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Brighton based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job, but his career is currently at rock bottom. He’s fixated by the disappearance of his beloved

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Grace Season 2 Episode 4 - Dead Tomorrow
    6.9/10(8 votes)

    #1 - Dead Tomorrow

    S2:E4

    When a body is dredged up from the seabed of the English Channel, it sets in motion a truly disturbing investigation which forces Grace to ask himself just how far anyone might go to save the ones they love.

    Director:Kate Saxon
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  2. Grace Season 3 Episode 2 - Dead Man's Grip
    7.2/10(505 votes)

    #2 - Dead Man's Grip

    S3:E2

    Grace and his team are called to the site of a tragic road traffic collision involving three vehicles: an articulated lorry, a car and a blue pickup truck. An unexpected discovery at the scene, found on the victim, soon suggests there could be far more to this particular accident than meets the eye, sparking an unsettling chain of events which leads Grace and Branson on a tense, desperate game of cat and mouse through the city of Brighton to save an innocent life before time runs out.

    Director:Isher Sahota
    Writer:Ed Whitmore

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  3. Grace Season 1 Episode 1 - Dead Simple
    7.3/10(1087 votes)

    #3 - Dead Simple

    S1:E1

    Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is approached by colleague Detective Sergeant Branson to help investigate the disappearance of a Brighton property developer.

    Director:John Alexander
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  4. Grace Season 2 Episode 1 - Looking Good Dead
    7.3/10(702 votes)

    #4 - Looking Good Dead

    S2:E1

    Grace senses a connection between a single death and the discovery of human remains in a field. But his superior is not convinced.

    Director:John Alexander
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  5. Grace Season 2 Episode 2 - Not Dead Enough
    7.3/10(598 votes)

    #5 - Not Dead Enough

    S2:E2

    Months on from his last investigation, and with Grace's team still reeling from the fallout, Roy must prove that a wealthy Brighton businessman has brutally murdered his wife.

    Director:Henrik Georgsson
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  6. Grace Season 5 Episode 1 - Dead If You Don't
    7.3/10(257 votes)

    #6 - Dead If You Don't

    S5:E1

    A Brighton football stadium receives a terrifying demand that locks Grace into a frantic race to save countless lives and prevent a chilling death.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Grace Season 2 Episode 3 - Dead Man’s Footsteps
    7.4/10(560 votes)

    #7 - Dead Man’s Footsteps

    S2:E3

    A sinister inquiry into skeletal remains found in a forgotten Brighton storm drain takes Grace down a labyrinthine trail through the past.

    Director:Brian Kelly
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  8. Grace Season 4 Episode 1 - Dead Man's Time
    7.4/10(493 votes)

    #8 - Dead Man's Time

    S4:E1

    A vicious robbery at a secluded Brighton home, draws Grace and Branson into a puzzling enquiry when thousands of pounds worth of beautiful antiques are stolen from the house. As Grace digs deeper into this mysterious crime, he unearths a web of ancient grudges - a web which leads him down a dark, murderous trail through the world of Brighton antiques, in a race against the clock, to untangle who is at the heart of this robbery, and bring Gavin Daly the answers he has been desperately chasing for many years.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Grace Season 3 Episode 3 - Not Dead Yet
    7.5/10(463 votes)

    #9 - Not Dead Yet

    S3:E3

    A rising music star, Gaia Lafayette, receives the opportunity of a lifetime, and the same night that she excitedly announces to her devoted fans that she and her band are headed to LA, a shocking turn of events leads Grace and Branson to believe someone may be trying to harm her. With a perpetrator on the loose, Roy must deduce who of Gaia’s fanbase may be concealing sinister intentions. Meanwhile, a grisly discovery on a remote Sussex pig farm puts Roy under serious pressure, forcing him to split his team in order to investigate two impossible lines of enquiry.

    Director:William Sinclair
    Writers:Caroline Ip, Ben Court

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  10. Grace Season 4 Episode 2 - Want You Dead
    7.5/10(431 votes)

    #10 - Want You Dead

    S4:E2

    Grace and Branson investigate a case where nothing is truly as it first appears. When an unidentified victim is found dead in curious circumstances, the post mortem reveals more questions than it does answers. As Grace works to identify the body, hoping this might provide some crucial clue as to the killer’s motive, he soon has another death on his hands when a second victim shows up in central Brighton, discovered in similarly bizarre circumstances.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Grace Season 4 Episode 3 - You Are Dead
    7.5/10(429 votes)

    #11 - You Are Dead

    S4:E3

    Grace and Branson are thrown into what is possibly their most disturbing and high-profile case yet, when an unsettling discovery of skeletal remains is unearthed by workmen digging up a path in central Brighton. Meanwhile, across the city that same morning, a victim is snatched in broad daylight. With no witnesses and no sign of who took her, Grace starts to suspect whether the victim’s fiancé is lying to the police.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Grace Season 5 Episode 3 - Need You Dead
    7.5/10(224 votes)

    #12 - Need You Dead

    S5:E3

    When a woman is discovered murdered in her flat, the evidence first points to a burglary gone wrong in a case that conceals a chilling secret.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Grace Season 5 Episode 4 - Find Them Dead
    7.5/10(192 votes)

    #13 - Find Them Dead

    S5:E4

    A high-stakes criminal trial of a ruthless Brighton drug lord and a puzzling double murder investigation push Grace's team to the very brink.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Grace Season 3 Episode 1 - Dead Like You
    7.6/10(582 votes)

    #14 - Dead Like You

    S3:E1

    A chilling event at the Royal Edward hotel on the night of Assistant Chief Constable, Alison Vosper’s leaving do forces Grace and Branson into a difficult position when they must investigate all hotel guests, including high ranking East Sussex police attendees. Something about the incident is causing a deep unease in Grace- he knows he’s seen this before. Has a sinister offender from Grace’s past dubbed the Brighton Prowler resurfaced or is this a copycat? As the attacks continue, Grace is convinced it’s the same man- and delving into the past may be the key to saving the next victim.

    Director:Camilla Strøm Henriksen
    Writers:Caroline Ip, Ben Court

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  15. Grace Season 4 Episode 4 - Love You Dead
    7.7/10(434 votes)

    #15 - Love You Dead

    S4:E4

    When a known Brighton burglar is found dead in his car, in gruesome circumstances, his wife claims that he had turned over a new leaf, but all the evidence points to the fact the victim may still have been up to his old tricks and was breaking and entering on the night he was killed. As Grace and the team work to hone in on the circumstances leading to the victim’s death, Roy receives a call from a US police contact about a crime abroad which bears the hallmarks of a mafia hit. The police are keen to trace a woman they believe to be from Brighton, who could be in danger. As Roy scours the city to help find her, it becomes apparent he isn’t the only one looking for this mysterious woman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Grace Season 5 Episode 2 - Dead at First Sight
    7.8/10(223 votes)

    #16 - Dead at First Sight

    S5:E2

    When the death of a businessman at a Brighton hotel initially suggests a crime of passion, Grace’s team must unravel a tangled web of mistaken identity linked to a painful secret.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Dead Tomorrow" is the worst rated episode of "Grace". It scored 6.9/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Kate Saxon and written by Russell Lewis, it aired on 5/22/2022. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Dead Man's Grip".