Every Inside No. 9 Episode Ranked From Worst To Best 

37. Death Be Not Proud

Plot: A young couple, Beattie (Jenna Coleman) and Sam (Kadiff Kirwan) move into a flat with a very sinister past. Characters from Psychoville, a previous Shearsmith and Pemberton work, show up in this one.

Location: A flat.

Very few TV shows get through their entire run without a single bad episode and sure enough, even Inside No. 9 has a single dud to its name. Unfortunately, it's a big one.

Death Be Not Proud has solid performances, a good ending, some witty lines and Psychoville fans will no doubt enjoy the fan-service, but this story has very little going for it otherwise.

This episode is mean-spirited, unfunny, directionless and incredibly distasteful. Prior to the ending nothing all that weighty really happens, the tone-deaf representation of mental illness is uncomfortable to watch and the way in which the episode wasted the marvellous Jenna Coleman on such a nothing role was outrageous.

Since it lacks the rich writing, cracking jokes and fascinating story-lines that define this show, it feels fair to call this the worst Inside No. 9 episode to date. Due to the ridiculously high standards of most of the rest of the show's run, it ain't even close.