The worst episodes of Harry Wild
Ranked by viewer rating, lows first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
A violent storm traps Harry, Fergus, and Lola in the local pub. Cut off from the outside world by flooded roads and downed phone lines, the trio are put in even more peril when they discover a kidnap victim in a car. After freeing the man, they realize the kidnapper must be one of the handful of strangers trapped in the pub with them.
- 02
In the season three finale, Harry and Fergus head to the Garda station to collect Charlie, Orla and Lola en route to Glenn and Petra's wedding. While there, a despondent man takes the station hostage and demands that they help solve the murder of his daughter. Concerned, because Harry has the ring, Glenn comes to check on them and realises he has a Die Hard situation on his hands.
- 03
A Botox a Day Keeps the Mortician in Pay
The maid of honour is poisoned at a bachelorette party, even though others were sharing the same bottle of champagne. Harry and Fergus work to figure out how she was poisoned, but since everyone disliked her, narrowing down her killer is much harder.
- 04
When the director of a daytime Irish soap opera has his throat cut in the middle of a scene, Harry and Fergus are tasked to find the culprit as soon as possible so filming can resume. Fortunately, enough, Harry discovers a secret weapon in the shape of super fan, Orla.
- 05
Hold Your Horses, We've a Killer to Catch
A fun day at the races for Harry and Fergus ends in tragedy when a racehorse throws its jockey from the saddle. Harry B discovers the horse was sabotaged and insists the owner, his father, Duncan, is responsible for the crime.
- 06
Orla Wild's Wicked Wicked Ways
A face from Orla's past begs for her assistance: Ben Finnegan is on the run from the police, framed for murder, and being hunted by a killer with a crossbow. The only person Orla can turn to is the last one she ever wants to ask for help - Harry.
- 07
Killing Me Softly With His Bad Pop Song
When Jamie D, the lead singer of Lola's favourite boy band, plummets to his death right before the band's farewell performance, Lola convinces Harry and Fergus to investigate.
- 08
Cleanliness is Next to Deadliness
Every year, the Vibrant Villages competition fiercely pits various areas of Dublin against one another to see who has the most desirable community, leading to dirty tricks and sabotage. However, things go farther than expected when Harry's good friend Evelyn Summers finds the dead body of her estranged husband in her fish pond and tasks Harry and Fergus with discovering who killed him.
- 09
Harry and Fergus take on a disturbing case—a serial killer targeting random victims and leaving a coin in their mouths. Meanwhile, Harry B asks a reluctant Harry to travel the world with him, and Fergus plans to attend college with Lola.
- 10
Former literature professor Harriet "Harry" Wild is trying to adjust to retirement when she's injured in a mugging. While recovering at the home of her son, senior detective Charlie, Harry looks at his files and realizes his latest investigation bears similarities to an obscure Elizabethan play. After Charlie dismisses her insights, she decides to find the killer-with aid from a surprising source.
- 11
An Unhappy Happy Is A Dangerous Thing
Harry and Fergus agree to help a local loan shark known as Happy find out who murdered his employee; in return, Happy will cancel the sizeable debt owed by Fergus's father. Harry notices links between the killing and Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment," which brings her to the attention of fledgling serial killer Billy Lund.
- 12
A stuffy dinner party in the home of Harry's former colleague goes awry when a vomiting bug hits all the guests but Harry. After the cause of the sickness is traced to a dead body in the home's well, Charlie's sergeant, Vicky Boyle, leads the investigation. Too eager to prove herself, Vicky makes some rash choices and zeroes in on Harry as the culprit, leaving Fergus to prove her innocence.
- 13
The Mystery of Granny Susan's Fun Time Wig
When a wealthy matriarch is strangled to death during a video call with her horrified relatives, the woman's daughter employs the services of the Wild/Reid Detective Agency. The agency being Fergus's brainchild, Harry is as surprised as anyone to discover it exists but agrees to indulge him. Money seems to be the motive for the murder, but everyone who stands to inherit was on the call.
- 14
After two performers go missing from Genevieve Le Coeur's dance school, Orla and Lola persuade Harry to investigate. In search of the truth behind the disappearances, Harry and Fergus dive into the history of the school and its founder.
- 15
When a heckler dies during a guided tour, the investigation brings Harry and Fergus into the middle of a literature-themed murder plot. In America, FBI agents fail to prevent an assassination by Diyu, who plans their next hit at Vicky's wedding.
- 16
Professor Wild in the Library with the Revolver
Harry, Fergus, and Lola are invited to a murder-mystery party in a hotel on a secluded island. The fun quickly turns deadly as they realise a real murderer lurks among them, willing to kill everyone present.
- 17
He Could've Been a Contender until They Chopped His Arms Off
The popular owner of Fergus's boxing gym is found murdered in the Dublin Mountains. The gym was in debt, and the dead man had trouble with both his future wife and his ex-wife. Fergus asks Harry to help him find the killer.
- 18
Harry and Fergus travel to the convent of a silent order of nuns after an old friend asks Harry to investigate a suspicious suicide, believing foul play is afoot. Elsewhere, a familiar face provides a very welcome surprise.
- 19
While attending a crime convention, Harry's look-alike is pushed to her death from a balcony. To stop the killer fleeing, Harry and Fergus get security to lock the building down while they investigate. A second murder reveals a chilling connection.
- 20
When a body is pulled out of the river near Harry's local pub, something about the dead man feels familiar to Harry. When she remembers how she knows him, she realizes she's stumbled onto the ultimate misdirect. Harry and Fergus go undercover, with the assistance of Harry's teenage granddaughter, Lola, to find the truth. Along the way, Harry starts to grow closer to Ray, Charlie's boss and mentor.
- 21
After Ray Tiernan, Harry's ex and Charlie's mentor, is murdered while running a secret investigation, Harry and Fergus will stop at nothing to unmask the killer.
- 22
Harry and Fergus take on the case of a woman who has vanished from an Irish village that has a history of devil worship and sacrifice. Did the missing woman stumble onto something that led to her death? Or was she murdered by somebody closer to home?
- 23
Too Many Harrys Spoil The Murder
Harry and Fergus have to contend with a rival private detective, a gangster's henchman and an utterly baffling mystery when the girlfriend of a head chef's decapitated head is served up on a platter. Elsewhere, Paula makes a huge, life-changing announcement and Glenn pops the question to his long-time girlfriend, Petra.
- 24
Samurai Plague Doctor Kills for Kicks
Due to their new notoriety, Harry and Fergus are approached by a woman desperate to find out how her husband died. Although reluctant to get involved, Harry's interest is soon piqued. When she and Fergus uncover a deadly gambling operation, Harry turns over the evidence to Charlie, vowing to stay out of it. Unfortunately, the killers have other ideas.
- 25
Zoe McCann is a recovering addict fighting each day to slay her demons. But when she is abducted only to wake up in a forest wearing a vintage ballgown, her sanity and resolve are pushed to the limit. Terrified that her unknown abductor will return, Zoe seeks out the help of Harry and Fergus. After Zoe is kidnapped again, how far will they go to save her life?
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