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The Best Episodes of Trial & Retribution

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The Best Episodes of Trial & Retribution

Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante...
  1. Background image for Curriculum Vitae (1)
    8.1/10(105 votes)

    #1 - Curriculum Vitae (1)

    S10:E7

    A mother returns home from work to find her baby girl dead in her cot, and her nanny has Vanished. D.C.I. Connor and the team take on this emotive case involving this ultimate abuse of trust. With the nanny on the run, it seems an obvious conclusion. But the more they investigate the case, the more complicated it becomes and they find themselves wondering who is the real victim and who can they really trust?.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Tracks (1)
    8.0/10(84 votes)

    #2 - Tracks (1)

    S11:E9

    The body of a teenage girl, Maria Cole, is discovered in a chalk pit, and the tracks of three different vehicles are discovered at the crime scene. They eventually lead D.C.I. Connor and D.C.S. Walker to the local hardman, Ray Harper. His son Andy and his friend Darren admit being at the pit on the same night, though they claim that they never saw the girl there. However, cracks soon appear in their story when CCTV footage reveals that they crossed paths with Maria before her death, later leading to the two boys being charged with her murder.

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  3. Background image for Trial And Retribution IX: The Lovers (2)
    7.9/10(69 votes)

    #3 - Trial And Retribution IX: The Lovers (2)

    S9:E2

    No description available

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  4. Background image for Curriculum Vitae (2)
    7.9/10(56 votes)

    #4 - Curriculum Vitae (2)

    S10:E8

    A mother returns home from work to find her baby girl dead in her cot, and her nanny has Vanished. D.C.I. Connor and the team take on this emotive case involving this ultimate abuse of trust. With the nanny on the run, it seems an obvious conclusion. But the more they investigate the case, the more complicated it becomes and they find themselves wondering who is the real victim and who can they really trust?.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Trial And Retribution VI (2)
    7.8/10(78 votes)

    #5 - Trial And Retribution VI (2)

    S6:E2

    D.I. North investigates when a girl is snatched from a wood, but the confession of a local sex offender complicates matters. Detective Chief Superintendent Walker is little help, as he has worries of his own.

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    Director:Unknown
  6. Background image for Trial And Retribution IX: The Lovers (1)
    7.7/10(116 votes)

    #6 - Trial And Retribution IX: The Lovers (1)

    S9:E1

    No description available

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    Director:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Closure (2)
    7.7/10(61 votes)

    #7 - Closure (2)

    S10:E4

    A young school girl is raped and murdered, but D.C.I. Connor still has no leads a month into the investigation. When Walker orders a review of unsolved cases, they turn up similar cases of raped and murdered teenage girls over the last ten years, and they find themselves searching for an apparent serial killer.

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    Director:Unknown
  9. Background image for Trial And Retribution V (2)
    7.6/10(76 votes)

    #8 - Trial And Retribution V (2)

    S5:E2

    Walker is assigned to investigate the discovery of a 17-year-old skeleton, which he isn't too happy about - especially as he's working with D.I. North's ex-boyfriend. They soon discover more skeletons buried at the house.

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    Director:Unknown
  10. Background image for VII: Suspicion (2)
    7.6/10(77 votes)

    #9 - VII: Suspicion (2)

    S7:E2

    A severed female hand is found in the Thames, which brings D.C.I. Conner in contact with Walker (who is now back in uniform). No body is discovered, and the case soon becomes a battle of wits against the killer.

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    Director:Unknown
  11. Background image for Paradise Lost (2)
    7.6/10(55 votes)

    #10 - Paradise Lost (2)

    S10:E6

    No description available

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Rules of the Game (1)
    7.6/10(88 votes)

    #11 - Rules of the Game (1)

    S11:E1

    A suitcase is found abandoned at Heathrow Airport, and panic ensues, but it is soon discovered to be no terrorist threat. Inside is the naked body of Sofia Petrenko, a high-class prostitute, who has been strangled to death. The suitcase is traced to Vitali Malikov, a Ukrainian billionaire who admits to hiring Sofia's services, but he claims she was alive when she left him and that the case was a gift. D.C.S. Walker arrests Malikov on suspicion of murder, but later has to release him, and soon realises he has become a pawn in a much bigger game.

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  13. Background image for Conviction (1)
    7.6/10(75 votes)

    #12 - Conviction (1)

    S11:E5

    Terry Dyer has been recently released from prison, where he was imprisoned for a crime he still maintains he did not commit, and he returns to his East London estate in search of the truth. The father of the victim he was convicted of killing, Ken Randle, confronts and wounds him. D.C.S. Walker is empathetic to Ken's situation and releases him on bail, and then Ken soon becomes doubtful of Dyer's guilt, growing convinced that a friend of his son's was involved in his murder, and soon long-buried secrets are unearthed, leading to an unexpected twist, while D.S. Satchell finds his career may be in danger.

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    Director:Unknown
  14. Background image for Conviction (2)
    7.6/10(53 votes)

    #13 - Conviction (2)

    S11:E6

    Dyer is released and Ken Randle confesses to Fisher's murder and goes on trial. However, Sarah comes to see Walker. She is anxious to tell him what really happened on the night that her brother was killed. As a consequence the charge of murder against Randle seems less likely but the remainder of his family will never be the same again.

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  15. Background image for Trial And Retribution (1)
    7.5/10(306 votes)

    #14 - Trial And Retribution (1)

    S1:E1

    A five-year-old girl goes missing and the police are called in to search. When her body is found inside a sewage pipe, it becomes a murder investigation, which is headed by Detective Superintendent Walker. They follow a few leads and eventually arrest a suspect, who is then sent to trial.

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  16. Background image for Trial And Retribution (2)
    7.5/10(140 votes)

    #15 - Trial And Retribution (2)

    S1:E2

    A five-year-old girl goes missing and the police are called in to search. When her body is found inside a sewage pipe, it becomes a murder investigation, which is headed by Detective Superintendent Walker. They follow a few leads and eventually arrest a suspect, who is then sent to trial.

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  17. Background image for Trial And Retribution II (1)
    7.5/10(197 votes)

    #16 - Trial And Retribution II (1)

    S2:E1

    When Susan Harrow does not come home, her mother reports her missing to the police. Her body is later discovered on waste land and a murder investigation is launched, once again headed by Det. Supt. Walker. There is later a second murder and they know that they have a serial killer on their hands.

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  18. Background image for Trial And Retribution IV (2)
    7.5/10(79 votes)

    #17 - Trial And Retribution IV (2)

    S4:E2

    D.I. North re-investigates an eight-year-old murder case and finds that Det. Supt. Walker was in charge of the inquiry. She begins to suspect that he's covering something up and he is suspended from duty. He returns to his roots to find new evidence to prove his innocence, in order to save his career, relationship and reputation.

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  19. Background image for Sins Of The Father (1)
    7.5/10(128 votes)

    #18 - Sins Of The Father (1)

    S10:E1

    The apparently happy Harrogate family is torn apart when they return home to discover their daughter, Emily, dead. Connor and Satchell begin to sift through the case and discover that the family isn't as stable as it first appeared. Connor appeals to Walker for some backup, who is having problems of his own with his own son Richard. Secrets are soon discovered and fragile relationships are tested in the process of ensuring justice is done.

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    Director:Unknown
  20. Background image for Mirror Image (2)
    7.5/10(49 votes)

    #19 - Mirror Image (2)

    S10:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Trial And Retribution II (2)
    7.4/10(111 votes)

    #20 - Trial And Retribution II (2)

    S2:E2

    When Susan Harrow does not come home, her mother reports her missing to the police. Her body is later discovered on waste land and a murder investigation is launched, once again headed by Det. Supt. Walker. There is later a second murder and they know that they have a serial killer on their hands.

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  22. Background image for Trial And Retribution V (1)
    7.4/10(126 votes)

    #21 - Trial And Retribution V (1)

    S5:E1

    Walker is assigned to investigate the discovery of a 17-year-old skeleton, which he isn't too happy about - especially as he's working with D.I. North's ex-boyfriend. They soon discover more skeletons buried at the house.

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  23. Background image for Trial And Retribution VI (1)
    7.4/10(132 votes)

    #22 - Trial And Retribution VI (1)

    S6:E1

    D.I. North investigates when a girl is snatched from a wood, but the confession of a local sex offender complicates matters. Detective Chief Superintendent Walker is little help, as he has worries of his own.

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  24. Background image for Paradise Lost (1)
    7.4/10(87 votes)

    #23 - Paradise Lost (1)

    S10:E5

    A serial rapist is targeting the black community by raping white women with black boyfriends. When an attack ends in murder and the boyfriend is cleared, Walker brings him on to the investigation to help, but could Connor's relationship with a barrister working on the case jeopardise the investigation and the subsequent trial?.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Mirror Image (1)
    7.4/10(86 votes)

    #24 - Mirror Image (1)

    S10:E9

    The murder of a Police Commander and his wife puts Walker, Connor and the team under pressure to get a quick result. Jewelery has been stolen from the house, which would indicate a burglary gone wrong, but several relatives profit from their deaths and so they focus the investigation on the family. Connor is suspicious of the identical twin sons in particular and suspects that they may have worked together in order to get away with patricide.

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    Director:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Rules of the Game (2)
    7.4/10(53 votes)

    #25 - Rules of the Game (2)

    S11:E2

    Another working girl, Maryna, is put on trial for assaulting Malikov. She claims self-defence but the trial is mishandled and walker is even more adamant then before that he will get the Ukrainian. Roisin, however, believes that his obsession with Malikov is blinding him to the identity of the real killer of Sonya and takes the investigation down a different route.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Curriculum Vitae (1)" is the best rated episode of "Trial & Retribution". It scored 8.1/10 based on 105 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/4/2007. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Tracks (1)".