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The Worst Episodes of Spooks

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...
  1. Background image for The Deal
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #1 - The Deal

    S6:E5

    MI5 has to intercept a Russian arms dealer who plans to pass blueprints for a nuclear device to Iran. Adam and Ana decide to bring their relationship to a close.

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    7.4/10(307 votes)

    #2 - 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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    7.4/10(175 votes)

    #3 - Suicide Bomber

    S10:E4

    Two former inmates are released from jail. One is an undercover MI5 asset and the other is an impressionable wannabe suicide bomber who has been radicalised in prison. They are set to launch an attack somewhere in London, but our team must time it right and step in at the eleventh hour to prevent a massive loss of life.

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    Director:Julian Holmes
    Writer:Sean Cook
  4. Background image for Divided They Fall
    7.5/10(274 votes)

    #4 - Divided They Fall

    S4:E3

    Far-right political party The British Way is threatening democracy so Adam and Fiona go undercover to infiltrate and destroy its campaign.

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    Director:Alrick Riley
  5. Background image for Love and Death
    7.7/10(312 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. Background image for Frequently Asked Questions
    7.7/10(272 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for Road Trip
    7.7/10(275 votes)

    #7 - Road Trip

    S4:E4

    Adam infiltrates a truck carrying illegal immigrants across Europe in order to stop a would-be terrorist.

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    7.7/10(232 votes)

    #8 - 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?

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  10. Background image for Garden Leave
    7.7/10(228 votes)

    #9 - Garden Leave

    S10:E1

    The team has been left shocked by Lucas's betrayal, and with Harry Pearce on gardening leave, Section D has a new leader called Erin Watts. She has brought Calum Reed with her into the team. Harry Pearce manages to win his MI5 employment tribunal and is soon back on the Grid in the thick of the action. Secrets end up being discovered after Max Witt, a retired spy and Harry's colleague in Berlin during the Cold War, is discovered to have been murdered.

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  11. Background image for A Prayer for My Daughter
    7.8/10(303 votes)

    #10 - 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?

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    Director:Cilla Ware
  12. Background image for Tycoons
    7.8/10(247 votes)

    #11 - 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?

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    7.8/10(224 votes)

    #12 - 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?

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    Director:Sam Miller
    Writer:David Farr
  14. Background image for Sudden Death
    7.8/10(217 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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  15. Background image for Thou Shalt Not Kill
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Thou Shalt Not Kill

    S1:E1

    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.

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  16. Background image for Stolen Laptop
    7.9/10(189 votes)

    #15 - Stolen Laptop

    S10:E2

    Calum is attacked by a gang of street muggers during a routine intelligence-sharing exercise with MI6. The laptop he was carrying is stolen, and contains highly-classified information on MI5's undercover assets. Their names are soon plastered all over the internet, making MI5 look incompetent and putting those top assets' lives in danger.

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  17. Background image for Dirty Bomb
    7.9/10(186 votes)

    #16 - Dirty Bomb

    S10:E3

    MI5 receives a red flash: radioactive material has been detected at an airport. They have intelligence that a highly dangerous anarchist with a penchant for dirty bombs has secretly entered the country. They enlist Dimitri to honeytrap the anarchist's only known contact, his sister Natalie. It is a morally tough operation for Dimitri, but through Natalie he gets close to the dirty-bomber. Dimitri's personal connection to them both proves invaluable in the tense and potentially lethal endgame.

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    Director:Julian Holmes
    Writer:Sean Cook
  18. Background image for Outsiders
    8.0/10(280 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. Background image for The Russian
    8.0/10(276 votes)

    #18 - The Russian

    S4:E8

    An old British traitor is called in to infiltrate a Russian firm suspected of stealing secrets from GCHQ.

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    Director:Omar Madha
  20. Background image for The Sting
    8.0/10(255 votes)

    #19 - The Sting

    S4:E9

    Harry upsets the CIA by stopping an extradition to the USA.

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    8.0/10(223 votes)

    #20 - Bankruptcy

    S8:E6

    With the country on the verge of bankruptcy, the government can't pay its national debt payments. Section D is asked to get back more than a billion pounds of illegal earnings from the DeWits Bank. The team has to find out what, or who, Nightingale is after Ruth's investigations into the power meeting at Basel pay off.

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    Director:Edward Hall
  22. Background image for Start a War
    8.0/10(206 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.

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    Director:Edward Hall
  23. Background image for Kidnap
    8.0/10(190 votes)

    #22 - Kidnap

    S10:E5

    There is new evidence of CIA agent Jim Coaver's involvement in some recent attacks on MI5. Harry ends up kidnapping his former Cold War colleague but soon ends up realising that he's been looking in the wrong place and Jim could be innocent. Harry, with Ruth's help attempt to steal Coaver's laptop from under the noses of the Americans at the US embassy.

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    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for The Sleeper
    8.1/10(333 votes)

    #23 - 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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    8.1/10(315 votes)

    #24 - 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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  26. Background image for Traitor's Gate
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #25 - Traitor's Gate

    S1:E4

    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?

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    Director:Rob Bailey

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Deal" is the worst rated episode of "Spooks". It scored 6.7/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Brendan Maher and written by Zinnie Harris, it aired on 11/6/2007. This episode scored 0.7 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Celebrity".