E11/1/2012

   Blackmail threatens the monarchy and Sherlock is about to meet the woman who beats him.

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   8.3/10(252 votes)

   #2 - The Great Game

   S1:E38/8/2010

   A strange clue in an empty room, a blood-soaked car, a priceless Old Master, a deranged bomber. With the clock ticking, the curtain rises on a battle of wits between Sherlock, John and the shadowy stranger who seems to know all the answers...

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   8.2/10(297 votes)

   #3 - A Study in Pink

   S1:E17/25/2010

   A war hero, invalided home from Afghanistan, meets a strange but charismatic genius who is looking for a flatmate; it is London, 2010, and Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes are meeting for the first time. A string of impossible suicides has Scotland Yard baffled - and only one man can help.

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   7.8/10(237 votes)

   #4 - The Hounds of Baskerville

   S2:E21/8/2012

   A hound from hell. Sherlock's most famous case. But is a monster really stalking Dartmoor?

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   7.6/10(52 votes)

   #5 - Pilot

   S1:E19/21/2016

   Lower-level cabinet member Tom Kirkman becomes President of the United States after a catastrophic attack on the U.S. Capitol. Kirkman must keep the country and his family safe while leading the search for the those responsible for the attack.

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   7.3/10(73 votes)

   #6 - Code of the Streets

   S1:E29/30/2016

   Luke is pulled deeper into the fight for his neighborhood when, as a favor to an old friend, he tries to help a kid who's in trouble with Cottonmouth.

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   7.2/10(86 votes)

   #7 - Moment of Truth

   S1:E19/30/2016

   With tension building in the streets of Harlem thanks to ruthless club owner Cottonmouth, Luke finds it increasingly difficult to live a quiet life.

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8. 

   6.6/10(16 votes)

   #8 - Episode 1

   S1:E19/26/2022

   The lives of a prisoner on death row, a journalist looking for a story, a vicar in a sleepy English town and a maths tutor trapped in a cellar intertwine in a deadly way.

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   6.4/10(15 votes)

   #9 - Episode 2

   S1:E29/27/2022

   Condemned prisoner Jefferson Grieff has a mission for journalist Beth Davenport, and vicar Harry Watling faces an impossible choice.

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    6.4/10(15 votes)

    #10 - Episode 3

    S1:E310/3/2022

    As Harry’s dilemma worsens, the fate of his family hangs in the balance - but he’s determined to do the right thing. Meanwhile, Beth Davenport meets one of Jefferson Grieff’s helpers in the outside world, who delivers a chilling warning. In the cellar, Janice’s desperation grows.

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    6.3/10(16 votes)

    #11 - Episode 4

    S1:E410/4/2022

    As events spiral out of control, Jefferson Grieff prepares to face execution - and time is also running out for Janice Fife in the cellar. An increasingly desperate Harry Watling struggles to do the right thing - but can he stay on the side of the angels and still keep his wife and son safe?

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    6.0/10(46 votes)

    #12 - The Dark Compass

    S1:E31/3/2020

    Count Dracula has made it to England —a new world pulsing with fresh blood— and lays his plans to spread his foul vampire contagion. But why does he set his sights on the seemingly ordinary Lucy Westenra?

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