The WORST episodes of The Brokenwood Mysteries
Every episode of The Brokenwood Mysteries ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Brokenwood Mysteries!
The Brokenwood Mysteries is a New Zealand detective drama set in the fictional town of Brokenwood, where the unconventional Detective Mike Shepherd and his team solve intriguing murder cases in a seemingly quiet rural community.
#1 - Love You to Death
Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/20/2024
Brokenwood's favorite dentist, Sonny Lyman, is the subject of Jools Fahey's amorous attentions; Jools becomes a prime suspect when Sonny's wife is found gassed in an oven.
#2 - Death n Bass
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/14/2022
The Brokenwood crime fighters are called in to investigate a murder at a music festival, where it would appear the victim was quite literally killed by sound.
#3 - Spark to a Flame
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/21/2022
In the remote community of beaches at Pateke Point, a local resident ends up bludgeoned to death by an unknown blunt object and locked inside a house not her own.
#4 - Three Coins in a Fountain
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/28/2022
When the world champion of the curious sport of Spoofing is found dead in a fountain, the Brokenwood detectives must determine who was willing to commit murder in order to win at all costs.
#5 - Good as Gold
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/4/2022
A 160-year-old family feud over gold becomes the main motive for murder when a modern-day cowgirl is gunned down in cold blood.
#6 - Four Fires and a Funeral
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/11/2022
The charred remains of a body are discovered in the burned-out remnants of a rural shed, but no one lived there, and no one was meant to be there at all; this is the third in a run of accidental deaths, all attended by the Brokenwood Fire Brigade.
#7 - Brokenwood: The Musical
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/23/2023
The history of Brokenwood gets new life as a musical. But the setting literally brings with it a shock for the composer.
#8 - Old Blood Money
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/30/2023
Mike and the team discover more than one dead body, and a significant amount of family rivalry, in the manor house where a pair of aging siblings live.
#9 - Nun of the Above
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/6/2023
The strangulation death of a nun on her way to chapel poses a challenge for the investigators when they learn members of her order have taken a vow of silence.
#10 - Going to the Dogs
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/13/2023
Mike, Kristin, and Chalmers must determine who wanted a veterinary nurse dead, with the answer seemingly tied to simmering tensions between the twin sisters with whom the victim worked.
#11 - Shot of Love
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/20/2023
While Mike's off getting his divorce papers signed, Kristin and Chalmers are left to uncover the cause of death of a man found in a motel room, with few signs of trauma to the body or disturbance to the room.
#12 - Motorcycle Mamas
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/27/2023
The Mama's Angels, an all-women motorcycle club, are in Brokenwood for the wedding of one of their members, until a murder casts suspicion amongst their ranks and throws the town into chaos.
#13 - Brokenwood-o-saurus
Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/29/2024
After dinosaur fossils are discovered in the foothills of Brokenwood, the town buzzes about the potential boost for tourism. But when a paleontologist turns up dead, the future doesn't look so rosy.
#14 - Day of the Dead
Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/6/2024
When the Brokenwood Small Business Association stage a Mexican "Day of the Dead" night market, they don't bargain on an actual dead body becoming part of the festivities.
#15 - Publish or Be Damned
Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/13/2024
A writers' retreat on a picturesque estate generates ample inspiration when the mentor, Dame Audrey McKinnon, is found deceased, floating under a nearby waterfall.
#16 - From the Cradle to the Grave
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/7/2022
Mike Shepherd and the team get a lesson in local history when the Brokenwood museum uncovers a dead body in the most unlikely of places.
#17 - House of Screams
Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/27/2024
The local scare attraction of the House of Screams becomes the venue for an actual murder when a teenager is found with a sickle through his neck.
#18 - Three Gold Leaves of Jesus
Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/3/2024
While a visiting troupe puts on a nativity play at St Judas, a precious holy relic goes missing, and the body of the actor playing Jesus is found dead.
#19 - The Ghost in You
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/21/2025
Shepherd and his team investigate when a devoted fan of the band Stolen Arrow falls to her death from a bell tower. The detective must dig into the band’s secrets and dark history to find the actual cause of the victim’s demise.
#20 - Sudden Death Round
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/28/2025
When popular radio host Ryan Osbourne is killed in an explosion at his old high school, the shockwaves rattle the community. The hidden rivalries and secrets that emerge create a long list of suspects for Shepherd.
#21 - All Hallows Eve
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/5/2025
After a man is fatally stabbed during a séance, and no weapon is found, Shepherd digs into the eerie incident to catch the murderer. Questioning if supernatural forces were involved, the team must separate superstition from reality.
#22 - How the Other Half Dies
Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/12/2025
When Brokenwood’s elite begin to act strangely, the occurrences come to a head after a wealthy man is crushed by a chandelier in his home. As Shepherd investigates, he uncovers a tangled mystery filled with greed and revenge.
#23 - The End of the Line
Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/19/2025
A science teacher mysteriously dies ziplining while staffing a leadership camp for teens. But after the victim’s past reveals a web of uneasy alliances and rivalries, Shepherd must cipher through a long list of suspects.
#24 - An Oades to Christmas
Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/26/2025
When a man dressed as Santa is found dead on the side of the road, the team investigates. But after Gina examines the body and concludes the cause of death was a heart attack.
#25 - They're Out There Alright
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/2026
When a chef is found dead in a crop circle, alien abduction theories spark as a UFO convention arrives in Brokenwood; but after another death occurs, Mike and Kristin investigate whether the truth is extraterrestrial or all too human.
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