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The Worst Episodes of Vera

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...
  1. Background image for Hidden Depths
    7.0/10(9 votes)

    #1 - Hidden Depths

    S1:E1

    After two young people are killed in the same way - placed in water and surrounded by flowers - DCI Vera Stanhope knows that she must catch the murderer before they strike again. Aided by her team, especially her trusted right-hand man Sgt Joe Ashworth, she unpicks the complex and dysfunctional relationships amongst a group of bird-watching friends. As the friends' loyalty turns to betrayal, Vera finds that a small act of teenage blackmail and an illicit affair may have driven someone to kill.

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  2. Background image for Telling Tales
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #2 - Telling Tales

    S1:E2

    After Jeanie Long commits suicide, evidence comes to light exonerating her for the murder of teenager Abigail Mantel 11 years earlier. DCI Vera Stanhope and her team set out to retrospectively solve the killing, delving into the secrets and lies of a small community which still feels the repercussions of Abigail's death. Then the case takes an violent and unexpected turn - can Vera use her skill and instinct to find the truth and lay ghosts to rest?

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    Director:Peter Hoar
  3. Background image for Home
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #3 - Home

    S8:E3

    Quiet life in suburbia takes a dark turn when a woman is discovered murdered, found lying dead in her back garden. When DCI Vera Stanhope discovers that the neighbours aren’t all that they seem, buried secrets must be unearthed in order to catch the killer.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Tyger Tyger
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #4 - Tyger Tyger

    S11:E3

    When security foreman Gary Mallon is fatally wounded during a robbery at a Blyth container port the evidence points to an audacious heist that went awry. Vera begins to suspect an inside job. But the investigation takes an unexpected turn when Gary’s ex-wife contacts police with the news that their 13-year-old son is missing. Gary Mallon was acting under duress - the victim of a tiger kidnapping. His son was being held as collateral - but where is he now? In order to rescue the missing boy, Vera first needs to work out who was behind the robbery. Further complications ensue when she finds herself forced to collaborate with an NCA Officer who is working on a covert surveillance operation with links to organised crime. As Vera closes in on the kidnappers a misstep in the investigation leads to tragic repercussions, and she finds herself taken off the case.

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  5. Background image for The Crow Trap
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #5 - The Crow Trap

    S1:E3

    When a woman is murdered in the remote Northumbrian countryside, DCI Vera Stanhope is led back to a place from her past. As she and her team investigate, they uncover shadowy liaisons, conflicting sympathies and hidden injustices.

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  6. Background image for Cuckoo
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Cuckoo

    S9:E2

    Vera must get to the bottom of why a teenage boy is found murdered far away from his home in a coastal town.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Little Lazarus
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #7 - Little Lazarus

    S1:E4

    Last in the series of the detective drama based on the novels by Ann Cleeves. DI Vera Stanhope rescues a young boy from a freezing pond after he escapes from a violent attack which left his mother dead. As Vera and her team investigate what happened to the child, they unravel a web of deadly secrets and discover a murderous sequence of events set in motion by power, money and a mother's love. Although she is usually awkward and uninterested around children, Vera finds a kindred spirit in the boy, and begins to realise that the key to the investigation may lie hidden in his memory.

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  9. Background image for Cold River
    7.5/10(6 votes)

    #8 - Cold River

    S9:E3

    A beauty empire is shaken to the ground when one of three sisters is found dead in the River Tyne. DCI Vera Stanthorpe investigates.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for As the Crow Flies
    7.5/10(6 votes)

    #9 - As the Crow Flies

    S11:E4

    Primary school teacher Lizzy Swann is found dead at the bottom of a cliffside coastal walkway, but what appears at first to be a terrible accident, quickly becomes a murder investigation as Vera discovers evidence the body has been tampered with. Interviews with those who knew Lizzy paint a troubling picture of a guarded and paranoid woman who seemed to be burning bridges with friends and family alike in the days leading up to her death.

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    Director:Waris Islam
  11. Background image for The Deer Hunters
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #10 - The Deer Hunters

    S4:E3

    When a suspected poacher is found dead from a gunshot wound, Vera must unearth the real truth behind his return to the Northumberland moors.

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  12. Background image for Blood and Bone
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #11 - Blood and Bone

    S8:E1

    DCI Vera Stanhope is called to a chilling murder scene when the charred remains of a body are discovered in an abattoir incinerator. With limited forensic evidence, she is disturbed to identify the body as DC Harry Fenton, a respected police officer from the Northumberland & City Fraud Unit.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Parent Not Expected
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #12 - Parent Not Expected

    S10:E2

    DCI Vera Stanhope must unravel a tangled web of deceit between two wildly different families when the body of a teenage boy is discovered floating near a Northumberland salmon farm.

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    Director:Rob Evans
  14. Background image for Witness
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Witness

    S11:E1

    DCI Vera Stanhope must unravel the mystery when well-respected local builder and family man Jim Tullman is found beaten to death on the steps of the Collingwood Monument the day before he was due to testify in court as the key witness in a violent assault case.

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    Director:Paul Gay
    Writer:Paul Logue
  15. Background image for A Certain Samaritan
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #14 - A Certain Samaritan

    S2:E3

    DCI Vera Stanhope investigates the murder of 29-year-old Niall Coulter. With those closest to Niall intent upon obscuring the truth, it is not until the body of a drug dealer is found washed up on a Northumberland beach that the dreadful truth begins to emerge about Niall's past. While coping with revelations from her own past, Vera sifts through evidence of the grief, love and addiction that characterised Niall's life and deduces that his murderer acted through selfless and unrequited love.

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  16. Background image for Castles in the Air
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Castles in the Air

    S3:E1

    DCI Vera Stanhope investigates the brutal murder of a young physiotherapist gunned down at a luxury country retreat.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for On Harbour Street
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #16 - On Harbour Street

    S4:E1

    Investigating a mysterious death, DCI Vera Stanhope finds herself in a quiet coastal town with clues that keep revolving around one street.

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  18. Background image for Muddy Waters
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #17 - Muddy Waters

    S5:E3

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

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  19. Background image for Black Ice
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #18 - Black Ice

    S8:E2

    When a seemingly beloved resident of a coastal community is fatally driven off the road, DCI Vera digs up the victim's past in the hope of unmasking the killer.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Against the Tide
    7.8/10(644 votes)

    #19 - Against the Tide

    S12:E1

    Vera is called to a lighthouse when the body of a local council worker is found, but it becomes clear that his life wasn't plain sailing.

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  21. Background image for For the Grace of God
    7.8/10(636 votes)

    #20 - For the Grace of God

    S12:E2

    Vera attends to the body of an ex-soldier who ended up on the streets and finds that events in his past and the present made for a deadly future.

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  22. Background image for Salt & Vinegar
    7.8/10(477 votes)

    #21 - Salt & Vinegar

    S13:E3

    DCI Vera Stanhope investigates when the body of the co-owner of a chip shop is found in his own freezer. A seemingly successful entrepreneur and dedicated family man, Vera uncovers secrets, lies and some unforgivable behaviour as she tries to unwrap the case. Once the investigation begins, it soon becomes apparent that our enigmatic entrepreneur has left behind debts, broken promises, ruined lives and seriously interfered in family business that was not his own. Who is responsible for this unsavoury chip shop assault and battery?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Tender
    7.9/10(532 votes)

    #22 - Tender

    S13:E2

    DCI Vera Stanhope is on track to uncover an intriguing yet puzzling case when the body of a sickly young girl is discovered in a railway siding. Found in the middle of nowhere she could be anyone but the investigation soon turns up twists and turns that makes Vera question who this girl actually was. A vulnerable young person with a serious health condition, has her weakened state allowed someone to take advantage of her? And how does the family dynamic work when she’s not truly part of the family? A tale of intrigue, betrayal and blurred lines, Vera’s investigation questions the meaning of family, care and accountability. And with eroding trust, does care come at a cost?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Poster Child
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Poster Child

    S3:E2

    DCI Vera Stanhope and her team must race against time to track down the killer of a respected surgeon and save his abducted teenage daughters.

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    Director:Paul Cotter
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Prodigal Son
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Prodigal Son

    S3:E4

    Vera and her team investigate the fatal stabbing of an ex-Met police officer outside a busy Newcastle nightclub.

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  26. Background image for Protected
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #25 - Protected

    S4:E2

    Vera unearths a 30-year-old mystery when the son of a prominent local family is found brutally murdered on the sands of a seaside resort.

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    Director:Daikin Marsh
    Writer:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"Hidden Depths" is the worst rated episode of "Vera". It scored 7/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Adrian Shergold and written by Paul Rutman, it aired on 5/1/2011. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Telling Tales".