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The Best Episodes of Spooks Season 3

Every episode of Spooks Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Spooks Season 3!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Spooks Season 3 Episode 1 - Project Friendly Fire
    8.6/10(393 votes)

    #1 - Project Friendly Fire

    S3:E1

    Tom Quinn has disappeared after shooting his boss Harry Pearce. He also stands accused of assassinating the Chief of Defence Staff. Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee Oliver Mace uses this a pretext to launch a punitive investigation of MI5. Zoe, Danny and the team must prove Tom innocent and save the service from government takeover.

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  2. Spooks Season 3 Episode 2 - The Sleeper
    8.1/10(352 votes)

    #2 - The Sleeper

    S3:E2

    Harry reawakens sleeper agent Fred Roberts, a renowned chemist and family man. As Fred becomes more deeply involved with deadly terrorists, Tom has a crisis of conscience which could jeopardise his career.

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  3. Spooks Season 3 Episode 3 - Who Guards the Guards?
    8.0/10(331 votes)

    #3 - Who Guards the Guards?

    S3:E3

    Danny and the team must uncover the truth behind an assassination attempt on a famous novelist.

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  4. Spooks Season 3 Episode 4 - A Prayer for My Daughter
    7.8/10(318 votes)

    #4 - A Prayer for My Daughter

    S3:E4

    The latest round of Middle East peace talks are abruptly halted when a key delegate is killed. With the peace process derailed MI5 starts to investigate a newspaper mogul and renowned Israeli extremist, and a group he's associated with called the November Committee. Can MI5 prevent an assassination attempt on a pro-Palestinian British MP?

    Director:Cilla Ware

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  5. Spooks Season 3 Episode 5 - Love and Death
    7.6/10(325 votes)

    #5 - Love and Death

    S3:E5

    Saturday morning. Danny and Colin practice their firing technique on MI5's gun range. Zoe and her fiancé Will are still madly in love. Ruth watches old movies at home whilst longing for real-life romance. A North Sea mission places additional stain on all relationships...

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  6. Spooks Season 3 Episode 6 - Persephone
    8.2/10(322 votes)

    #6 - Persephone

    S3:E6

    Zoe is tried for manslaughter when an MI5 operation results in the murder of an undercover police officer.

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  8. Spooks Season 3 Episode 7 - Outsiders
    8.0/10(291 votes)

    #7 - Outsiders

    S3:E7

    While a deadly hacker turns Britain upside down, Danny decides whether to reveal all to Will, MI5 hunts the source down to an Islamic mosque with the help of MI5's best computer programmers. But things get suspicious when Ruth, close onto the tail of the hacker, goes missing and so does a member of the special team...

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  9. Spooks Season 3 Episode 8 - Celebrity
    7.4/10(320 votes)

    #8 - Celebrity

    S3:E8

    The baby of a celebrity couple is kidnapped and they call in MI5. Fiona goes in undercover to gather more information about the couple against Adam's wishes.

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  10. Spooks Season 3 Episode 9 - Frequently Asked Questions
    7.7/10(283 votes)

    #9 - Frequently Asked Questions

    S3:E9

    When known mercenary Robert Morgan is spotted at a top-secret disused Soviet arms dump, he obviously has to be brought in for questioning. Is it all right to blackmail innocent people to get the information you want? Is it acceptable to threaten the lives of a suspect's family?

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  11. Spooks Season 3 Episode 10 - The Suffering of Strangers
    8.8/10(345 votes)

    #10 - The Suffering of Strangers

    S3:E10

    It's Fiona's birthday, and she's not going to forget it! While inspecting a possible Islamic terrorist safe house, they are kidnapped. With the threat of his son's, his wife's and Danny's life, Adam must choose who won't live to see another day, Fiona or Danny? The prime minister's life is in danger. Will MI5 give into the kidnappers demands? But then to everybody's surprise... Danny makes the ultimate sacrifice.

    Director:Alrick Riley

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Project Friendly Fire" is the best rated episode of "Spooks" season 3. It scored 8.6/10 based on 393 votes. Directed by Jonny Campbell and written by Howard Brenton, it aired on 10/11/2004. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Sleeper".