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The Defence

TV·2018–2022·5 seasons, 32 episodes·Player·Crime, Drama·45m

Streaming on (US) PBS Masterpiece Amazon ChannelSee all

Three-year-old Nikola Szlezyngier disappears in unexplained circumstances and her parents Angelika and Dawid are the main suspects. Angelika contacts an old friend Joanna Chylka, a brilliant, cynical and successful lawyer to help. With her new apprentice Kordian, Joanna will try to bring the case to a happy close.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01The Defence S05E01Episode 1S05E01 · 9.5
  2. 02The Defence S02E01Episode 1S02E01 · 8.0
  3. 03The Defence S02E02Episode 2S02E02 · 8.0

Cast

Magdalena CieleckaMagdalena CieleckaJoanna ChyłkaFilip PławiakFilip PławiakKordian 'Zordon' OryńskiPiotr ŻurawskiPiotr Żurawski'Kormak'Jakub GierszałJakub GierszałPiotr Langer jr

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode7Episodes2018–19Aired 6.5Season avg
  1. S01E01The Defence S01E01Episode 1December 26, 2018 6.5
  2. S01E02The Defence S01E02Season's bestEpisode 2December 26, 2018 6.7
  3. S01E03The Defence S01E03Episode 3December 26, 2018 6.5
  4. S01E04The Defence S01E04Episode 4January 2, 2019 6.5
  5. S01E05The Defence S01E05Episode 5January 9, 2019 6.5
  6. S01E06The Defence S01E06Episode 6January 16, 2019 6.5
  7. S01E07The Defence S01E07Episode 7January 23, 2019 6.0

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2019Aired 8.0Season avg
  1. S02E01The Defence S02E01Season's bestEpisode 1November 15, 2019 8.0
  2. S02E02The Defence S02E02Episode 2November 15, 2019 8.0
  3. S02E03The Defence S02E03Episode 3November 22, 2019 8.0
  4. S02E04The Defence S02E04Episode 4November 29, 2019—
  5. S02E05The Defence S02E05Episode 5December 6, 2019—
  6. S02E06The Defence S02E06Episode 6December 13, 2019—

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season037Episodes2020Aired—Season avg
  1. S03E01The Defence S03E01Episode 1October 6, 2020—
  2. S03E02The Defence S03E02Episode 2October 13, 2020—
  3. S03E03The Defence S03E03Episode 3October 20, 2020—
  4. S03E04The Defence S03E04Episode 4October 27, 2020—
  5. S03E05The Defence S03E05Episode 5November 3, 2020—
  6. S03E06The Defence S03E06Episode 6November 10, 2020—
  7. S03E07The Defence S03E07Episode 7November 17, 2020—

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season046Episodes2021Aired—Season avg
  1. S04E01The Defence S04E01Episode 1February 23, 2021—
  2. S04E02The Defence S04E02Episode 2February 23, 2021—
  3. S04E03The Defence S04E03Episode 3March 2, 2021—
  4. S04E04The Defence S04E04Episode 4March 9, 2021—
  5. S04E05The Defence S04E05Episode 5March 16, 2021—
  6. S04E06The Defence S04E06Episode 6March 23, 2021—

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season056Episodes2021–22Aired 9.5Season avg
  1. S05E01The Defence S05E01Episode 1November 30, 2021 9.5
  2. S05E02The Defence S05E02Episode 2December 6, 2021—
  3. S05E03The Defence S05E03Episode 3December 14, 2021—
  4. S05E04The Defence S05E04Episode 4December 21, 2021—
  5. S05E05The Defence S05E05Episode 5December 27, 2021—
  6. S05E06The Defence S05E06Episode 6January 4, 2022—

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

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