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The Best Episodes of Shetland Season 2

Every episode of Shetland Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Shetland Season 2!

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Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. In this isolated and sometimes inhospitable

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Shetland Season 2 Episode 1 - Raven Black - Part 1
    7.9/10(981 votes)

    #1 - Raven Black - Part 1

    S2:E1

    Old wounds are painfully reopened for the shocked residents of Ravenswick, as Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez and his team look to a past crime to solve the present day murder of a young teenage girl.

    Director:John McKay

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  2. Shetland Season 2 Episode 2 - Raven Black - Part 2
    8.1/10(917 votes)

    #2 - Raven Black - Part 2

    S2:E2

    Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez believes he and his team are finally closing in on the killer as they discover what 17-year-old Catherine Ross was hiding from everyone in the hours before her death.

    Director:John McKay

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  3. Shetland Season 2 Episode 3 - Dead Water - Part 1
    7.7/10(827 votes)

    #3 - Dead Water - Part 1

    S2:E3

    When an old acquaintance of Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez dies in a suspicious car accident on the island, he wonders whether his journalist friend had uncovered a story that cost him his life.

    Director:David Moore
    Writer:David Kane

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  4. Shetland Season 2 Episode 4 - Dead Water - Part 2
    7.8/10(780 votes)

    #4 - Dead Water - Part 2

    S2:E4

    After a second body is found brutally murdered on Shetland, Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez wonders if the two killings are connected to corporate greed and corruption on the island or to just one woman - Evie Watt.

    Director:David Moore
    Writer:David Kane

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  5. Shetland Season 2 Episode 5 - Blue Lightning - Part 1
    7.8/10(811 votes)

    #5 - Blue Lightning - Part 1

    S2:E5

    Perez returns to his childhood home after the murder of a scientist on the beautiful island of Fair Isle. Tensions run high as a storm on the mainland forces Perez to work in isolation - and compels all of the suspects to remain together under one roof.

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  6. Shetland Season 2 Episode 6 - Blue Lightning - Part 2
    7.8/10(768 votes)

    #6 - Blue Lightning - Part 2

    S2:E6

    Time is running out for Detective Inspector Perez as prime suspect Peter Latimer lies critically ill in hospital. Was the fire a drunken accident, or was Peter Latimer the second victim of a murderer still free on Fair Isle?

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Raven Black - Part 1" is the best rated episode of "Shetland" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 981 votes. Directed by John McKay and written by Gaby Chiappe, it aired on 3/11/2014. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Raven Black - Part 2".