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The Best Episodes Written By Colin Dexter

Every TV Episode Written by Colin Dexter Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Colin Dexter Ratings Summary

"Fugue" is the best rated episode written by Colin Dexter. It scored 8.25/10 based on 8 votes. It was directed by Tom Vaughan. It aired on 4/21/2013 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Girl".

  • Fugue
    8.3/108 votes

    #1 - Fugue

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/21/2013

    There is a new kind of killer haunting the Oxford twilight. Endeavour and Thursday find the city's dreaming spires giving way to waking nightmare.

    Director: Tom Vaughan

    Writer: Colin Dexter

  • Girl
    8.1/1011 votes

    #2 - Girl

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/14/2013

    The sudden death of a secretarial student and the shooting of a doctor appear unconnected despite Morse's theories. Chief Superintendent Bright, the new commanding officer of the Oxford City Police, unimpressed with Morse's zeal, protests to Thursday that the bagman's position is a Detective Sergeant's job and the young constable is too inexperienced. Following the shooting of a vicar, Morse is reduced to general duties for dismissing a beautiful, but mentally unstable girl as a suspect and must continue his investigations alone despite warnings of possible dismissal from his superiors.

    Director: Edward Bazalgette

    Writer: Colin Dexter

  • Expiation
    7.8/104 votes

    #3 - Expiation

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/4/2007

    When an Oxford housewife is found hanged in her home, Lewis and Hathaway unearth a far darker murder case than the initial suicide verdict suggests.

    Director: Dan Reed

    Writer: Colin Dexter

  • The Dead of Jericho
    7.0/106 votes

    #4 - The Dead of Jericho

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/1987

    Morse is passed over for promotion and gets a new working partner in the shape of Lewis, who is not sure what to make of his new boss. Their first case together is a murder, when Anne Staveley, who was Morse's friend in a choral society, is found hanged in her house in the Jericho area of Oxford. The death looks like suicide, but Morse has his own reasons for treating the case as a murder investigation. A parking ticket and Oedipus the King, by Sophocles, come to his assistance.

    Director: Alastair Reid

    Writer: Colin Dexter