The BEST episodes written by David Farr

Episode 6
star
8.31
3477 votes

#1 - Episode 6

The Night Manager - Season 1 - Episode 6

Roper and his team return to Cairo for the deal, reuniting Pine with an old enemy. Pine risks it all to put his plan in motion. A discredited Burr makes one last stand.

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The Broadcast
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8.25
206 votes

#2 - The Broadcast

Spooks - Season 6 - Episode 7

A live TV broadcast announcing the new peace accord between the UK, US and Iran is hijacked by armed gunmen. Can Adam and Ros defuse the situation before someone's hurt?

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Episode 5
star
8.16
3325 votes

#3 - Episode 5

The Night Manager - Season 1 - Episode 5

A suspicious Roper gathers his entourage around him in an attempt to root out the traitor, forcing Pine to play a dangerous game. In London, Burr and Steadman face mounting opposition from Whitehall.

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Episode 4
star
8.05
3363 votes

#4 - Episode 4

The Night Manager - Season 1 - Episode 4

Roper welcomes Pine into his inner circle, leaving Corky out in the cold. Meanwhile, Burr has concerns for the safety of her source, when she suspects key information has been leaked to the River House.

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The List
star
8.02
879 votes

#5 - The List

Hanna - Season 2 - Episode 8

Following Gelder’s murder, Carmichael arrives in Barcelona whilst Hanna, Clara and Kat hide in a hillside villa. Hanna returns to the hotel and recovers Gelder’s target list, helped out by Marissa, who follows Carmichael to the villa and blackmails him into bringing his fellow Utrax leaders to justice. Hanna allows Clara to reunite with her mother before returning to Marissa to help destroy Utrax.

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Episode 3
star
7.93
3434 votes

#6 - Episode 3

The Night Manager - Season 1 - Episode 3

While he continues to recuperate in Roper’s villa, Pine starts to dig up secrets about the other members of the household. Meanwhile, Burr and Steadman seize on an opportunity to recruit a new asset.

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Episode 2
star
7.89
3732 votes

#7 - Episode 2

The Night Manager - Season 1 - Episode 2

On the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, Roper’s life of luxury and calm is shattered. Six months earlier, Burr continues her recruitment of Pine, sending him to Devon to build his cover story.

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Utrax
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7.86
1360 votes

#8 - Utrax

Hanna - Season 1 - Episode 8

When Erik reveals to Hanna the truth about Utrax, she is determined to take action. Marissa attempts to find out from Sawyer what has really been going on at the facility.

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Aftermath
star
7.85
151 votes

#9 - Aftermath

Spooks - Season 5 - Episode 10

An environmental terrorist group is threatening to flood London if the government does not make a secret document public.

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Nemesis
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7.85
258 votes

#10 - Nemesis

Spooks - Season 8 - Episode 4

Lucas's past comes back to haunt him when his former torturer Darshavin turns up with intelligence about a bomb in London. Harry fears Darshavin still has a psychological hold over Lucas, but Darshavin won't deal with anyone else. With innocent lives at risk Lucas must confront his demons for the sake of the nation, but can he overcome his nemesis in order to save the day or is the pressure too much to bear?

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Episode 1
star
7.83
4328 votes

#11 - Episode 1

The Night Manager - Season 1 - Episode 1

Hotel night manager Jonathan Pine receives a plea for help from a well-connected guest. His actions draw him into the world of Richard Roper, a businessman and arms dealer.

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World Trade
star
7.82
242 votes

#12 - World Trade

Spooks - Season 5 - Episode 4

Posted undercover at the World Trade Summit for Africa, the team discovers an assassination plot. Initially determined to put their lives on the line to prevent the murder, they are faced with a moral dilemma on discovering the motive behind the plot.

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Tacitus
star
7.81
835 votes

#13 - Tacitus

Hanna - Season 2 - Episode 7

Hanna arrives in Barcelona, intent on saving Gelder and persuading Clara to leave Utrax. Hanna tells Clara the name and whereabouts of her mother, leaving her conflicted. Sandy has earnt Gelder’s daughter Kat’s trust and is furious when Clara backs out of killing them. She kills Gelder whilst Hanna and Clara escape with Kat. Marissa is tasked with finding Hanna by Mannion’s colleague, Grant.

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Road
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7.79
1316 votes

#14 - Road

Hanna - Season 1 - Episode 7

Realising that Hanna will no longer accept anything but the full truth, Erik takes her back to Romania so she can learn more about her past. Marissa begins to sense that Sawyer has not been telling her the full truth about Utrax.

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Accidental Discovery
star
7.78
265 votes

#15 - Accidental Discovery

Spooks - Season 7 - Episode 6

A teenage boy accidentally stumbles upon a government conspiracy and is instantly absorbed into the world of MI5, ending up on the run. Lucas and the team battle to protect the boy from those who wish to silence him. Harry receives a cryptic message from his asset in Russia which could be the key to bringing down the high-level MI5 mole.

The Extremist
star
7.69
205 votes

#16 - The Extremist

Spooks - Season 6 - Episode 4

As an Algerian extremist escapes his home detention, the team fears he may be plotting a terror attack on US businesses in the UK with the help of local Iranians. However, working with the Americans to stop the attack proves a trying task given their recently-deceitful behaviour.

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Mother
star
7.65
1352 votes

#17 - Mother

Hanna - Season 1 - Episode 6

Sophie and Hanna's relationship begins to turn sour over their shared interest in Anton. In the fallout from this argument, Marissa arrives at Sophie's house pretending to be Hanna's mother. Hanna finds herself torn between endangering Sophie and her family, or giving up her own freedom and going with Marissa. Erik is brutally interrogated by Sawyer and his men.

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City
star
7.65
1590 votes

#18 - City

Hanna - Season 1 - Episode 3

Hanna and Erik are reunited in Berlin, where they hide out with his old army friends and she learns more about her father's past. However, Hanna continues to long for the normal life she glimpsed with Sophie and becomes increasingly frustrated at the restrictions her own father imposes on her. Sensing Marissa is closing in on them, Erik and his friends begin to prepare for an attack.

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Friend
star
7.61
1728 votes

#19 - Friend

Hanna - Season 1 - Episode 2

Following her capture by Marissa's men, Hanna must fight to escape from the Moroccan CIA facility and join Erik in Berlin. Along the way, she meets Sophie, a British teenager on holiday with her family, who gives Hanna her first proper taste of the real world and the thrill of adolescence. Despite this glimpse at normality, the threat of Marissa and her operatives is never far behind.

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Episode 7
star
7.60
887 votes

#20 - Episode 7

Outcasts - Season 1 - Episode 7

Cass's past smashes into his present when he finds a note threatening to expose his real identity. Stella and Tate must now face the prospect of another, superior, hostile life force on Carpathia and discover a way to communicate with it.

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Episode 4
star
7.59
758 votes

#21 - Episode 4

McMafia - Season 1 - Episode 4

Benny uncovers information about a shipment of heroin being smuggled from Pakistan into India. He does not realise that Dilly is spying on him, and after a robbery, gains all the information he needs to pull off a heist - however Semiyon warns that it is Alex's decision whether the operation goes ahead. Karin is suspicious about the fund Alex is using to move Semiyon's money around, while Rebecca becomes concerned when she discovers Alex has a secret second phone. In Prague, Vadim resolves to find out who Benes is in league with.

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Safe
star
7.58
1012 votes

#22 - Safe

Hanna - Season 2 - Episode 1

As Hanna hides Clara in the vast forests of Northern Romania, the remaining trainees are transferred to an educational facility called The Meadows, where they are assigned new identities. Marissa sets about finding Clara by posing as her mother online, luring her to a hotel in Bucharest, where she is ambushed and captured by Utrax. Hanna follows and is reunited with Marissa.

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Twelve Days
star
7.57
207 votes

#23 - Twelve Days

Troy: Fall of a City - Season 1 - Episode 7

King Priam takes his life into his hands to visit Achilles. A truce is agreed, but will it hold? Helen faces a personal crisis as her relationship with Paris comes under strain.

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Departure
star
7.55
203 votes

#24 - Departure

The Midwich Cuckoos - Season 1 - Episode 7

After more bloodshed, the children plan to leave. Susannah volunteers to go with them and strives to get Cassie to safety. It is evident now that they must be stopped. And there’s no easy way out.

Father
star
7.51
1494 votes

#25 - Father

Hanna - Season 1 - Episode 4

Erik is holding Marissa prisoner, trying to negotiate a deal to get him and Hanna safely out of Berlin. Hanna hides out with Dieter and his family. Desperate to know more about what her father is up to, Hanna discovers a huge secret in her own past. As an escape plan begins to form, Marissa attempts to make her own.

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Forest
star
7.51
2062 votes

#26 - Forest

Hanna - Season 1 - Episode 1

In a covert Romanian facility, Erik Heller evades security to rescue baby Hanna. 15 years on, father and daughter live deep in the Polish forest. Erik has trained Hanna to be an incredible killer and hunter. Yet, keen to grow beyond the boundaries of her isolated world, she begins to venture away from home. This attracts the attention of CIA agent Marissa Wiegler, who has hunted Hanna since birth.

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Episode 6
star
7.50
838 votes

#27 - Episode 6

Outcasts - Season 1 - Episode 6

When missing expeditionary Josie Hunter walks back into the settlement, unharmed, the jubilant air quickly takes a darker tone. Josie is different, her children cannot communicate with her, and reports of her violent behaviour circulate. Tate and Stella must find out what is behind this changed Josie, and begin to come to terms with what is really at work on the planet.

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Offering
star
7.50
198 votes

#28 - Offering

Troy: Fall of a City - Season 1 - Episode 8

The Trojans are stunned to discover that all that remains of the Greek army in Troy is an offering to the gods in the form of a wooden horse. They believe the war may finally be over, and celebrations begin. But perhaps too soon.

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The Trial
star
7.49
939 votes

#29 - The Trial

Hanna - Season 2 - Episode 2

Marissa and Hanna return to Paris, whilst Clara is introduced into the fold at The Meadows - but her rebellious nature causes problems, and Terri is tasked with persuading her to rejoin the programme. Pursuing Carla, Hanna finds the pharmaceutical company behind the Utrax medical implants and takes part in a drug trial, where she discovers that the drugs are bound for the trainees at The Meadows.

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Oil Baron
star
7.47
519 votes

#30 - Oil Baron

Spooks - Season 9 - Episode 2

The pressure is on for Beth when she goes undercover for MI5 for the first time. She is tasked with protecting an influential oil baron, Robert Westhouse, when the team receives intel that an assassination attempt will be made on him at a meeting of top oil dealers. But an unexpected ambush throws things off course, and threatens to dredge up her murky mercenary past. Meanwhile, Lucas visits someone who never expected they would see him again.

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Not An Ice Cream
star
7.45
197 votes

#31 - Not An Ice Cream

The Midwich Cuckoos - Season 1 - Episode 6

Two years later. The children go behind Susannah’s back to express their desire to leave Midwich and Susannah suspects ulterior motives at work. Meanwhile, tragedy strikes one of the families. Paul and Susannah work together to uncover the truth.

In This Together
star
7.43
230 votes

#32 - In This Together

The Midwich Cuckoos - Season 1 - Episode 2

Midwich is recovering from the blackout when a shocking discovery is made: every woman of child-bearing age inside the zone on May 6th has fallen pregnant. But of graver concern to Dr Susannah Zellaby is the unnerving responses of the pregnant women.

Conditions
star
7.33
364 votes

#33 - Conditions

Troy: Fall of a City - Season 1 - Episode 2

The elopement of Helen and Paris causes chaos for the Greeks and the Trojans. Priam and Hecuba debate whether to send Helen back or risk the consequences. The goddess Artemis presents Agamemnon with an even more agonising dilemma.

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Impossible Planet
star
7.25
1734 votes

#34 - Impossible Planet

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams - Season 1 - Episode 2

Norton is a discontented tour guide of a cruise ship in space. His life is on a one way trip to nothingness until he meets the supernaturally old Irma. She wants to go to Earth; a planet long since destroyed. On this epic journey, Norton and Irma develop a deep connection that's just as impossible as the planet for which they are searching.

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Bad Things
star
7.24
280 votes

#35 - Bad Things

The Midwich Cuckoos - Season 1 - Episode 1

May 6th begins like any other day in Midwich. But as dusk falls, the lives of its residents are profoundly altered forever. As family members fight to save their loved ones from an unknown fate, a community is forged in a way nobody thought possible.

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Black Blood
star
7.23
565 votes

#36 - Black Blood

Troy: Fall of a City - Season 1 - Episode 1

Following a fateful encounter with the gods, the life of young herdsman Paris changes forever. At the Troy city games, he discovers something extraordinary, and on a trip to Sparta, he falls in love with unpredictable and far-reaching consequences.

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Hunted
star
7.19
231 votes

#37 - Hunted

Troy: Fall of a City - Season 1 - Episode 5

Paris is hunted by the Greeks and returns to his former life, leaving Helen without an ally in Troy just as Pandarus's investigation gathers momentum. The Trojans attempt to take advantage of the divisions within the Greek camp.

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