Episode
Waking the Dead: Deus Ex Machina (1)
Overview
MI6 asks Boyd to reopen the case of the killing of an Iraqi dissident.Meanwhile, a man running for election as President of the Sudan announces he is going on hunger strike to protest at Britain's refusal to return the skull of a 19th century leader.
Details
- Series
- Waking the Dead
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2007-01-14
Episode context
Deus Ex Machina (1) is Episode 3 in Series 6 of Waking the Dead. It aired on 2007-01-14.
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Episode 2: Wren Boys (2)
Continuing the investigation of the death of a teenager whose body was found in concrete on a building site years ago. The injured Joe McDonagh finally wakes from his coma - but how much light can he throw now on a boxing bout which went badly wrong long ago? Meanwhile, there are surprises in store for Boyd and Jordan.
Episode 4: Deus Ex Machina (2)
Boyd finds a connection between the recent murder of an Iraqi and the local ruler's skull taken from the Sudan by British troops more than a hundred years before.
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Episode 1: Wren Boys (1)
The team re-investigates the death of a teenage boy who was found on a building site some years ago, drowned in concrete. Part of a human ear is found in his stomach, linking him to the dumping of another seriously injured teenager in a hospital at around the same time. The ground on which the dead teenager was found belongs to a Catholic abbey which is soon to be dissolved, and the abbey owns a shrine which might contain evidence and has to be dismantled - a task which falls to the unwilling Stella Goodman.Meanwhile, new forensic scientist Dr Eve Lockhart makes her mark on the case.
Episode 5: The Fall (1)
Two sexually conjoined mummies mysteriously fall through the the ceiling of an old City bank, resulting in the Cold Case team being called in to investigate.
Episode 6: The Fall (2)
As tension builds between Grace and Boyd the truth about Lisa is revealed. Meanwhile, the team have a new lead following on from Declan's death and it's a race to find the murderer before Lisa does.
Episode 7: Mask Of Sanity (1)
Two days after James Jenson is released from a psychiatric unit, the wallets of his victims are sent to a relative. Does this mean more murders could follow? And is James really responsible for the three coldcase murders, or did he take the blame for somebody else?
Episode 8: Mask Of Sanity (2)
The plot thickens as Rivelli and then Harris confess to the three cold case murders. Boyd remains suspicious though - who was the real murderer and what has Jensen got to do with it all?
Episode 9: Double Bind (1)
A psychiatric patient, imprisoned for the murder of his parents as a teenager escapes and reveals the location of an unknown corpse.
Episode 10: Double Bind (2)
The case becomes more complicated as Boyd discovers that alterative practises may have contributed to Daniel's instability.
Episode 11: Yahrzeit (1)
Boyd receives an anonymous package in the post – a Nazi ceremonial dagger. Attached to it is a Cold Case number, linking it to the unsolved murder of a young girl in May 1945. It seems that Mel had been working on the case before her death, what does this mean for the Cold Case Team?
Episode 12: Yahrzeit (2)
As Ben goes missing, Boyd and his team try to force the truth out of a confused David. Boyd grows increasingly close to Sarah, and Stella travels to Poland to investigate the true story.