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The Best Episodes of Vera Season 5

Every episode of Vera Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Vera Season 5!

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:ITV1

Season 5 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Vera" season 5 is "Changing Tides", rated 7.6/10 from 642 user votes. It was directed by Marek Losey and written by Martha Hillier. "Changing Tides" aired on 4/5/2015 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Old Wounds".

  • Changing Tides
    7.6/10 642 votes

    #1 - Changing Tides

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/2015

    Vera takes a look into a suspicious fire that rips through a holiday park on the Northumberland coast. Three cabins are destroyed and the body of a woman is discovered inside inside one of them.

    Director: Marek Losey

    Writer: Martha Hillier

  • Old Wounds
    8.0/10 622 votes

    #2 - Old Wounds

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/2015

    Following the discovery of the remains of a teenage girl half-buried in a Northumberland wood, Vera and her team end up looking into a thirty-year old mystery.

    Director: Daikin Marsh

    Writer: Martha Hillier

  • Muddy Waters
    7.9/10 674 votes

    #3 - Muddy Waters

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 4/19/2015

    Vera investigates the death of an unidentified man dredged up from a slurry pit on a remote Northumberland farm.

    Director: Stewart Svaasand

    Writer: Glen Laker

  • Shadows in the Sky
    7.9/10 981 votes

    #4 - Shadows in the Sky

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 4/26/2015

    A dock worker plunges from the roof of a multistory car park whilst picking up daughter from her school prom and everything points to foul play.

    Director: William Sinclair

    Writer: Martha Hillier