The BEST episodes written by Simon Allen

Trial and Punishment
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8.28
580 votes

#1 - Trial and Punishment

The Musketeers - Season 2 - Episode 10

The Musketeers must risk everything to save France from Rochefort’s treacherous plan. While Porthos seeks to lure the Spanish spy-master to Paris to prove Rochefort’s betrayal to the King, Athos and d’Artagnan must save Constance from certain death. But will they be able to protect Aramis and the Queen before Rochefort gets to them? The fate of France and their closest comrades lies in the Musketeers’ hands.

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We Are the Garrison
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8.12
567 votes

#2 - We Are the Garrison

The Musketeers - Season 3 - Episode 10

Following Treville's funeral the musketeers survive an attempt by Grimaud to kill them when their garrison is torched, leaving many casualties, and gunpowder and weapons stolen. To lure the musketeers into a trap Grimaud takes hostages including Sylvie but the four comrades stage a rescue, and the queen and Dauphin are restored to the palace with Milady as the royal spy master, her first task being to take care of Gaston. However the mortally wounded Grimaud escapes and the musketeers must stop him from blowing up the city with the stolen gunpowder.

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Blue Flower
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8.09
148 votes

#3 - Blue Flower

New Tricks - Season 9 - Episode 8

The team investigate the murder of an East German immigrant, but they only have his mysterious final words to work with. As they attempt to piece together his remarkable story, Sandra attempts to gain the trust of his estranged daughter.

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The Queen's Speech
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7.88
77 votes

#4 - The Queen's Speech

New Tricks - Season 11 - Episode 10

A mix tape from 1983 is discovered, containing the voice of a teenage girl who was murdered shortly after it went into her school's time capsule. Sasha is distracted by a romantic entanglement with a charming record shop owner. Gerry is dreading his future son-in-law's stag night.

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Hourglass
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7.78
1281 votes

#5 - Hourglass

Hunted - Season 1 - Episode 3

The family make their way to a country estate, where Jack Turner and other interested parties bid on the dam contract. Sam attempts to to discover the amount of Turner’s offer and runs into a man from her past, whom she believes could have something to do with the attempt on her life.

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The Rock (2)
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7.75
126 votes

#6 - The Rock (2)

New Tricks - Season 10 - Episode 2

The team unlock over three decades of secrets and lies on the Rock of Gibraltar and find the link which solves the murder of a playboy shipping heir from '98 and a young local boy from '82. With both cases solved, they return to England where Lane faces a disciplinary hearing, dragging up a death in custody from his past which threatens his career in UCOS.

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Bermondsey Boy
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7.72
86 votes

#7 - Bermondsey Boy

New Tricks - Season 11 - Episode 1

Family ties affect both Gerry Standing and Sasha Miller. While Sasha is forced to work with ex-husband Ned as he fills in for Strickland, Gerry returns to his roots in Bermondsey to help arrange his daughter's wedding. As a consequence he is thrown into a case involving the possible murder of an architecture student who is also the grandson of an old friend. Meanwhile, Danny Griffin has been on an FBI course in reading body language.

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Brothers in Arms
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7.68
713 votes

#8 - Brothers in Arms

The Musketeers - Season 3 - Episode 3

Under orders, the Musketeers defend Louis’ traitorous brother Gaston after he slaughters a band of veteran soldiers in a Paris tavern.

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Against the Clock
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7.58
314 votes

#9 - Against the Clock

Das Boot - Season 1 - Episode 6

Things look bleak for the crew of U-612, as they desperately try to work out their next move. Simone adjusts to her new position between Carla and Forster.

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The Rock (1)
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7.57
153 votes

#10 - The Rock (1)

New Tricks - Season 10 - Episode 1

Lane's future at UCOS is threatened by a death in custody which emerges from his past. The discovery of a mysterious gun in the Thames re-opens the unsolved 1998 murder of a playboy shipping heir and leads the team to the Rock of Gibraltar.

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Episode 3
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7.52
128 votes

#11 - Episode 3

The Interceptor - Season 1 - Episode 3

The Unit are beginning to make inroads into the criminal organisation. Ash's job isn't great for family life, but he's doing the kind of work he's dreamed of. Phone taps have just revealed that a big sum of money is being sent out from Xav's dry-cleaners on behalf of 'someone bigger', and it's a great lead - if they follow the money, it could lead them back to its source, and one step closer to identifying their 'Mr Big'. Tracking it reveals the existence of a money launderer known as the Accountant, who moves dirty money in and out of the UK using various ingenious methods.

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The What?
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7.43
344 votes

#12 - The What?

The Watch - Season 1 - Episode 3

The Watch must rob the city's most secretive institution in a desperate effort to find the artifact.

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Ook
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7.25
409 votes

#13 - Ook

The Watch - Season 1 - Episode 2

Using the policing know-how of Constable Carrot, the Watch connects Carcer's evil plan to strange goings-on at the magical institution called Unseen University. Perhaps a missing library book has something to do with the dragon attacks in the city.

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A Near Vimes Experience
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7.14
495 votes

#14 - A Near Vimes Experience

The Watch - Season 1 - Episode 1

Captain Sam Vimes' life in the City Watch is changed forever when an impossible figure from his past returns to Ankh-Morpork. 20 years ago, Vimes watched his street brother and gang-leader Carcer Dun fall from a fatal height. Somehow, Carcer is back.

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