Above Suspicion (2009–2012)

TV ShowEndedDrama, Crime4 seasons, 11 episodes
Above Suspicion posterReview score: 76%

Plot

Anna Travis has been assigned to her first murder case–a gruesome series of killings that has shocked even the most hardened of detectives. The murders started eight years ago, and now the body count is up to six. The method of killing is identical, and the victims are all drug users and prostitutes. Then a seventh body is found. The modus operandi is the same, but the victim is a young student. The suspect is Alan Daniels, a much-loved actor on the brink of international stardom. His arrest would create media frenzy. But if he is found innocent Anna's hard-fought-for reputation would be destroyed.

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Above Suspicion S02E03The Red Dahlia: Part 3S02E03 · 9.3The case is drawing to an end as Travis and Langton close in on the copycat killer, their investigation of the main suspect uncovering long-buried secrets of sadistic cruelty and murderous intent.
  2. 02Above Suspicion S03E01Deadly Intent: Part 1S03E01 · 9.3When a man brutally murders the surgeon who has just changed his face, the team find themselves in the middle of a double murder investigation as they also investigate the shooting of a retired police officer, known by Langton at a dealer's den on a seedy estate, which links into one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted, a dealer who vanished over ten years ago.
  3. 03Above Suspicion S03E03Deadly Intent: Part 3S03E03 · 9.3A fraud inspector visits Langton for Julius' whereabouts, but this proves to be Alexander Fitzpatrick in disguise, who stole all the Drop Dead after finding them in Danny's car. Fitzpatrick retrieves his haul after killing Julius's wife, but a vital clue is provided when DNA found at the crack den matches that at Helga's farmhouse.

Episodes by season

Season012Episodes2009Aired 7.4Season avg
  1. S01E01Above Suspicion S01E01Above Suspicion: Part 1January 4, 2009 7.5For eight years, some has been murdering women, following the same brutal ritual each time. The most recent victim doesn't fit the profile,
  2. S01E02Above Suspicion S01E02Above Suspicion: Part 2January 5, 2009 7.3DCI James Langton permits Travis to go on a date to the ballet with superstar Alan Daniels, the prime suspect in serial killings involving l

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode3Episodes2010Aired 8.9Season avg
  1. S02E01Above Suspicion S02E01The Red Dahlia: Part 1January 4, 2010 8.5The discovery of the mutilated body of a young woman seems to echo that of the notorious unsolved 'Black Dahlia' murder of 1940s Los Angeles
  2. S02E02Above Suspicion S02E02The Red Dahlia: Part 2January 5, 2010 9.0Travis becomes romantically involved with the tabloid journalist covering the murder, and an anonymous phone call leads Langton to aristocra
  3. S02E03Above Suspicion S02E03Season's bestThe Red Dahlia: Part 3January 6, 2010 9.3The case is drawing to an end as Travis and Langton close in on the copycat killer, their investigation of the main suspect uncovering long-

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode3Episodes2011Aired 9.2Season avg
  1. S03E01Above Suspicion S03E01Season's bestDeadly Intent: Part 1January 3, 2011 9.3When a man brutally murders the surgeon who has just changed his face, the team find themselves in the middle of a double murder investigati
  2. S03E02Above Suspicion S03E02Deadly Intent: Part 2January 4, 2011 9.0Whilst Roache admits to shooting Frank in a panic, he denies killing Danny. Middle-class dropout and user Julian D'Anton's prints are on Dan
  3. S03E03Above Suspicion S03E03Deadly Intent: Part 3January 5, 2011 9.3A fraud inspector visits Langton for Julius' whereabouts, but this proves to be Alexander Fitzpatrick in disguise, who stole all the Drop De

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode3Episodes2012Aired 8.3Season avg
  1. S04E01Silent Scream: Part 1January 9, 2012 8.3Frustrated at being passed over for promotion to commander in favour of the younger, less experienced Sam Power, Langton heads the investiga
  2. S04E02Season's bestSilent Scream: Part 2January 16, 2012 8.7After interviewing Josh Lyons, publisher of Amanda's scandalous memoir, Travis convinces Langton she did not ruin his promotion chances. The
  3. S04E03Silent Scream: Part 3January 23, 2012 8.0After the body of Felicity Turner, another of Amanda's old flatmates, is dragged from the river, the remaining college contemporary, Jeanie

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Cast

Kelly ReillyKelly ReillyAnna TravisCiarán HindsCiarán HindsJames LangtonShaun DingwallShaun DingwallMike LewisAmanda LawrenceAmanda LawrenceJoan FaulklandMichelle HolmesMichelle HolmesBarbara MaddoxCelyn JonesCelyn JonesPaul Barolli

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