The BEST episodes written by Neil Cross

Episode 8
star
8.76
238 votes

#1 - Episode 8

Spooks - Season 7 - Episode 8

With the Russians launching a nuclear strike on London, the only person who can help the team in this desperate hour is the traitor amongst them. With the Russians hunting them down, the team ushers their traitor through London in a desperate bid to reach the codes, and the bomb, in time.

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Episode 4
star
8.42
2548 votes

#2 - Episode 4

Luther - Season 3 - Episode 4

Marwood makes his vendetta personal - targeting Luther and those closest to him, raining destruction on everything he touches. Stark and Gray arrive just in time to hurry Mary to a secret place, but is her safety really Stark's priority, or is she just a pawn in his game to lure Luther to him?

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Episode 6
star
8.31
3059 votes

#3 - Episode 6

Luther - Season 1 - Episode 6

Luther, suspected of murder, goes on the run to try and prove his innocence. With Alice's assistance, they set out together to exact revenge on the real killer.

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Episode 5
star
8.29
3201 votes

#4 - Episode 5

Luther - Season 1 - Episode 5

When a wealthy couple are taken hostage, Luther must try to avert a disastrous chain of events. However, what he doesn't know is that it will soon become very personal.

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Episode 3
star
8.25
2575 votes

#5 - Episode 3

Luther - Season 3 - Episode 3

In what looks like a gangland crime - two hoodies are shot at close range. But an un-connected crime sees Luther make a un-connected connection that might provide the real answer to what happened.

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Episode 4
star
8.20
3001 votes

#6 - Episode 4

Luther - Season 2 - Episode 4

Luther's personal and professional life spirals out of control as he tries to cover up Toby's death and appease a suspicious Baba. He must also protect Jenny from any further harm. At work there's also a killer at large whose actions are ruled by his dice. How do you stop a man who sees life and death as a game and whose actions can't be predicted?

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Episode 9
star
8.19
150 votes

#7 - Episode 9

Spooks - Season 5 - Episode 9

MI5 is put in charge of protecting Niko Grecic, the former right-hand of Tezlia, a Serbian who is put on trial for war crimes. They know that Richard Dempsey, a former MI6 agent who turned on them, is looking for Grecic to kill him before he can testify. Adam, Jo and Zafar must protect Grecic at all costs.

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Episode 9
star
8.19
141 votes

#8 - Episode 9

Spooks - Season 6 - Episode 9

The team finds themselves suspended from the Grid following what happened involving Ros. Harry learns from an old adversary about a bomb he has planted in London. The team realizes that if they respond their lives will be in danger but if they don't it will be the public who suffers. A shocking discovery is made when they discover who is behind the latest threat.

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Episode Four
star
8.10
142 votes

#9 - Episode Four

The Fixer - Season 1 - Episode 4

Calum has made Mercer some tea. Problem is that it’s burned and totally lacking in nutritonal value. So off they go to the supermarket. Calum is amazed Mercer knows so much about cooking. Lenny appears and Mercer's heart sinks. He gives Mercer his next assignment. He must kill a violent criminal just acquitted of the murder of a young woman, Marie Greene. His name is Scott Glover. Mercer finds him at a hotel and prepares to kill him in the gentleman’s toilets. But his plan is fraught with problems. One of which is that a dogged and brave reporter knows more than he should about the case.

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Episode 2
star
8.09
3091 votes

#10 - Episode 2

Luther - Season 2 - Episode 2

Luther must rescue Ripley, abducted by Cameron, in time to prevent Cameron's final murderous set piece. But Jenny's ruthless and vengeful boss is demanding compensation for stealing her protege. Luther is torn; will his visionary mind provide the team with the tools to save Ripley and the killer's intended victims, or will his focus be compromised?

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Episode 2
star
8.08
2488 votes

#11 - Episode 2

Luther - Season 3 - Episode 2

Luther's date with Mary, and the promise of romance, is interrupted by the news of another murder. The killer has struck again - the number of victims is escalating fast.

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Episode 2
star
8.06
248 votes

#12 - Episode 2

Spooks - Season 6 - Episode 2

The country faces a plague outbreak. In a race against time, the officers from Section D have to track down and quarantine everyone who might be infected, while preventing a panic.

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Episode 3
star
8.04
2896 votes

#13 - Episode 3

Luther - Season 2 - Episode 3

As Luther's affection for Jenny grows, so does his determination to protect her and help her back on her feet. Baba, however, is determined to keep Luther on a tight leash. To add to Luther's difficulties, he is called in to investigate a man whose brutal and escalating murders seem to have no motive, leaving Jenny alone and vulnerable.

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Episode 1
star
8.02
2670 votes

#14 - Episode 1

Luther - Season 3 - Episode 1

Luther investigates the case of a fetishist who is murdering women in a manner similar to an unsolved case from the 1980s. The team attempt to catch the copycat killer, whose murderous spree has only just started.

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Episode 8
star
8.01
180 votes

#15 - Episode 8

Spooks - Season 6 - Episode 8

Ros is in grave danger after Bob Hogan discovers she's a traitor. Meanwhile, Harry's brought before Yalta's chief, whose identity shocks him to the core.

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Episode 1
star
8.00
2090 votes

#16 - Episode 1

Luther - Season 4 - Episode 1

On a leave of absence from the police force, Luther is laying low in a rundown cottage on the edge of England. But a visit from his old colleagues at the Met brings a shocking piece of news that draws him back to London in search of the truth. Meanwhile, a gruesome serial killer has struck the city, eating body parts as he goes. With a trail of clues leading from one crime scene to the next, Schenk and his team must work out the twisted logic that connects each victim. But this murdering mastermind is more than a match for the police, outsmarting them at every step. It's not long before Luther is back in the bullpen, determined to steal a march on the killer before another mutilated body joins the mounting pile.

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Episode 1
star
7.98
326 votes

#17 - Episode 1

Spooks - Season 7 - Episode 1

The team steps in when a British soldier is kidnapped by Al-Qaeda. Meanwhile, an old protégé of Harry's returns to the fold after eight years in a Russian prison - but whose side is he really on?

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Episode 1
star
7.98
3352 votes

#18 - Episode 1

Luther - Season 2 - Episode 1

Still plagued by the death of his ex-wife, Luther returns to work to face a surreal and nightmarish case of a masked murderer determined to enter into folklore. As the body count rises, Luther must use all his skills to stop the killer, at the same time trying to rescue an old acquaintance's daughter from the dangerous world of prostitution.

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Episode 3
star
7.97
1294 votes

#19 - Episode 3

Luther - Season 5 - Episode 3

With his friend in peril and a young woman kidnapped by the relentless serial killer, can Luther protect the innocent while preventing Cornelius's violent revenge from consuming him? Who is Luther willing to save, and who can't he bear to lose?

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Episode 4
star
7.92
1300 votes

#20 - Episode 4

Luther - Season 5 - Episode 4

Reeling from the death of his friend, Luther races to save the others from Cornelius's terrible retribution. With Luther's increasing absence from the case, Halliday heads the hunt for a killer on the loose - a killer determined to complete his final macabre masterpiece.

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Episode 1
star
7.91
277 votes

#21 - Episode 1

Spooks - Season 6 - Episode 1

Zaf and Adam participate in a mission in Tehran that goes wrong. As the investigation advances, the team realizes they've been lied to as to the goals of their mission.

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Episode 3
star
7.91
3517 votes

#22 - Episode 3

Luther - Season 1 - Episode 3

John Luther must catch a Satanic occult killer accused of kidnap and murder. However, with a young mother's life at stake, Luther must use all his skills to build an airtight case.

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Episode 4
star
7.87
3207 votes

#23 - Episode 4

Luther - Season 1 - Episode 4

When a serial killer goes on the rampage, Luther must put his personal life aside and delve inside the murderer's mind to discover what is driving him to kill so many girls, and why.

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Episode 1
star
7.86
1386 votes

#24 - Episode 1

Luther - Season 5 - Episode 1

A new spate of nightmarish murders brings DCI John Luther to once again face the depths of human depravity on the streets of London. As the body count rises, and gangster George Cornelius applies his own pressure, Luther must catch a killer to save his own neck.

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Episode 2
star
7.84
1918 votes

#25 - Episode 2

Luther - Season 4 - Episode 2

On the trail of a horrifying cannibalistic killer, Luther is dogged at every step by ghosts from his past. Isolated and on edge, it takes every fibre of Luther's being to keep it together. Can a cold case help unlock a mystery that's tormenting him to distraction? Meanwhile, the serial killer is still on the loose. Benny's hacking skills have revealed a list of hundreds of potential victims but, with a rapidly escalating number of crime scenes, Luther must use all his ingenuity to work out where the killer is headed next. Discovering it's all part of a macabre endgame, Luther is forced to put himself and his new colleague Emma into the heart of danger to try and stop the murdering madness.

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Episode 2
star
7.83
1346 votes

#26 - Episode 2

Luther - Season 5 - Episode 2

Luther must confront a demon from his past, as both the police and Cornelius converge on his home. With Halliday convinced that the body in the morgue isn't their killer, can Luther put his own troubles to one side and find the true murderer before he strikes again?

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Not the End of the World
star
7.81
324 votes

#27 - Not the End of the World

Hard Sun - Season 1 - Episode 5

The murder of a jogger has dire personal implications for Renko but she pretends it is a routine investigation. Hicks makes a startling revelation about the Alex Butler murder.

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Episode 1
star
7.78
4654 votes

#28 - Episode 1

Luther - Season 1 - Episode 1

Luther returns to work after a traumatic arrest to investigate the murder of a former child genius's parents, and quickly deduces that their daughter is responsible. However, unable to find evidence to convict, he becomes embroiled in a battle of wits with the suspect - who has set her sights on him and his estranged wife.

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The Man Who Killed Blackbeard
star
7.77
768 votes

#29 - The Man Who Killed Blackbeard

Crossbones - Season 1 - Episode 3

When Kate is captured on a trading voyage, Blackbeard and Lowe must work together in order to rescue her before she reveals the island's whereabouts to William Jagger. In the process, Lowe discovers that Blackbeard has an ulterior, deeply personal motive for keeping him on.

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Episode 2
star
7.73
3832 votes

#30 - Episode 2

Luther - Season 1 - Episode 2

A gunman begins murdering uniformed police officers, prompting the detective to taunt the killer on TV in the hope of inspiring him to turn his anger on him and come out into the open. To his horror, Luther also learns that Alice Morgan has been investigating his past - and is threatening to tell Zoe what she has discovered.

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Hide
star
7.72
3246 votes

#31 - Hide

Doctor Who (2005) - Season 7 - Episode 9

Something terrifying is hiding in Caliburn House, and the Doctor finds himself part of the ghost hunt.

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Episode 2
star
7.68
292 votes

#32 - Episode 2

Spooks - Season 7 - Episode 2

Harry vows revenge by taking down the head of Russia's intelligence service in Britain with the help of Lucas North. Lucas's loyalties, however, are secretly no longer with MI5 and he exploits Harry's trust to help a Russian submarine destroy Britain's communications system, causing financial and social chaos.

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foxes and coyotes
star
7.68
791 votes

#33 - foxes and coyotes

The Mosquito Coast - Season 1 - Episode 2

The Foxes enlist the help of two coyotes who promise to take them across the U.S. border into Mexico.

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Sun Day
star
7.66
288 votes

#34 - Sun Day

Hard Sun - Season 1 - Episode 6

An internet killer is targeting people who believe they wish to die and Mooney thinks he knows how to trap him. Renko and Hicks change tactic and bring the fight to Grace's door.

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Luke 21:25
star
7.61
321 votes

#35 - Luke 21:25

Hard Sun - Season 1 - Episode 3

A murderer confesses to a priest that he wants to challenge God into revealing Himself by targeting those who help others. Grace makes Hicks an offer.

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The Rings Of Akhaten
star
7.56
3361 votes

#36 - The Rings Of Akhaten

Doctor Who (2005) - Season 7 - Episode 7

The Doctor takes Clara to the Festival of Offerings, but the Old God is waking and demands sacrifice!

Light Out
star
7.52
908 votes

#37 - Light Out

The Mosquito Coast - Season 1 - Episode 1

When the U.S. government finally tracks them down, the off-the-grid Fox family flees to begin a new life.

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The Sun, The Moon, The Truth
star
7.50
424 votes

#38 - The Sun, The Moon, The Truth

Hard Sun - Season 1 - Episode 1

Unruly police detective DCI Charlie Hicks is deeply suspicious of his new partner DI Elaine Renko. But their first investigation exposes a secret that will connect them for life.

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Can You Hear Him Now?
star
7.49
333 votes

#39 - Can You Hear Him Now?

Hard Sun - Season 1 - Episode 4

London is under siege as Blackwood's reign of terror escalates, and Father Dennis becomes a public pariah. Hicks deduces where Renko has hidden the Hard Sun flashdrive.

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The Devil's Dominion
star
7.44
993 votes

#40 - The Devil's Dominion

Crossbones - Season 1 - Episode 1

The Longitude Chronometer, a device that will change the world, is stolen from HMS Petrel by pirates working for the legendary but supposedly long dead Edward Teach - better known as Blackbeard. On board the Petrel is Tom Lowe, an English spy working undercover as ship's surgeon. Lowe's mission is to prevent the Chronometer from falling into the hands of pirates... and if the opportunity should arise, to assassinate Blackbeard.

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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
star
7.43
749 votes

#41 - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

The Mosquito Coast - Season 1 - Episode 3

With the Feds closing in on them, the Foxes and Chuy must cross the desert on foot—and face adversity both natural and man-made.

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One Thousand, Eight Hundred Days
star
7.42
376 votes

#42 - One Thousand, Eight Hundred Days

Hard Sun - Season 1 - Episode 2

Renko persuades a newspaper to publish the Hard Sun dossier. The government shuts down the story but the detectives investigate a killer for whom the 'Hard Sun hoax' is very real.

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Episode 3
star
7.31
178 votes

#43 - Episode 3

The Sister - Season 1 - Episode 3

As Nathan and Bob grimly dig up the woods, the truth about that night is revealed, but just when Nathan hopes his nightmare is over, Bob has another twist of the knife.

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Episode 2
star
7.26
170 votes

#44 - Episode 2

The Sister - Season 1 - Episode 2

Nathan discovers his loved ones are under threat. As the secrets of the past threaten to come to light, a surprising connection between past and present is revealed.

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Episode 1
star
7.11
219 votes

#45 - Episode 1

The Sister - Season 1 - Episode 1

Nathan seems to have it all — a loving wife, a beautiful home, and a solid (if unexciting) career. But Nathan has never been able to forget the worst night of his life: a party that led to the sudden, shocking death of a young woman… the sister of the woman who is now his wife. Only he and Bob, an eccentric old acquaintance, know what really happened — and they’ve resolved to keep it that way. Until one rainy evening, years later, when Bob appears at Nathan’s door with terrifying news. They’re digging up the woods.

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Episode 4
star
7.04
164 votes

#46 - Episode 4

The Sister - Season 1 - Episode 4

After Bob's true intentions are revealed, Nathan fights back with everything in his arsenal, but how far is he prepared to go?

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