8.8/105 votesLoading...#1 - Clouds Across the Moon
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 7/10/2022
When a successful businessman is found in a shallow grave near the Glastonbury Tor on All Soul's Day, the suspects are as eccentric as the crime itself.
Director: Laura Scrivano
Writer: Robert Murphy
8.0/10477 votesLoading...#2 - The War of Rose
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/3/2022
A social media influencer Rose Boleyn elects to have plastic surgery at a clinic run by soon to be divorced couple Al and Mariel. After tragedy strikes, McDonald and Dodds are brought in to investigate the clinic and its staff.
Director: Ian Aryeh
Writer: Kam Odedra
7.9/10601 votesLoading...#3 - Belvedere
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 6/19/2022
When a young woman dies in a busy park in broad daylight, McDonald and Dodds are called in to untangle the mysterious circumstances of her death.
Director: Robert Quinn
Writer: Robert Murphy
7.9/10368 votesLoading...#4 - The Rule of Three
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 7/21/2024
McDonald and Dodds have spent their weekend tying up a case after a local scandal-breaking journalist dies of anaphylaxis at a party in her own home. They swiftly deduce that there’s foul play afoot, expose the murderer and call it a day, satisfied with another job well done. But their work isn’t over yet…
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10348 votesLoading...#5 - Wedding Fever
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 8/4/2024
It’s peak wedding season in Bath, and there’s a race against time for McDonald and Dodds when a spate of suspicious deaths affects ceremonies across the city. A Bath wedding ends in tragedy when the vicar is found murdered in the vestry. McDonald’s suspicions focus on bride Lotty, her father and her sisters, all of whom had a close relationship with vicar Mitchell Morrison. McDonald and Dodds must delve deep into the family's secrets if they hope to discover the truth of what happened to Mitchell.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10402 votesLoading...#6 - Jinxy Sings The Blues
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 7/28/2024
When local man Ian Andrews gets on at his usual bus stop in Bath, nothing is out of the ordinary. But when the bus pulls into the station, Ian is dead. And despite it being the busiest route of the day, there isn’t a single eyewitness to Ian’s death.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10883 votesLoading...#7 - The Fall of the House of Crockett
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/1/2020
When a man is shot in the deserted mansion of one of Bath's most prominent industrialists, newly arrived DCI McDonald and DS Dodds unravel a tangled web of lies.
Director: Richard Senior
Writer: Robert Murphy
7.5/10749 votesLoading...#8 - Wilderness of Mirrors
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/8/2020
The chalk-and-cheese detective duo are called to a private clinic where a wealthy patient has been killed. However, their investigation is made all the more difficult by the complex relationships of the victim's former fellow residents.
Director: Laura Scrivano
Writer: Robert Murphy
7.5/10473 votesLoading...#9 - A Billion Beats
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/26/2022
McDonald & Dodds find themselves drawn into the world of Formula 1 racing when the area's famed motorsports dynasty, the Addington family, reports that one of their drivers has died during a pit stop.
Director: Isher Sahota
Writer: Robert Drummond
7.4/10733 votesLoading...#10 - The Man Who Wasn’t There
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/28/2021
Five friends take a hot-air balloon trip but only four come back down alive, leaving McDonald and Dodds to untangle a complex web of lies spanning 30 years.
Director: Alex Pillai
Writer: Robert Murphy
7.3/10589 votesLoading...#11 - We Need to Talk About Doreen
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/7/2021
A girls' weekend away takes a sinister turn, when each one of them becomes a murder suspect.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of McDonald & Dodds
Every episode of McDonald & Dodds ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of McDonald & Dodds!
Two detectives, DCI McDonald and DS Dodds, who seemingly have nothing in common, are thrown together and forge a rumbustious friendship and entertaining partnership.
Genres:DramaMysteryCrimeComedy
Best Episodes Summary
"Clouds Across the Moon" is the best rated episode of "McDonald & Dodds". It scored 8.8/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by Laura Scrivano and written by Robert Murphy, it aired on 7/10/2022. This episode scored 0.8 points higher than the second highest rated, "The War of Rose".