The BEST episodes of Deep State

Every episode of Deep State ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Deep State!

Max Easton is a former spy whose past comes back to haunt him when he’s summoned away from his new life in the Pyrenees by the head of a covert MI6/CIA team called 'The Section’. Max soon finds himself at the heart of a covert intelligence war, immersed in a widespread conspiracy to profit from the spread of chaos in the Middle East.

Last Updated: 1/16/2024Network: Fox Channel (UK)Status: Ended
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Blood in the Sand
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7.73
611 votes

#1 - Blood in the Sand

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/24/2018

Max heads to the US and may have finally discovered the real reason why the Tehran unit found themselves on The Section's hit list.

Directors: Matthew Parkhill
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Merger
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7.67
711 votes

#2 - Merger

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/2/2018

Anna and her brother struggle to protect her daughters in France. Alexander Said, who led the team in Tehran, arrives in London to see White, but The Section head is in no mood for forgiveness. Max and Leyla stumble upon some information that could help them.

Directors: Matthew Parkhill
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White Noise
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7.67
628 votes

#3 - White Noise

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/17/2018

In London, Max's digging stirs the attention of a sniper. In Washington Jones sends out a team to recover scientific evidence from an Iranian desert facility.

Directors: Matthew Parkhill
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Stories
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7.65
674 votes

#4 - Stories

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/10/2018

Max is reunited with his family, but danger is not far behind. He travels to London and finally manages to get to White.

Directors: Matthew Parkhill
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Tomorrow's Victory
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7.62
343 votes

#5 - Tomorrow's Victory

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/30/2019

True to her word, Aminata Sissoko reunites Aïcha with her family, but as she does Harry and Leyla are arrested on murder charges.

Directors: Joss Agnew
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Declaration of Independence
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7.61
348 votes

#6 - Declaration of Independence

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/23/2019

Harry and Leyla learn from Aïcha that this has all been about arms smuggling from within the Malian government.

Directors: Joss Agnew
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A Dead Man's Machine
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7.61
304 votes

#7 - A Dead Man's Machine

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/27/2019

Finally, all the pieces of the puzzle come into place, and the connection between the arms trail and the deep state is laid bare.

Directors: Matthew Parkhill
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Changes Upon Changes
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7.59
311 votes

#8 - Changes Upon Changes

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/20/2019

On the trail of their breadcrumb, Harry, Leyla and Aïcha do some more digging, but they are eventually caught by US soldiers. Leyla and Aïcha manage to get away, but Harry is arrested.

Directors: Matthew Parkhill
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The New Normal
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7.54
320 votes

#9 - The New Normal

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/13/2019

With Aïcha being dragged to a scaffold, Harry must plead his case and convince Al Moctar to hold off.

Directors: Joss Agnew
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Hard Sun
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7.53
369 votes

#10 - Hard Sun

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/16/2019

Miller, along with Amanda Jones, flies to Mali to contain an increasingly unstable situation. In order to make sure a deal gets over the line, he hatches a plot that will tie up a number of loose ends for him.

Directors: Matthew Parkhill
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Surrender
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7.51
339 votes

#11 - Surrender

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/6/2019

Harry, Aïcha and Leyla are driven, out of necessity, to return to Al Moctar’s camp. In the search for the trio, Jones reveals a sensitive piece of information to Miller.

Directors: Joss Agnew
Writer: Chris Dunlop
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Old Habits
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7.50
1138 votes

#12 - Old Habits

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/2018

Ex-spy Max Easton is brought out of retirement against his will by George White, London chief of MI6/CIA team 'The Section'.

Directors: Robert Connolly
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A Kind of Warfare
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7.47
913 votes

#13 - A Kind of Warfare

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/2018

In Washington, we meet the CIA's Amanda Jones. Max, now in Beirut, doesn't know who to trust after speaking to Leyla, a member of The Section team there.

Directors: Robert Connolly
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The Man Came Around
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7.47
787 votes

#14 - The Man Came Around

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/19/2018

When Amanda Jones arrives in London she brings the full force of CIA dissatisfaction to bear on White, who struggles to retain control.

Directors: Robert Connolly
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Reunion
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7.46
733 votes

#15 - Reunion

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/26/2018

Anna and her brother struggle to protect her daughters in France. Alexander Said, who led the team in Tehran, arrives in London, but The Section head is in no mood for forgiveness.

Directors: Robert Connolly
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Cicero
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7.45
430 votes

#16 - Cicero

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/9/2019

In Mali, four U.S. Special Forces and a translator are supposedly killed in an ambush. This delays a procurement deal in Washington, and it is up to the deep state’s operative Nathan Miller to make sure everything goes to plan, while also battling to keep his family together.

Directors: Matthew Parkhill
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