8.7/103 votes#1 - Episode 4
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/13/2020
Robin admits the truth to Strike, and a valuable clue helps them solve the case. Season finale.
Director: Susan Tully
Writer: Tom Edge
8.2/104 votes#2 - Phoebe
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2014
Dylan sets about tracking down Phoebe who hasn't returned any of his messages. This prompts a flashback to six years ago when the gang are at a pub quiz.
Director: Gordon Anderson
Writer: Tom Edge
8.2/104 votes#3 - Episode 2
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 8/31/2020
A startling discovery seems to confirm the story of the strangled child, but the team are forced to leave the scene before they can properly investigate. Fearing their witness is in danger, they redouble their efforts to find him.
Director: Susan Tully
Writer: Tom Edge
8.0/109 votes#4 - Episode 1
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/2017
War veteran turned private investigator Cormoran Strike investigates the disappearance of a provocative author. Robin is caught between Strike and Matthew's hopes.
Director: Kieron Hawkes
Writer: Tom Edge
8.0/102 votes#5 - Episode 2
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 12/12/2022
The investigation takes a dangerous turn as a disturbing piece of evidence leads Robin and Strike into London’s underworld. Robin risks her life by pursuing a vicious suspect.
Director: Susan Tully
Writer: Tom Edge
8.0/102 votes#6 - Episode 4
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 12/19/2022
Strike realises that Margot’s killer is responsible for many other murders that have gone undetected, and lays a trap.
Director: Susan Tully
Writer: Tom Edge
7.9/1038 votes#7 - Paterfamilias
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/2017
Philip insists that Prince Charles attend his alma mater in Scotland and reminisces about the life-changing difficulties he experienced there.
Director: Stephen Daldry
Writer: Tom Edge
7.9/107 votes#8 - Episode 1
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/25/2018
A dismembered leg sent to Strike's office sends both his and Robin's lives into disarray, forcing them to confront spectres from their pasts.
Director: Charles Sturridge
Writer: Tom Edge
7.8/104 votes#9 - Episode 3
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/6/2020
Robin discovers a startling truth close to home. The government minister’s blackmailer becomes the prime suspect in the case, but Robin and Strike believe there was an accomplice.
Director: Susan Tully
Writer: Tom Edge
7.7/106 votes#10 - Episode 2
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/2017
Delving deeper into the hidden meanings and concealed secrets of Bombyx Mori, Strike and Robin scour all corners of London's literary world to unmask the killer.
Director: Kieron Hawkes
Writer: Tom Edge
7.5/106 votes#11 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/29/2021
When a crew member is found dead aboard the Trident nuclear submarine HMS Vigil, Detective Amy Silva is flown out to investigate.
Director: James Strong
Writer: Tom Edge
7.5/106 votes#12 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/30/2021
With Vigil in danger, Amy must fight to continue her investigation. Meanwhile, Kirsten’s enquiries lead to tragedy.
Director: James Strong
Writer: Tom Edge
7.2/105 votes#13 - Episode 1
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 8/30/2020
Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott are at odds following Robin’s wedding to Matthew, but there’s no time to mull over the new distance within their professional relationship, as a frightening visit from a potential client puts a new case on the table - and Robin and Strike set to work looking into reports of a strangled child.
Director: Susan Tully
Writer: Tom Edge
7.0/102 votes#14 - Cressida
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2014
In a flashback to 10 months earlier, Luke drags Dylan and Evie to a posh party in the country. Luke is desperate to sleep with his childhood crush Ilona, who's on his 'things to do before I die' list.
Director: Elliot Hegarty
Writer: Tom Edge
7.0/102 votes#15 - Jane
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2014
In a flashback to three years earlier, it's Evie's birthday and she plans to tell Dylan about her feelings for him over a quiet dinner, but the evening gets hijacked by their friends.
Director: Gordon Anderson
Writer: Tom Edge
7.0/102 votes#16 - Episode 3
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 12/18/2022
Spurred on by the father of a young woman who also went missing in the 1970s, the detectives attempt to outwit an incarcerated serial killer who may hold the key to the case.
Director: Susan Tully
Writer: Tom Edge
6.8/106 votes#17 - Episode 2
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 3/4/2018
Strike and Robin's partnership reaches breaking point as Robin's wedding approaches, and they disagree about how to ensnare a man who abuses children.
Director: Charles Sturridge
Writer: Tom Edge
6.5/102 votes#18 - Anna
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2014
In a flashback to 18 months ago, Luke is enjoying the best sex of his life with psychology student Cleo, but he's keen to avoid deep conversation in case she realises that he's actually quite shallow.
Director: Elliot Hegarty
Writer: Tom Edge
6.5/102 votes#19 - Episode 1
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 12/10/2023
When a weapons test turns deadly, with allies from the Middle East among the dead, all eyes are on DCI Amy Silva, who tries to ignore the politics to get to the truth.
Director: Andy de Emmony
Writer: Tom Edge
6.5/102 votes#20 - Episode 2
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 12/11/2023
After Amy and Kirsten battle for their lives against an armed killer, Amy follows a new lead to the Middle East. She discovers someone on the airbase was complicit in the attack.
Director: Andy de Emmony
Writer: Tom Edge
6.0/102 votes#21 - Abigail
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2014
Dylan must contact all the girls he has slept with to inform them he has chlamydia. He casts his mind back to Abigail and a flashback reveals a defining moment he'd tried to forget...
Director: Elliot Hegarty
Writer: Tom Edge
6.0/102 votes#22 - Bethany
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2014
In a flashback to four years earlier, Dylan panics that he's in a serious relationship with Bethany, while Luke has trouble with his new boss Diana.
Director: Gordon Anderson
Writer: Tom Edge
6.0/104 votes#23 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/5/2021
Hero, a young man from south London, is in the dock for murder. He decides he wants to tell his own story rather than the version that his barrister has prepared.
Director: Sarmad Masud
Writer: Tom Edge
5.7/103 votes#24 - Episode 1
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 12/11/2022
Strike is approached by a woman asking for help to find her mother, Margot Bamborough, who went missing in 1974 when a psychopathic serial killer stalked the streets.
Director: Susan Tully
Writer: Tom Edge
4.0/102 votes#25 - Episode 6
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/19/2023
Amy finally discovers the full scale of the conspiracy, and she must decide if she is prepared to risk everything to find those responsible.
Director: Joss Agnew
Writer: Tom Edge
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"Episode 4" is the best rated episode written by Tom Edge. It scored 8.7/10 based on 3 votes. It was directed by Susan Tully. It aired on 9/13/2020 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Phoebe".