Every Inside No. 9 Episode Ranked From Worst To Best
32. The Stakeout
Plot: Two policemen (Pemberton and Shearsmith), one of them haunted by the death of his partner, stake out a graveyard in their police car.
Location: A police car.
Like every other season of Inside No. 9 (prior to season six), season five concluded with a horror story. The Stakeout is probably the weakest season finale of the show to date though, since it isn't all that memorable and the setting of a police car could've been used in a far more creative way; unfortunately, the car is static for most of the episode.
Nonetheless, it's still a rock-solid episode. An eerie atmosphere, two finely-developed lead characters and a clever script - which memorably uses word games to develop the characters and story - all more than compensate for the episode's flaws and make it a very enjoyable horror story.
Also, that final twist was a dark, messed-up and unpredictable delight.