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Trial & Retribution: Season 12

6 episodes Premiered Jan 8, 2009 Updated Sep 30, 2026
Previously on Trial & Retribution

Season 12 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Trial & Retribution Season 11.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 12 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 12: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (3): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S12·E1 Mytharc

Siren (1)

Jan 9, 2009 · 60 min

An ambulance is forced off the road as it is carrying a famous patient in the back. The patient is then shot in the head.

S12·E2 Core

Siren (2)

Jan 16, 2009 · 60 min

Imogen's mother makes a plea for her daughter's safe return. Things happening between McGill and Connor threaten the investigation.

S12·E3 Core

Ghost Train (1)

Jan 23, 2009 · 60 min

When a girl falls to her death from a ferris wheel, it is thought to be a tragic accident - until DS Satchell's aunt comes forward with suspicions of foul play.

S12·E4 Core

Ghost Train (2)

Jan 30, 2009 · 60 min

Despite the presence of Tess, the police find the funfair workers unwilling to cooperate. An arrest is eventually made, a Romanian worker called Pavel, who had actually gone out wi

S12·E5 Mytharc

Shooter (1)

Feb 6, 2009 · 60 min

DS Satchell and his family find themselves the target of a notorious crime family when he witnesses the slaying of an informer following a jewellery raid.

S12·E6 Mytharc

Shooter (2)

Feb 13, 2009 · 60 min

DS Satchell is desperate to find his wife and daughter now that they are misssing. Walker and Connor try to find the evidence to put the Bilkin family behind bars. Satchell decides

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