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Rebus: Season 1

4 episodes Premiered Apr 26, 2000

Season 1 Episodes

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S1·E1 Mytharc

Black and Blue

Apr 26, 2000

Rebus investigates when a number of women are killed with the same modus operandi as 'The Preacher', a prolific serial killer active in Edinburgh during the 1980s. But is a copycat

S1·E2 Core

The Hanging Garden

Sep 6, 2001

Rebus investigates when an old friend, DI Jack Morton, is shot during an undercover operation at a pharmaceuticals factory which has become a hub for cocaine dealing and gun-runnin

S1·E3 Mytharc

Dead Souls

Sep 13, 2001

Rebus is forced to juggle two complex cases when an old friend approaches him to trace her son, who has disappeared, and a former colleague is killed in a freak accident, which ask

S1·E4 Mytharc

Mortal Causes

Nov 1, 2004

The motto of the Scottish kings - Nemo mi impune lacessit ("Don't Mess With Me") sets the tone for this story. It's payback time for DI John Rebus in his pact with the crime underl