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The Best Episodes of Spooks

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Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Spooks Season 7 Episode 7 - The Mole
    9.7/10(285 votes)

    #1 - The Mole

    S7:E7

    Harry is imprisoned and accused by MI5 of being the Russian mole. Lucas disappears to Moscow in a bid to gather intelligence and get to the bottom of Harry's arrest, whilst the rest of the team tries to prove his innocence on the Grid. But with so much evidence against him and a traitor among the team, things aren't looking good for Harry.

    Director:Sam Miller
    Writers:James Moran, Christian Spurrier

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  2. Spooks Season 5 Episode 8 - Agenda
    9.5/10(251 votes)

    #2 - Agenda

    S5:E8

    MI5 investigates the assassination of a Muslim cleric outside the high court, and uncovers a radicalised Christian who is determined to incite a religious war.

    Director:Julian Simpson
    Writer:Julian Simpson

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  3. Spooks Season 6 Episode 4 - The Extremist
    9.5/10(236 votes)

    #3 - The Extremist

    S6:E4

    As an Algerian extremist escapes his home detention, the team fears he may be plotting a terror attack on US businesses in the UK with the help of local Iranians. However, working with the Americans to stop the attack proves a trying task given their recently-deceitful behaviour.

    Director:Charles Beeson
    Writers:David Wolstencroft, David Farr

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  4. Spooks Season 6 Episode 6 - The Courier
    9.5/10(235 votes)

    #4 - The Courier

    S6:E6

    Harry discovers there's a mole at large in the Grid. Meanwhile, Ros and Adam board a plane undercover in an attempt to stop Iran becoming a nuclear power.

    Director:Brendan Maher
    Writer:George Tiffin

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  5. Spooks Season 6 Episode 7 - The Broadcast
    9.5/10(236 votes)

    #5 - The Broadcast

    S6:E7

    A live TV broadcast announcing the new peace accord between the UK, US and Iran is hijacked by armed gunmen. Can Adam and Ros defuse the situation before someone's hurt?

    Director:Stefan Schwartz
    Writer:David Farr

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  6. Spooks Season 6 Episode 8 - Infiltration
    9.5/10(240 votes)

    #6 - Infiltration

    S6:E8

    Ros is in grave danger after Bob Hogan discovers she's a traitor. Meanwhile, Harry's brought before Yalta's chief, whose identity shocks him to the core.

    Director:Stefan Schwartz
    Writer:Neil Cross

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  7. Spooks Season 6 Episode 9 - Isolated
    9.5/10(223 votes)

    #7 - Isolated

    S6:E9

    The team finds themselves suspended from the Grid following what happened involving Ros. Harry learns from an old adversary about a bomb he has planted in London. The team realizes that if they respond their lives will be in danger but if they don't it will be the public who suffers. A shocking discovery is made when they discover who is behind the latest threat.

    Director:Alrick Riley
    Writer:Neil Cross

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  8. Spooks Season 6 Episode 10 - The School
    9.5/10(244 votes)

    #8 - The School

    S6:E10

    Hardliners opposed to the peace between Iran and the West have targeted a London school. Jo is captured by Redbacks, the mercenaries who abducted Zaf.

    Director:Alrick Riley
    Writer:Ben Richards

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  9. Spooks Season 7 Episode 1 - New Allegiances
    9.5/10(322 votes)

    #9 - New Allegiances

    S7:E1

    The team steps in when a British soldier is kidnapped by Al-Qaeda. Meanwhile, an old protégé of Harry's returns to the fold after eight years in a Russian prison - but whose side is he really on?

    Director:Colm McCarthy
    Writers:Neil Cross, Ben Richards

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  10. Spooks Season 7 Episode 2 - Split Loyalties
    9.5/10(283 votes)

    #10 - Split Loyalties

    S7:E2

    Harry vows revenge by taking down the head of Russia's intelligence service in Britain with the help of Lucas North. Lucas's loyalties, however, are secretly no longer with MI5 and he exploits Harry's trust to help a Russian submarine destroy Britain's communications system, causing financial and social chaos.

    Director:Colm McCarthy
    Writers:Neil Cross, Ben Richards

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  11. Spooks Season 7 Episode 3 - The Tip-Off
    9.5/10(246 votes)

    #11 - The Tip-Off

    S7:E3

    With Lucas back within MI5 he reveals that the Russians interrogated him about Operation Sugar Horse, the most secret ongoing spy operation MI5 ever had. If the Russians know about it, then MI5 has a very high level mole. Harry seeks out his mentor, The Spycatcher, to help him find the mole. Ben is undercover with an Al-Qaeda cell; they are planning to bomb London and what looks like a dry run unexpectedly turns live.

    Director:Peter Hoar
    Writers:Russell Lewis, Ben Richards

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  12. Spooks Season 7 Episode 4 - A Chance for Peace
    9.5/10(238 votes)

    #12 - A Chance for Peace

    S7:E4

    The team is stunned to discover that Al-Qaeda's number three wants to negotiate. It's a risk, but Harry and the team have to take this chance for peace.

    Director:Peter Hoar
    Writer:Richard McBrien

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  13. Spooks Season 7 Episode 5 - On the Brink
    9.5/10(238 votes)

    #13 - On the Brink

    S7:E5

    The British economy is on the brink of collapse and if one more bank goes down the entire financial system will implode. Ros goes undercover in the City to flush out a dangerous international financier who wants to bankrupt the country. Suddenly, it is not just the economy, but Ros's life that is at risk.

    Director:Edward Hall
    Writer:Christian Spurrier

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  14. Spooks Season 7 Episode 6 - Accidental Discovery
    9.5/10(248 votes)

    #14 - Accidental Discovery

    S7:E6

    A teenage boy accidentally stumbles upon a government conspiracy and is instantly absorbed into the world of MI5, ending up on the run. Lucas and the team battle to protect the boy from those who wish to silence him. Harry receives a cryptic message from his asset in Russia which could be the key to bringing down the high-level MI5 mole.

    Director:Edward Hall
    Writer:David Farr

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  15. Spooks Season 7 Episode 8 - Nuclear Strike
    9.5/10(276 votes)

    #15 - Nuclear Strike

    S7:E8

    With the Russians launching a nuclear strike on London, the only person who can help the team in this desperate hour is the traitor amongst them. With the Russians hunting them down, the team ushers their traitor through London in a desperate bid to reach the codes, and the bomb, in time.

    Director:Sam Miller
    Writer:Neil Cross

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  16. Spooks Season 8 Episode 1 - Uranium
    9.5/10(278 votes)

    #16 - Uranium

    S8:E1

    Harry is still missing, and there is one question on everyone's mind: is he dead, or alive? Section D discovers that Harry thwarted a clandestine operation to smuggle weapons-grade uranium into Iraq to justify the war. Now the rogue officers who masterminded the operation want their uranium back, and they are prepared to go to any lengths to get it. If Harry isn't dead already, is it too late to save him?

    Director:Alrick Riley
    Writer:Ben Richards

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  17. Spooks Season 8 Episode 2 - Energy
    9.5/10(243 votes)

    #17 - Energy

    S8:E2

    The country reaches crisis point when energy supplies are threatened by an explosion at a gas processing plant. With reserves on the verge of running out, Britain is forced to turn to Tazbekstan for help. But in return for energy, the Tazbek Trade and Industry Secretary, Urazov, wants carte blanche to wipe out his enemies on British soil. Is this a price worth paying or can Section D get rid of Urazov in order to secure the deal?

    Director:Alrick Riley
    Writers:Ben Richards, Zinnie Harris

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  18. Spooks Season 8 Episode 3 - Tycoons
    9.5/10(259 votes)

    #18 - Tycoons

    S8:E3

    The pressure is on for Section D when a secret meeting of powerful tycoons is stormed by armed terrorists and eight of the world's richest men are taken captive. But this is no normal hostage situation - undercover at the time, Ros is one the hostages. As events spiral out of control, it looks like no one will make it out alive. Is this the end of the road for Ros?

    Director:Sam Miller
    Writer:Christian Spurrier

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  19. Spooks Season 8 Episode 4 - Nemesis
    9.5/10(235 votes)

    #19 - Nemesis

    S8:E4

    Lucas's past comes back to haunt him when his former torturer Darshavin turns up with intelligence about a bomb in London. Harry fears Darshavin still has a psychological hold over Lucas, but Darshavin won't deal with anyone else. With innocent lives at risk Lucas must confront his demons for the sake of the nation, but can he overcome his nemesis in order to save the day or is the pressure too much to bear?

    Director:Sam Miller
    Writer:David Farr

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  20. Spooks Season 8 Episode 5 - Sudden Death
    9.5/10(228 votes)

    #20 - Sudden Death

    S8:E5

    Harry is puzzled by the sudden death of CIA boss Samuel Walker. Harry is convinced that he did not commit suicide and when another CIA agent dies he begins to think that the deaths have something to do with the power meeting that is being held in Basel. Ros is surprised when her old mentor, Jack Coleville, contacts her and it soon becomes apparent he is involved in what has been going on.

    Director:Alrick Riley
    Writer:Richard McBrien

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  21. Spooks Season 8 Episode 7 - Start a War
    9.5/10(216 votes)

    #21 - Start a War

    S8:E7

    After a Pakistani intelligence officer is murdered in South London, the head of the Pakistani intelligence service talks to Harry and Ros. They learn that there is a planned attack on some Muslims and there are determined to stop an all out war between the Hindu and Muslim communities.

    Director:Edward Hall
    Writer:James Dormer

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  22. Spooks Season 8 Episode 8 - Brink of War
    9.5/10(241 votes)

    #22 - Brink of War

    S8:E8

    With India and Pakistan on the brink of war, emergency talks are set up in an exclusive London hotel. Section D faces its biggest challenge yet, as the team tries to avert the first nuclear confrontation since the Second World War. When the Indian delegation abandons the talks, it looks like Nightingale's sinister plan will succeed. Lucas and Ros place themselves in grave danger in a final attempt to defeat Nightingale, but will they make it out of the hotel alive?

    Director:Alrick Riley
    Writer:Ben Richards

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  23. Spooks Season 9 Episode 2 - Oil Baron
    9.5/10(232 votes)

    #23 - Oil Baron

    S9:E2

    The pressure is on for Beth when she goes undercover for MI5 for the first time. She is tasked with protecting an influential oil baron, Robert Westhouse, when the team receives intel that an assassination attempt will be made on him at a meeting of top oil dealers. But an unexpected ambush throws things off course, and threatens to dredge up her murky mercenary past. Meanwhile, Lucas visits someone who never expected they would see him again.

    Director:Michael Caton-Jones
    Writer:David Farr

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  24. Spooks Season 9 Episode 3 - Paroxocybin
    9.5/10(225 votes)

    #24 - Paroxocybin

    S9:E3

    Section D is forced to welcome an FSB officer onto the Grid to help track down Aibek, a rogue nationalist from the ex-Soviet state of Azakstan. Aibek is in the UK to find the last known sample of the nerve agent 'Paroxocybin'. The chase is on, but will the team find a way to stop the nerve agent falling into the wrong hands without ruining Anglo-Russian relations? Meanwhile, Lucas's personal life takes a passionate turn.

    Director:Michael Caton-Jones
    Writer:Richard McBrien

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  25. Spooks Season 9 Episode 5 - Hotel Lockdown
    9.5/10(217 votes)

    #25 - Hotel Lockdown

    S9:E5

    The American president is on his way to London to chair top secret peace talks between Israel and Palestine, under the guise of his first state visit. Beth and Dimitri must keep their wits about them as undercover Home Office representatives, tasked with keeping the delegates apart until the talks. When a plot to kill the president is uncovered, they must also track down the assailant. The hotel is put in lockdown as a precaution, but are they locking the threat out? Or in?

    Director:Julian Holmes
    Writers:Sam Vincent, Jonathan Brackley, Oliver Brown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Mole" is the best rated episode of "Spooks". It scored 9.7/10 based on 285 votes. Directed by Sam Miller and written by James Moran, Christian Spurrier, it aired on 11/24/2008. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Agenda".