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The Best Episodes of The Brokenwood Mysteries

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

The Best Episodes of The Brokenwood Mysteries

In a seemingly quiet country town the newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location.

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  1. 9.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Brokenwood-o-saurus

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    S10:E1

    After dinosaur fossils are discovered in the foothills of Brokenwood, the town buzzes about the potential boost for tourism; but when a paleontologist turns up dead, the future doesn't look so rosy.

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    Director:N/A
  2. 8.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Dog Day Morning

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    S7:E3

    When four masked men attempt to rob the Brokenwood Savings Bank, it's up to Mike and the team to determine which one of them pulled the trigger and killed the bank manager.

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  3. 8.3/10(3 votes)

    #3 - As If Nothing Had Happened

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    S4:E4

    Sunset Manor is a rest home in Brokenwood for the aged and bewildered. The new resident is Edward Alderston. Having recently lost his wife, his family has decided Sunset Manor is the best place for him, especially now that the Alzheimer’s is taking hold. Mrs Marlowe is a regular visitor, offering sing-alongs at the piano for the residents. But Edward is hoping for more of an ally than that. He’s planning an escape. In fact he’s been practicing. The only problem is he can’t remember the plan. But when a man is found with a Samurai sword through his back floating in his swimming pool in the neighbouring street, Edward’s exact whereabouts becomes of real importance.

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    Director:N/A
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  4. 8.3/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson

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    S7:E6

    When Mike mysteriously leaves Brokenwood on other police business, Kristin is left to lead the investigation into a 1970s party where several party-goers wind up dead.

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    Director:Mike Smith
  5. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Leather & Lace

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    S2:E1

    The Brokenwood Cheetahs are a local rugby team of legendary status. Their losing streak of 50 straight games has broken national records. So when their hapless coach, Arnie Langstone, is found dead - stripped naked and strapped to a goalpost - some think it might be blessing in disguise – perhaps now they might start winning again. But amidst this DSS Mike Shepherd is perplexed by several other issues. Firstly, why was a pair of women’s underwear stuffed down Arnie’s throat? And what do the neatly embroidered initials ‘G.G.’ signify? But then a second body is discovered and Mike and his team are stretched to the limit. Is this the work of a serial killer or merely a puzzling co-incidence?

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  6. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Case Six: To Die or Not To Die

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    S2:E2

    When a young cast member of The Brokenwood Theatre Society collapses and dies at the end of a performance of Hamlet, the initial belief is that it was from natural causes. However, Mike detects there is ‘something rotten in the state of Brokenwood’ when he gets a whiff of a lethal poison. In doing so he uncovers a complex web of ego driven dissention amongst the troupe. Was Ben Faulkner expended to create opportunity for another young rising star? Or can his death be linked to the words of the Bard himself? And how did Jared end up playing the lead role? As Mike and his team investigate the hidden secrets of this curious group of thespians ‘To be or not to be’ takes on a whole new meaning.

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    Director:Murray Keane
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 8.0/10(420 votes)

    #7 - Over Her Dead Body

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    S3:E2

    Brokenwood is in mourning as beloved local poet Declan O’Grady is being farewelled at St Judas Church after being struck down by cancer. But things go from bad to worse when his coffin accidentally falls from the hearse revealing that the corpse inside is not Declan but a young woman identifiable only by a notable scarlet tattoo.

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    Director:N/A
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  9. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Fall From Grace

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    S4:E1

    When Kristin, Breen, and Gina celebrate Mike’s birthday with a picnic in Brokenwood Domain, they are witness to a fatal skydiving accident. To make matters worse, Kristin knows the victim – entrepreneur Andre Barrington, an ex-boyfriend who moved onto another woman – Grace Turner, an adrenalin junkie and fellow skydiver. As the investigation unfolds, an unsettling truth is revealed. Andre’s parachute was never going to open as the cords were severed. Was it an elaborate suicide or was Grace having second thoughts about Andre? Then again – Andre’s older brother Felix was tired of living in his shadow, and his mother Lorraine’s maternal love verged on the side of sinister. Both of them were jumping with Andre too. And what about Andre’s business partner Dean Young, who was less than impressed by Andre’s work ethic? Mike and his team are forced to confront the old adage: ‘what goes up must come down’ – but not always in the way you want.

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  10. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Stone Cold Dead

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    S4:E2

    Charity Highmore-Browne is the owner and curator of Brokenwood's Historic Village. A stickler for all things Victorian, Charity lives in a time warp. Her sudden death by an arrow brings Mike and his team into the realm of New Zealand's colonial past as they deal with a blacksmith, a missionary and the local postmaster. Not to be overlooked is Charity's sister who once represented the country at the Olympics, missing out on a bronze medal in archery. As the investigation brings up questions about Charity's lifestyle and the mysterious disappearance of her husband seven years earlier, the team are faced with the possibility that Brokenwood is dealing with its first serial killer. Things are complicated further when Mike is forced out of the office due to a health scare and Kristin takes charge of the case. But can Mike truly hand over the reins?

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  11. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #10 - The Scarecrow

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    S4:E3

    Philip Henderson stands next to an impressive scarecrow amidst a field of damaged vegetation. His whole crop has failed. The scarecrow may have kept the birds away but this catastrophe is something bigger. Angered and distraught, he confronts his neighbour, the cantankerous Doug Randall, and accuses him of spray drift. Doug is having none of it and an ugly altercation ensues. The following day Philip is discovered dead in his field – the victim of an obscure poison. Suspicion falls on Doug and his new wife, the strident and doggedly loyal Trudy Neilson, whom it was well known had ongoing tensions with Philip over an unpaid bar tab at her pub, The Toad and Lion. But as Mike and the team dig further into the mystery, more suspects come into play. Philip’s other neighbour is the cagey Tamati Taylor, who is less than forthcoming, but as it transpires Philip had a twin brother. Why does he seem remarkably unmoved by the death of his sibling?

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  12. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #11 - The Power of Steam

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    S6:E1

    Mike and his team are taken into a world of Victorian dress-up and escapism when they investigate a murder at the Brokenwood Steampunk event.

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    Director:Oliver Driver
    Writer:N/A
  13. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #12 - A Real Page Turner

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    S6:E2

    World-renowned crime-writing author Jack Rudd visits Brokenwood to give a reading at the local book club from his latest novel - but never leaves, falling victim to a method of murder portrayed in his own book.

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    Director:Aidee Walker
  14. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Dead Men Don't Shoot Ducks

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    S6:E3

    When an animal activist is killed on the first day of duck hunting season, Mike and the team must determine whether it was an accidental shooting, or something more sinister

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  15. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Dead and Buried

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    S6:E4

    Some familiar faces return when the team investigates a suspicious suicide at the Brokenwood Women’s Prison.

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  16. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #15 - The Garotte and the Vinklebraun

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    S7:E1

    Mike and his team are thrust into a world of antiquities when a TV crew from the hit series All Things Old and Beautiful comes to town, and one of the hosts is murdered.

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    Director:Katie Wolfe
  17. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #16 - The Witches of Brokenwood

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    S7:E2

    The Brokenwood Health Retreat proves rather unhealthy for one unfortunate visitor, leaving the team of detectives with a very tricky case to solve.

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  18. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #17 - Something Nasty at the Market

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    S7:E4

    Mike, Kristin and the team investigate the murder of a Farmer's Market Owner who staggers into the crowd with a garden implement fatally embedded in her back.

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  19. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #18 - Exposed to the Light

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    S7:E5

    A fundraising evening at the historic Brokenwood Empire Cinema turns deadly when a fire breaks out, and when the smoke clears, a local businessman is found strangled.

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    Director:Aidee Walker
    Writer:Roy Ward
  20. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #19 - From the Cradle to the Grave

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    S8:E1

    Mike Shepherd and the team get a lesson in local history when the Brokenwood museum uncovers a dead body in the most unlikely of places.

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  21. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Death 'n' Bass

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    S8:E2

    The Brokenwood crime fighters are called in to investigate a murder at a music festival, where it would appear the victim was quite literally killed by sound.

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    Director:Mike Smith
  22. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Spark to a Flame

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    S8:E3

    In the remote community of beaches at Pateke Point, a local resident ends up bludgeoned to death by an unknown blunt object and locked inside a house not her own.

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    Writer:Roy Ward
  23. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Three Coins in a Fountain

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    S8:E4

    When the world champion of the curious sport of Spoofing is found dead in a fountain, the Brokenwood detectives must determine who was willing to commit murder in order to win at all costs.

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  24. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Good as Gold

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    S8:E5

    A 160-year-old family feud over gold becomes the main motive for murder when a modern-day cowgirl is gunned down in cold blood.

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  25. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Four Fires and a Funeral

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    S8:E6

    The charred remains of a body are discovered in a burned out rural shed. Mike and Kristin are tasked with identifying the body; it seems that this is the third in a run of "accidental" deaths, all attended by the Brokenwood Fire Brigade.

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  26. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Brokenwood: The Musical

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    S9:E1

    The history of Brokenwood gets new life as a musical. But the setting literally brings with it a shock for the composer.

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    Director:Katie Wolfe
    Writer:N/A

Best Episodes Summary

"Brokenwood-o-saurus" is the best rated episode of "The Brokenwood Mysteries". It scored 9.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Mike Smith, Timothy Balme, it aired on 4/29/2024. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dog Day Morning".