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Episode Power Rankings

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

#1
S4E6 8.2
The Hearing

Dan races against the clock to prove his credentials as a dad, but a terrifying figure from his past surfaces to seek revenge.

#2
S3E4 8.0
The Visa

Dan tries to keep his plan to emigrate to the USA moving, but with the complicated issue of a visa to negotiate he knows he needs to draw on all his inner strength.

#3
S3E6 7.9
The Party

Having resigned his teaching post Dan is having a leaving party but it gets cancelled when the venue, Jo's shop, is repossessed whilst Daddy spitefully arranges to take Mum away for the weekend so that she will miss it. Brian has his own bad news but when there is a family crisis Dan and Nesta ally to put Daddy in his place and circumstances contribute to Dan changing his mind about emigration - even in the light of news from Emma.

#4 The Christening S4E5 7.9
#5 Small Business Awards S1E6 7.7
#6 Christmas Special S1E7 7.7
#7 Finding Nesta S1E8 7.7
#8 The Heath S2E6 7.7
#9 Adopted S3E5 7.7
#10 The School Trip S4E4 7.7

Lowlights

#26 S1E2 Mad Nobby 7.0

Dan has lost his girlfriend but, with help from his two best friends, he has a plan to get her back involving two bags of mince and a welder called Mad Nobby... what could possibly go wrong?

#25 It Never Rains S1E1 7.0
#24 The Calling S3E2 7.3
#23 The Home S4E1 7.4
#22 The Heist S3E1 7.4

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

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Series Trajectory

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Season Momentum

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Season Consistency

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