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Jack Taylor

TV·2010–2016·3 seasons, 9 episodes·Virgin Media One·Drama, Crime, Mystery·1h 30m·7.9

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Self-destructive, pigheaded, and over-fond of the bottle, Jack Taylor is a forty-something ex-cop trying to earn a living as a private detective in his native Galway. Taylor has burned a lot of bridges, but he still has a knack for uncovering ugly truths. Set against the rugged backdrop of western Ireland, this crime noir series depicts a country in transition, caught between the certainties of the past and the anxieties of a post-bubble future. Those same strains play out in the life of Jack Taylor, a man seeking to reinvent himself in a community with a long memory and an uneasy attitude towards change.

Based on the bestselling crime fiction by Ken Bruen.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Jack Taylor S01E03The Magdalen MartyrsS01E03 · 8.2Taylor is hired to look into past abuses at the infamous Magdalen laundries, the city's home for "wayward girls". The daughter of a former inmate wants him to track down a woman called "Lucifer", a particularly brutal nun who worked there. In the wake of two execution-style murders, Taylor realizes he's not alone in searching for Lucifer.
  2. 02Jack Taylor S01E02The PikemenS01E02 · 8.0Determined to restore law and order, a group of local vigilantes known as the Pikemen is meting out its own brand of rough justice on the streets of Galway. Taylor comes face-to-face with the group during one of his investigations but soon ends up on the wrong side of the law himself.
  3. 03Jack Taylor S03E01CrossS03E01 · 7.9When a man is found crucified, Jack's investigations reveal that the dead man's brother was responsible for the death of Nora Mitchell- and the surviving members of the Mitchell family are in town, seeking revenge.

Cast

Iain GlenIain GlenJack TaylorKillian ScottKillian ScottCody FarraherNora-Jane NooneNora-Jane NooneKate NoonanParaic BreathnachParaic BreathnachFather MalachyJack MonaghanJack MonaghanDarragh NoonanSiobhán O'KellySiobhán O'KellyKate Noonan

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode3Episodes2010–11Aired 7.8Season avg
  1. S01E01Jack Taylor S01E01The GuardsAugust 2, 2010 7.3After a series of apparent suicides that have left four young women dead, a worried mother hires Taylor to find her missing 18-year-old daug
  2. S01E02Jack Taylor S01E02The PikemenSeptember 1, 2011 8.0Determined to restore law and order, a group of local vigilantes known as the Pikemen is meting out its own brand of rough justice on the st
  3. S01E03Jack Taylor S01E03Season's bestThe Magdalen MartyrsSeptember 15, 2011 8.2Taylor is hired to look into past abuses at the infamous Magdalen laundries, the city's home for "wayward girls". The daughter of a former i

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode3Episodes2013Aired 7.4Season avg
  1. S02E01Jack Taylor S02E01Season's bestThe DramatistMarch 3, 2013 7.4Seven months after his mother's stroke, and continuing on his path of sobriety and healthier living, Jack is called on to investigate the de
  2. S02E02Jack Taylor S02E02PriestMarch 10, 2013 7.4Jack investigates the death of a priest who has been beheaded, and discovers the cleric abused two boys several years earlier. As more secre
  3. S02E03Jack Taylor S02E03Shot DownDecember 1, 2013 7.4When the police make no headway in the shooting death of a woman, Taylor volunteers his services to her grieving family. He believes the wom

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode3Episodes2016Aired 7.5Season avg
  1. S03E01Jack Taylor S03E01Season's bestCrossNovember 17, 2016 7.9When a man is found crucified, Jack's investigations reveal that the dead man's brother was responsible for the death of Nora Mitchell- and
  2. S03E02Jack Taylor S03E02HeadstoneNovember 24, 2016 7.3Jack is asked to locate a former nemesis of his who has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom, while also supporting Kate as she prepa
  3. S03E03Jack Taylor S03E03PurgatoryDecember 1, 2016 7.3Jack and Darragh are hired by the head of a large software company to find out who has stolen valuable games data from the company. Jack tak

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

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