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The Worst Episodes of McDonald & Dodds

Every episode of McDonald & Dodds ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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
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Worst Episodes Summary

"We Need to Talk About Doreen" is the worst rated episode of "McDonald & Dodds". It scored 7.2/10 based on 595 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/7/2021. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Man Who Wasn’t There".

  • We Need to Talk About Doreen
    7.2/10595 votes
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    #1 - 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 Man Who Wasn’t There
    7.4/10741 votes
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    #2 - 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

  • The Fall of the House of Crockett
    7.5/10889 votes
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    #3 - 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

  • Wilderness of Mirrors
    7.5/10752 votes
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    #4 - 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

  • A Billion Beats
    7.5/10475 votes
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    #5 - 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

  • Jinxy Sings The Blues
    7.6/10428 votes
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    #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

  • Wedding Fever
    7.8/10374 votes
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    #7 - 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

  • Belvedere
    7.9/10609 votes
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    #8 - 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

  • The Rule of Three
    7.9/10393 votes
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    #9 - 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

  • The War of Rose
    8.0/10485 votes
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    #10 - 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

  • Clouds Across the Moon
    8.8/105 votes
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    #11 - 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