The Fall - Death in Belfast / Episode List
This episode list contains all of the episodes of the British crime series The Fall , sorted by UK first broadcast . The television series currently comprises three seasons with 17 episodes.
Overview
| Season | Number of episodes | First broadcast in UK | German-language first broadcast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | Season premiere | Season finale | ||
| 1 | 5 | 13th of May 2013 | June 10, 2013 | November 1, 2015 (ZDF Mediathek) | |
| 2 | 6th | November 9, 2014 | 17th December 2014 | November 1, 2015 (ZDF Mediathek) | |
| 3 | 6th | 29th September 2016 | October 28, 2016 | ||
season 1
The first broadcast of the first season was from May 13, 2013 to June 10, 2013 to be seen on the British television channel BBC Two . The German-language first publication took place on November 1, 2015 in the ZDFmediathek . The regular broadcast began on November 15, 2015 on ZDF and ended on November 29, 2015.
| No.
(total) |
No.
(St.) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast
UK |
German speakers
First broadcast (D) |
Director | script | Odds
(UK) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | episode 1 | Dark Descent | 13th of May 2013 | Nov 1, 2015 | Jakob Verbruggen | Allan Cubitt | 4.49 |
| Superintendent Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson), a chief commissioner for the Met , has been seconded to Belfast to oversee a review of the investigation into Alice Monroe's death. She has himself introduced to Sergeant James Olson (Ben Peel) after seeing him at the scene of another murder. She gives him her hotel room number. The apparently respectable family man Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan) persecutes attorney Sarah Kay (Laura Donnelly) and is determined to make her his victim. | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Episode 1 / Episode 2 | Darkness Visible | May 20, 2013 | Nov 1, 2015 | Jakob Verbruggen | Allan Cubitt | 4.16 |
| Gibson is called to the scene of Sarah Kay's murder, a crime for which PC Danielle Ferrington (Niamh McGrady) is guilty. Ferrington admits to Gibson that she and her partner left the building after unsuccessfully trying to reach Sarah Kay the night after the break-in, unaware that they left Kay alone with her attacker. Burns agrees to make Gibson the chief investigator (SIO) of the investigation after convincing him to admit that the murders are linked. Prof. Reed Smith (Archie Panjabi) arrives at the scene and joins the investigation team. DS Olson appears at the scene of Sarah Kay's murder and asks Gibson why she ignored his messages. Gibson dismisses him unimpressed by his crime scene violation and his earlier sending of her picture emails. Morgan Monroe (Ian McElhinney) forces Burns to clear his son's name in connection with the murders while DS James Olson is murdered outside his home. Meanwhile, Spector hides the evidence of his latest crime in the cache on the ceiling of his daughter's bedroom while Katie Benedetto (Aisling Franciosi), the 15-year-old babysitter, shows her interest in him. | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Episode 2 | Insolence & Wine | May 27, 2013 | Nov 1, 2015 | Jakob Verbruggen | Allan Cubitt | 3.96 |
| Gibson is building her team whose investigation is now known as Operation Musicman. Impressed by Ferrington's honesty at the scene, Gibson asks her to be her right hand man. Gibson is interviewed about her one-night stand with James Olson, from whom she recently learned he was married. Gibson begins profiling the killer with her team. Meanwhile, Paul's wife Sally Ann (Bronagh Waugh), unaware of her husband's secret, worries about her daughter, who is having nightmares. These threaten to reveal the killer's secret cache. Spector first noticed Gibson when he saw her on television at a press conference about the investigation. | ||||||||
| 4th | 4th | Episode 2 / Episode 3 | My Adventurous Song | 3rd June 2013 | Nov 1, 2015 | Jakob Verbruggen | Allan Cubitt | 4.28 |
| Chief Inspector Matt Eastwood (Stuart Graham) investigates the death of DS Olson and reveals that DI Breedlove (Michael McElhatton) is involved in the Monroe family. The latter force them to take drastic measures that drag Stella deeper into the internal affairs investigation. An old friend of Prof. Reed Smith's, Rose Stagg, tells Gibson that a man named Peter made her nearly unconscious while studying at university almost nine years ago. Spector's professional relationship with Liz Tyler (Séainín Brennan) is challenged by both his superiors and her husband Jimmy (Brian Milligan), forcing him to hasten his next attack - with dire consequences. By now, his daughter could prove his downfall as her nightmares become more common and she begins to draw disturbing pictures. | ||||||||
| 5 | 5 | Episode 3 | The vast abyss | June 10, 2013 | Nov 1, 2015 | Jakob Verbruggen | Allan Cubitt | 4.65 |
| Gibson begins investigating the unsuccessful attack on Annie Brawley (Karen Hassan) and brings her one step closer to the killer, both emotionally and physically. The investigation begins to focus on a single person. Gibson and Sarah Kay's father requested a televised plea for information about the murders. Gibson announces that the killer will have the opportunity to speak to her privately if he gets in touch. In surveillance camera footage of Sarah Kay walking through the gates of the city garden, Spector cannot be seen far behind, so that he is forced to make a statement to the police. Pregnant Sally Ann supports false police claims that he was home on the night of the attack on Brawley. Sally Ann confronts Spector that she lied to the police about why he lies to his wife, who wants to know what he was actually doing late at night. He tells her that he had a three month affair with their children's young babysitter, Katie. The lie threatens to tear his family apart and reveal his secret. Spector contacts Operation Musicman and gives Gibson details of his crimes before leaving Belfast with his family to settle in Scotland. Annie Brawley wakes up from her coma. | ||||||||
season 2
The first broadcast of the second season was from November 9th to December 17th 2014 on the British television channel BBC Two . The German-language first publication took place on November 1, 2015 in the ZDFmediathek . The regular broadcast ran from December 6, 2015 to December 14, 2015 on ZDF .
| No.
(total) |
No.
(St.) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast
UK |
German speakers
First broadcast (D) |
Director | script | Odds
(UK) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | 1 | Episode 4 | These Troublesome Disguises | Nov 9, 2014 | Nov 1, 2015 | Allan Cubitt | Allan Cubitt | 3.54 |
| Ten days after her phone call with the killer, Superintendent Gibson tries to help Annie Brawley regain her memories of the robbery that took her to the hospital. Rose Stagg (Valene Kane), a friend of Smith, is accidentally dragged into the case, which forces her to reveal secrets from her past to her husband Tom (Jonjo O'Neill). Meanwhile, after breaking up with Sally-Ann, Spector returns to Belfast to accomplish certain things, much to Katie's excitement and the dismay of his pregnant wife, who believes he has raped the children's babysitter. | ||||||||
| 7th | 2 | Episode 4 | Night Darkens the Streets | Nov 16, 2014 | Nov 1, 2015 | Allan Cubitt | Allan Cubitt | 3.11 |
| Gibson is called before the PSNI's Policing Board, led by Morgan Monroe, to discuss the lack of progress on the case and Ferrington calls for a transfer from the investigation. DCI Eastwood is reassigned as Gibson's Deputy SIO following the reassignment of Brink (Frank McCusker), and Gibson states that the investigation will focus on a single person - Paul Spector. Meanwhile, Spector kidnaps Rose Stagg. | ||||||||
| 8th | 3 | Episode 5 | Beauty Hath Strange Power | 23 Nov 2014 | Nov 1, 2015 | Allan Cubitt | Allan Cubitt | 3.01 |
| Gibson orders full surveillance of the suspect and his family. Gibson and Reed Smith share an intimate moment. Desperate Burns informs Stella that he has given Morgan Monroe information about their investigation by bringing his son and the once suspect Aaron into play. Burns aggressively tries to kiss her, but she fights him off. Spector breaks into the Investigating Officer's hotel room and experiences her confrontation with the ACC, making the game of cat and mouse far more personal than it was before. | ||||||||
| 9 | 4th | Episode 5 | The Mind is its Own Place | Nov 30, 2014 | Nov 1, 2015 | Allan Cubitt | Allan Cubitt | 3.26 |
| Gibson's big surveillance operation is paying off. Detectives Martin and McNally lead a team whose job it is to install surveillance cameras and microphones in the suspect's home, but the contract has unexpected consequences. The body of a young woman who fits Rose Stagg's description is found, prompting Gibson to seize the opportunity to use the young and eager Detective Tom Anderson to lure the serial killer.
Meanwhile, Spector returns home to find his house ravaged by the botched police operation, Katie continues to give the strangler a false alibi, and Paul continues to prepare her to help him with his murders. |
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| 10 | 5 | Episode 6 | The Perilous Edge of Battle | 7th Dec 2014 | Nov 1, 2015 | Allan Cubitt | Allan Cubitt | 3.15 |
| Gibson continues to watch the killer. Burns visits a disgraced pedophile priest who may have been in contact with the suspect.
Meanwhile, Katie works to destroy evidence, while Hagstrom leads a team whose job it is to stop her and arrest her. Martin and McNally arrest Sally Ann for obstruction of justice, and Anderson arrests Spector for the abduction of Rose Stagg and other crimes. Gibson is informed that a video exists showing Rose pleading for her life and the suspect's face as she monitors the progress of the interrogations behind the scenes. The search team finds Spector's burned car with conflicting evidence in it. |
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| 11 | 6th | Episode 6 | What is in Me Dark Illumine | Dec 17, 2014 | Nov 1, 2015 | Allan Cubitt | Allan Cubitt | 3.60 |
| Several people try to interrogate Spector, who, however, refuses to be questioned and only wants to speak to Stella. Sally Ann miscarries while being questioned as she learns about the crimes Paul was arrested for. Gibson gets Spector to confess to all the crimes he has committed, but fails to get him to tell her if he killed Rose or where he hid her or her body. Spector agrees to lead Gibson to a place in the woods and in return is allowed to see his daughter. In the forest, Gibson discovers a car, in the trunk of which she finds Rose, who is barely alive. James Tyler followed the police parade and shot Paul Spector and Tom Anderson before being shot himself. | ||||||||
season 3
In March 2015, BBC Two ordered a six-part third season of the series. It aired from September 29, 2016 to October 28, 2016.
| No.
(total) |
No.
(St.) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast
UK |
German speakers
First broadcast (D) |
Director | script | Odds
(UK) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1 | Episode 7 | Silence and Suffering | Sept. 29, 2016 | - | Allan Cubitt | Allan Cubitt | 3.54 |
| After the events in the forest, Rose and Spector are taken to the hospital. The doctors have to fight for Spector's life. The nurse Kiera is responsible for taking care of Spector. Gibson's shock turns into numbness at the prospect that Spector will not survive and that the victims' families will not get the justice they deserve. Katie is in despair when news of the shooting and Spector's condition reaches her. Olivia, Spector's daughter, finds an article online that talks about Spector as the "Strangler of Belfast". | ||||||||
| 13 | 2 | Episode 8 | His Troubled Thoughts | Oct 06, 2016 | - | Allan Cubitt | Allan Cubitt | 3.17 |
| Gibson and Burns are under investigation based on the way Spector's case was handled. Rose demands to be allowed to leave the hospital after discovering that Spector is only a few beds away from her. Katie attacks her former friend for talking to the press about Spector and pours acid on her face. Gibson and the other officers investigate a hiding place Spector used and discover disturbing pictures and notebooks that suggest further murders. Sally Ann brings one of Belfast's finest criminal defense lawyers, Sean Healy, to defend Spector's case. Spector regains consciousness, but after talking to his wife and daughter it becomes clear that he is suffering from memory loss and cannot remember anything after 2006. | ||||||||
| 14th | 3 | Episode 9 | The Gates of Light | Oct 13, 2016 | - | Allan Cubitt | Allan Cubitt | 3.06 |
| Spector talks to a psychiatrist and his lawyers and maintains his testimony that he still has no memory of any of his alleged crimes. Spector and his nurse Kiera get closer. Evidence from hiding shows the murder of a young, brunette woman over a decade ago in London for which David Alvarez, a friend of Spector, is in jail. The attorney general wants to continue bringing charges against Sally Ann for helping Spector. Gibson questions Rose about the events surrounding her abduction. Desperate, Sally Ann gives her children warm milk mixed with sleeping pills and drives the sleeping children to the beach in the car. | ||||||||
| 15th | 4th | Episode 10 | The Hell Within Him | Oct 20, 2016 | - | Allan Cubitt | Allan Cubitt | 3.31 |
| Sally Ann's car, which has already been flooded by the ebb tide, is discovered. Sally Ann and the children are rescued and taken to the hospital. An interesting intimacy develops between Spector and the nurse Kiera. Spector is being transferred to a secure mental health facility to determine if he is mentally stable enough to attend the trial. Spector's legal counseling team tries to discredit Spector's confession to Gibson. Gibson tells Dr. Larson of Spector's Sexual Perversions. In another interview with Rose, Gibson admits that a police mistake led to her kidnapping. | ||||||||
| 16 | 5 | Episode 11 | Wounds of Deadly Hate | Oct 27, 2016 | - | Allan Cubitt | Allan Cubitt | 3.48 |
| Anderson and Ferrington go to London to speak to Alvarez about the 2002 murder of the brunette woman. Alvarez tells of the terrible sexual abuse by the staff that the boys were exposed to in a boys' home where both Spector and Alvarez had lived. He also notices that Spector protected him from the worst abuse. Spector did his evaluation with Dr. Larson. Katie is taken to a juvenile detention center as punishment for her attack. Later, during an interview with Spector and his lawyers, Gibson and Anderson press for information about Alvarez and the young brunette woman. They announce that Spector will be charged with murder because they believe that Alvarez is innocent and that Spector is covering. Spector notes that this is a smart move by the police because he can still remember the length of time involved. | ||||||||
| 17th | 6th | Episode 11 | Their Solitary Way | Oct 28, 2016 | - | Allan Cubitt | Allan Cubitt | 3.08 |
| The police investigation is ongoing. Spector describes Susan Harper's death as a sex game gone wrong. Unimpressed, Gibson teases Spector that he should grow up and stop the theater, which seems to hit a nerve. During the questioning, Spector attacks Stella unexpectedly and violently, which clearly injures her. Burns has a nervous breakdown after witnessing Spector's outburst. Wallace leaves Spector's legal team. Dr. Larson eventually informs Spector back at the Foyle Clinic that he is treatable, but likely not entirely curable. Gibson visits Katie in the detention center where she injured herself. Gibson urges Katie not to ruin her life in order to impress Spector. Meanwhile, Spector convinces another patient, Mark Bailey, to give him a distraction in the lounge. In the chaos that followed, Spector beats up Dr. Larson and takes his belt. He uses it to strangle Bailey to death before hanging himself on the back of the bathroom door, in the same way his mother used to kill herself. After Spector's death, Operation Music Man is disbanded, Burns resigns and Stella returns to London. | ||||||||
Web links
- Episode list in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- List of episodes at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Markus Trutt: Scully chasing Christian Gray: start of the crime series "The Fall" with Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan on ZDF . In: filmstars.de . November 15, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
- ↑ Mario Giglio: The Fall: BBC Two orders third season . In: Serienjunkies.de . March 10, 2015. Accessed April 16, 2015.