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The Best Episodes of Rebus

Every episode of Rebus ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Rebus!

Detective series set in and around Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector John Rebus, whose methods earn him the wrath of his superiors, does not hesitate to circumvent...
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:ITV1

Best Episodes Summary

"Knots and Crosses" is the best rated episode of "Rebus". It scored 8.2/10 based on 150 votes. Directed by Roger Gartland and written by Roger Gartland, it aired on 12/7/2007. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Let It Bleed".

  • Knots and Crosses
    8.2/10150 votes
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    #1 - Knots and Crosses

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 12/7/2007

    Rebus finds himself being investigated by an old friend after a murderer walks free on a technicality. Matters are made worse when the suspect and his brother are found dead, and the prosecutor in the case is found to have been paid off to discredit Rebus and his colleagues.

    Director: Roger Gartland

    Writer: Roger Gartland

  • Let It Bleed
    8.0/10144 votes
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    #2 - Let It Bleed

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/2006

    A man shoots himself in the offices of an investment bank. Rebus is tipped off to a possible financial scandal, but his investigation is frustrated by powerful vested interests.

    Director: Roger Gartland

    Writer: N/A

  • Resurrection Men
    8.0/10152 votes
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    #3 - Resurrection Men

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2007

    Rebus is forced to attend a training course at police school following a public outburst, with his colleagues unaware that he is actually out to expose two corrupt police officers who have been running a protection racket, and could possibly be linked to the murder of a drug dealer.

    Director: Roger Gartland

    Writer: N/A

  • The Naming of the Dead
    8.0/10139 votes
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    #4 - The Naming of the Dead

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/26/2007

    Rebus investigates when an unidentified body is found in the grounds of a local Edinburgh hotel which is due to play host to the World Trade Summit. When another body is found in the grounds of Edinburgh castle, Special Branch intervene and warn Rebus off the case.

    Director: Martyn Friend

    Writer: N/A

  • The First Stone
    7.9/10134 votes
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    #5 - The First Stone

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2007

    Rebus is called to investigate when the naked body of the Moderator Elect of the Church of Scotland is found in a local cruising spot with the body of a naked woman. Forced to deal with ongoing political battles between the church and its ministers, Rebus must solve the case in time for the gathering of the General Assembly.

    Director: Morag Fullarton

    Writer: Colin Bateman

  • Strip Jack
    7.7/10149 votes
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    #6 - Strip Jack

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/2006

    A charity campaigner is caught with a prostitute during a raid on a brothel. Rebus heads a double murder enquiry when the man's wife and another woman are found dead in connected incidents.

    Director: Matthew Evans

    Writer: N/A

  • Black Book
    7.6/10154 votes
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    #7 - Black Book

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/2006

    The body of a missing prostitute is found, and the circumstances recall an unsolved murder from twenty years before. Rebus is convinced that the prime suspect from the earlier case has struck again.

    Director: Roger Gartland

    Writer: Daniel Boyle, David Kane

  • A Question of Blood
    7.6/10142 votes
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    #8 - A Question of Blood

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/2006

    The detective angers his superiors when he tries to connect a member of Edinburgh's criminal fraternity to the shooting of two boys and a teacher at a local college. One of the victims turns out to be the son of Rebus's cousin, giving Templar the perfect reason to take him off the case. However, the copper is determined to trace a schoolgirl he is certain holds the key to the mystery.

    Director: Matthew Evans

    Writer: Matthew Evans

  • Black and Blue
    7.5/10321 votes
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    #9 - Black and Blue

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/26/2000

    Rebus investigates when a number of women are killed with the same modus operandi as 'The Preacher', a prolific serial killer active in Edinburgh during the 1980s. But is a copycat killer at large, or has 'The Preacher' returned to finish what he started?

    Director: Martyn Friend

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hanging Garden
    7.5/10240 votes
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    #10 - The Hanging Garden

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/6/2001

    Rebus investigates when an old friend, DI Jack Morton, is shot during an undercover operation at a pharmaceuticals factory which has become a hub for cocaine dealing and gun-running by a well-known mobster and his latest team of upstart thugs.

    Director: Maurice Phillips

    Writer: N/A

  • Mortal Causes
    7.5/10205 votes
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    #11 - Mortal Causes

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/2004

    The motto of the Scottish kings - Nemo mi impune lacessit ("Don't Mess With Me") sets the tone for this story. It's payback time for DI John Rebus in his pact with the crime underlord Morris Gerald Cafferty for his finding the person who put Rebus' daughter in a life-threatening coma, the result of a hit-and-run accident. This time, it's Cafferty's illegitimate son who was "six-packed" and killed, and Cafferty is calling in his chips from Rebus. Rebus has to cope with a backdrop of gun running, jailbreaks, left- and right-wing extremists, nationalists and other splinter groups who are spouting racist philosophies, and imported white-power fanatics who are perpetrating hate crimes.

    Director: David Moore

    Writer: N/A

  • The Falls
    7.3/10244 votes
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    #12 - The Falls

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/1/2006

    Rebus investigates a series of murders where the killer leaves distinctive clues by the butchered bodies of his victims.

    Director: Matthew Evans

    Writer: Daniel Boyle

  • Fleshmarket Close
    7.3/10170 votes
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    #13 - Fleshmarket Close

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 6/3/2006

    A Kurdish asylum seeker is murdered on a notorious Edinburgh estate in an apparent race-hate attack, but Rebus suspects there's more to it. A local MSP reports a missing Kosovan girl, last seen with a known criminal, who also seems to have vanished.

    Director: Matthew Evans

    Writer: Daniel Boyle

  • Dead Souls
    7.1/10405 votes
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    #14 - Dead Souls

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/13/2001

    Rebus is forced to juggle two complex cases when an old friend approaches him to trace her son, who has disappeared, and a former colleague is killed in a freak accident, which asks the question - did he kill himself or was he murdered?

    Director: Maurice Phillips

    Writer: N/A