9.5/102 votes#1 - The Criminal
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 10/30/2006
MI5 is put in charge of protecting Niko Grecic, the former right-hand of Tezlia, a Serbian who is put on trial for war crimes. They know that Richard Dempsey, a former MI6 agent who turned on them, is looking for Grecic to kill him before he can testify. Adam, Jo and Zafar must protect Grecic at all costs.
Director: Julian Holmes
Writer: Neil Cross
9.5/102 votes#2 - The Virus: Part 1
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 10/16/2007
Zaf and Adam participate in a mission in Tehran that goes wrong. As the investigation advances, the team realizes they've been lied to as to the goals of their mission.
Director: Omar Madha
Writer: Neil Cross
9.5/102 votes#3 - The Virus: Part 2
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/2007
The country faces a plague outbreak. In a race against time, the officers from Section D have to track down and quarantine everyone who might be infected, while preventing a panic.
Director: Omar Madha
Writer: Neil Cross
9.5/102 votes#4 - Infiltration
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/2007
Ros is in grave danger after Bob Hogan discovers she's a traitor. Meanwhile, Harry's brought before Yalta's chief, whose identity shocks him to the core.
Director: Stefan Schwartz
Writer: Neil Cross
9.5/102 votes#5 - Isolated
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2007
The team finds themselves suspended from the Grid following what happened involving Ros. Harry learns from an old adversary about a bomb he has planted in London. The team realizes that if they respond their lives will be in danger but if they don't it will be the public who suffers. A shocking discovery is made when they discover who is behind the latest threat.
Director: Alrick Riley
Writer: Neil Cross
9.5/102 votes#6 - New Allegiances
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 10/27/2008
The team steps in when a British soldier is kidnapped by Al-Qaeda. Meanwhile, an old protégé of Harry's returns to the fold after eight years in a Russian prison - but whose side is he really on?
Director: Colm McCarthy
Writer: Neil Cross
9.5/102 votes#7 - Split Loyalties
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/27/2008
Harry vows revenge by taking down the head of Russia's intelligence service in Britain with the help of Lucas North. Lucas's loyalties, however, are secretly no longer with MI5 and he exploits Harry's trust to help a Russian submarine destroy Britain's communications system, causing financial and social chaos.
Director: Colm McCarthy
Writer: Neil Cross
9.5/102 votes#8 - Nuclear Strike
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 12/8/2008
With the Russians launching a nuclear strike on London, the only person who can help the team in this desperate hour is the traitor amongst them. With the Russians hunting them down, the team ushers their traitor through London in a desperate bid to reach the codes, and the bomb, in time.
Director: Sam Miller
Writer: Neil Cross
9.0/102 votes#9 - Luke 21.25
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/2018
A murderer confesses to a priest that he wants to challenge God into revealing Himself by targeting those who help others. Grace makes Hicks an offer.
Director: Nick Rowland
Writer: Neil Cross
9.0/102 votes#10 - Can You Hear Him Now
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/2018
London is under siege as Blackwood's reign of terror escalates, and Father Dennis becomes a public pariah. Hicks deduces where Renko has hidden the Hard Sun flashdrive.
Director: Nick Rowland
Writer: Neil Cross
9.0/102 votes#11 - Not The End Of The World
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2018
The murder of a jogger has dire personal implications for Renko but she pretends it is a routine investigation. Hicks makes a startling revelation about the Alex Butler murder.
Director: Richard Senior
Writer: Neil Cross
9.0/102 votes#12 - Sun Day
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/2018
An internet killer is targeting people who believe they wish to die and Mooney thinks he knows how to trap him. Renko and Hicks change tactic and bring the fight to Grace's door.
Director: Richard Senior
Writer: Neil Cross
8.3/1032 votes#13 - Episode 4
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/5/2011
Luther's personal and professional life spirals out of control as he tries to cover up Toby's death and appease a suspicious Baba. He must also protect Jenny from any further harm. At work there's also a killer at large whose actions are ruled by his dice. How do you stop a man who sees life and death as a game and whose actions can't be predicted?
Director: Sam Miller
Writer: Neil Cross
8.3/1016 votes#14 - Episode 3
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 1/3/2019
With his friend in peril and a young woman kidnapped by the relentless serial killer, can Luther protect the innocent while preventing Cornelius's violent revenge from consuming him? Who is Luther willing to save, and who can't he bear to lose?
Director: Jamie Payne
Writer: Neil Cross
8.3/1016 votes#15 - Episode 1
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2019
A new spate of nightmarish murders brings DCI John Luther to once again face the depths of human depravity on the streets of London. As the body count rises, and gangster George Cornelius applies his own pressure, can Luther catch the killer and save his own neck?
Director: Jamie Payne
Writer: Neil Cross
8.3/1033 votes#16 - Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/8/2010
Luther, suspected of murder, goes on the run to try and prove his innocence. With Alice's assistance, they set out together to exact revenge on the real killer.
Director: Stefan Schwartz
Writer: Neil Cross
8.2/1035 votes#17 - Episode 3
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 6/28/2011
As Luther's affection for Jenny grows, so does his determination to protect her and help her back on her feet. Baba, however, is determined to keep Luther on a tight leash. To add to Luther's difficulties, he is called in to investigate a man whose brutal and escalating murders seem to have no motive, leaving Jenny alone and vulnerable.
Director: Sam Miller
Writer: Neil Cross
8.0/1016 votes#18 - Episode 2
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 1/2/2019
Luther must confront a demon from his past, as both the police and Cornelius converge on his home. With Halliday convinced that the body in the morgue isn't their killer, can Luther put his own troubles to one side and find the true murderer before he strikes again?
Director: Jamie Payne
Writer: Neil Cross
8.0/1015 votes#19 - Episode 4
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 1/4/2019
Reeling from the death of his friend, Luther races to save the others from Cornelius's terrible retribution. With Luther's increasing absence from the case, Halliday heads the hunt for a killer on the loose - a killer determined to complete his final macabre masterpiece.
Director: Jamie Payne
Writer: Neil Cross
7.9/1034 votes#20 - Episode 3
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/16/2013
In what looks like a gangland crime - two hoodies are shot at close range. But an un-connected crime sees Luther make a un-connected connection that might provide the real answer to what happened.
Director: Farren Blackburn
Writer: Neil Cross
7.9/107 votes#21 - foxes and coyotes
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/30/2021
The Foxes enlist the help of two coyotes who promise to take them across the U.S. border into Mexico.
Director: Rupert Wyatt
Writer: Neil Cross
7.9/1037 votes#22 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/1/2010
When a wealthy couple are taken hostage, Luther must try to avert a disastrous chain of events. However, what he doesn't know is that it will soon become very personal.
Director: Stefan Schwartz
Writer: Neil Cross
7.8/1035 votes#23 - Episode 4
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 7/23/2013
Marwood makes his vendetta personal - targeting Luther and those closest to him, raining destruction on everything he touches. Stark and Gray arrive just in time to hurry Mary to a secret place, but is her safety really Stark's priority, or is she just a pawn in his game to lure Luther to him?
Director: Farren Blackburn
Writer: Neil Cross
7.8/1040 votes#24 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/25/2010
When a serial killer goes on the rampage, Luther must put his personal life aside and delve inside the murderer's mind to discover what is driving him to kill so many girls, and why.
Director: Sam Miller
Writer: Neil Cross
7.8/1032 votes#25 - Episode 2
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 7/9/2013
Luther's date with Mary, and the promise of romance, is interrupted by the news of another murder. The killer has struck again - the number of victims is escalating fast.
Director: Sam Miller
Writer: Neil Cross
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"The Criminal" is the best rated episode written by Neil Cross. It scored 9.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Julian Holmes. It aired on 10/30/2006 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Virus: Part 1".