The Best Episodes of Performance Season 6

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.7/10(113 votes)

   #1 - Company

   S6:E13/1/1997

   At his 35th birthday party Bobby's friends are all wondering: Why isn't he married? Why can't he find the right woman and settle down?

   Director:Sam Mendes

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Sam Mendes

   Writer:Unknown
2. 

   6.7/10(184 votes)

   #2 - My Night with Reg

   S6:E23/15/1997

   A group of English gay men get together to reminisce. They are all coming from a wake for one of their circle who's died of AIDS. It's that terrifying time between the outbreak of AIDS and the development of an AIDS test and as the conversation unfolds it becomes apparent that each man there has had unprotected sex with the deceased.

   Director:Roger Michell

   Writer:Kevin Elyot

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   Director:Roger Michell

   Writer:Kevin Elyot
3. 

   7.9/10(108 votes)

   #3 - Richard II

   S6:E33/22/1997

   The incompetent Richard II is deposed by Henry Bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer king.

   Director:Deborah Warner

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Deborah Warner

   Writer:Unknown
4. 

   7.3/10(73 votes)

   #4 - Broken Glass

   S6:E43/29/1997

   A Jewish housewife in 1938 Brooklyn loses the use of her legs after reading about Kristallnacht.

   Director:David Thacker

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:David Thacker

   Writer:Unknown
5. 

   7.8/10(108 votes)

   #5 - Macbeth on the Estate

   S6:E54/5/1997

   Shakespeare's play updated to the present day. On a council estate where people survive by dealing drugs and shoplifting, Duncan is the Godfather. Urged by Mrs Macbeth, Macbeth kills Duncan.

   Director:Penny Woolcock

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Penny Woolcock

   Writer:Unknown