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Episode Power Rankings

The peaks and the valleys. Find the essential episodes — and the ones to skip.

#1
S2E4 8.9
Bitter Harvest

When foot-and-mouth disease breaks out at Reg Manston's farm the whole area is put on the alert, and it is hard for the old farmer to see his life's work destroyed. Good news on the other hand for the customer's of the Aidensfield...

#2
S7E12 8.8
Affairs of the Heart

The day of Nick's and Jo's wedding has arrived. To calm his nerves Nick takes a ride in his car when he is flagged down by a woman because of an accident. Suddenly the woman drives away in his car and Nick is stuck miles away from...

#3
S7E13 8.8
Peace and Quiet

Sergeant Blaketon is out on patrol when he is overtaken by a long-haired bully wearing a leather jacket on a motorcycle. He catches up with him while he is parked at a petrol station, and when he is asked for his name the "bully" ...

#4 Daniel S13E15 8.8
#5 Thief in the Night S5E3 8.6
#6 Saint Columba's Treasure S5E13 8.6
#7 Unfinished Business S5E12 8.5
#8 Old Friends S6E16 8.5
#9 Fire and Ashes S8E19 8.5
#10 Cold Turkey S10E10 8.5

Lowlights

#372 S16E20 The Medium Is the Message 6.7

When rev. Jacob Thwaite returns to his vicarage he finds that the place has been broken into and his wife Louise stabbed to death. The organist Terry Thorne remembers seeing a tramp watching the vicarage, but DC Dawson suspects th...

#371 Desperate Measures S9E21 6.9
#370 The Middle of Somewhere S18E12 7.0
#369 Red Herring S4E9 7.0
#368 Deadlier Than the Male S18E19 7.1

The Quality Arc

Each point is an episode, plotted in order. Colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for the rise, the plateau, or the decline.

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Episode Engagement

High votes + high rating = beloved classic. High votes + low rating = notorious stinker. Low votes + high rating = hidden gem.

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Series Trajectory

One point per season. Smooths out the episode-to-episode noise to reveal the bigger arc.

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Season Momentum

Did each season build or fizzle? Green means the finale outscored the premiere. Red means the opposite. Longer arrows, bigger swings.

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Season Consistency

How steady is each season? Tightly clustered dots mean reliable quality. Scattered dots mean a wild ride.

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