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The Best Episodes of The Dinner Table Detective

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The Best Episodes of The Dinner Table Detective

Rich heiress Reiko Hosho lives a double life as a novice detective, fighting crime under Inspector Kazamatsuri—also from a wealthy family. After work, Reiko sheds...

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  1. Background image for Please be aware of two-timing affairs File 1
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Please be aware of two-timing affairs File 1

    S1:E4

    With Kageyama as her chauffeur, Reiko and her friends visit a crowded summer festival, where a cracked smartphone is discovered. Its owner was poisoned in his apartment, and he died wearing nothing but briefs. Three women the victim dated simultaneously on a matching app fail to match the height of a suspect seen exiting his residence, which leaves Reiko puzzled at the true culprit's identity.

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    Director:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Welcome to the murderous party File 2 / Here's a message from the dead File 1
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Welcome to the murderous party File 2 / Here's a message from the dead File 1

    S1:E2

    Mystery butler Kageyama concocts a peculiar plan to catch the criminal lurking in a luxury hotel, after which Reiko and her friends realize the hidden complexity of their own emotions. Reiko then tackles the murder case of a real estate tycoon. Each of the victim's relatives harbor suspicious motives to kill, but a single photograph proves essential in accelerating this perplexing investigation.

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    Director:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Here's a message from the dead File 2
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Here's a message from the dead File 2

    S1:E3

    While investigating the murder of a real estate tycoon, Reiko examines an erased dying message, a bloody trophy, and a cord yanked from the curtains. Without proof, however, she reaches a dead end...until savage butler Kageyama emerges to solve the mystery. Reiko and Kyoichiro think outside the box to trap the murderer, peek inside the victim's mindset, and end a chain of events fueled by revenge.

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    Director:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Welcome to the murderous party File 1
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    #4 - Welcome to the murderous party File 1

    S1:E1

    Wealthy heiress Reiko Hosho leads a double life as a novice detective. One day, an incident erupts at a birthday party she attends with friends from her college days. The victim is one of her old classmates, and Reiko's friends are labeled as suspects for matching the attacker's description. Stirring in confusion with only 20 minutes to solve the case, a man suddenly appears to reveal the culprit.

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    #5 - Please be aware of two-timing affairs File 2 / The person who dropped it is a VTuber File 1

    S1:E5

    Women of differing heights are spotted at the crime scene. Kageyama suspects that elevator shoes disguised the murderer's appearance. After learning that the victim had scammed several women via dating apps, Reiko inches closer to the truth. Later, a delivery man is found dead with an item belonging to his favorite VTuber, and it's discovered that the two even frequented the same hospital.

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    Director:Unknown
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  6. Background image for The person who dropped it is a VTuber File 2
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    #6 - The person who dropped it is a VTuber File 2

    S1:E6

    After a delivery man falls to his death, Reiko and Kyoichiro investigate his connection to popular VTuber "Kuru Kuru-Chan," who is blamed for the murder by fans online. Kageyama assists in analyzing a mystery figure planting bugs, untouched food deliveries, and hints to the true culprit left at the crime scene. The victim leaves a note reading, "I've had enough of this world," but in what context?

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  8. Background image for There is no such thing as a completely locked room File 1
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    #7 - There is no such thing as a completely locked room File 1

    S1:E7

    A famous painter is stabbed in his own studio, pointing to his masterpiece wall painting "Sleeping Beauty" just before dying. Suspects include his art-jacking son, his second wife, and an art magazine writer with whom he supposedly had an affair. Reiko and Kyoichiro investigate how the killer escaped a locked studio, eventually learning of the victim's connection to a certain "Appraisal Queen."

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    Director:Unknown
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  9. Background image for There is no such thing as a completely locked room File 2 / Please don't drown in this river File 1
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    #8 - There is no such thing as a completely locked room File 2 / Please don't drown in this river File 1

    S1:E8

    Kageyama locates a secret passageway to solve the locked-room murder mystery. Upon encountering a deranged woman wielding a knife, Reiko is left with nowhere to escape. On the next case, a white-suited journalist's body is discovered by the river. Despite being dry, his cause of death is drowning. With debts to pay, he had targeted a well-known "Shaketopia" actress whom Reiko adored as a child.

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  10. Background image for Please don't drown in this river File 2
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    #9 - Please don't drown in this river File 2

    S1:E9

    Journalist Ryota Ishiguro's body is found on the riverbank, but although the cause of his death is drowning, the body is dry. Reiko's investigations lead her to Shiho and Satoshi Kambara, a loving couple from whom Ishiguro had been demanding money, but they claim to have an alibi. The discovery of a silver spoon with the engraving "Shiho to Leo" takes the case in an unexpected direction.

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    #10 - Episode 10

    S1:E10

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Best Episodes Summary

"Please be aware of two-timing affairs File 1" is the best rated episode of "The Dinner Table Detective". It scored 7/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/25/2025. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Welcome to the murderous party File 2 / Here's a message from the dead File 1".