The WORST episodes of Vera
Every episode of Vera ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - Hidden Depths
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/1/2011
A handsome young man, a coquettish student teacher, nothing in common between them - except that both were murdered and left with their bodies meticulously posed.
#2 - Telling Tales
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/8/2011
Vera must put together the pieces of a 11-year-old murder and stop a ruthless killer before he or she strikes again.
#3 - The Crow Trap
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/15/2011
As groundbreaking begins on a rock quarry in the moorlands, a local woman who had opposed the construction is found murdered.
#4 - A Certain Samaritan
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/20/2012
A young man is found dead with heroin in his blood and a stolen credit card in his wallet. But only when Vera learns details of his mother's life does a motive for murder emerge.
#5 - Little Lazarus
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/22/2011
Vera finds herself acting as caretaker for a boy whose mother was murdered in front of his eyes.
#6 - Silent Voices
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/29/2012
Vera investigates the murder of a social worker and finds that a notorious case involving the death of a child may hold the key to solving the case.
#7 - As the Crow Flies
Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/16/2022
Primary school teacher Lizzy Swann is found dead at the bottom of a cliffside coastal walkway, but what appears at first to be a terrible accident, quickly becomes a murder investigation as Vera discovers evidence the body has been tampered with. Interviews with those who knew Lizzy paint a troubling picture of a guarded and paranoid woman who seemed to be burning bridges with friends and family alike in the days leading up to her death.
#8 - Changing Tides
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/2015
Vera takes a look into a suspicious fire that rips through a holiday park on the Northumberland coast. Three cabins are destroyed and the body of a woman is discovered inside inside one of them.
#9 - Tyger Tyger
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/9/2022
Vera investigates a daring robbery at a port and uncovers a web of intrigue when it turns out to be an inside job. The insider's motivation isn't just money, his son has been kidnapped to make sure everyone sticks to the plan.
#10 - Sandancers
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/3/2012
The authorities at a local army base are in an ungodly hurry to declare the death of a decorated Afghanistan War veteran a suicide, but Vera doubts it.
#11 - The Ghost Position
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/22/2012
Vera's reunion with her first sergeant occurs under tragic circumstances when his house is petrol-bombed. The investigation forces her to face old memories.
#12 - Against the Tide
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/29/2023
DCI Vera Stanhope is called to a remote lighthouse where a body has been discovered lashed to a sailboat. Immediately setting about her investigation, Vera soon discovers that the body is local council enforcement officer and experienced amateur sailor Frank Channing. A family man, with strong friendships, who was well respected at work, surely this really was just an accident? However, it's not long before Vera discovers evidence suggesting foul play. Vera and her team piece together Frank’s final days and soon discover that his life wasn’t all plain sailing.
#13 - Poster Child
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/1/2013
A surgeon is murdered and his daughters abducted leaving Vera's team to trace the killer and rescue the daughters.
#14 - Tender
Season 13 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2024
Vera is on track to uncover an intriguing yet puzzling case when the body of a young girl is discovered at the side of an isolated railway crossing.
#15 - Parent Not Expected
Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/2020
A young man seeking his biological father is found face down in the water.
#16 - Blood Will Tell
Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/12/2020
Vera has to unravel the circumstances of self-styled entrepreneur Freddie Gill’s death when his body is found by bailiffs attempting to repossess his house. Freddie is estranged from his wife and son – Jade and Riley Gill – who are now living back at her family's beloved pub with her formidable mother Tina Tripp, volatile brother Lee and taciturn uncle Darren. Matters are further complicated when Vera finds out Jade’s father Arthur, having recently succumbed to terminal illness, had secretly been keeping ties with Freddie despite him having been ejected from the family. Vera soon discovers Freddie’s professional life is just as turbulent when she learns the used-car sales company he runs with business partner and lifelong friend Nasir Ali, is failing and it is targeted by an arson attack. Vera must uncover whether the motive behind Freddie’s death comes from the trouble at the heart of his family, his desperate financial crises or his glances with organised crime.
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#17 - Recovery
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/5/2021
DCI Vera Stanhope is called to the scene when the body of addiction support worker Angela Konan is found hidden among the bleak woodlands of Northumberland National Park. Vera and her team must peel back the layers of the introverted victim's life to uncover her closely guarded secrets and surprising depths, as it appears an increasingly erratic Angela clashed with two clients in the week before she died.
#18 - Witness
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/29/2021
A contractor is found dead on the steps of Collingwood Memorial after being attacked. Vera then discovers that the contractor recently testified as a key witness in a violent assault case, and wonders if the two things are connected.
#19 - The Way The Wind Blows
Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/22/2023
The body of a young woman has been washed up on the banks of the River Tyne. Although she was a popular colleague, loyal friend, and loving mother and wife, we uncover a web of intrigue, betrayal, and lost promises.
#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 - 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.
#22 - Vital Signs
Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/15/2023
Vera is called out to the grim scene of a body found in the back of a burned out car. When identified as a popular local GP, we enter the world of intrigue, betrayal, and lust.
#23 - 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.
#24 - On Harbour Street
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/27/2014
Vera investigates the mysterious death of a pensioner on a busy commuter train.
#25 - 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.