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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!

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 environment, the team have to rely on a uniquely resourceful style of policing.

Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:BBC One

Season 2 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Shetland" season 2 is "Raven Black - Part 1", rated 7.9/10 from 851 user votes. It was directed by John McKay and written by Gaby Chiappe. "Raven Black - Part 1" aired on 3/11/2014 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Raven Black - Part 2".

  • Raven Black - Part 1
    7.9/10 851 votes

    #1 - Raven Black - Part 1

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/11/2014

    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

    Writer: Gaby Chiappe

  • Raven Black - Part 2
    8.1/10 791 votes

    #2 - Raven Black - Part 2

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/18/2014

    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

    Writer: Gaby Chiappe

  • Dead Water - Part 1
    7.7/10 708 votes

    #3 - Dead Water - Part 1

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/25/2014

    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

  • Dead Water - Part 2
    7.8/10 665 votes

    #4 - Dead Water - Part 2

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/1/2014

    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

  • Blue Lightning - Part 1
    7.7/10 698 votes

    #5 - Blue Lightning - Part 1

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/8/2014

    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.

    Director: Stewart Svaasand

    Writer: Richard Davidson

  • Blue Lightning - Part 2
    7.8/10 656 votes

    #6 - Blue Lightning - Part 2

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 4/15/2014

    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?

    Director: Stewart Svaasand

    Writer: Richard Davidson