The BEST episodes of DCI Banks season 5
Every episode of DCI Banks season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of DCI Banks season 5!
DCI Banks is a British crime drama series based on Peter Robinson's Inspector Alan Banks novels.
#1 - Undertow (2)
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/5/2016
Helen is forced to choose between career ambition and loyalty to her team, and Banks must grapple with dark emotions to discover the truth.
#2 - Undertow (1)
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/28/2016
Banks breaks all the rules as the team begin the painful job of finding out exactly who was responsible for the incident that affected their lives.
#3 - A Little Bit of Heart (2)
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/21/2016
Banks and his team must untangle secrets and lies from the closed world of the Chinese community to solve the hostage's murder.
#4 - To Burn in Every Drop of Blood (2)
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/7/2016
The post mortem into the daughter of crime boss Steve Richards reveals that her death isn't a simple suicide – could someone else have been involved? And if so, who? While the violent Richards conducts his own unique brand of investigation, the focus shifts once again when the team discover that despite Kat's confession, she can't have murdered Damon Horsley. The break comes when evidence is uncovered that puts Kyle Finn, who found Horsley's body, in the spotlight, and under questioning he confesses to something truly shocking ‐ but Banks already knows he's lying, the real murderer has been hiding in plain sight all along.
#5 - To Burn in Every Drop of Blood (1)
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/31/2016
The crime drama series returns with the first episode of a two-part story. When a victim of a frenzied attack is found in the woods with his head caved in, initially the team wonders if it is a random attack or related to the location - where a local girl recently committed suicide. Banks, however, has a theory of his own. When the victim is identified as small time drug dealer Damon Horsley and Banks uncovers a link to local crime boss Steve Richards, he is convinced the hitherto untouchable Richards had a part in the murder.
#6 - A Little Bit of Heart (1)
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/14/2016
When a devoted husband and father goes missing, a ransom demand takes Banks and his team on a journey into the Chinese community.