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The Best Episodes of Agatha Christie's Poirot

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection...

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  1. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - The Mysterious Affair at Styles

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    S3:E1

    Recovering from the horrors of World War I, British Army officer Arthur Hastings hopes to find peace and quiet at a country manor in the English countryside. But when the matriarch dies during the night from strychnine poisoning, Hastings enlists the help of an old friend staying nearby with other war refugees to help solve the murder: former Belgian police detective Hercule Poirot.

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    Director:Ross Devenish
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.6/10(2.7k votes)

    #2 - Curtain: Poirot's Last Case

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    S13:E5

    An ailing Poirot returns to Styles with Hastings nearly three decades after solving their first mystery together there in order to prevent an unscrupulous and ingenious serial killer from claiming more victims.

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  3. 8.5/10(3.0k votes)

    #3 - The ABC Murders

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    S4:E1

    Beside the bodies of three murder victims lies a copy of the ABC Railway Guide.

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    Director:Andrew Grieve
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.2/10(16 votes)

    #4 - Wasps' Nest

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    S3:E5

    Poirot visits a garden fete, where a wasps' nest adds to the tension. He meets the son of an old friend who has his girl-friend, a fashion model, with him, and Poirot soon suspects that they are both in danger. He has to solve a mystery which includes cyanide, failing brakes and mixed-up love lives. Meanwhile, Hastings has a new hobby which Poirot finds helpful in cracking the case.

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    Director:Brian Farnham
    Writer:N/A
  5. 8.2/10(1.9k votes)

    #5 - The Chocolate Box

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    S5:E6

    Poirot returns to Belgium for the first time since the Great War. There he revisits a twenty-year-old murder mystery that was never officially solved.

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    Director:Ken Grieve
    Writer:N/A
  6. 8.2/10(23 votes)

    #6 - Five Little Pigs

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    S9:E1

    Lucy Crale hires Poirot to solve the murder of her father sixteen years before, and Poirot finds a number of possible suspects who are still alive.

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    Director:Paul Unwin
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 8.1/10(2.5k votes)

    #7 - Peril at End House

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    S2:E1

    Poirot and Hastings take a holiday in Cornwall, looking for peace and quiet. They meet Miss Nick Buckley, who lives near their hotel at End House, and she tells Poirot she has had three near-fatal accidents in a few weeks. He then finds a bullet hole in her hat, returns with her to End House and is drawn into a complex murder investigation.....

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    Director:Renny Rye
    Writer:N/A
  9. 8.1/10(14 votes)

    #8 - The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor

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    S3:E6

    Poirot is summoned to Marsdon by the owner of a country inn there to solve a murder. But the inn-keeper is a would-be thriller writer, and to Poirot's dismay the murder turns out to be fictional. Thankfully, though, there is soon a real (if seemingly supernatural) murder at the big house. Things get even more interesting when a young wife claims that a tree in her garden is haunted by a laughing ghost, and there are also signs of black magic from East Africa. Poirot lays a clever ambush to smoke out the killer,confident that he or she will turn out to be human.

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    Director:Renny Rye
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  10. 8.1/10(2.4k votes)

    #9 - The Labours of Hercules

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    S13:E4

    In an effort to recover his confidence after a rare professional failure, Poirot sets off for the Swiss Alps in pursuit of a missing maid.

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    Director:Andy Wilson
    Writer:N/A
  11. 8.0/10(2.8k votes)

    #10 - Hercule Poirot's Christmas

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    S6:E1

    Poirot's Christmas is interrupted by Simeon Lee, who believes his life is threatened. Simeon is soon killed and his diamonds stolen.

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  12. 8.0/10(2.3k votes)

    #11 - Dumb Witness

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    S6:E4

    Poirot and Hastings are at Lake Windermere for an attempt on the world speed-boat record. An elderly widow is hurt by falling down stairs, then later killed by poisoning with phosphorus.

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  13. 8.0/10(2.9k votes)

    #12 - Evil Under the Sun

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    S8:E1

    After collapsing with heart problems, Hercule Poirot visits a seaside health farm on Burgh Island. While there, the flirtatious heiress Arlena Stewart is found strangled on a secluded beach.

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    Director:Brian Farnham
    Writer:N/A
  14. 8.0/10(2.8k votes)

    #13 - After the Funeral

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    S10:E3

    Hercule Poirot's solicitor, Gilbert Entwhistle, asks Poirot to help solve a riddle and a murder.

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  15. 8.0/10(5.3k votes)

    #14 - Murder on the Orient Express

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    S12:E3

    Poirot investigates the murder of a shady American businessman stabbed in his compartment on the Orient Express when it is blocked by a blizzard in Croatia.

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  16. 8.0/10(2.4k votes)

    #15 - Elephants Can Remember

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    S13:E1

    Poirot investigates a strange and gruesome murder of an elderly psychiatrist. Ariadne Oliver is pressed to try and uncover the truth behind two decade-old deaths. They soon find out that their separate investigations are linked and work together to try and solve the mystery.

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  17. 7.9/10(19 votes)

    #16 - How Does Your Garden Grow?

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    S3:E2

    Suggestions of a Communist conspiracy cast suspicion on a murdered woman's Russian servant. Meanwhile, Poirot has a rose named after him, and a ceremony at the Chelsea Flower Show makes him the centre of attention. Hastings receives a packet of seeds and develops hay fever.

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    Director:Brian Farnham
    Writer:N/A
  18. 7.9/10(13 votes)

    #17 - The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge

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    S3:E11

    Hercule Poirot accompanies his friend Captain Hastings on a weekend shooting party at the home of Harrington Pace, but he isn't having a very good time. He comes down with the flu and takes to his bed but when Pace is shot dead in his study, he rises to the occasion to assist Inspector Japp in solving the case.

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    Director:Renny Rye
    Writer:N/A
  19. 7.9/10(2.4k votes)

    #18 - Lord Edgware Dies

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    S7:E2

    Lady Edgware has a dilemma in that her husband has consistently refused to give her a divorce. She asks Hercule Poirot to visit the man and see if there is any possibility of convincing him. When Lord Edgware is found dead, there is no great surprise, but there are a good number of suspects.

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    Director:Brian Farnham
    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.9/10(2.4k votes)

    #19 - Cat Among the Pigeons

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    S11:E2

    Poirot finds a connection between a recent murder and a revolution in the Middle Eastern kingdom of Ramat.

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    Director:James Kent
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  21. 7.9/10(2.4k votes)

    #20 - The Clocks

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    S12:E4

    Four clocks surround an unidentified corpse in a blind woman's house, and a young typist is summoned to the crime scene. However, Poirot is convinced that the complicated setup is merely hiding a simpler solution.

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    Director:Ashley Pearce
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  22. 7.9/10(2.2k votes)

    #21 - Dead Man's Folly

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    S13:E3

    Ariadne Oliver is asked to devise a murder hunt for a Devon fête, but her sense of foreboding summons Poirot to the scene. Her fears are realized when, during the fête, the girl playing her murder victim winds up well and truly murdered.

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    Director:Tom Vaughan
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  23. 7.8/10(31 votes)

    #22 - The Adventure of the Clapham Cook

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    S1:E1

    A Mrs Ernestine Todd, from Clapham, asks Poirot to help her find her cook, Eliza, who has disappeared. Poirot, who aims to accept only really significant cases, is at first insulted by such a trivial request. However, after he sees the contents of the missing cook's trunk, he decides the case could prove to be worthy of his talents.

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  24. 7.8/10(23 votes)

    #23 - Murder in the Mews

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    S1:E2

    Within hours of the Bonfire Night fireworks beginning Poirot finds himself investigating a violent death in Hastings' mews garage.

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  25. 7.8/10(20 votes)

    #24 - The Third Floor Flat

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    S1:E5

    Poirot discovers a murder in his own block of flats, and goes on the trail of boisterous neighbours and strange nocturnal noises in the lift shaft.

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  26. 7.8/10(1.8k votes)

    #25 - The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim

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    S2:E5

    Matthew Davenheim, a rich banker, disappears on a walk from his country house to the village post office, and Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard is put onto the case. Poirot, who has developed an interest in conjuring tricks, bets Japp five pounds that he can solve the mystery without leaving his apartment.

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    Director:Andrew Grieve
    Writer:N/A

Best Episodes Summary

"The Mysterious Affair at Styles" is the best rated episode of "Agatha Christie's Poirot". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Ross Devenish and written by N/A, it aired on 9/16/1990. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Curtain: Poirot's Last Case".