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The Worst Episodes of Waking the Dead

A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

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  1. Background image for Deus Ex Machina (1)
    6.6/10(158 votes)

    #1 - Deus Ex Machina (1)

    S6:E3

    MI6 asks Boyd to reopen the case of the killing of an Iraqi dissident.Meanwhile, a man running for election as President of the Sudan announces he is going on hunger strike to protest at Britain's refusal to return the skull of a 19th century leader.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Deus Ex Machina (2)
    6.6/10(144 votes)

    #2 - Deus Ex Machina (2)

    S6:E4

    Boyd finds a connection between the recent murder of an Iraqi and the local ruler's skull taken from the Sudan by British troops more than a hundred years before.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Wounds (2)
    6.6/10(128 votes)

    #3 - Wounds (2)

    S7:E10

    The team find out that a body discovered in a disused tunnel is that of salesman Chris Dearden, who went missing in 1996. He was on a self-empowerment weekend with his colleagues when he died.Could one of them be responsible?

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    Director:Sam Miller
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Wounds (1)
    6.7/10(131 votes)

    #4 - Wounds (1)

    S7:E9

    The team find out that a body discovered in a disused tunnel is that of salesman Chris Dearden, who went missing in 1996. He was on a self-empowerment weekend with his colleagues when he died.Could one of them be responsible?

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    Director:Sam Miller
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Substitute (2)
    7.1/10(144 votes)

    #5 - Substitute (2)

    S8:E6

    Eve's trust in her boyfriend proves unfounded as he turns out to be worst then even Boyd expected. Fortunately she is able to escape from the location where she is being held, but Stefan isn't going to let her go that easily.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Duty and Honour (1)
    7.2/10(141 votes)

    #6 - Duty and Honour (1)

    S7:E5

    The accidental excavation of a human hand leads the cold case squad to the cover-up of a major incident.

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    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Towers of Silence (1)
    7.3/10(163 votes)

    #7 - Towers of Silence (1)

    S5:E1

    A mummified body is discovered in a disused airliner that has been parked in the desert for 6 years. There are indications of a link to an armed robbery at Heathrow Airport six years earlier, and a murder at around the same time. Our team gains two new members. DS Andrea Stephenson takes over for DS Mel Silver, and the new mad scientist is Dr Felix Gibson.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Double Bind (2)
    7.3/10(135 votes)

    #8 - Double Bind (2)

    S6:E10

    The case becomes more complicated as Boyd discovers that alterative practises may have contributed to Daniel's instability.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Substitute (1)
    7.3/10(146 votes)

    #9 - Substitute (1)

    S8:E5

    When Eve's new boyfriend Stefan is being vague about his past she puts her skills to use and uncovers something she rather wouldn't have. Unsure about the next step she turns to Boyd for advice, initially he promises support. But once the facts become clearer Boyd and Eve want to follow a different path.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Burn Out (1)
    7.4/10(265 votes)

    #10 - Burn Out (1)

    S1:E1

    A young woman, Marina sets fire to an abandoned car in a street and takes photographs of it as it burns. Boyd walks by and tackles her to the ground, attempting to shield her from the possible explosion. He later learns that Marina's father died in a car accident a few years earlier in that spot, and Marina refuses to accept that his death was an accident. Although not officially a cold case, Boyd is intrigued and reluctantly agrees to investigate. Frankie runs forensic tests on Marina's father's car and proves that he was still alive after the crash and could have escaped. The answers they uncover may mean that the danger to Marina is much greater than any of them had suspected.

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  12. Background image for Walking on Water (2)
    7.4/10(165 votes)

    #11 - Walking on Water (2)

    S3:E4

    Following the murder of Mark Lovell's cousin, the team establish that Mark has a watertight alibi, and the search for the real murderer narrows down to the remaining family members. Their investigation into the two remaining family members is further complicated by the discovery of drug dealing and involvement in the witness protection scheme.

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    7.4/10(141 votes)

    #12 - Towers of Silence (2)

    S5:E2

    Spencer goes undercover as a prison inmate to investigate the possible reasons for the murders from the man convicted of committing the crimes. To Spence's dismay, the man (who is too scared to say anything about what happened) commits suicide before he can be coerced into revealing who the real killer is.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Double Bind (1)
    7.4/10(147 votes)

    #13 - Double Bind (1)

    S6:E9

    A psychiatric patient, imprisoned for the murder of his parents as a teenager escapes and reveals the location of an unknown corpse.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Duty and Honour (2)
    7.4/10(127 votes)

    #14 - Duty and Honour (2)

    S7:E6

    An Iraqi woman proves the key to the unlocking of the case.

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    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Burn Out (2)
    7.5/10(212 votes)

    #15 - Burn Out (2)

    S1:E2

    Boyd has Marinas uncle, Mike Coleman and her mother Gwen brought in for questioning while Frankie searches the house. The team find the items that were recovered from the car nine years ago and suspect that Perry Coleman was being blackmailed by Rod Brogan, a friend of Perry's. Boyd has the body exhumed and the DNA results surprise everyone.

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  17. Background image for The Blind Beggar (1)
    7.5/10(224 votes)

    #16 - The Blind Beggar (1)

    S1:E3

    Workmen are burrowing in the crypt of a Catholic church when they come across the skeletal remains of a young man buried in concrete. The squad sets about trying to pinpoint the identity of the body, which was buried with the accoutrements of certain Catholic rituals. Even more oddly, there is a message in Braille buried with the corpse, which tums out to be a passage from one of St Paul's letters to the Corinthians The team suspects that the body was never meant to be discovered.

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    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for The Blind Beggar (2)
    7.5/10(202 votes)

    #17 - The Blind Beggar (2)

    S1:E4

    The hunt continues for the murderer. The team uncovers some long hidden family secrets while questioning the community & congregation. Also Frankie discovers a possible biological connection between the former parish priest, Father Stuart, and the first victim.

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    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Walking on Water (1)
    7.5/10(190 votes)

    #18 - Walking on Water (1)

    S3:E3

    When a convicted killer is cleared at appeal for the murder of his adoptive father ten years previously, Boyd is not convinced that the man is innocent. But the only way to find out is to track down the rest of the family - and with a big inheritance at stake, both parties appear to have a lot to hide..

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  20. Background image for Breaking Glass (1)
    7.5/10(155 votes)

    #19 - Breaking Glass (1)

    S3:E5

    A recovered memory therapist alerts the CCS to a care home regime of sexual abuse of young boys and a suspected murder. Her client who revealed all this in a therapy session goes missing and the team strongly suspect he has gone on the hunt for the man who abused him and murdered his friend.

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    Director:Andy Hay
  21. Background image for Black Run (1)
    7.5/10(160 votes)

    #20 - Black Run (1)

    S5:E3

    Under the impression that he may receive a confession, Boyd accepts the invite for a visit to the prison from former police officer Eddie Vine, who is serving a life sentence for murdering his friend and former fellow officer, Tom Pallisser.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for A Simple Sacrifice (1)
    7.6/10(194 votes)

    #21 - A Simple Sacrifice (1)

    S1:E5

    Boyd and the team decide to reopen the 25 year old case of Annie Keel, a woman who was tried and convicted of a double homicide solely based upon her own confession. Boyd doubts the validity of the conviction, and decides to dig deeper to possibly discover what really happened. Why did Annie confess? Did she really commit murder, or was she covering for someone else?

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    Director:Unknown
  23. Background image for Special Relationship (1)
    7.6/10(177 votes)

    #22 - Special Relationship (1)

    S2:E5

    Boyd and his team struggle to find the truth behind the murder of a prominent Home Office adviser, when a petty criminal is acquitted of the crime. Once a prominent feminist activist, victim Katherine Reed had attacked the establishment at every opportunity, only to later switch sides. Boyd's progress on the case is hampered not only by a Home Office audit, which means the team will be shadowed throughout, but also by the fact that the original investigation was conducted by one of his old flames.

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    7.6/10(197 votes)

    #23 - Multistorey (1)

    S3:E1

    A man accused of opening fire on a crowd from a multi storey car park, and killed a policeman, is claiming his innocence. Boyd's colleagues question his loyalties when he seems unwilling to re-investigate. As DC Mel Silver digs deeper, she discovers some disturbing truths about her boss.

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  25. Background image for Final Cut (1)
    7.6/10(179 votes)

    #24 - Final Cut (1)

    S3:E7

    A mummified body sends the Cold Case Squad back to the sixties and to a Notting Hill house which had been featured in a film as the location for a murderous fight between gangsters. Renovation works at the house in the present day reveal more bodies behind the walls. The film starts to appear not so fictional after all. Things get even more complicated when Spencer tells Boyd that he and his family lived there when the events took place.

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    Director:Unknown
  26. Background image for Final Cut (2)
    7.6/10(147 votes)

    #25 - Final Cut (2)

    S3:E8

    The gangster responsible for the bodies behind the walls in the Notting Hill house is still active and the unearthing of past events provokes more murders and an international turf war. Spencer's family history is the key to unravelling the mystery.

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    Director:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"Deus Ex Machina (1)" is the worst rated episode of "Waking the Dead". It scored 6.6/10 based on 158 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/14/2007. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Deus Ex Machina (2)".