SeriesTV-MAPsychological

Wire in the Blood2002

Name: Wire in the Blood
Genre: Psychological
Released: 2002-11-14
Rating: 8.2

“TO CATCH A KILLER, YOU MUST THINK LIKE ONE”

8.2

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 8.3TMDB 7.9

✍ Review

On the charts

#30·Top Horror Series of All Time

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Year

2002

Seasons

Network

ITV1

Status

Ended

Box Office

🏆 1 win & 6 nominations total

The premise

Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill's uncanny ability to see into the minds of murderers means he finds it difficult to distance himself from disturbing cases.

Horror Vault's take

Set against the bleak landscapes of northern England, Wire in the Blood follows Dr Tony Hill, a forensic psychologist whose rare — and personally costly — gift for inhabiting a killer's mindset makes him an invaluable, if unconventional, asset to the police. Working alongside detectives in Yorkshire, Hill is drawn into a succession of deeply disturbing murder investigations that push him to his psychological limits. The series balances procedural rigour with an unsettling portrait of a brilliant man perpetually teetering on the edge of the abyss he stares into.

Content: Depictions Of Serial Murder, Disturbing Crime Scenes, Themes Of Psychological Trauma, Dark And Distressing Subject Matter

Episode Guide

🏆 Best Episode Overall

S1.E2 · The Mermaids Singing (2)

9.0

⭐ Highest Rated This Season

S1.E2 · The Mermaids Singing (2)

9.0

★ 8.3 avg· 4h 30m total· Nov 2002 → Dec 2002

S1.E1 · The Mermaids Singing (1)Premiere
8.2
Nov 14, 2002 · 45 min
A police psychologist pursues a serial killer who tortures homosexual victims in increasingly gruesome ways.
S1.E2 · The Mermaids Singing (2)
9.0
Nov 21, 2002 · 45 min
As Dr. Hill closes in on the homophobic psychopath, he almost falls victim to him, or her. Who can tell?
S1.E3 · Shadows Rising (1)
8.0
Nov 28, 2002 · 45 min · Dir: Nicholas Laughland
Dr. Hill strives to deduce the connection between the bodies of two teenage girls dumped in a lake and the motives for their murder.
S1.E4 · Shadows Rising (2)
8.0
Dec 5, 2002 · 45 min · Dir: Nicholas Laughland
Dr. Hill pieces together the convoluted history of a formerly retired serial killer and the whereabouts of the latest victim the killer abducted.
S1.E5 · Justice Painted Blind (1)
8.2
Dec 12, 2002 · 45 min
Dr. Hill tries to determine if the murders of two young girls were done by the same person.

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