The BEST episodes of Whitstable Pearl
Every episode of Whitstable Pearl ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Whitstable Pearl!
With her son grown, single mum Pearl pursues her lifelong dream and starts a private detective agency, which she runs from her family restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. Drawn by her caring nature, locals soon flock to her with all kinds of cases. But when a friend dies suspiciously, Pearl finds herself in conflict with gruff new cop in town DCI Mike McGuire.
#2 - Oysters Kilpatrick
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/4/2024
As their anniversary nears, Pearl realizes Tom plans to propose on their romantic getaway. While they're gone, a food critic visits the restaurant for a review-but drops dead after his meal. Pearl is torn between staying with Tom and heading back.
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#3 - Girl, Whitstable Beach
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/21/2024
Photographer Izzy is knocked unconscious while taking pictures on the beach. Believing the assault is connected to the disappearance of her friend's daughter seven years earlier, Izzy hires Pearl to find out whether the missing woman has returned.
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#5 - The Offer
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/5/2022
After inheriting a beloved local pub from her mother, Molly Stratton puts it up for sale to the highest bidder, rather than selling it back to the community. She turns to Pearl for help to deal with the anonymous threats she's been receiving--including a dead seagull on her doorstep. When the pub is sold, the situation takes an even darker turn.
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#9 - Night Terrors
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/28/2022
Mike has broken his ankle and, laid up at home, begins to be disturbed by a man in a flat opposite who has violent night terrors. Mike becomes convinced that the night terrors are a cover for him planning to murder his wife. The police find no evidence to support this, so Mike hires Pearl to investigate further. She discovers a body, but it's not the person she and Mike were expecting.
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#10 - A Cup O' Kindness
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/14/2021
When a mother takes her daughter out for a boat ride despite the father's wishes, the boat starts taking on water and the two need to be rescued. Was it an accident, or were they targeted? Pearl investigates while Mike tries to enjoy his time off from police duty in the days before New Year's Eve.
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#11 - Death, the Devil, and the Fool
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/28/2024
Tragedy strikes at the town's annual psychic fair when young Saffia wanders off from her nanny. As Pearl works with a psychic who claims she can feel the girl's presence, Mike and Nikki discover that Saffia must have been taken by someone she knows.
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#12 - Prisoners of the Past
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/11/2024
Pearl is surprised to hear a UK ringtone when she calls Charlie-he's supposed to be in Canada. As she goes looking for him in London, back in Whitstable, Mike and Nikki reexamine a 30-year-old case after the convicted man is released from prison.
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#13 - Civil War
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/31/2021
When a retired policeman is murdered during a Civil War reenactment, McGuire initially focuses on widow Heidi. But between the dead man's three mistresses and a 35-year long feud with his brother, things soon become a lot more complicated.
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#14 - Disappearance at Oare
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/7/2021
When young widow Christina receives an anonymous note claiming her husband did not commit suicide seven years earlier she hires Pearl to investigate. Pearl's efforts lead her to the man's emotionally fragile parents, a local church run by a very creepy minister and a derelict former children's home. Meanwhile, Detective McGuire's depression threatens to overwhelm him.
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#15 - The Gumshoe and the Femme Fatale
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/5/2022
When 1970s movie icon Zelda St John changes her will, leaving her fortune to her housekeeper, Natalia, the young woman seeks out Pearl, fearing that Zelda's family might hurt her. Not long afterward, Zelda is found unconscious at her home, attacked with a croquet mallet, and Natalia disappears. Clashing over who they believe is responsible, Mike and Pearl lead separate investigations.
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#17 - Random Acts
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/24/2021
Working with local cop DS Nikki Martel, Mike investigates the death of a diabetic estate agent force-fed marmalade. When a woman hires Pearl to look into a large sum of cash left in her mailbox, Pearl discovers Whitstable may have a mysterious benefactor-but are they connected to the murder?
#18 - The Free Waters
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/24/2021
Restaurant owner Pearl Nolan discovers the body of her friend and oyster supplier chained to the anchor of his ship. The police, led by out-of-towner Chief Inspector Mike McGuire, believe it was an accident, but Pearl, who also runs a private detective agency, suspects foul play.