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The Best Episodes of Murphy's Law

Detective Sergeant Tommy Murphy is a maverick cop with a dark past. After failing a psychiatric assessment, he is given one last chance by his...

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  1. Background image for Hard Boiled Eggs and Nuts
    8.4/10(63 votes)

    #1 - Hard Boiled Eggs and Nuts

    S3:E6

    Callard starts systematically destroying the forensic evidence. Murphy and Miller fear that he may want to destroy one or both of them too.

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    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Food Chain, Episode Three
    8.1/10(61 votes)

    #2 - Food Chain, Episode Three

    S5:E3

    Now that Baker knows Murphy is a cop, he must race against the clock to find Kim before her secret is revealed too. However, local Chief Superintendent Bowry cares less about Kim's life and more about his own reputation and funding, and Murphy is forced to take desperate measures in his hunt for his missing friend.

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    7.9/10(59 votes)

    #3 - Strongbox

    S3:E3

    Murphy tries to get counterfeit Euros for Callard, and asks fellow undercover officer Jill Calder for help. She has infiltrated an organisation that is printing the fake money. Together they try to set up a deal for both their clients and plan to make the big arrest during the handover.

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    Director:Brian Kirk
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.8/10(54 votes)

    #4 - Food Chain, Episode Two

    S5:E2

    With Mitch dead and Kim still missing, it's time for a heavily guilty Murphy to go undercover in the hope of finding Kim before it's too late. What awaits him is a world of people trafficking, drug smuggling and unwilling prostitution.

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    7.7/10(57 votes)

    #5 - Murphy's Law

    S1:E1

    Murphy infiltrates a gang implicated in a series of diamond heists and finds himself out of his depth involving Japan's equivalent of the mafia. Complicating the situation, Murphy finds himself attracted to Annie.

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    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Electric Bill
    7.7/10(133 votes)

    #6 - Electric Bill

    S1:E2

    Richard Mooney, London's most infamous kidnapper, is brought in, and the race is on for Annie and Murphy to get a confession in time to save the life of his latest victim, Kate Jennings. To crack Mooney’s silence, Murphy is set up as a suspected terrorist and goes under cover into Bellview Prison to befriend him. But when this master plan is unexpectedly threatened by the prison's very own protection racket, time seems to be running out for Kate.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Goodbye Look
    7.7/10(68 votes)

    #7 - The Goodbye Look

    S3:E1

    Murphy is out posing as a criminal armourer to make an arrest. During the set-up he recognises Caz Miller, a man known for his connections to criminal gang leader and known cop-killer Dave Callard. Miller tells Murphy that he wants to kill another gang member called Richard Holloway. Murphy stops the planned arrest because he thinks he can gain Callard's trust and infiltrate the entire criminal organisation to take everyone out.

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    Director:Brian Kirk
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Food Chain, Episode One
    7.7/10(65 votes)

    #8 - Food Chain, Episode One

    S5:E1

    Murphy is working as a cover officer for an old friend, Mitch, and his fellow undercover officer, Kim. However, there are tensions between the two undercover officers and when they go missing Murphy is determined to find them.

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  10. Background image for Disorganised Crime
    7.6/10(62 votes)

    #9 - Disorganised Crime

    S3:E2

    Callard recommends Murphy to the McGeechan brothers. They plan to reactivate some assault rifles, but won't tell Murphy why they need them. Murphy knows they plan something big, but first he has to make sure his cover isn't blown.

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    Director:Andy Goddard
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Boys Night Out
    7.6/10(57 votes)

    #10 - Boys Night Out

    S3:E5

    The operation against Callard builds to its conclusion as Murphy is hired to help complete a shipment of Afghan heroin into England. His undercover work could help secure the conviction, but Murphy's presence is demanded elsewhere, as a key prosecution witness in the High Court.

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    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Extra Mile
    7.5/10(52 votes)

    #11 - Extra Mile

    S3:E4

    After months spent trying to nail gangster Dave Callard, suddenly Murphy has a bigger fish to fry: a wealthy hotelier called George Garvey with a taste for ethnic art. Murphy bumps into someone to whom Garvey's son owes a lot of money and manages to get closer to Garvey. To forget the pressure during work he starts to drink. It looks like only Ellie can save him now.

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    Director:Andy Goddard
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Manic Munday
    7.3/10(119 votes)

    #12 - Manic Munday

    S1:E3

    When Mickey Munday, a world-famous Irish snooker player, comes under pressure to rig the outcome of his game in the forthcoming championships, Murphy and Annie go undercover to protect his life and find the culprit when he arrives in London. The stakes are raised for Munday when his long-lost love and daughter reappear in his life.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Reunion
    7.3/10(99 votes)

    #13 - Reunion

    S1:E4

    In the glittering world of London’s West End club scene the head of security of a well-known East End gang is found murdered. The prime suspect is another gang leader, Carl Tate. In order to prevent another "door wars", Murphy joins Carl's gang undercover, but when warfare escalates Annie is compelled to join ranks with Murphy on the doors of Carl's latest venture, X-Club.

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    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Kiss and Tell
    7.3/10(116 votes)

    #14 - Kiss and Tell

    S1:E5

    Following a bungled attempt to close down an elaborate Russian crime-ring, Murphy and Annie find themselves embroiled in what appears to be a textbook crime of passion. An unknown blonde is busy murdering London's successful business people. The only common link is that all the victims are members of a state-of-the-art health club in the heart of the City.

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    Director:Menhaj Huda
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.2/10(48 votes)

    #15 - Strike Out

    S4:E3

    Murphy ends up being exposed and caught up in a vicious and final showdown between brothers Drew and Billy Johnstone.

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    Director:Colm McCarthy
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Hare Trigger
    7.1/10(49 votes)

    #16 - Hare Trigger

    S4:E2

    Working deep under cover, Murphy manages to gain the trust of Billy Johnstone, while trying to uncover the associations between his brother Drew and a local Asian criminal network.

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    Director:Colm McCarthy
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Exile
    6.9/10(54 votes)

    #17 - Exile

    S4:E1

    DS Tommy Murphy is called back to work after a leave of absence to be at his mother's side. His new job is to attempt to get close to Drew and Billy Johnstone, vicious Belfast criminals now operating in Leicester. Murphy thinks he's found himself a way in when a drug deal goes awry.

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    Director:Colm McCarthy
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Jack's Back
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    #18 - Jack's Back

    S2:E1

    The hunt for a serial killer who is stalking London’s West End becomes personal for Murphy when tragedy strikes at the heart of the investigation.

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    Director:Brian Kirk
    Writer:Unknown
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    #19 - Bent Moon On The Rise

    S2:E2

    Parmer, a promising young police officer, has apparently committed suicide. Murphy is sent undercover to find out whether he was a victim of racist bullying.

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    Director:Brian Kirk
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    #20 - Ringers

    S2:E3

    Murphy has been asked by Interpol to be a part of an operation to infiltrate an international car-ringing gang. Soon he finds himself paired up with philosophising French agent, Benoit.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #21 - Go Ask Alice

    S2:E4

    Murphy must go undercover in a biotech laboratory and comes up against a powerful adversary whom he cannot see.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #22 - Convent

    S2:E5

    A novice nun has apparently committed suicide and soon another nun mysteriously disappears. Murphy goes under cover as a priest to investigate.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #23 - The Group

    S2:E6

    Three convicted murderers have now been murdered themselves. The three have one thing in common: they have been named in a campaign run by a support group for relatives of murder victims. Murphy must find out if this is a coincidence or if someone if murdering convicted killers just for revenge.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Hard Boiled Eggs and Nuts" is the best rated episode of "Murphy's Law". It scored 8.4/10 based on 63 votes. Directed by Richard Standeven and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/30/2005. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Food Chain, Episode Three".