The WORST episodes of Dalziel and Pascoe
Every episode of Dalziel and Pascoe ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Dalziel and Pascoe!
A British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton. The unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-china-shop-copper Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick Detective Sargent, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining a down to earth wit and humour.
#1 - The Cave Woman (1)
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2006
When a woman's mummified remains emerge from the water during a cave rescue operation, Dalziel and Pascoe embark upon a murder inquiry.
#2 - Sins of the Fathers
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2002
A paralyzed girl is miraculously healed after sitting under a tree in the woods near her home. Later the same tree yields the body of a young girl killed a long time ago. This leads Dalziel into a web of abuse by the Catholic Church, including the practice of splitting up families and making youngsters slave labour on church farms. In the village Dalziel bumps into his sister, who is trying to find her brother, that Dalziel knew nothing about. And she has news for him that breaks his heart.
#3 - For Love Nor Money
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/2002
Dalziel and Pascoe attend a retirement party for a senior colleague, Donald Fitzgerald. Dalziel's distinctly unhappy. He cannot forgive Fitzgerald for losing a recent court case against local villain and long standing adversary Danny Macer. He's even angrier when Macer turns up to celebrate, but anger turns to suspicion when Fitzgerald's found dead on a golf course the following morning. As the team examine Fitzgerald's soured personal life, including his affair with physiotherapist Rachel Waller, Dalziel goes after Macer. Pascoe tries to keep the investigation on course, but Dalziel's obsession soon leads him into confrontation with both Pascoe and his boss. ACC Stella Applegarth orders him back off duty on grounds of ill-health. Pascoe takes over, but soon finds evidence - a key leading to a bank vault and a suitcase full of money - which suggests that Dalziel's instincts about Fitzgerald may have been right. As Pascoe explores the implications, a second murder, that of Rachel Waller
#4 - Dialogues of the Dead (1)
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/21/2002
Wetherton CID struggles to track down a serial killer with a penchant for words, as Messrs Dalziel and Pascoe take on their most puzzling and challenging case to date. The sublimely confident killer leaves a dialogue for the police to find after each murder. These chilling documents, carefully written and lovingly illustrated, describe each killing in detail and, at the same time, are strewn with tantalising hints and clues. To celebrate the opening of a refurbished library and a new Heritage Centre, a short story competition is attracting reams of entries, one of which is so graphic that it prompts the police to revise their initial views of a recent fatal accident. This is just the first dialogue: worse is to come as the cocky killer starts writing about and executing a series of murders, in front of the police. So begins a desperate game of cat and mouse between a sinister killer and an increasingly concerned and apprehensive Dalziel and Pascoe, for whom the murders are getting agon
#5 - A Game of Soldiers
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/2004
An American woman tracing her family appears in a graveyard. The only person she meets is the gravedigger. Next time she's seen she is found dead by a bunch of squaddies. Dalziel comes to investigate and bumps into another old flame, Jenny Ettrick. Later, one of the squaddies kills himself after being harassed by his sergeant As Dalziel starts investigating, they find that the victim may have drunk in the squaddies bar. Another squaddie turns up dead and while investigating that murder they find out that there might be a case of mistaken identity
#6 - The Price of Fame
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/2004
Dalziel is investigating the disapperance of a teenage girl who was addicted to the Internet. He gets rough with the only suspect they have and gets booted off the case. Then a girl gets murdered at a holiday resort. Not any girl - a popular girl who won a TV reality contest. Then one of the holiday makers turns up dead as well. There are plenty of suspects but no real motive. Dalziel comes back onto the case. Another colleague is investigating a diamond heist. After Pascoe discovers a suspect from that case, by falling into a swimming pool, it looks like the cases could be linked
#7 - Great Escapes
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/2004
Dalziel's car breaks down on the moors and unsurprisingly Pascoe won't come fetch him in the middle of the night Dalziel walks to a nearby pub and stays the night. The next morning he discovers a body while taking a walk and suddenly a bigger case unfolds. The landlord's son was convicted of murdering his wife but her body was never found. He has escaped while in transit and is expected to arrive at the pub to see his son. Suddenly the wife's body turns up, and it's clear it has been stored somewhere for a number of years. Dalziel does some digging and discovers the real murderer is much closer to home.
#8 - Soft Touch
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/24/2004
What is the connection between an unidentifiable corpse found drowned in the canal with a two-year-old AK47 bullet lodged in his spine and the murder of a wealthy, successful businessman who has just returned from Russia with a new order and a new Russian bride-to-be? This is the mystery that Dalziel and Pascoe must solve if they are to discover the murderer before Dalziel is moved sideways into a desk job to make way for "new blood". The strange thing about the case is that nobody seems particularly upset about the death of the businessman. As they probe deeper into the case all sorts of jealousies, money problems and family conflicts are exposed. Also, the factory staff is trying desperately to conceal various wrongdoings from the police. Eventually, the murder weapon is discovered and a suspect confesses to the crime but is she the real murderer?
#9 - Heads You Lose (1)
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/30/2005
Is a serial killer on the loose at Wetherton Royal Infirmary? Body parts are dumped in a lake, patients are dying and staff are being murdered.
#10 - Dead Meat (1)
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/6/2005
Tigers at a private zoo are being fed a diet of human flesh. Could it be something to do with the mysterious Lord Harper who disappeared 20 years ago?
#11 - Dust Thou Art (1)
Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/2005
Bodies pile up all over Yorkshire, but Dalziel and Pascoe are always led back to Wetherton Arts Centre's production of Oliver. Then one of their own goes missing.
#12 - Houdini's Ghost (1)
Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/6/2006
An old flame causes a rift between Dalziel and Pascoe following the death of a powerful entrepreneur.
#13 - Glory Days (1)
Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/13/2006
Foul play is suspected when the Wetherton Wanderers FC coach is involved in a fatal crash. Who had it in for club manager Martin Bendelow?
#14 - Wrong Time, Wrong Place (1)
Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/27/2006
Dalziel and Pascoe are in Amsterdam to attend a conference, but Dalziel's life is turned upside down when he wakes up in bed beside a murdered girl.
#15 - Guardian Angel (1)
Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/3/2006
A lethal chemical kills a woman at a supermarket, and Dalziel and Pascoe suspect terrorism. But as more people die, is there a serial killer in their midst?
#16 - A Death in the Family (1)
Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/10/2006
The detective duo become entangled in a sordid and incestuous group of friends as they investigate the murder of a man at the scene of a robbery.
#17 - Mens Sana
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2002
Dalziel checks out of hospital after a heart attack and is at home, bored, when a murder takes place at a posh health spa. He checks himself in there to investigate. Soon another murder takes place - are the two related?
#18 - Fallen Angel (1)
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/10/2006
When an up and coming jockey is murdered, the duo's investigation reveals the dark underbelly of horse racing.
#19 - The Cave Woman (2)
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/4/2006
As their investigation comes under attack, Dalziel and Pascoe battle to learn the truth about a murder that happened over 20 years ago.
#20 - Fallen Angel (2)
Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/11/2006
Dalziel and Pascoe’s investigation continues as the duo dig deeper into the murky world of horse racing.
#21 - Heads You Lose (2)
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/31/2005
Dalziel and Pascoe’s case continues. Will a further death at the hospital be passed off as natural causes?
#22 - Dead Meat (2)
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/7/2005
Dalziel is determined to prove the missing Lord Harper is still alive. Pascoe is convinced the tigers are hiding something.
#23 - The Dig (2)
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/14/2005
Dalziel and Pascoe try to calm the build-up of tensions between the archaeological team and the crew building the road.
#24 - Dust Thou Art (2)
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/21/2005
Is Dalziel to blame for Jackson's disappearance or could it be something to do with the mysterious art world?
#25 - Houdini's Ghost (2)
Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/7/2006
Dalziel is crushed by betrayal and his own naivety when faced with the cover up of the mass murder of innocent people. Will Pascoe be there to pick up the pieces?