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The Best Episodes of Spooks Season 1

Every episode of Spooks Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Spooks Season 1!

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 the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.

Genres:DramaAction & AdventureCrime
Network:BBC One

Season 1 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Spooks" season 1 is "Thou Shalt Not Kill", rated 7.2/10 from 671 user votes. It was directed by Bharat Nalluri and written by David Wolstencroft. "Thou Shalt Not Kill" aired on 5/13/2002 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Looking After Our Own".

  • Thou Shalt Not Kill
    7.2/10 671 votes

    #1 - Thou Shalt Not Kill

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/13/2002

    An abortion doctor is executed by an American pro-life terrorist; Mary Kane. An informant reveals that this is just the tip of the iceberg as Mary has 20 more bombs and plans on using them. To make matters worse she has started training more pro-life groups, within the UK.

    Director: Bharat Nalluri

    Writer: David Wolstencroft

  • Looking After Our Own
    7.9/10 526 votes

    #2 - Looking After Our Own

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/20/2002

    Tom and Helen must go undercover and befriend the wife of a suspected hardcore racist in order to prevent a racewar. Meanwhile Zoe and Tessa learn that a boatload of refugees is due to dock at Dover in the next few days. Things worsen when the operatives realise the two things may be connected and their covers may be blown.

    Director: Bharat Nalluri

    Writer: David Wolstencroft

  • One Last Dance
    7.5/10 439 votes

    #3 - One Last Dance

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/27/2002

    Whilst on a routine check of the bugs in the Turkish Embassy, Zoe and all the other people in the embassy are taken hostage by terrorists who wish to negotiate the release of their parents from prison. If Zoe's cover as a PR consultant is blown she will almost certainly be killed. Things worsen when Harry realises that the attack on the embassy was all just a distraction from something much, much bigger.

    Director: Rob Bailey

    Writer: Simon Mirren

  • Traitor's Gate
    7.6/10 447 votes

    #4 - Traitor's Gate

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/4/2002

    MI5's best officer, Peter Salter, seems to be joining the enemy. President Bush is scheduled to visit and it seems as though Salter is trying to stop the peace, is this all part of his mission or is he in fact a triple-agent?

    Director: Rob Bailey

    Writer: Howard Brenton

  • The Rose Bed Memoirs
    7.6/10 398 votes

    #5 - The Rose Bed Memoirs

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/10/2002

    Disgraced MP Hampton Wilder has written memoirs with the power to destroy the governement, what's more an old KGB agent is trying to smuggle illegal arms into and out of the country, besmirching the good name of the Prime Minister's right hand man.

    Director: Andy Wilson

    Writer: Howard Brenton

  • The Lesser of Two Evils
    8.3/10 448 votes

    #6 - The Lesser of Two Evils

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/17/2002

    Patrick McCann, an IRA leader claims to have information about a nuclear attack on the UK mainland, can MI5 trust the IRA enough to give them what they want in return; 36 hours free of surveillance, free to do whatever they wish?

    Director: Andy Wilson

    Writer: David Wolstencroft, Howard Brenton