15 Best TV Episodes Of 2018 (So Far)

5. Once Removed - Inside No. 9

Inside No 9 Once Removed
BBC

It's a shame that Inside No 9 doesn't seem to have found an audience outside of the UK (and even then it's far from a popular show), because the sheer genius of Reese Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton warrants it.

Series 4 was full of contenders, but Once Removed is where the darkness of the show collides with their love of plot twists and playing around with structure.

A deconstruction of a mystery puzzle, the episode - which centres around a couple moving house, the 32nd most stressful life experience according to the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale - the episode starts with a complete jigsaw and then fills you in on the pieces while simultaneously removing them. Deliciously dark and fiendishly clever, it's an episode that you immediately want to rewatch once you've got to the end, which just so happens to be the beginning.

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