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The Best Episodes of Maigret Season 1

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

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Based on the novels by Georges Simenon, Michael Gambon plays the eponymous detective from the Sûreté in this 1992 revival of the 1960s BBC drama series. Maigret is an intuitutive detective, who investigates his cases

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Maigret Season 1 Episode 1 - The Patience of Maigret
    7.8/10(238 votes)

    #1 - The Patience of Maigret

    S1:E1

    Maigret's patience is tested when the crime boss he has investigated for years, Manuel Palmari, commits another jewellery heist. But when Palmari himself is murdered, Maigret works with the criminal's shady mistress, Aline, to find the killer.

    Director:James Cellan Jones
    Writer:Alan Plater

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  2. Maigret Season 1 Episode 2 - Maigret and the Burglar's Wife
    7.7/10(169 votes)

    #2 - Maigret and the Burglar's Wife

    S1:E2

    Alfred Jussiaum is a safecracker. While he's on the job he finds the dead body of a woman in the house he's robbing. Afraid, he leaves town and asks his wife Ernestine to go to inspector Maigret and report the murder. Maigret goes to the house and the owner a dentist who lives with his mother denies there ever was a robbery much less a murder. Maigret is not convinced and he soon finds out that the doctor's wife who supposedly travelled to Holland the day of the murder hasn’t reached her destination and is nowhere to be found. Someone is lying!

    Director:John Glenister
    Writer:Alan Plater

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  3. Maigret Season 1 Episode 3 - Maigret Goes to School
    7.4/10(147 votes)

    #3 - Maigret Goes to School

    S1:E3

    A schoolmaster from a small fishing village arrives at Maigret's office claiming he's about to be wrongly arrested for murdering the town's disliked postmistress. Maigret travels to the village and discovers a conspiracy of vast proportions amid surly, distrusting villagers.

    Director:James Cellan Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Maigret Season 1 Episode 4 - Maigret and the Mad Woman
    7.5/10(147 votes)

    #4 - Maigret and the Mad Woman

    S1:E4

    An old lady believes that there has been an intruder in her apartment, but before Maigret has a chance to investigate, he learns that she has been murdered in her apartment.

    Director:John Glenister
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Maigret Season 1 Episode 5 - Maigret on Home Ground
    7.4/10(136 votes)

    #5 - Maigret on Home Ground

    S1:E5

    Maigret responds to a warning that a crime is to be committed in the church in his home town during the first mass on All Soul's Day.

    Director:James Cellan Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Maigret Season 1 Episode 6 - Maigret Sets a Trap
    7.9/10(160 votes)

    #6 - Maigret Sets a Trap

    S1:E6

    Maigret sets out to catch a serial killer.

    Director:John Glenister
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Patience of Maigret" is the best rated episode of "Maigret" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 238 votes. Directed by James Cellan Jones and written by Alan Plater, it aired on 2/9/1992. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Maigret and the Burglar's Wife".