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The Best Episodes of Father Matteo Season 1

Every episode of Father Matteo Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Father Matteo Season 1!

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Don Matteo is a thoroughly ordinary Catholic priest with an extraordinary ability to read people and solve crimes. He’s a parish priest who never met an unjustly accused person he didn’t want to help.

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 1 - The Foreign Man
    7.9/10(56 votes)

    #1 - The Foreign Man

    S1:E1

    In the series premiere, parish priest Don Matteo investigates a young man's apparent suicide.

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  2. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 2 - Trivial Operation
    7.7/10(37 votes)

    #2 - Trivial Operation

    S1:E2

    The murder of a doctor is investigated.

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  3. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 3 - The Courage to Speak
    7.8/10(34 votes)

    #3 - The Courage to Speak

    S1:E3

    Don Matteo's help is needed by a young woman, whose family is in financial distress and being blackmailed. The citizens, surprised about their priest's meetings with this beautiful woman, start to spread rumours.

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  4. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 4 - Anna
    7.3/10(33 votes)

    #4 - Anna

    S1:E4

    Don Matteo investigates a drug ring that attacked an undercover police officer.

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  5. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 5 - The Scorpion's Strategy
    7.4/10(29 votes)

    #5 - The Scorpion's Strategy

    S1:E5

    An inmate is killed in jail. Suspicion falls on a prisoner who claims to be not guilty, although his fingerprints were found on the murder weapon. A scorpion fight, organized by the citizens, points Don Matteo in the right direction.

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  6. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    7.4/10(29 votes)

    #6 - Episode 6

    S1:E6

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  8. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 7 - The Antique Rose
    7.7/10(28 votes)

    #7 - The Antique Rose

    S1:E7

    Don Matteo is asked for help: Unfaithful wife Annalisa wants to save her marriage. Soon after this conversation she is found dead, her husband becomes main suspect. Don Matteo finds out that someone observed the victim.

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  9. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 8 - The Little Angel
    7.7/10(26 votes)

    #8 - The Little Angel

    S1:E8

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  10. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 9 - Awaiting Trial
    7.4/10(25 votes)

    #9 - Awaiting Trial

    S1:E9

    Police officers find Don Matteo, gun in hand, next to a dead body. What happened? During a fight with the killer, the weapon was pushed in the priest's hands while the real murderer escaped. Imprisoned Don Matteo starts to investigate.

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  11. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 10 - Blackmail
    7.5/10(25 votes)

    #10 - Blackmail

    S1:E10

    A well known entrepreneur is being blackmailed. Suspicion falls on a landlord who had differences with him before. While Don Matteo aids police investigations, the entrepreneur's son is poisoned...

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  12. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 11 - The Actor
    7.9/10(24 votes)

    #11 - The Actor

    S1:E11

    A film team comes to town. An actor is killed on the set - the gun was loaded with real bullets! The person responsible for the props seems to have a motive...

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  13. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 12 - Drunk
    8.0/10(26 votes)

    #12 - Drunk

    S1:E12

    An accident occurs during a bus ride. The driver seems to be responsible, tests reveal that he had alcohol in his system. Rumours start to spread in town about the rivalry of two bus enterprises...

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  14. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 13 - Academic Crime
    7.6/10(22 votes)

    #13 - Academic Crime

    S1:E13

    Another homicide in town: An employee of the research center is found dead. A fellow worker is suspected to have committed the crime, but Don Matteo's investigations point in a different direction.

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  15. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 14 - Ageless Love
    7.5/10(25 votes)

    #14 - Ageless Love

    S1:E14

    Don Matteo prepares for a funeral when he finds out that the man, who passed away in an old people's home, didn't die a natural death. Suspicion falls on the victim's son's girlfriend, who offers to anonymously pay for the funeral.

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  16. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 15 - The Fire of the Passion
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #15 - The Fire of the Passion

    S1:E15

    Mr. Morabito has an affair. He buys a rare diamond as a gift for his lover and hides it from his wife - in an inconspicuous container. Mrs. Morabito gives this container - not knowing what really is inside - to Don Matteo, who plans to host a charity event.

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  17. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 16 - The Bad Apple
    7.8/10(24 votes)

    #16 - The Bad Apple

    S1:E16

    A police officer who investigates a drug ring - incognito - is obviously discovered and violently punished by the gang. Don Matteo helps investigations.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Foreign Man" is the best rated episode of "Father Matteo" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 56 votes. Directed by Enrico Oldoini and written by Domenico Saverni, Carlo Mazzotta, Alessandro Bencivenni, it aired on 1/7/2000. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Trivial Operation".