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Episode Power Rankings

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

#1
S2E1 8.4
And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea

When a man is found dead at the Bodleian Library, Lewis investigates a link between the death and an intruder on a local professor's property.

#2
S9E6 8.3
What Lies Tangled: Part 2

With his six-month trip to New Zealand with Hobson on the horizon, Lewis is in a race against time to save his career and relationship.

#3
S1E0 8.2
Reputation

DI Robert Lewis teams up with DS James Hathaway to look into the murder of an Oxford mathematics student.

#4 Intelligent Design: Part 2 S7E6 8.2
#5 The Gift of Promise S5E4 8.1
#6 Generation of Vipers S6E2 8.1
#7 Intelligent Design: Part 1 S7E5 8.1
#8 Beyond Good and Evil: Part 1 S8E5 8.1
#9 Beyond Good and Evil: Part 2 S8E6 8.1
#10 What Lies Tangled: Part 1 S9E5 8.1

Lowlights

#42 S6E3 Fearful Symmetry 7.4

When a babysitter is found dead, Lewis and Hathaway are drawn into diverse new worlds including squats, swinging suburbia, primate labs and fetish photography.

#41 The Great and the Good S2E4 7.5
#40 Magnum Opus: Part 1 S9E3 7.6
#39 Counter Culture Blues S3E4 7.6
#38 Old School Ties S1E2 7.6

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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