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
The best episode written by Colin Dexter is "Fugue", rated 8.3/10 from 7 user votes. It was "directed by Tom Vaughan". "Fugue" aired on 4/21/2013 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Girl".
8.3/10 7 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
8.1/10 10 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
7.8/10 4 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
7.0/10 5 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