The BEST episodes written by Jack Lothian
#1 - Episode 4
Beaver Falls - Season 2 - Episode 4
It's Mac's big day as Beaver Falls welcomes rival sports camp Wimoweh for their annual basketball match.
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#2 - Episode Five
Teachers - Season 4 - Episode 5
The teachers are excited by the arrival of Bob's new wife Ping, from Thailand. However they soon discover she is a misery who refuses to have sex. Meanwhile, it's the school's Religious Tolerance Week, resulting in a war between the pupils, and Ben is provoked to go to search for inner peace.
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#3 - The Wrong Goodbye
Doc Martin - Season 4 - Episode 8
Dr Martin Ellingham and Pauline are surprised by the number of patients coming to see him on the last day before his Surgery closes and he moves to London.
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#4 - Ever After
Doc Martin - Season 5 - Episode 8
Mrs Tishell decides she can no longer hide her love for Martin and, fuelled by a cocktail of drugs, takes drastic action. While James Henry is in her care, she boards a bus out of Portwenn and leaves a message for Dr Ellingham to `meet them at the castle', forcing Martin, Louisa, Ruth and PC Penhale to mount a desperate search for the pair.
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#5 - The Departed
Doc Martin - Season 4 - Episode 5
Dr Martin Ellingham is in London to meet with Robert Dashwood, who is leading the selection process for the prestigious London surgeon’s job that Martin has applied for. Robert can tell that Martin is excited to be back in the world of surgery, and is pleased that Martin has finally conquered his debilitating blood phobia. Robert is confident that Martin will get the job.
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#6 - Music of Murder
Death in Paradise - Season 1 - Episode 7
Richard sees the dark side of show business when a comeback concert ends in the most public of murders. If sun, sea and sand were not bad enough, he now has to conquer his fear of snakes to find the elusive killer.
#7 - Episode 12
Hotel Babylon - Season 2 - Episode 4
Charlie rushes to help Robert Kane, a heart-broken business man who threatens to kill himself by jumping off the hotel's balcony.Meanwhile, Rebecca's divorce is at last finalized, and she throws a party to celebrate. But some shocking news leaves everyone reeling.
#8 - Episode 5
Strike Back - Season 6 - Episode 5
Section 20 must stop Lowry and Dr Markov from making and unleashing a deadly chemical weapon. In desperate need of intel, Novin infiltrates a drug lord's home.
#9 - All My Trials
Doc Martin - Season 8 - Episode 8
Martin prepares to face his hearing, but despite having closed the practice, he finds all his patients are trying to make appointments. An American tourist who visited Portwenn previously returns to the town, hoping to research her family tree. However, she also has a medical issue, and comes to the troubled doctor seeking his advice. Louisa goes to see Chris to find out how serious the situation is, while the townsfolk take steps to show Martin how much he is appreciated. Sigourney Weaver reprises her guest role from the previous series. Last in the series.
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#10 - The Doctor Is Out
Doc Martin - Season 7 - Episode 8
Louisa worries Dr Timoney's suggestion that she and Martin aren't meant to be together might have prompted him to leave Portwenn for good. Calling on Ruth, Morwenna and Janice for help, she tries to track the down the missing GP, with no luck. However, what Dr Ellingham's friends and family fail to realise is that he is actually trapped up at the Winton farm, where desperate wife Annie is trying to coerce him into performing a life-saving operation on her terminally ill husband Jim. Meanwhile, Ruth and Bert seek out Al to offer him a proposition regarding the whisky and the B&B.
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#11 - Boho With A Shotgun
Doc Martin - Season 5 - Episode 3
New receptionist Morwenna Newcross gets off to a bad start after arriving late on her first day, and her hyperactive behaviour leads Martin to believe she is high on drugs. Ruth tries to deal with an intruder on the farm who has stolen the hub caps from her car, and the sleepless nights begin to take their toll on Martin and Louisa, who are running out of ways to comfort their constantly wailing baby.
#12 - Rescue Me
Doc Martin - Season 7 - Episode 1
With Louisa visiting her mother in Spain to get some perspective on their marriage, Martin knows he needs to try to change for the sake of their relationship, so he endeavours to keep his promise to her to see a therapist. Aunt Ruth arranges an appointment for him with Dr Rachel Timoney, but a lifeboat training exercise causes problems for the doctor. Will he get back in time for his first session?
#13 - Episode 8
The Halcyon - Season 1 - Episode 8
The hotel celebrates its 50 year anniversary, but Lucian struggles to keep things in order as pressure mounts and Adil attempts to corner Toby and bring him back from the edge of doing something terrible. Garland and Lady Hamilton find a cause to unite over, while Emma is still confused about the men in her life and finally comes to a decision after talking to Betsey about love during wartime. The tension between Joe and Freddie is palpable: will it spill over?
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#14 - Remember Me
Doc Martin - Season 5 - Episode 5
PC Penhale is shocked by the unexpected arrival of his ex-wife Maggie, who appears to have forgotten that they separated years ago and wants to know why he left her. Eleanor goes on a date with local fisherman Paul Hale, an old friend she has not seen since school, while Martin and Louisa finally agree on a name for their baby
#15 - Better the Devil
Doc Martin - Season 4 - Episode 1
Doc Martin is struggling to maintain his life as a GP, after his wedding day disaster with school headmistress Louisa. She has left the village, and he is starting to question whether this is where he wants to stay, until an old friend turns up.
#16 - Truth Canal
Ashes to Ashes - Season 2 - Episode 6
After a dead body is found in the canal it is identified as Colin Mitchell. Alex is certain that the dead man's wife Donna is not telling everything and she is determined to uncover the truth. Back in 2008, Alex has surgery to remove the bullet from her brain.
#17 - Frank's Big Win
Shameless - Season 5 - Episode 4
When people think Frank's won the lottery, he's not about to say otherwise, with endless free drinks coming his way.
#18 - Episode 4
Strike Back - Season 6 - Episode 4
Things aren't looking good for Mac. He's blown his cover and is now facing certain death. Donovan digs into Zarin's past... and she doesn't like what she learns.
#19 - Mysterious Ways
Doc Martin - Season 8 - Episode 1
Portwenn is abuzz with activity for the preparation of Janice and Penhale's wedding, but a medical issue could prevent Penhale from making it down the aisle. Meanwhile, Al is struggling with the demands of being best man, especially when Bert's marketing antics mean there is only whisky available at the pre-wedding party.
#20 - The Things You Do for Love
Shameless - Season 7 - Episode 5
Desperate to make a good impression at her parents' party, Maxine cajoles Ian into pretending to be her boyfriend. When he reluctantly agrees, deep feelings are uncovered, taking everyone by surprise.
#22 - Episode 4
Ashes to Ashes - Season 3 - Episode 4
Gene discovers that an undercover operation to catch several drug dealers is taking place on his patch without his knowledge. Determined to take control Hunt blows the cover of an undercover operative who turns up at CID and is eventually placed under his protection, yet it seems someone on the inside is twisting things to help the drug dealers stay out on the streets. Meanwhile, the deceased police officer continues to haunt Alex. Could he actually be her key to getting home?
#23 - Second Bombing
Spooks: Code 9 - Season 1 - Episode 6
Charlie is convinced that Abid Malik can lead him to the MI5 traitor and prevent a second bomb attack. Vik and Rob are sent under cover to Camp Windsmere to break him out.
#24 - Episode 10
Strike Back - Season 6 - Episode 10
Section 20 are desperate to clear their names. And to do so, they hatch a big and wreckless plan.
#25 - Old Friends, New Enemies
Shameless - Season 5 - Episode 10
Jamie's former cellmate Mark comes to stay, but Karen doesn't trust him, and she's got a fight on her hands if she's to prevent Mark from leading Jamie back into a life of crime.
#26 - Episode 3
Beaver Falls - Season 1 - Episode 3
It's Parents' Day and Rick finds himself in the middle of a family feud, while A-Rab struggles to manage the aftermath of his first one-night stand and Rachael and a tequila encounter.
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#27 - Episode Eleven
Teachers - Season 3 - Episode 11
Brian becomes more obsessed with dinner lady Eileen, and soon comes to her rescue when Bob complains about the canteen food. This wins him a date with her, but he becomes so infatuated with her that he leads himself to believe that they are in a long term relationship, which he sadly ends after he claims that it isn’t “working”. He feels gutted however, when he realises that he never slept with her even when it was offered.
#28 - An Inspector Calls
Shameless - Season 11 - Episode 2
Mimi comes into conflict with the local school, Frank and the Gastric Bandits have a drug-fuelled romp, and Jamie tries to contact his half-brother Kassi.
#29 - Episode 1
Strike Back - Season 6 - Episode 1
The man behind some of the worst terrorist attacks on the west escapes during a prison break masterminded by his British wife, and Col Adeena Donovan needs the situation cleared up quickly and decides to reinstate the disbanded Section 20. The all-new members of the unit set out on a life-or-death mission that will take them across the Middle East and Europe, and plunge them into the paths of Saudi princes and Russian FSB agents.
#30 - Episode 2
Strike Back - Season 6 - Episode 2
Section 20 start to close in on terrorist Omair Idrisi and his wife Jane Lowry, but the team is forced to extract devious arms dealer Morgan Ives from Libya.
#31 - Episode 4
Outcasts - Season 1 - Episode 4
A rogue AC enters Forthaven and ends up attacking one of the citizens which prompts the PAS officers to take action in an effort to control the situation.
#32 - Episode 3
Strike Back - Season 6 - Episode 3
As Jane Lowry surfaces in Budapest, Mac and Wyatt are forced to go undercover to infiltrate a dangerous group of white supremacists that has something she needs.
#33 - Death and Erasures
Shameless - Season 11 - Episode 6
Aidan is under great pressure when OAP Stanton suddenly dies while Aidan is caring for him as part of his community service. Thalia isn't happy about Esther's new friendship with Frank.
#34 - Alex
Skins - Season 6 - Episode 3
It's Alex Henley's first day at college, but he's not worried about fitting in or making new friends. He catches the eye of a fellow student and they hit it off immediately. Alex sees something special in Liv and draws her into his strange and wonderful world. But it can't last. Alex isn't used to having friends, and Liv invests a little bit too heavily in the distraction he provides.
#37 - Episode 1
Strike Back - Season 7 - Episode 1
Reuniting for what they think is a routine "cleanup" exercise in Malaysia, Gracie Novin, Samuel Wyatt and Thomas "Mac" McAllister learn that a British operative in possession of intel about a downed Russian plane has been killed in Kuala Lumpur.
#38 - Episode 5
Strike Back - Season 7 - Episode 5
Following a high-speed jungle ambush in Myanmar, the suitcase nukes end up in the hands of a brutal Rwandan drug lord with a jealous streak; Colonel Beshnov, the Russian Alpha Group leader, surprises Pavel with a revelation about Zarkova.
#39 - Episode 2
Strike Back - Season 7 - Episode 2
Section 20 forges an uneasy alliance with Zarkova in hopes of tracking down a stolen nuclear warhead in Kuala Lumpur; the group grows frustrated when Police Inspector Amy Leong pulls them off the job after a false alarm.
#40 - Episode 3
Strike Back - Season 7 - Episode 3
Section 20's search for the missing nuclear warhead leads them to India, where three scientists have been kidnapped by a militant; the team gains valuable intel on Anjali Vartak, a rich Hindu with a personal vendetta against Muslims.
#41 - Episode 4
Strike Back - Season 7 - Episode 4
As Wyatt is tortured by Vartak's henchmen, Mac presses her corrupt lawyer to hand over an encrypted hard drive that might hold clues to the whereabouts of a pair of "nuclear suitcases."
#42 - The Name of the Game
Crusoe - Season 1 - Episode 9
Crusoe helps Friday by trying to bring back some of the bad things from his past, so he can help Friday get through them. Friday's past helps him in making the treehouse safer from intruders.
#43 - Eye of the Tiger
Sinbad - Season 1 - Episode 9
Following Kuji’s couldn’t-be-vaguer musing that he must prepare for a big journey, Sinbad is eager to find out exactly what the future holds. Handily, a stone exists that predicts just that. Not so handily, the mythic MacGuffin is hidden away in a deadly maze protected by a group of guardsman known asthe Order of the Stone and some poisonous darts.
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#44 - Pilot
Sinbad - Season 1 - Episode 1
When a Basra street fight takes a terrible turn, Sinbad is placed under a curse by his grandmother Safia, until he atones for his sins. Sinbad can't stay on dry land for more than 24 hours. He stows away on the Providence, and after an attack by magical sea creatures he's left with Anwar, the ship’s doctor; Gunnar, a Norse trader; Nala, a noblewoman on the run; Rina, a thief and the ship's Cook.
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#45 - Episode 6
Strike Back - Season 7 - Episode 6
Novin and Zarkova find themselves at the mercy of corrupt police, while Mac and Wyatt take temporary refuge in a local village; Coltrane finally learns the location of the suitcase nukes, but the revelation comes at a high price.
#46 - Episode 7
Strike Back - Season 7 - Episode 7
As Wyatt convalesces, Coltrane, Mac and Novin embark on a covert, 24-hour mission inside Russia to extract an FSB analyst with potentially vital information. Katrina questions Pavel's true identity, but chooses to stand by her commanding officer.
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#47 - Episode 8
Strike Back - Season 7 - Episode 8
Coltrane defends his decision to go rogue with S20. After tailing Hassan and the nuclear suitcase to a deserted shopping mall in Jakarta, Wyatt and Novin face down threats from Komodo soldiers and, later, Colonel Aldo and his insurgents. As Katrina weighs her allegiances, Pavel resets the parameters of the Russian plans to overthrow the Indonesian government.
#48 - Episode 9
Strike Back - Season 7 - Episode 9
In pursuit of Pavel, Section 20 clashes with two other Russian renegades, Natasha Petrenko and Artem Orlov, as they attempt to purchase sophisticated software designed to short-circuit a ghost satellite containing precious cargo. After a brief respite with his wife Madison, Wyatt takes a temporary security job working for an obnoxious military-tech tycoon, Caleb Montgomery, but soon finds himself thrust back into the danger zone.
#49 - Episode 1
Strike Back - Season 8 - Episode 1
The members of Section 20 are thrown back into combat when a seemingly-straightforward mission in Kosovo to rescue a British scientist uncovers a conspiracy.
#50 - Episode 2
Strike Back - Season 8 - Episode 2
After catching wind of a feud brewing between Edon and his son Loric, Section 20 launches a raid on their family business; wedding arrangements between the Demachi and Vironi families sour; Mac considers a career-changing offer from Coltrane.