S9 E1
The Menace of Mephistopheles
Sid's return and his prison contacts help expose the old grudge behind Mallory's coerced behaviour.
Bunty and Mallory years · 2022
Series 9
10 episodes · 3–14 January 2022. A spoiler-light orientation with direct access to every case file.
Orientation
What changes here?
The Bunty-and-Mallory era closes with major returns and the programme’s hundredth episode.
- Opening case
- The Menace of Mephistopheles
- Closing case
- The Red Death
- Parish era
- Bunty and Mallory years
- Catalogue coverage
- 0 cases with explicit location evidence
S9 E2
The Viper's Tongue
The theatrical methods conceal a story about domestic abuse, property development and misplaced moral advice.
S9 E3
The Requiem for the Dead
A missing body, a carved constellation and the victim's prison effects reopen the crime for which he served fourteen years.
S9 E4
The Children of Kalon
The return to Kalon's locked-room world asks whether apparent repentance is genuine and whether Brown's trust was justified.
S9 E5
The Final Devotion
Flambeau's arrival turns a treasure hunt into a reluctant partnership shadowed by an old criminal associate.
S9 E6
The New Order
Brown's suspension leaves him investigating power, prejudice and family resentment from outside the parish.
S9 E7
The Island of Dreams
The camp's cheery entertainment programme conceals a child's death and years of institutional neglect.
S9 E8
The Wayward Girls
Brenda's first appearance gives the investigation a clear view of exploitation inside and beyond the institution.
S9 E9
The Enigma of Antigonish
A brooch and the unsettling Antigonish poem complicate a story about guilt, punishment and conversion.
S9 E10
The Red Death
The hundredth episode reunites the earlier parish team and advances Lady Felicia and Flambeau's long-running relationship.