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Death Note Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
37 Episodes 2007 - 2008
A bright but bored boy attempts to rid the world of evil using a strange and deadly notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in its pages. His quest is complicated when a genius detective begins investigating the murders.
Episode 1
Rebirth
Tue, Oct 3, 2006 30 mins
Light discovers the notebook and begins killing criminals, in the series premiere. Later, Ryuk visits Light and explains the consequences of his actions.
Episode 2
Confrontation
Tue, Oct 10, 2006 30 mins
Light designs a hiding place for the notebook after learning anyone who touches it will be cursed. Meanwhile, L, a mysterious detective, begins investigating the deaths of more than 50 criminals and sets up headquarters in Japan.
Episode 3
Dealings
Tue, Oct 17, 2006 30 mins
Ryuk warns Light that he's being followed.
Episode 4
Pursuit
Tue, Oct 24, 2006 30 mins
Light discovers that he can dictate his victims' actions through the description of their deaths in the notebook.
Episode 5
Tactics
Tue, Oct 31, 2006 30 mins
Light finds a way to get rid of FBI agents secretly brought into Japan by L. Elsewhere, the Kira task force is thinned out once L's credibility is called into question.
Episode 6
Unraveling
Tue, Nov 7, 2006 30 mins
Light intercepts a woman at the police station with info that could implicate him in the murders.
Episode 7
Overcast
Tue, Nov 14, 2006 30 mins
Light struggles to learn the true identity of the woman he met at the police station after he discovers she used an alias.
Episode 8
Glare
Tue, Nov 21, 2006 30 mins
L installs cameras in the Yagamis' home after realising Raye Penber may have met Kira.
Episode 9
Encounter
Tue, Nov 28, 2006 30 mins
L personally investigates Light, enrols in Light's school and reveals his identity.
Episode 10
Doubt
Tue, Dec 5, 2006 30 mins
An increasingly suspicious L asks Light to work on the Kira investigation. Elsewhere, Light's father has a heart attack.
Episode 11
Assault
Tue, Dec 12, 2006 30 mins
The videos sent to the news station prove deadly for several police officers and reporters.
Episode 12
Love
Tue, Dec 26, 2006 30 mins
Light joins the task force at L's request.
Episode 13
Confession
Tue, Jan 9, 2007 30 mins
Light travels to Aoyama to find the second Kira, but she finds him first.
Episode 14
Friend
Tue, Jan 16, 2007 30 mins
Misa becomes a liability when her infatuation with Light deepens.
Episode 15
Wager
Tue, Jan 23, 2007 30 mins
Misa comes under suspicion as the second Kira.
Episode 16
Decision
Tue, Jan 30, 2007 30 mins
Light volunteers to be confined to prove that he's not Kira.
Episode 17
Execution
Tue, Feb 6, 2007 30 mins
Light's father makes a daring play to prove his son's innocence.
Episode 18
Ally
Tue, Feb 13, 2007 30 mins
Light notices the deaths linked to the Yotsuba Group. Elsewhere, the Kira task force loses a member.
Episode 19
Matsuda
Tue, Feb 20, 2007 30 mins
Matsuda tries to prove himself to L by investigating the Yotsuba headquarters.
Episode 20
Makeshift
Tue, Feb 27, 2007 30 mins
The task force discovers Yotsuba's secret meetings and concludes that Kira is a group member.
Episode 21
Performance
Tue, Mar 6, 2007 30 mins
L's identity is investigated by the Yotsuba Group, which also makes Misa its spokesperson.
Episode 22
Guidance
Tue, Mar 13, 2007 30 mins
Misa narrows the field of Kira suspects, allowing L to set a trap using Sakura TV.
Episode 23
Frenzy
Tue, Mar 20, 2007 30 mins
Higuchi targets a task-force member and makes a deal with Rem to reach his goal.
Episode 24
Revival
Tue, Mar 27, 2007 30 mins
Higuchi confesses, but L believes there is still danger and decides to keep the case open.
Episode 25
Silence
Tue, Apr 3, 2007 30 mins
Light asks Misa to begin killing again, a request that raises Rem's defenses.
Episode 26
Renewal
Tue, Apr 10, 2007 30 mins
Light becomes the new L at the investigative team's urging, a move that brings him closer to his vision of a perfect world.
Episode 27
Abduction
Tue, Apr 17, 2007 30 mins
A new investigator not affiliated with the task force hunts for Kira and knows about the Death Notes.
Episode 28
Impatience
Tue, Apr 24, 2007 30 mins
Near offers to help Light retrieve his sister from kidnappers, but has secret plans of his own.
Episode 29
Father
Tue, May 1, 2007 30 mins
Light uses the Death Note to reveal the location of Mello and his associates.
Episode 30
Justice
Tue, May 8, 2007 30 mins
Mello gives Near a clue in exchange for his photo and safety from Kira. Elsewhere, the president announces that the US will not oppose Kira.
Episode 31
Transfer
Tue, May 15, 2007 30 mins
Aizawa gives Near information on the task force when he begins to doubt Light.
Episode 32
Selection
Tue, May 22, 2007 30 mins
Light's former girlfriend becomes Kira's spokesperson, further raising Aizawa's suspicions about Light.
Episode 33
Scorn
Tue, May 29, 2007 30 mins
During his false investigation, Light secretly asks Kiyomi to help Kira's cause.
Episode 34
Vigilance
Tue, Jun 5, 2007 30 mins
Near plans to separate Misa and Light and asks Aizawa to keep watching Light.
Episode 35
Malice
Tue, Jun 12, 2007 30 mins
Light orders Near's death, but his plan goes awry when Kiyomi is abducted.
Episode 36
1.28
Tue, Jun 19, 2007 30 mins
Near and Light meet, along with the task force and SPK, at a warehouse, where Near reveals Kira's follower is writing their names down in the Death Note.
Episode 37
New World
Tue, Jun 26, 2007 30 mins
In the series finale, Mikami writes the investigators' names in the Death Note and is surprised by the result.
