8.5/102 votes#1 - Dog Day Morning
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 4/12/2021
When four masked men attempt to rob the Brokenwood Savings Bank, it's up to Mike and the team to determine which one of them pulled the trigger and killed the bank manager.
Director: Mark Beesley
Writer: Timothy Balme
8.3/106 votes#2 - Blood and Water
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2014
When two fishermen find the body of a local farmer in the river, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd is sent to the small rural town of Brokenwood to investigate the death. Is this the suicide of a man guilty of his own wife’s murder or is he the victim of foul play? As Mike uncovers a family’s tragedies and secrets, he also learns that Brokenwood is a place where shadows lurk just beneath the surface.
Director: Mike Smith
Writer: Timothy Balme
8.3/103 votes#3 - Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 5/3/2021
When Mike mysteriously leaves Brokenwood on other police business, Kristin is left to lead the investigation into a 1970s party where several party-goers wind up dead.
Director: Mike Smith
Writer: Timothy Balme
8.0/103 votes#4 - Sour Grapes
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2014
With Brokenwood touted for its burgeoning merlot, the annual wine show is a major event. Having bought a 10-acre block with maturing grapes, no one is looking forward to it more than DI Mike Shepherd. But when a guest judge and wine critic is found dead, drowned inside a fermenting vat, the show takes second place to the murder investigation.
Director: Joshua Frizzell
Writer: Timothy Balme
8.0/103 votes#5 - Hunting the Stag
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2014
Four close friends go hunting in the bush on a stag trip. But the groom-to-be never comes back – he was shot through the head. Initially this would seem to be just another tragic hunting accident amidst picturesque New Zealand bush. The only problem is none of the remaining three friends own up to pulling the trigger that fired the lethal bullet - yet all three had discharged their rifles – with no deer to prove it. The question is – who shot Hayden Renner? Was he mistaken for a real stag or was there something more sinister at play?
Director: Mike Smith
Writer: Timothy Balme
8.0/103 votes#6 - The Scarecrow
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 11/12/2017
Philip Henderson stands next to an impressive scarecrow amidst a field of damaged vegetation. His whole crop has failed. The scarecrow may have kept the birds away but this catastrophe is something bigger. Angered and distraught, he confronts his neighbour, the cantankerous Doug Randall, and accuses him of spray drift. Doug is having none of it and an ugly altercation ensues. The following day Philip is discovered dead in his field – the victim of an obscure poison. Suspicion falls on Doug and his new wife, the strident and doggedly loyal Trudy Neilson, whom it was well known had ongoing tensions with Philip over an unpaid bar tab at her pub, The Toad and Lion. But as Mike and the team dig further into the mystery, more suspects come into play. Philip’s other neighbour is the cagey Tamati Taylor, who is less than forthcoming, but as it transpires Philip had a twin brother. Why does he seem remarkably unmoved by the death of his sibling?
Director: Joshua Frizzell
Writer: Timothy Balme
8.0/103 votes#7 - The Garotte and the Vinklebraun
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 3/29/2021
Mike and his team are thrust into a world of antiquities when a TV crew from the hit series All Things Old and Beautiful comes to town, and one of the hosts is murdered.
Director: Katie Wolfe
Writer: Timothy Balme
8.0/103 votes#8 - From the Cradle to the Grave
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 7/1/2022
Mike Shepherd and the team get a lesson in local history when the Brokenwood museum uncovers a dead body in the most unlikely of places.
Director: Joshua Frizzell
Writer: Timothy Balme
8.0/102 votes#9 - Three Coins in a Fountain
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 7/18/2022
When the world champion of the curious sport of Spoofing is found dead in a fountain, the Brokenwood detectives must determine who was willing to commit murder in order to win at all costs.
Director: David de Lautour
Writer: Timothy Balme
8.0/101 votes#10 - Four Fires and a Funeral
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 8/1/2022
The charred remains of a body are discovered in a burned out rural shed. Mike and Kristin are tasked with identifying the body; it seems that this is the third in a run of "accidental" deaths, all attended by the Brokenwood Fire Brigade.
Director: Mike Smith
Writer: Timothy Balme
7.0/101 votes#11 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/2015
When the earth moves under George's feet, the opportunity for him to slay a demon from his past presents itself - and leads to the issuing of a very rash challenge.
Director: Mike Smith
Writer: Timothy Balme
7.0/101 votes#12 - Episode 1
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 8/23/2016
George and Arlo implement a cunning plan to bring Shay back from Sydney. George and Jan's seek advice from the women of Weld about their relationship.
Director: Mike Smith
Writer: Timothy Balme
7.0/101 votes#13 - Episode 2
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 8/30/2016
The whole of Weld comes out for a party at The Turners while George almost destroys his friendship with Woody over a rather large invoice and a lawn that needs mowing.
Director: Mike Smith
Writer: Timothy Balme
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"Dog Day Morning" is the best rated episode written by Timothy Balme. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Mark Beesley. It aired on 4/12/2021 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Blood and Water".