The best episodes of Black Ops
Ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it. Fewer than 10 rated episodes — treat this ranking as provisional.
- 01
Dom and Kay, two ordinary PCSOs, are recruited by Detective Inspector Clinton Blair to go undercover and infiltrate the infamous Brightmarsh Gang.
- 02
Dom and Kay have a body to bury. They’re in a mess, frightened and completely on their own. Who else knows about their mission, other than Clinton Then, they bump into fellow PCSO Pricey in a 24-hour café, who doesn’t quite believe Dom and Kay’s story as to why they are caked in mud.
- 03
Dom and Kay fail to meet the Brightmarsh Gang’s deadline for a drugs payment. Can Dom persuade Kay to steal from the church, or will Kay’s faith mean they get their legs broken?
- 04
Dom and Kay track down a new, potential undercover contact called Kirsty. Can she get them out of the Brightmarsh Gang?
- 05
Posing as volunteers, Dom and Kay visit Riverford Residential Home, suspecting it could be a front for the Brightmarsh Gang.
- 06
After Kay tails Celia Herrington’s mystery visitor to a Ministry of Defence building, Dom is convinced that Kirsty will no longer be able to ignore their pleas for help. But first, they must hide Clinton’s dossier somewhere safer - after an attempted raid on Dom’s parents’ house.
- 07
Dom and Kay start new roles at MI5, but each of them struggles to find their place. Dom takes a big gamble to impress a senior agent, sparking a dangerous chain of events.
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