The essential episodes of The Dresden Files
Watch these 12 in order and you've got The Dresden Files — each pick states its reason.
- 01
A boy wants to hire Dresden as he thinks he's being hunted by monsters.
- 02
Dresden helps a grieving father haunted by his murdered daughter.
- 03
A serial murder investigation is complicated by the FBI ... and werewolves.
- 04
Dresden's simple missing persons case turns up a brimstone burned corpse and an encounter with hellions.
- 05
A vampire named Bianca hires Dresden to find out who is trying to kill her.
- 06
Kelton Franks comes to Harry to find out why he is having visions of his own death. Moments later, he's dead in Harry's office and Dresden discovers Franks' death isn't as simple as it appears.
- 07
Three college kids find themselves in over their heads when they discover a Hand of Glory and use it to steal.
- 08
Harry is asked to help with the grisly murder of a mob boss; the only problem is it gets him in trouble with the High Council.(Note: this is a shortened version of the pilot movie of the same name.)
- 09
Dresden must get a private investigators license to continue to work with Chicago PD. Everything is great until his instructor, Jim Brennen, is found dead and Harry must work with Brennen's associate to find out who killed him and why.
- 10
Harry's day starts with Bob stolen and then it really gets bad ... his uncle, Justin Morningway, is back from the dead.
- 11
Morgan brings Ancient Mai to Harry's place for protection only to end up trapped there by a spell.
- 12
A man dies of drowning in the middle of winter on a mid-town street and Murphy has to deal with the fallout from the case along with her estranged father coming to visit.
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