The WORST episodes of Shetland
Every episode of Shetland ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Shetland!
Set against the stark backdrop of Scotland's rugged coastline, DI Jimmy Perez and his team investigate murders in the small island community of Shetland.
#1 - Episode 1
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/10/2013
Elderly Shetlander Mima Wilson is found murdered on the archaeological site in the grounds of her croft. Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez and his team investigate. Can Perez unravel the family feuds and secrets that emerge and restore the security of his beloved Shetland Islands?
#2 - Episode 2
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/11/2013
With two murders and no strong leads, can Detective Inspector Perez and his team apprehend the suspect before crowds descend on the Shetland Islands for Up Helly Aa, the biggest fire festival in Europe?
#7 - Raven Black (1)
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/11/2014
When the body of a teenage girl is found on a beach, DI Perez leads the investigation. It seems the case may be linked to the disappearance of a young girl 19 years earlier.
#11 - Episode 2
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/22/2016
DI Jimmy Perez is convinced that Michael Maguire is somehow implicated in the death of Robbie Morton. But with the investigation seemingly under threat before it's even started, he faces an uphill battle to uncover the truth behind Maguire's silence.
#12 - Blue Lightning (1)
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/8/2014
When a scientist is murdered in a bird sanctuary on Fair Isle and Perez returns to his childhood home to investigate, a storm forces Perez and the suspects to remain enclosed under the same roof.
#14 - Raven Black (2)
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/18/2014
Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez believes he and his team are finally closing in on the killer as they discover what 17-year-old Catherine Ross was hiding from everyone in the hours before her death.
#17 - Dead Water (1)
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/25/2014
When an old acquaintance of Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez dies in a suspicious car accident on the island, he wonders whether his journalist friend had uncovered a story that cost him his life.
#22 - Episode 2
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/20/2018
The hunt is on for Malone's attacker, Tosh investigates Forst Energy in the search for Sally's killer, and DNA in the Kilmuir case yields a surprising result.
#23 - Episode 2
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/19/2019
Carla and Prentice Hayes are found murdered in a violent knife attack. Jamie Hayes is missing, initially leading the team to speculate that he could be responsible. But Jimmy is convinced that Jamie could not have mutilated his mother in this way. Aware of her altercation with Prentice the previous evening, Perez pays a visit to Olivia Lennox. She's in her room, shaken, with blood on her clothes. Could she be responsible or an innocent bystander?
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#24 - Blue Lightning (2)
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/15/2014
Time is running out for Detective Inspector Perez as prime suspect Peter Latimer lies critically ill in hospital. Was the fire a drunken accident, or was Peter Latimer the second victim of a murderer still free on Fair Isle?
#25 - Episode 4
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/12/2016
Perez and his team are determined to track down the person who helped Michael Thompson's killer on Shetland. But the closer the team get to the truth in both Shetland and Glasgow, the more dangerous it becomes for all of them.