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The Worst Episodes of McDonald & Dodds

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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.

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  1. 7.2/10(614 votes)

    #1 - We Need to Talk About Doreen

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    A girls' weekend away takes a sinister turn, when each one of them becomes a murder suspect.

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    Director:N/A
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  2. 7.4/10(764 votes)

    #2 - The Man Who Wasn’t There

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    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.

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    Director:Alex Pillai
  3. 7.5/10(914 votes)

    #3 - The Fall of the House of Crockett

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    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.

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  4. 7.5/10(777 votes)

    #4 - Wilderness of Mirrors

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    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.

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  5. 7.5/10(504 votes)

    #5 - A Billion Beats

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    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.

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  6. 7.5/10(479 votes)

    #6 - Jinxy Sings The Blues

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    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.

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  8. 7.8/10(447 votes)

    #7 - The Rule of Three

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    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…

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  9. 7.8/10(424 votes)

    #8 - Wedding Fever

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    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.

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  10. 7.9/10(637 votes)

    #9 - Belvedere

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    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.

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  11. 8.0/10(515 votes)

    #10 - The War of Rose

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    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.

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    Director:Ian Aryeh
    Writer:Kam Odedra
  12. 8.8/10(5 votes)

    #11 - Clouds Across the Moon

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    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.

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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 614 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".