Waking the Dead: Season 4
Season 4 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 Waking the Dead Season 3.
- 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.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
In Sight of the Lord (1)
Jul 11, 2004
In 1948, post-war Britain, an ex-soldier has been found dead with his skull nailed to the floor. Now this case has been re-opened due to media attention and pressure created by his
In Sight of the Lord (2)
Jul 12, 2004
Is the Second World War the linking factor? The team must find the next possible victim but no-one knows where he is.
False Flag (1)
Jul 18, 2004
As a garage is demolished in contemporary London, demolition work is halted at the sight of a skeleton sitting in the driver’s seat. An unexploded bomb is found under the car which
False Flag (2)
Jul 19, 2004
While the security services begin using underhand methods, a former army officer promises Boyd explosive new evidence—but their meeting is destined never to happen.
Fugue States (1)
Jul 25, 2004
Two five-year-old twins are taken from their home in Notting Hill Carnival and a nationwide search is launched, but they are not found. Thirteen years later, one of the twins, Jaso
Fugue States (2)
Jul 26, 2004
After shooting an unarmed man in the raid on the nursery, Mel is suspended from the case pending an inquiry. Grace and Boyd, meanwhile, have more questions for Roper—but the doctor
Anger Management (1)
Aug 1, 2004
After Sam is released from prison, a man is murdered in the hostel where he stays. Soon he is a suspect. But it looks as though Sam was in fact the intended victim. On the surface
Anger Management (2)
Aug 2, 2004
When the gun stolen from Frankie is used in another murder, the Squad suspect the victim's gopher. It is revealed the first murder could have been a case of mistaken identity. Fra
The Hardest Word (1)
Aug 8, 2004
A sadomasochistic serial killer is at large. The killings are brutal and the victims are found with the word 'Sorry' carved in their backs.
The Hardest Word (2)
Aug 9, 2004
When the killer strikes at the heart of the team, the investigation takes a new track and the motive for the murders takes on a very different meaning.
Shadowplay (1)
Aug 15, 2004
A young woman who has psychiatric problems has killed her family through an arson attack on her family home. She claims she was incited to do this by a mysterious figure known only
Shadowplay (2)
Aug 16, 2004
Boyd and the team continue to investigate the arson case and the other two other possible crime connections to 'The Shepherd'. Will the team discover this person's true identity or