The BEST episodes written by Tom Higgins

Sickness and Health
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8.02
143 votes

#1 - Sickness and Health

Shameless - Season 8 - Episode 10

Micky pines for somebody to love, so when the opportunity arises for him to adopt a cat, it becomes the perfect outlet for his paternal urges. No cats were harmed during the making of this episode.

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Career Criminal
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7.97
68 votes

#2 - Career Criminal

Shameless - Season 8 - Episode 20

Marty needs a job fast and turns to crime to tide him over, but he's not a smooth criminal, and using items borrowed from the Maguires wasn't the smartest plan...

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Miscarriage of Marriage
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7.83
151 votes

#3 - Miscarriage of Marriage

Shameless - Season 6 - Episode 5

Karen and Jamie's relationship is rocked when Karen has a miscarriage, and the Maguires' reaction to losing a 'grandson' makes things worse.

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Posing in Murder
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7.74
556 votes

#4 - Posing in Murder

Death in Paradise - Season 5 - Episode 3

Fashion model Zoe Mackay is strangled moments after leaving the catwalk, leaving DI Goodman and his team stumped. All of her colleagues, dress designer, three other models and the photographer have watertight alibis and the backstage area was securely guarded at all times. The only clue was a stocking clasped in the victims hand. A series of catwalk photographs of the event from start to finish even provide an image of the actual murder.

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Comebacks
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7.73
74 votes

#5 - Comebacks

Shameless - Season 8 - Episode 17

A new gang rolls onto the Chatsworth with an unlikely mission: to save the souls of the community. Jesus O'Toole leads the group and seems to know too much about certain residents.

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The Night Before
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7.68
196 votes

#6 - The Night Before

Shameless - Season 8 - Episode 1

Libby and Frank's wedding plans are thrown into chaos when Frank disappears from his stag do. Meanwhile, Mimi and her surprise baby daughter Cilla move back in with her boys, but who's the daddy?

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Frank Gallagher: Sent by God
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7.59
73 votes

#7 - Frank Gallagher: Sent by God

Shameless - Season 8 - Episode 16

While cleaning the windows, Jackson spots Letitia kissing Dee Davies in her bedroom and goes berserk. Karen's fed up with how she's treated in her own pub and plots to get her power back.

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Perfectly Frank
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7.46
213 votes

#8 - Perfectly Frank

Shameless - Season 7 - Episode 1

It's Frank's 50th. Uncharacteristically, he snubs the chance of a party, and opts to dwell in his own lonely loveless existence, until librarian Libby falls into his life.

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A Big Mistake
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6.95
56 votes

#9 - A Big Mistake

Bad Girls (1999) - Season 1 - Episode 6

New prisoner, Jessie Devlin arrives at Larkhall and uncovers a past she thought closed forever. Zandra blackmails Officer Lorna Rose into bringing drugs into Larkhall.

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In High Demand
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#10 - In High Demand

The Bill - Season 19 - Episode 54

Drummond is taken to hospital following the shooting, but decides to discharge himself when he discovers that his son, Alex, has been kidnapped by the Fosters. Meanwhile, Okaro is furious after reading the news stories featuring Nixon and Glenn Weston, and whilst being left with the backlash from the robbery operation going belly up, Okaro pulls Nixon off the case and forces her to take two weeks sick leave. Nixon decides to prove to her daughter that despite all of the recent events, she does love her and does care about her. Meanwhile, an audacious Young is called to deal with a vicious catfight between two young girls, and suspects that she may have stumbled on a prostitution ring.

Blaze Of Glory
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#11 - Blaze Of Glory

The Bill - Season 19 - Episode 93

Sergeant Dale Smith finds it difficult not to get too involved when dealing with Julian Walker who is a victim of male rape, following a burglary. Still feeling guilty over the way he dealt with Mickey following his ordeal, Smithy pushes Julian to make a statement while his credit cards reveal a different side. PC Gabriel Kent struggles to keep composed when he has to tell a man that his parents have been killed. Sergeant June Ackland's concern forces a distraught Gabriel to reveal that his own parents were recently killed in a car crash. PC Jim Carver is defensive when DC Eva Sharpe confronts him about the threats he was making to Marie but Marie is busy making her own threats when she follows June home and warns her to stay away from her man. And the team at Sun Hill plant a tree as a memorial to Cass Rickman, killed a year ago by the Sun Hill serial killer. Nick makes a difficult speech but his day only gets worse when he admits to telling Phil Hunter's wife her husband has bee

Cross Wires
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#12 - Cross Wires

The Bill - Season 20 - Episode 23

Harman and Hemmingway arrest a young girl following an incident of criminal damage, but during the interview, she claims that she was raped the night before. Thatcher and Drummond are assigned to the case, and they investigate a man seen following the victim on CCTV footage. However, when the man is given a rock solid alibi, Thatcher starts to doubt if the woman was raped at all. Meanwhile, Hollis investigates an altercation between a schoolboy and his teacher, but the young boy refuses to speak out against his real attackers. When he and Chambers go train-spotting after their shift, they watch on as the young boy is set upon by a gang, only to discover that the victim may be the ringleader.

Game Over
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#13 - Game Over

The Bill - Season 20 - Episode 38

Kent and Young attend a call to what initially appears to be the case of a "bunny-boiler", Sharon Wallace, stalking her ex-boyfriend. Kent, however, sees the fear in the Sharon's eyes, and when she is later attacked, he probes further and discovers that the boyfriend is blackmailing her with some nude photos in his possession. Manson is cleared of any involvement in Beech's escape, but Meadows warns him he's still on thin ice. Drummond is also relieved when his son is cleared of manslaughter. CID's attention is diverted when a car containing a baby girl is stolen. They find the car and the thief, David McLinden, but David tells Hunter and McAllister that his girlfriend has claimed the baby as her own.