7.5/10320 votes#1 - 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
7.5/10240 votes#2 - 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
7.1/10402 votes#3 - 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
7.5/10203 votes#4 - 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 Best Episodes of Rebus Season 1
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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
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Black and Blue" is the best rated episode of "Rebus" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 320 votes. Directed by Martyn Friend and written by N/A, it aired on 4/26/2000. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Hanging Garden".