The BEST episodes of Silent Witness season 2

Every episode of Silent Witness season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Silent Witness season 2!

Forensic pathologists face personal and professional challenges in a moody, tense thriller that moves from the crime scene to the lab.

Last Updated: 12/17/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Continuing
Blood, Sweat and Tears (1)
star
7.54
265 votes

#1 - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1)

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/14/1997

A boxer dies in the ring and Sam has to investigate his death. She discovers that he had fight before he went into the ring and that that fight indirectly caused his death. The manager of the boxer is found dead in her home, she has been shot. It looks like suicide but Sam suspects that it is murder.

Directors: Julian Jarrold
Writer: John Milne
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Blood, Sweat and Tears (2)
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7.45
193 votes

#2 - Blood, Sweat and Tears (2)

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/21/1997

A boxer dies in the ring and Sam has to investigate his death. She discovers that he had fight before he went into the ring and that that fight indirectly caused his death. The manager of the boxer is found dead in her home, she has been shot. It looks like suicide but Sam suspects that it is murder.

Directors: Julian Jarrold
Writer: John Milne
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Friends Like These (1)
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7.45
200 votes

#3 - Friends Like These (1)

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/4/1997

An old woman's body is found by two teenage boys. Sam is called in to do the postmortem. The police question Chris Palmer, and they soon become sure that he is the killer, but he denies any involvement, so Sam sets out to find who the real killer is.

Directors: Richard Signy
Writer: Peter Lloyd
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Cease upon the Midnight (2)
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7.44
214 votes

#4 - Cease upon the Midnight (2)

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/7/1997

Sam has to do a postmortem on the body of Stuart Evans, who was found dead the morning after his party. He was terminally ill with an AIDS related illness, but Sam finds a suspicious needle track in his foot and is convinced he has been murdered.

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Only the Lonely (2)
star
7.39
170 votes

#5 - Only the Lonely (2)

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/28/1997

Directors: Richard Signy
Writer: Peter Lloyd
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Friends Like These (2)
star
7.37
168 votes

#6 - Friends Like These (2)

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/11/1997

An old woman's body is found by two teenage boys. Sam is called in to do the postmortem. The police question Chris Palmer, and they soon become sure that he is the killer, but he denies any involvement, so Sam sets out to find who the real killer is.

Directors: Richard Signy
Writer: Peter Lloyd
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Cease upon the Midnight (1)
star
7.35
192 votes

#7 - Cease upon the Midnight (1)

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/28/1997

Sam has to do a postmortem on the body of Stuart Evans, who was found dead the morning after his party. He was terminally ill with an AIDS realted illness, but Sam finds a suspicious needle track in his foot and is convinced he has been murdered.

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Only the Lonely (1)
star
7.26
182 votes

#8 - Only the Lonely (1)

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/21/1997

Sam is called to the scene of a woman found strangled with her own tights. Superintendent Peter Ross believes that it is connected to an old unsolved case, but Sam is not so sure. The dead woman was suspected of having an affair with Alan Whyte, and soon his body is also found.

Directors: Richard Signy
Writer: Peter Lloyd
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