8.4/10207 votes#1 - A Scandal in Belgravia
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2012
Blackmail threatens the monarchy and Sherlock is about to meet the woman who beats him.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Steven Moffat
8.2/10183 votes#2 - The Great Game
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/8/2010
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...
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Mark Gatiss
8.2/10219 votes#3 - A Study in Pink
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/25/2010
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.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Steven Moffat
7.9/107 votes#4 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/23/2013
The women turn to one another for support when their friend and fellow maid Flora is brutally murdered at the home of her employers, Evelyn and Adrian Powell, at one of the largest society events of the year. Meanwhile, newcomer Marisol is hired to clean the home of Taylor and Michael Stappord, a newlywed couple with a complicated love history. But Marisol has ulterior motives and when someone she loves becomes wrapped up in Flora’s murder, she goes undercover to learn the truth.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Marc Cherry
7.8/1038 votes#5 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2016
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.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: David Guggenheim
7.8/108 votes#6 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/17/2020
While on a road trip to visit her boyfriend in Montana, Danielle Sullivan and her sister Grace are kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote part of the highway, setting off a chain of events that leads private detectives Cody Hoyt and Cassie Dewell to team up with Cody’s estranged wife and ex-cop, Jenny Hoyt, to search for the sisters. But when the investigators discover these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, it’s clear they’ve stumbled onto something much bigger than them all.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: David E. Kelley
7.7/10176 votes#7 - The Hounds of Baskerville
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/2012
A hound from hell. Sherlock's most famous case. But is a monster really stalking Dartmoor?
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Mark Gatiss
7.7/103 votes#8 - Where You Belong
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2019
Jo and Chris must evade the FBI as they investigate an elusive group of cyber terrorists. Ed’s presented with a cancer treatment that seems too good to be true, and a mysterious woman’s attempt to reach Piper puts the entire Evans family in danger.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Kendra Chanae Chapman
7.6/107 votes#9 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/2022
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?
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Steven Moffat
7.4/107 votes#10 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2022
Condemned prisoner Jefferson Grieff has a mission for journalist Beth Davenport, and vicar Harry Watling faces an impossible choice.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Steven Moffat
7.4/107 votes#11 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2022
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.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Steven Moffat
7.3/1060 votes#12 - Code of the Streets
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2016
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.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Cheo Hodari Coker
7.2/1070 votes#13 - Moment of Truth
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2016
With tension building in the streets of Harlem thanks to ruthless club owner Cottonmouth, Luke finds it increasingly difficult to live a quiet life.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Cheo Hodari Coker
7.2/106 votes#14 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2019
A police chief who takes in a young child she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Michele Fazekas
7.2/108 votes#15 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2022
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.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Steven Moffat
7.0/103 votes#16 - What Took so Long?
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/15/2016
Nina closes in on Jane. Claire suffers an emotional breakdown when visiting Ben and Adam's prison. Secrets finally arise.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: N/A
7.0/104 votes#17 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2017
Kevin, who is on a dangerous path of despair, returns to his childhood home in Texas to crash with his widowed twin sister, Amy, and teenaged niece, Reese. It is a strained homecoming - he and his family have grown apart over the years - and Kevin has no real hope that anything will get better. But a series of fantastic events, including a meteorite landing near the house, lead Kevin to meet an unlikely celestial guide, Yvette, who delivers incredible news to Kevin: in every generation there are 36 righteous souls on Earth whose mere existence protects the world. Now Kevin has a mission, whether he wants it or not: “power up” his soul through acts of kindness and selflessness, so that he can eventually find and anoint a new generation of righteous. Yvette will serve as his protector and teacher, a drill sergeant with divine authority, even if she’s the least angel-like person he’s ever met.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Michele Fazekas
7.0/109 votes#18 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/2023
When a murder investigation reveals there’s more to the story than meets the eye, Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) relies on his keen instincts and unique experience to uncover the truth. Along the way, he also reunites with a part of his past that helped shape him into the agent he is now.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Liz Heldens
6.7/103 votes#19 - Killshot (2)
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/28/2020
In the season finale, Jo and Brooks are in danger, and Piper’s determined to help. With Helen’s mysterious plan nearly realized, Piper recruits an unexpected team of allies to find them before it’s too late.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Michele Fazekas
6.6/108 votes#20 - Nowhere to Run
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/24/2020
Forced to form an unlikely team, Cassie and Jenny set out to continue the search for the missing girls. Meanwhile, Danielle, Grace and Jerrie get to work on planning their escape, leading Legarski to struggle with the consequences of his actions as a distracted Ronald deals with a difficult relationship with his mother.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: David E. Kelley
6.1/1033 votes#21 - The Dark Compass
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/3/2020
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?
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Mark Gatiss
6.0/101 votes#22 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2013
The Empire State Lottery is up to $145 million, give or take a few bucks, on a day when most New Yorkers are busy going about their daily routine.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: N/A
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"A Scandal in Belgravia" is the best rated episode directed by Paul McGuigan. It scored 8.4/10 based on 207 votes. It was written by Steven Moffat. It aired on 1/1/2012 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Great Game".