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

#1
S3E1 8.2
The Purging of CI5

After a bomb goes off in the CI5 building and an operative is killed, Cowley gets a sinister phone call to say there will be more deaths, which there are, including an attempt to murder Bodie. Through an informant a man named Wakeman is incriminated - but Cowley swears that he killed him years earlier. Clearly an old associate of Wakeman is out for revenge, leading Cowley and the boys to a caravan primed with explosives.

#2
S5E1 8.2
Foxhole on the Roof

Barker, a deranged, embittered old lag and his young accomplice Stacey - whom he disguises as a female hostage - dig in on a warehouse roof, pointing their machine-gun at a hospital ward and threatening to kill the patients unless they are given a million pounds. Bodie and ace climber Murphy scale a factory chimney to get height on them but almost scupper the operation. Doyle, however, after a visit to Stacey's girlfriend, has a better plan.

#3
S1E7 7.9
Close Quarters

On leave with a hand injury, Bodie is in the country with his girlfriend Julia when they run across the Meyer-Helmut terrorist group. Bodie captures a gang member but he and Julia are chased by the gang and take refuge in a vicarage, where the gang kill the vicar. It is down to Cowley and Doyle, travelling blind, to locate their colleague before there are any more casualties.

#4 Man Without a Past S2E4 7.9
#5 Spy Probe S5E6 7.9
#6 When the Heat Cools Off S1E9 7.8
#7 Hunter/Hunted S2E1 7.8
#8 A Stirring of Dust S2E8 7.8
#9 Blind Run S2E9 7.8
#10 Fall Girl S2E10 7.8

Lowlights

#57 S4E10 The Gun 6.5

Drug dealer Gary shoots an addict and discards his gun. Fourteen-year old schoolboy Tony picks it up and accidentally wounds a friend. Seeking to destroy the evidence Gary abducts Tony from the school where Bodie's girlfriend Inger teaches and where Tony has hidden the gun in some stage props. Gary's heavy associates capture both lads and CI5 give chase.

#56 Look After Annie S1E12 6.8
#55 Wild Justice S4E2 6.9
#54 You'll Be All Right S5E3 7.1
#53 Blood Sports S4E8 7.1

The Quality Arc

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Episode Engagement

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Series Trajectory

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Season Consistency

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