The BEST episodes of The Doctor Blake Mysteries
Every episode of The Doctor Blake Mysteries ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Doctor Blake Mysteries!
Accompanied by haunting memories of his service time in World War II, Dr Lucian Blake returns home to Australia after 30 years to take over his deceased father's medical practice. As he deals with his own personal loss and changed by his war experiences, the wry, personable doctor performs his other role as police surgeon with gusto. His unconventional and unpredictable manner unnerve some, but it becomes clear Dr Blake is ahead of his time in his use of forensic science, and in his own understanding of the human heart, to help solve murder mysteries in the country town of Ballarat.
#1 - Hear the Angels Sing
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/2017
The death of a policeman coincides with the reappearance of an old enemy, as the past and the present begin to finally catch up with Blake.
#2 - Lucky Numbers
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/19/2016
A kidnapping involving the winners of the first ever state lottery, a bus company, and a vagrant leads Blake into a shady world of greed and envy. Also, the Episode Image illustrates a key moment from the last minute of the episode, and should be considered a spoiler. I respectfully ask blip to replace it with one that better illustrates the episode.
#3 - The Visible World
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/25/2016
When Blake's old friend turned enemy Derek Alderton is found dead, the hunt for the killer turns back onto Blake himself.
#4 - Golden Years
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/2016
Blake helps the new Chief Superintendent investigate the mysterious death of a prominent businessman.
#5 - Darkness Visible
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/3/2015
While investigating the murder of a local magistrate, Dr Blake realises the answers to this crime are inextricably linked with the death of his mother 40 years earlier.
#6 - All She Leaves Behind
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/2017
When a controversial writer is found dead & her sister is found unconscious from a suspected suicide, Blake has to search out some truths about Ballarat in order to understand how & why the woman died.
#7 - The Open Road
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/5/2016
Dr Lucien Blake returns home to find Ballarat hosting a very public stopover in a round - Australia motor race - and a very suspicious death.
#8 - First Dance
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/2017
When the daughter of the school principal dies at her Debutante Ball, Blake does his best to investigate - despite being housebound.
#9 - Measure Twice
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/2017
When Blake is called to investigate the murder of a retired carpenter, his only real suspect is discovered praying over the body and covered in blood.
#10 - The Call of the Void
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/2017
When a French Chef is found murdered in the freezer of a restaurant, suspicion soon turns to Bill Hobart. Can Blake clear Hobart's name, or is the Senior Sergeant guilty of brutally murdering a man.
#11 - For Whom the Bell Tolls
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/18/2016
A man falls from the Ballarat Fire Station bell tower. What appears to be a suicide turns into a murder investigation taking Blake deep into the heart of the Regional Fire Association.
#12 - Women and Children
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/20/2015
A murder in the hospital leads Blake into a maze of sexual politics and revenge.
#13 - Sorrow Songs
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/2017
The murder of a beautiful gypsy woman takes Blake inside the intriguing and exotic world of Romani travellers passing through Ballarat.
#14 - If the Shoe Fits
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/8/2013
The death of a migrant factory foreman initially looks like an industrial accident. Dr Blake digs deeper revealing a hideous string of crimes and the ugly side of post-war Australia. Meanwhile, Jean receives a marriage proposal.
#15 - Someone's Son, Someone's Daughter
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/5/2013
The suicide of the local hospital’s first female doctor shocks the community. Dr Blake suspects foul play and sets out to find the murderer amongst the staff and board of the hospital. Meanwhile, another letter from Singapore arrives for Lucien. It takes him days to work up the courage to open it. His reaction to the news about his missing wife and daughter shocks Jean, Mattie and Danny.
#16 - A Lethal Combination
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/2017
An exhibition boxing match turns sour when one of the boxers is seemingly beaten to death in front of hundreds of witnesses. Blake must determine the cause of death.
#17 - Room without a View
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/27/2015
When the local hardware store owner is mysteriously found dead in a hotel room, Dr Blake decides to spend the night in that same room to try and solve the crime.
#18 - The Silence
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/21/2014
When a Ballarat school Principal is found dead, Blake and Lawson find themselves back at the school where they first met as boys.
#19 - Death of a Travelling Salesman
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/15/2013
When a travelling salesman dies in a single car accident on a quiet country road, Chief Superintendant Lawson (Joel Tobeck) labels it a drink driving case. But when Constable Parks reveals the corpse's face was blue, Dr Blake (Craig McLachlan) is intrigued. Although the victim's clothes reek of alcohol, Blake concludes that the salesman was not drunk and certainly died before the crash. But how? And why is the face blue? Dr Blake and Jean (Nadine Garner) head to the boarding house where the dead salesman had been staying. In town for the appliance fair, the state's top vacuum salesmen pitch their new vacuum cleaners to Jean - who is desperate for a new machine. With everyone distracted, Blake snoops around the boarding house and finds a locked basement. Lawson considers the obvious culprits however Dr Blake follows his own hunches until he makes an alarming discovery that shocks everyone.
#20 - The Price of Love
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/4/2016
When a solider is killed during a routine training exercise, Doctor Blake finds himself at the Ballarat Military Base facing his old nemesis Major Derek Alderton.
#21 - Still Waters
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/1/2013
When a young woman’s body is found floating in Lake Wendouree, Dr Blake can’t help digging deeper into the mystery. There is more to the case than meets the eye. Blake is certain the deceased girl - a runaway from the local reform school - was dead before she was dumped in the water. The autopsy proves his theory but finding the killer is more complicated. As the murder case unfolds, Chief Superintendent Lawson seems certain the local teenage rebels and the burgeoning drug trade in pills are to blame. Dr Blake senses some sort of connection and he pieces together the puzzle in his own unconventional way by bluffing his way into the reform school to question the ‘bad’ girls, and then later swallowing illicit pills to determine their content. In a classic whodunit, Dr Blake sifts through suspects including the young male teacher at the girls’ reformatory, Pip Morrissey and local hoon Ricky Arnott, before revealing the culprit..
#22 - A Good Drop
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/2017
As Blake investigates the murder of a farmer and a mysterious case of arson, an unlikely party suddenly throws his future with Jean into chaos.
#23 - Against the Odds
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/26/2016
A jockey dies the morning after a big win. But Blake has other worries to deal with - his home life has unexpectedly been thrown into chaos. How will he solve this one?
#24 - A Difficult Lie
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/11/2016
When a reporter's body is discovered on the 18th hole at the local golf course, Blake is called in to investigate.
#25 - Hearts and Flowers
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/1/2013
When the Begonia Festival's head judge is found incinerated in his own glasshouse, all eyes turn to two feuding contestants. Nick Manos and Charles Griffiths are lifelong rivals at everything, thanks to a family argument that started back in 1870. They are also fierce competitors in the flower festival. The day before the head flower judge died, Manos publicly accused him of taking bribes and threatening him. Charles Griffith also has motive. It is an event also marred by the sudden collapse of another judge, heiress Angela Waterston. Chief Superintendent Matthew Lawson suspects it could be either of the men. The autopsy reveals how the professor was murdered however vested interests want to keep it quiet until after the festival. Lawson agrees and Dr Lucien Blake reluctantly takes Professor Ormond's place on the judging panel. Entrant Maria Manos thrills locals by publicly demanding pageant host, Charles Griffith, shake hands and end the family feud with her father. She then announces her engagement to Griffith's son, Oliver. Meanwhile Dr Blake is asked to walk the terminally ill heiress, Angela, down the aisle and do the bridal waltz, to which he agrees despite loathing dancing. Back at Dr Blake's surgery, an airmail letter arrives from Singapore, giving him hope of finding his missing wife and daughter. Are people really murdering over their prize winning begonias - or is there something more sinister going on?