9.0/102 votesLoading...#1 - Care
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/23/2009
A body is found at a London hospital, but can the police and the Crown Prosecutors bring the person responsible to justice?
Director: Omar Madha
Writer: N/A
8.0/101 votesLoading...#2 - Paradise
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/30/2009
Was the arson attack on a Turkish club claiming 17 lives racially motivated - or something even more sinister? James Steel and Alesha Phllips struggle to build the case.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chris Chibnall
8.0/101 votesLoading...#3 - Samaritan
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/11/2010
A police officer is killed in a shoot out with a drug dealer. Based on the testimony of another dealer, Brooks and Devlin must determine whether back up was slow to arrive and left the officer to die because he was gay.
Director: Andy Goddard
Writer: Chris Chibnall
8.0/101 votesLoading...#4 - Sacrifice
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/2010
A man found in a park, with his kidney stolen. It seems a respected doctor is involved. George Castle defends a friend in the case.
Director: N/A
Writer: Terry Cafolla
8.0/101 votesLoading...#5 - Customs
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 4/9/2014
The body of elderly businesswoman Ranya Habib is found at a suicide spot but foul play is suspected after a neighbour tells Ronnie he heard her arguing with somebody.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votesLoading...#6 - Unloved
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/2/2009
When a teenager is murdered, the alleged killer's defence barrister has an audacious plan up her sleeve.
Director: N/A
Writer: Terry Cafolla
7.0/101 votesLoading...#7 - Unsafe
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/16/2009
A convicted murderer who has been studying law inside is given the chance to appeal and chooses to represent himself in court against James Steel - his former prosecutor.
Director: Andy Goddard
Writer: Chris Chibnall
7.0/101 votesLoading...#8 - Alesha
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/6/2009
With scant evidence James Steel and Alesha Phillips find themselves up against a tenacious barrister defending an eminent doctor accused of sexually assaulting a patient.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/102 votesLoading...#9 - Hidden
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/18/2010
Devlin and Brooks investigate the case of a 10 year-old girl, Jodie Gaines, who was kidnapped, and then found two weeks later dead, in a rubbish bin. A suspect is found but all is not as it seems.
Director: N/A
Writer: Emilia di Girolamo
7.0/102 votesLoading...#10 - Love And Loss
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/2010
When a teenage girl dies of a heroin overdose. Devlin and Brooks must find out how and why she came to be a drug mule.
Director: N/A
Writer: Terry Cafolla
7.0/101 votesLoading...#11 - The Wrong Man
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 7/10/2011
Brought into A&E with flu-like symptoms and leaving in a body bag, Suzanne Morton’s death is treated as suspicious by DS Ronnie Brooks and DS Matt Devlin as they investigate a hospital department which has had three such untimely deaths within six months. With an extremely busy A&E ward the night Suzanne died, can our heroes find the killer before the killer finds their next victim? Senior Crown Prosecutor, Jake Thorne is pulled in opposite directions when the chief suspect in the case claims to have been framed for the murder by others within his department. With a conspiracy of silence permeating the hospital staff, it’s clear that there’s more to this case than meets the eye and only by penetrating the web of professional loyalties can the truth emerge
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votesLoading...#12 - Flaw
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 3/12/2014
Ronnie and new partner Joe Hawkins, who has come from the child protection unit, investigate a gruesome double murder where the victims' hands and teeth were removed.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votesLoading...#13 - Bad Romance
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 4/16/2014
Maids find blood-stained sheets but no body in a hotel room, booked with a credit card stolen from businessman Charles Hutton by Rufus Barton, a school classmate and secret lover of Hutton's daughter Georgia.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.0/101 votesLoading...#14 - Hounded
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/2010
When the body of a 16 year old girl is found dead in her home in the middle of the afternoon, the investigating police cannot be sure a crime was even committed. With no forensic evidence and nothing to suggest the victim didn't die of natural causes, Matt and Ronnie question why they have been called out in the first place. However, the mother's victim believes she was raped because she never slept naked. On further investigation, an unlikely murder weapon is uncovered and a likely suspect - someone with whom Crown Prosecutor James Steel has a history. Determined the accused is guilty, James pursues him with every power available. Like a man possessed, he pushes the boundaries of the law to the legal limit. Is our hero persecuting an innocent man or justified in his convictions?
Director: N/A
Writer: Catherine Tregenna
6.0/101 votesLoading...#15 - ID
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 3/21/2011
The case starts with the murder of a doctor in the car park of the hospital where she works. What initially seems like a crime of passion soon unravels into a conspiracy involving senior government officials. Risking their careers, James and Alesha must get to the bottom of this case before another life is destroyed.
Director: N/A
Writer: Emilia di Girolamo
6.0/101 votesLoading...#16 - Duty of Care
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 3/28/2011
The police investigate a suspicious fire that resulted in the death of 13 year-old Ian Parnell. His mother Megan managed to escape but the pathologist confirms that Ian died of smoke inhalation. The boy was severely disabled and unable to care for himself. They follow several false leads including an absent father who is behind on his support payments and a couple of neighborhood lads who were known to have harassed the dead boy. In the end, the evidence points to the mother. In court James and Alesha come up against a barrister who refuses all reasonable offers to settle the case. His disdain for his client leads him to mount a series of increasingly ridiculous defenses. When the truth finally emerges, the Crown prosecutors face a moral dilemma.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dick Wolf
4.5/102 votesLoading...#17 - Vice
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/9/2009
When a former vice cop is discovered beaten to death in an underpass, DS Ronnie Brooks and DS Matt Devlin find their investigation going in unexpected directions.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chris Chibnall
4.5/102 votesLoading...#18 - Honour Bound
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/2010
A drug sting apparently goes bad resulting in the death of an informant. Devlin feeling something was not right about the situation digs into the past of the involved detective. Unfortunately this brings up a question of Brooks involvement in a drug theft from six years earlier.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chris Chibnall
1.0/101 votesLoading...#19 - Broken
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/2010
The terrifying CCTV image of a toddler being led to his death haunts this episode of Law & Order UK which deals with the difficult and morally complex issue of children who kill. As a society, we are very unforgiving of child killers but if the killers themselves are only children, it begs the question - who really is responsible for the crime? With two children in the frame, each blaming the other, can forensic evidence prove who is guilty of strangling little Conor to death? In an emotionally gut wrenching episode, George defies his superiors and instead takes instruction from the victim's mother who has a surprising point of view on the crime. Can the justice system, and ultimately the government, afford to be lenient?
Director: Andy Goddard
Writer: Emilia di Girolamo
1.0/101 votesLoading...#20 - Survivor
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/2010
Survivor begins with the investigation into the murder of Prison Officer Charlie Tyner who is found shot dead on a council estate in Hackney. It soon comes to light that, rather than being the good clean officer of Her Majesty's Prison Service we first believe him to be, Charlie Tyner is corrupt and taking advantage of his position in prison in a number of ways. There are plenty of prisoners inside with reason enough to want to kill Charlie but, being in prison, they have solid alibis so who killed Charlie and why? Crown Prosecutors James Steel and Alesha Phillips find themselves at odds with their boss, George Castle, who is keen to bring to justice the killer of a prison officer. James and Alesha can't help but feel Tyner's abuse should be brought into consideration when charging the accused. And they have their eye on a much greater prize - a career criminal connected to Tyner who has evaded the justice system for too long. Can James and Alesha convince the key witness to give evidence against a man she claims to love?
Director: N/A
Writer: Emilia di Girolamo
NaN/100 votesLoading...#21 - Buried
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/23/2009
The 20-year-old unsolved death of a young boy leads to the discovery of repressed memories, and a risky case for James and Alesha.
Director: N/A
Writer: Catherine Tregenna
NaN/100 votesLoading...#22 - Community Service
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/25/2010
A homeless man is found beaten and unconscious in a park. Because he is bipolar his testimony is disjointed and make him unable to identify his attacked. A neighbourhood resident is charged with the premeditated attack.
Director: Ken Grieve
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#23 - Defence
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/2010
When three people are brutally murdered in a shop in central London and a fourth left for dead, Matt and Ronnie are up against the clock to find the killer who they fear could strike again at any moment. The nature of the attack was frenzied and brutal with the killer using a bayonet to slay his victims. With this information and a photofit, Matt and Ronnie are quickly must identify the killer before they strike again. James assumes a straightforward case ahead of him. However, things take an unexpected turn when he learns that the defendant has brilliant legal support. With the case for defence looking very strong, James' only hope is to convince a deluded defendant to accept responsibility for his crimes.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#24 - Confession
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/2010
This week's case hits close to home for DS Matt Devlin when investigating the death of a police officer, and his best friend, PS Pete Garvey. Devlin and Garvey had known each other since childhood and when Matt discovers Pete had recently been in contact with their childhood parish priest Jonathan Nugent (Matthew Marsh), his suspicions are alerted as Pete claimed to have been sexually abused by him as a child. With nothing but suspicions and unfounded rumours to go on, a murder charge cannot be brought against Nugent. Now a married man with a family of his own, can Matt really be sure they've got the right man? James and Alesha take an unusual approach in order to bring a charge - any charge - against the accused in a desperate attempt to get the case home.
Director: N/A
Writer: Terry Cafolla
NaN/100 votesLoading...#25 - Masquerade
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/2010
The mystery surrounding the stabbing of student, Archie Rahman, has our cops chasing their tails when the only clue they have to go on is a library book checked out on the day of his murder. Two students connected to the book have given an alibi for each other but one of them is lying and it's down to our cops to find out which one. When the perpetrator eventually confesses and claims to have acted in self-defence, Alesha is forced to face past demons. It's a delicate balancing act for James who is tasked not only with prosecuting the offender but also with defending a dead victim. Unless the truth of what happened that day is uncovered, a murderer could walk free or an innocent victim be wrongly convicted.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Stokes
The Best Episodes of Law & Order: UK
Every episode of Law & Order: UK ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Law & Order: UK!
Adapted from the hit US series, Law & Order: UK follows a team of police detectives and prosecutors representing the public interest in the criminal...
Genre:Drama
Network:ITV1
Best Episodes Summary
"Care" is the best rated episode of "Law & Order: UK". It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Omar Madha and written by N/A, it aired on 2/23/2009. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Paradise".