Spiral backdrop
Action & Adventure•Crime•Drama

The Best Episodes of Spiral

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

Binge this in 3d 5h•Peaking at 10.0/10

This gritty crime drama set in the dark underbelly of Paris follows police officers and lawyers as they investigate and prosecute crimes. Throw any romantic notion of Paris out the window. Crime is dark. The

Airs on
Canal+
BestEpisodes
WorstEpisodes
BestSeasons
AllEpisodes

Seasons8

All12345678

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Click to reveal
    Spiral Season 7 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    10.0/10(111 votes)

    #1 - Episode 1

    S7:E1

    Police Chief Herville is found dead in a Chinese restaurant in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. Gilou must break the news to Laure, who is being treated in a police rehabilitation centre. Now in charge of the unit, Gilou begins investigating with new recruit Ali, who is fresh out of training. Meanwhile, Judge Roban returns to work from his time off sick only to find he is soon due to take compulsory retirement. And lawyer Joséphine struggles to adapt to life in prison while awaiting trial.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  2. Spiral Season 7 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    10.0/10(93 votes)

    #2 - Episode 2

    S7:E2

    As the police identify that their top priority is to track down Ryan and his gang, Gilou agrees to work with Laure again, but she must find her place now that he and Ali are a team. Meanwhile, Edelman provides legal counsel to Joséphine to help her get out of prison.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  3. Spiral Season 7 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    10.0/10(85 votes)

    #3 - Episode 3

    S7:E3

    Ryan is not telling the whole story, so Roban decides to lock him up. The banknotes recovered from the robbery lead police to take their investigation to a nearby housing estate. Meanwhile, a link is uncovered between Wang and Herville, and Joséphine builds a rapport with her cellmate, Lola.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  4. Spiral Season 7 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    10.0/10(81 votes)

    #4 - Episode 4

    S7:E4

    Laure follows the drug traffickers’ courier to a warehouse in Aubervilliers, where the investigation suddenly acquires a new dimension. Meanwhile, still frail, she struggles to cope with the responsibilities in her personal life. Joséphine has a hearing with the judge. And Roban pursues a case of negligence at a hospital by involving the hospital director.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  5. Spiral Season 7 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    10.0/10(81 votes)

    #5 - Episode 5

    S7:E5

    Police work to uncover the role of Ryan's elder brother Fouad in the money-laundering scheme. Beckriche calls on his former colleagues at the fraud squad to assist in the investigation, but his decision is controversial. Laure and Gilou make a breakthrough arrest, while Edelman presses for a crime scene reconstruction he thinks will help Joséphine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  6. Spiral Season 7 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    10.0/10(77 votes)

    #6 - Episode 6

    S7:E6

    The money-laundering operation closes ranks. Beckriche orders his team to let the fraud squad take the lead with their investigation, but will his colleagues comply? Out of prison, Joséphine finds herself trying to pick up the pieces of her personal and professional life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    7. Trending NowTRENDING NOW

    The 20 WORST Episodes of Spiral

    READ
  7. Spiral Season 7 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    10.0/10(76 votes)

    #7 - Episode 7

    S7:E7

    Following the debacle resulting in Fouad's death, the team is taken off the investigation. Laure is increasingly concerned about Lebrion's interference, while Joséphine realises she also has reasons not to trust Edelman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  8. Spiral Season 7 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    10.0/10(73 votes)

    #8 - Episode 8

    S7:E8

    Roban falls into a trap set by Joséphine and Edelman, whose professional partnership is now, however, on the rocks. Laure and Gilou continue to work on the investigation they've officially been taken off, identifying a suspect who may have been involved in the money-laundering operation. Beckriche's loyalty to his former boss is put to the test.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  9. Spiral Season 7 Episode 9 - Episode 9
    10.0/10(75 votes)

    #9 - Episode 9

    S7:E9

    With his role in the investigation irreparably tarnished, Roban loses his grip on the case. Laure and Gilou go ever further out on a limb with a rogue decision to reactivate the now-dormant money-laundering operation. Joséphine, who now works for Solignac, continues to set traps.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  10. Spiral Season 7 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    10.0/10(79 votes)

    #10 - Episode 10

    S7:E10

    Laure and Gilou sink deeper into taking illegal measures, risking yet more grave repercussions. Their former team member Tintin is tasked with investigating their methods. Meanwhile, Joséphine does her best to protect Lola. However, she proves to be a most uncooperative defendant - for reasons that Joséphine understands only too well.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  11. Spiral Season 7 Episode 11 - Episode 11
    10.0/10(78 votes)

    #11 - Episode 11

    S7:E11

    When Laure and Gilou, under investigation by Internal Affairs, are taken into custody, Tintin is torn between his loyalties to his former colleagues and his new job. Josephine also faces a moral decision about how best to fight Lola's case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  12. Spiral Season 7 Episode 12 - Episode 12
    10.0/10(101 votes)

    #12 - Episode 12

    S7:E12

    As police close in, Cann plans to make a run for it. But first, he reaches out to Edelman, asking for his help. Josephine intervenes in the investigation but is not immediately trusted. Meanwhile, Laure and Gilou still have not been cleared of wrongdoing by Internal Affairs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  13. Spiral Season 1 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    9.0/10(179 votes)

    #13 - Episode 2

    S1:E2

    The police make an appeal to the Press and get their hands on Elina's diary - which reveals she had friends in high places. Pierre discovers a connection between the murder victim and a childhood friend of his, now a wealthy businessman - and it seems they met the day before she died.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  14. Spiral Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    9.0/10(158 votes)

    #14 - Episode 3

    S1:E3

    The police delve into the personal life of a businessman who burned to death in his own home, Clement struggles to conceal his friendship with a suspect in the Andrescu case, and Gilout's drug habit gets out of control. The mother of a murdered baby is accused of negligence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  15. Spiral Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    9.0/10(158 votes)

    #15 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

    A prominent ministerial adviser, who has links to prosecutor Pierre Clement's close friend Benoit Faye, joins the list of suspects for the ruthless killing of Elina Andrescu. Meanwhile, Captain Laure Berthaud comes up against lawyer Josephine Karlsson during an inquiry into a double murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  16. Spiral Season 1 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    9.0/10(155 votes)

    #16 - Episode 5

    S1:E5

    The inquiry into Elina Andrescu's murder takes yet another disturbing turn when the body of her missing sister Sophia is found in a freezer. A distraught Ghislaine Androux is brought to trial in connection with the murder of her baby, but Judge Roban soon begins to regret meddling in the affair.

    Director:Pascal Chaumeil
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  17. Spiral Season 1 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    9.0/10(152 votes)

    #17 - Episode 6

    S1:E6

    Pierre begins divorce proceedings after his estranged wife is implicated in a drug trafficking scandal. Josephine defends a man accused of committing brutal acts of torture, while Gilout's drug addiction tests Berthaud's patience

    Director:Pascal Chaumeil
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  18. Spiral Season 1 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    9.0/10(143 votes)

    #18 - Episode 7

    S1:E7

    Pierre Clement unwittingly endangers Benoit Faye's life when he resolves to have his friend arrested in connection with the Andrescu case. Lawyer Josephine Karlsson is called in to defend a young man accused of rape, while Gilout is compromised by blackmailers.

    Director:Pascal Chaumeil
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  19. Spiral Season 1 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    9.0/10(161 votes)

    #19 - Episode 8

    S1:E8

    With Benoit Faye in intensive care following an assassination attempt, the prosecution in the Andrescu case has lost its main witness. The events leading up to the sisters' double murder are reconstructed using Benoit's recollections.

    Director:Pascal Chaumeil
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  20. Spiral Season 2 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    9.0/10(125 votes)

    #20 - Episode 2

    S2:E2

    Laure is disciplined for her use of force on a suspect and comes into conflict with Clement over his compromising newspaper interview. Karlsson is taken into Szabo's pay as his accomplice in representing the drug ring. Judge Roban uses his usual cunning in investigating a strange rape allegation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  21. Spiral Season 2 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    9.0/10(123 votes)

    #21 - Episode 3

    S2:E3

    Laure's net is closing in on Aziz, but she still has to call in a favour from Roban to help her hold a suspect. A police stakeout on the estate goes dangerously wrong. Pierre is faced with a moral dilemma as his star begins to rise. Karlsson continues to play a dangerous game with Szabo's shady clients.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  22. Spiral Season 2 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    9.0/10(121 votes)

    #22 - Episode 4

    S2:E4

    Rachid is dead, causing problems for both Karlsson and the police. Gilou has to investigate a murder linked to a gay nightclub.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  23. Spiral Season 2 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    9.0/10(116 votes)

    #23 - Episode 5

    S2:E5

    The mysterious north African, Samy, arrives from Special Branch to help with the investigation into the Larbi crime family. Aziz is still out of control and finally pushes one of his young gang members too far - the team are called to a street shooting and the perpetrator is a sinister teenager.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  24. Spiral Season 2 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    9.0/10(120 votes)

    #24 - Episode 6

    S2:E6

    Samy goes deep undercover with the Larbi gang. The police are closing in on Aziz, but as usual nothing is straightforward. Josephine Karlsson is up to her neck in the dealings of the Larbi gang. Clement plays a clever game behind the scenes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  25. Spiral Season 2 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    9.0/10(118 votes)

    #25 - Episode 7

    S2:E7

    As Samy's undercover operation nears its conclusion, the team prepares to arrest the Larbi brothers - but an unforeseen complication occurs and the detective's identity is called into question.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Spiral". It scored 10/10 based on 111 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/4/2019. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 2".