The BEST episodes of Vera
Every episode of Vera ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Vera!
DCI Vera Stanhope is obsessive about her work. With her caustic wit and guile, the unorthodox but brilliant detective investigates chilling crimes set in Northumberland with her trusted colleagues.
#1 - Dark Road
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/31/2016
Vera investigates the murder of a 56-year-old grandmother discovered by a young girl on the wild and desolate Northumberland moors.
#2 - The Deer Hunters
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/11/2014
Vera delves into the tragic last months of a failed novelist after he is gunned down on a remote Northumberland moor.
#3 - The Moth Catcher
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/14/2016
Vera investigates the murder of 22-year-old Alex Gartside, victim of a hit and run in a remote Northumberland Valley.
#4 - Dark Angel
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/26/2017
The body of a young man is discovered face down in a river by Thrunton Woods. But tracing the victim's identity proves difficult for Vera and her team.
#5 - Blood and Bone
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2018
Vera is called to a chilling murder scene when the charred remains of a body are discovered in an abattoir incinerator.
#6 - Death of a Family Man
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/18/2014
Vera delves into the tangled life of a businessman found floating in the water under the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.
#7 - Black Ice
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2018
Vera is called to the scene of a violent car crash, and quickly realizes that the crash was not accidental and that another driver tried to kill victim, Faye Wakeland.
#8 - On Harbour Street
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/27/2014
Vera investigates the mysterious death of a pensioner on a busy commuter train.
#9 - Protected
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/4/2014
Vera unearths a 30-year-old mystery after a brutal murder on the sands of a seaside resort.
#10 - Tuesday's Child
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/7/2016
Vera investigates the death of a local lad whose body is found wrapped in plastic sheets at a rural teenage hang out.
#12 - Darkwater
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2018
Vera is confronted with a tragic mystery when the dead body of teenager Ethan Dewley is found floating in a reservoir.
#13 - Natural Selection
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/19/2017
Vera is drawn into a suspicious death on Ternstone, a remote and inaccessible island off the coast of Northumberland, home only to numerous species of birds and the rangers who observe them.
#14 - Broken Promise
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/2/2017
Vera is called to Northumberland University when a student plummets to his death from the top of a disused faculty building.
#15 - Young Gods
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/8/2013
Vera investigates the death of an extreme sports fanatic, who was seen by a group of campers jumping into the lake while on fire from head to toe.
#16 - Prodigal Son
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/15/2013
Vera's investigation into the murder of an ex-Met officer turns out to be far more complicated than initially imagined.
#17 - Castles in the Air
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/25/2013
A young physiotherapist is brutally murdered and Vera leads the investigation into her death.
#18 - Old Wounds
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/2015
When the remains of a teenage girl are found half-buried in a wood, Vera and her team find themselves investigating a 30-year-old mystery.
#19 - Shadows in the Sky
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/26/2015
Vera uncovers a life of secrets and lies when a well-loved family man plummets to his death from a multi-story car park.
#20 - Home
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2018
Quiet life in suburbia takes a dark turn when a woman is discovered lying dead in her back garden.
#21 - Cuckoo
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/20/2019
Vera must get to the bottom of why a teenage boy is found murdered far away from his home in a coastal town.
#22 - The Blanket Mire
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/9/2017
Surveyors out on the Northumberland moors make a shocking discovery: the body of a young woman buried beneath the soil.
#23 - The Seagull
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/3/2019
Vera must find the connection between a skeleton discovered underneath the site of a notorious burnt-out nightclub and a present day murder.
#24 - Cold River
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/27/2019
A beauty empire is shaken to the ground when one of three sisters is found dead in the River Tyne. DCI Vera Stanhope investigates.
#25 - Blind Spot
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/2019
Vera investigates the murder of a trainee forensic psychologist found dead on a Northumberland landfill site.