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The Best Episodes of Cracker Season 3

Every episode of Cracker Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Cracker Season 3!

The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:ITV1

Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Brotherly Love (1)" is the best rated episode of "Cracker" season 3. It scored 8.3/10 based on 305 votes. Directed by Roy Battersby and written by Jimmy McGovern, it aired on 10/22/1995. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Brotherly Love (2)".

  • Brotherly Love (1)
    8.3/10305 votes

    #1 - Brotherly Love (1)

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/22/1995

    A Catholic father-of-four is arrested after a prostitute is found murdered, but he denies the crime. Beck returns from sick leave to work alongside Penhaligon, who is privately convinced that Beck raped her but has no forensic evidence. While Fitz faces a family tragedy, a second prostitute is attacked while the chief suspect is still in custody.

    Director: Roy Battersby

    Writer: Jimmy McGovern

  • Brotherly Love (2)
    8.3/10216 votes

    #2 - Brotherly Love (2)

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/23/1995

    An identical murder takes place while David Harvey is in custody. Fitz visits his priest brother Michael and accuses him of murder, while Maggie Harvey demands that her husband is released.

    Director: Roy Battersby

    Writer: Jimmy McGovern

  • Brotherly Love (3)
    8.6/10229 votes

    #3 - Brotherly Love (3)

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/29/1995

    After another prostitute is slain, Fitz comes to believe that David Harvey's wife Maggie is the killer, in spite of vehement protesting by the police and his brother, Father Michael.

    Director: Roy Battersby

    Writer: Jimmy McGovern

  • Best Boys (1)
    8.2/10320 votes

    #4 - Best Boys (1)

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/6/1995

    Bill Nash smiles at Stuart Grady, and, in those few seconds, changes the course of their lives and inadvertently turns them both to murder. Meanwhile, on the domestic front, Judith finally rebels.

    Director: Charles McDougall

    Writer: Paul Abbott

  • Best Boys (2)
    8.1/10223 votes

    #5 - Best Boys (2)

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/1995

    Fitz is pitched against Grady and Nash, whose relationship is now spinning dangerously out of control.

    Director: Charles McDougall

    Writer: Paul Abbott

  • True Romance (1)
    8.3/10297 votes

    #6 - True Romance (1)

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/1995

    Fitz privately advises a patient who seems to be having problems with her husband. Fitz's advice, for which he charges her £50, leads her to conclude that she should leave him.

    Director: Tim Fywell

    Writer: Paul Abbott

  • True Romance (2)
    8.2/10196 votes

    #7 - True Romance (2)

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/27/1995

    Fitz is asking DCI Wise to replace him with Irene as the killer may stop killing if she realises she is not getting the shrink's undivided attention. Irene agrees to change, but finds the nature of the job, and the pictures of her dead students too much to stomach and goes missing.

    Director: Tim Fywell

    Writer: Paul Abbott