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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 11 - The Actor
    8.1/10(25 votes)

    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...

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writers:Carlo Mazzotta, Paola Catella

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  2. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 12 - Drunk
    8.0/10(27 votes)

    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...

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writer:Anna Samueli

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  3. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 1 - The Foreign Man
    7.9/10(62 votes)

    S1:E1

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

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writers:Carlo Mazzotta, Domenico Saverni, Alessandro Bencivenni

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  4. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 16 - The Bad Apple
    7.9/10(25 votes)

    S1:E16

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

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writers:Carlo Mazzotta, Paola Catella

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  5. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 3 - The Courage to Speak
    7.8/10(38 votes)

    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.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writers:Carlo Mazzotta, Anna Samueli

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  6. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 7 - The Antique Rose
    7.8/10(30 votes)

    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.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writer:Anna Samueli

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

    S1:E8

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    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writers:Domenico Saverni, Alessandro Bencivenni

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  8. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 9 - Awaiting Trial
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    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.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writers:Domenico Saverni, Alessandro Bencivenni

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  9. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 10 - Blackmail
    7.7/10(26 votes)

    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...

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writer:Carlo Mazzotta

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  10. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 13 - Academic Crime
    7.7/10(23 votes)

    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.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writers:Carlo Mazzotta, Luca Manfredi

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  11. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 14 - Ageless Love
    7.7/10(26 votes)

    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.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writer:Carlo Mazzotta

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  12. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 15 - The Fire of the Passion
    7.7/10(26 votes)

    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.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writer:Anna Samueli

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  13. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 2 - Trivial Operation
    7.6/10(41 votes)

    S1:E2

    The murder of a doctor is investigated.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writers:Carlo Mazzotta, Paola Catella

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  14. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 5 - The Scorpion's Strategy
    7.6/10(31 votes)

    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.

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writer:Carlo Mazzotta

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  15. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 4 - Anna
    7.4/10(35 votes)

    S1:E4

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

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writer:Francesca Panzarella

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  16. Father Matteo Season 1 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    7.4/10(31 votes)

    S1:E6

    No description available

    Director:Enrico Oldoini
    Writer:Paola Catella

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Actor" is the best rated episode of "Father Matteo" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by Enrico Oldoini and written by Carlo Mazzotta, Paola Catella, it aired on 2/11/2000. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Drunk".