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The Best Episodes of Monarch of the Glen

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Archie MacDonald, a young restaurateur is called back to his childhood home of Glenbogle where he is told he is the new Laird of Glenbogle.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Monarch of the Glen Season 3 Episode 9 - Episode 9
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Episode 9

    S3:E9

    When Stella realises that the estate doesn't need her anymore and the bank will send her to a new assignment she decides to sabotage everything she can lay her hands on to secure her position at Glenbogle.. Archie discovers what she has been doing and she admits that she loves him and doesn't want to leave but she also realises that there is no way she can stay now, after all she has done. Lexie pulls everyone together at the last moment and the bank are satisfied that the estate is running smoothly. Shamefaced, Stella leaves and Archie begins to realise how he really feels about Lexie. He proposes straight away and although Lexie hesitates to make the leap from cook to Laird's wife, he places a ring on her finger.

    Director:Richard Stroud
    Writer:John Martin Johnson

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  2. Monarch of the Glen Season 3 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Episode 5

    S3:E5

    With the bridge repaired, Archie plans an elaborate opening ceremony. He is horrified to learn that the council have approved Stuart McIntosh's proposal to turn Ben Bogle into a holiday village. Molly enlists Duncan's help to prove that the proposed site is actually a place of historical interest but they must work against the clock if they are going to save the mountain. All Stuart's plans are scuppered when Duncan finds a secret passage full of artefacts and Lexie discovers that Stuart made a pass at Stella.

    Director:Richard Signy
    Writer:Harriet O'Carroll

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  3. Monarch of the Glen Season 3 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Episode 8

    S3:E8

    One of Hector's old army buddies called Toad, arrives at Glenbogle for a regimental reunion followed closely by his police tail. To his credit, he manages to point out that a valuable borrowed regimental painting that Lexie has managed to put a hole in, is in fact a fake, which saves the estate a huge insurance pay out. The whole thing ends with a huge Great Escape style exit with the veterans and Hector helping Toad escape the police again and fly off to freedom in a sea plane.

    Director:Marcus D.F. White
    Writer:Andrew Taft

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  4. Monarch of the Glen Season 4 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Episode 7

    S4:E7

    Greg MacDonald and his wife challenge Archie for the role of Laird of Glenbogle. Also the debt from Hector's death duties must now be paid, £250,000. In order to save Glenbogle Molly agrees to marry Kilwillie, but then has a change of heart. They duel and Archie wins. Meanwhile, Irene tells Duncan she is pregnant and he cannot be the father.

    Director:Robert Knights
    Writer:Andrew Taft

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  5. Monarch of the Glen Season 5 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Episode 6

    S5:E6

    Archie's elder sister Lizzie turns up with a life changing proposition for him and Andrew has his own proposition with Molly. At the same time, Archie and Paul continue to battle over joint control of the estate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Monarch of the Glen Season 5 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Episode 10

    S5:E10

    Lexie gets an unexpected and unwelcome surprise when her father shows up at Glenbogle. Father-daughter relations are strained between Golly and Jess as well, and Paul learns of a secret that Amanda's been hiding.

    Director:Brian Kelly
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Monarch of the Glen Season 2 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Episode 4

    S2:E4

    Hector decides to marry Archie off and invites a host of possible brides to the estate. Meanwhile Molly is organising Archie's surprise 30th birthday party. Archie has his own problems what with a cantankerous former tenant causing trouble and the revelation that Katrina and Fergal are more than just good friends.

    Director:Richard Signy
    Writer:Patrick Wilde

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  8. Monarch of the Glen Season 2 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Episode 8

    S2:E8

    Just as Archie finally seems to have got Glenbogle back to it's feet as a fully functioning tourist attraction, a rich businessman from Atlanta USA, Joe MacDonald, makes a legitimate claim to the lands and title. Archie has to invoke the Chieftan's Challenge and battle Joe for the right to be Laird. Lexie has always had her eye on Archie and when Katrina leaves she plans her move. However Katrina returns to the estate, minus Fergal, and sees she has still got a fight on her hands if she really wants Archie back.

    Director:Richard Stroud
    Writer:Michael Chaplin

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  9. Monarch of the Glen Season 3 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Episode 1

    S3:E1

    The bank sends a manager to oversee the daily running of the new business at Glenbogle and Archie soon discovers that Stella Moon is no push over. After everything they've been through Katrina announces her decision to take a job in London and she and Archie reluctantly agree to part. Meanwhile Hector and Kilwillie stand against each other to take over as new chairman of the golf club.

    Director:Richard Stroud
    Writer:Michael Chaplin

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  10. Monarch of the Glen Season 3 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Episode 3

    S3:E3

    Stella puts a ban on anyone fishing in the Glenbogle river who doesn't pay. Hector and Killwillie are not impressed and defy her rule. They are arrested and find themselves in a cell next to Golly who Stella has reported fro poaching. Of coarse the whole thing is a huge misunderstanding and Molly defends the Glenbogle Three in court where the truth eventually comes out.

    Director:Richard Stroud
    Writer:Mark Holloway

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  11. Monarch of the Glen Season 3 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Episode 7

    S3:E7

    While Duncan tries to impress his visiting pen-pal Marie-Helene by swapping places with Archie and becoming Laird for the day, Archie, now as Head Keeper, has to impress an inspector from the Health and Safety Directorate. Nothing goes right however and the inspector threatens to have the place shut down. Broken hearted, Duncan discovers that Marie-Helene is in love with another man but helps her get back together with him. Molly manages to get the estate a stay of execution by playing the sentimental card when she recognises the inspectors face from a visit he and his now ex-wife made to Glenbogle years before.

    Director:Marcus D.F. White
    Writer:Mark Holloway

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  12. Monarch of the Glen Season 4 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Episode 1

    S4:E1

    Archie introduces a pack of wolves into Glenbogle even though Golly has warned him against it. The new cook/housekeeper arrives causing a rift between Archie and Lexie. Duncan has his work cut out when he must take a test to show he can look after the wolves when the Wildlife Centre opens. Archie swaps Lexie's ring pull engagement ring for a real diamond ring.

    Director:Richard Stroud
    Writer:John Martin Johnson

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  13. Monarch of the Glen Season 4 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Episode 2

    S4:E2

    The day of the opening of the Glenbogle Wildlife Centre arrives, with nothing but trouble. A new employee, Esme, sabotages the signs and an enemy of Molly's decides wether the Centre will open or not. Meanwhile, Golly is fighting for Irene's affections with Duncan.

    Director:Richard Stroud
    Writer:Mark Holloway

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  14. Monarch of the Glen Season 4 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Episode 3

    S4:E3

    Two faces from the past turn up. Firstly, Katrina, and an old friend of Hector's, Louis. Neither of their intentions are honourable. Katrina wants Archie back and Louis wants control of Glenbogle by marrying Molly. Lexie is hurt by Katrina's prescence and packs a bag and goes over the hills, to be then tracked by Archie. Everyone arrives and the now happy couple get married.

    Director:Richard Signy
    Writer:Niall Leonard

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  15. Monarch of the Glen Season 4 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Episode 4

    S4:E4

    David Fraser, an old friend of the MacDonald's, mainly Jamie's turns up with his freind Jonathon. Lexie takes a disliking to him, as he makes a pass at her. Archie thinks he is the same person as when they were younger, but only Lexie can see what he really is. She confronts Archie, who then has a fight with David, and he is thrown out of Glenbogle. Meanwhile Molly is harbouring a wolf runt (called Hector) so he won't be killed.

    Director:Richard Signy
    Writer:Leslie Stewart

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  16. Monarch of the Glen Season 4 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Episode 5

    S4:E5

    Duncan accidently booked a group of naturists onto the campsite, and when a wolf escapes, there is havoc all around. Duncan is also in trouble when Golly finds out about his relationship with Irene. When the wolf is recaptured Golly explains about his recent lapses and his bad eye sight. He then resigns from Glenbogle and leaves.

    Director:Richard Stroud
    Writer:Andrew Taft

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  17. Monarch of the Glen Season 4 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Episode 6

    S4:E6

    With Golly gone, Archie is lost without him. Lexie though locates him and gives him food and supplies. Golly comes out of hiding though when a school boy from a party goes missing and Golly finds him. Meanwhile Molly and Irene go to an art exhibition to impress on a dealer who has been to see her. Irene though spots someone she once knew, which starts to tell the truth of why she escaped to Glenbogle. Golly returns in the end when Archie finds some money for a procedure to save his eyesight.

    Director:Richard Signy
    Writer:Robert Fraser

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  18. Monarch of the Glen Season 4 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Episode 8

    S4:E8

    Archie decides he has no work to do and so starts to decorate a room for the nursery. Lexie and Auntie Liz are trying to find the ghost of a late MacDonald. Andrew a sculptor arrives in Glenbogle as a new neighbour, and does not get off to a good start with Molly. The ghost is found out to be a private detective trying to find Irene sent by her jilted boyfriend. She leaves and Duncan is heartbroken

    Director:Julian Holmes
    Writer:Mark Holloway

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  19. Monarch of the Glen Season 4 Episode 9 - Episode 9
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Episode 9

    S4:E9

    A stranger, Paul, turns up looking for Golly, believing Golly is his father. He is not Golly's son but is someone from Glenbogle's son. Archie and Duncan hunt for Big Eric because he is badly injured. Lexie is in charge of arranging the Ghillies's Ball, but things start to get on top of her, like people trying to help. Archie, reluctantly, lets Paul spend the night, and watches the ball from the side.

    Director:Robert Knights
    Writer:Colin Wyatt

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  20. Monarch of the Glen Season 4 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Episode 10

    S4:E10

    Molly now knows the truth about Paul and decides to leave with Andrew Booth. Archie does not want Paul around anymore and Lexie must try to smooth things out. Molly asks Golly why he never told her the truth about Hector and Paul's mother and Archie is feeling guilt over his older brothers,(Jamie),death. His feelings of guilt go away a little bit as he saves Paul from drowning in the current. Molly looks within herself and decides to stay and Archie and Lexie finally get their honeymoon,thanks to Kilwillie!

    Director:Julian Holmes
    Writer:John Martin Johnson

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  21. Monarch of the Glen Season 5 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Episode 1

    S5:E1

    Now that the estate is finally in good shape, Archie feels he must do something with himself. So when Killwillie decides to open a new restaurant in New York, Archie jumps at the chance to manage it. Meanwhile, Lexie scrambles to save a local couple from being evicted and Duncan discovers a shattering secret about his family.

    Director:Richard Signy
    Writer:Niall Leonard

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  22. Monarch of the Glen Season 5 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Episode 2

    S5:E2

    While repairs are being done in the cellar, the family is living in Duncan's B&B. Paul returns to Glenbogle, stirring unwanted feelings within Molly.

    Director:Richard Signy
    Writer:Mark Holloway

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  23. Monarch of the Glen Season 5 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Episode 3

    S5:E3

    Duncan takes a dip into the dating pool with the help of Molly's new dating agency while Paul gets working on establishing his new climbing center. But when the locals find out Paul is targeting out of area teenagers, they refuse to help in developing the center.

    Director:Richard Signy
    Writer:Andrew Taft

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  24. Monarch of the Glen Season 5 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Episode 4

    S5:E4

    Golly gets an unexpected surprise when his daughter Jess shows up and Duncan travels to Glasgow for a job interview. Meanwhile, Paul takes on new responsibilities by trying to reform the local football team.

    Director:Robert Knights
    Writer:Leslie Stewart

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  25. Monarch of the Glen Season 5 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Episode 5

    S5:E5

    Duncan starts his new job with Dorothy and Hermione, leaving the Head Ranger position open at Glenbogle. While Jess tries to impress Golly to secure the position, Paul hires a young delinquent with many hidden talents.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 9" is the best rated episode of "Monarch of the Glen". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Richard Stroud and written by John Martin Johnson, it aired on 12/30/2001. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 5".