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Taggart Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 1988 - 1988
Episode 1
Dead Giveaway Part One
45 mins
After a mother and son are found dead, Taggart hunts after a murderer who's putting rat poison into food products made by a company called "Wonderland".
Episode 2
Dead Giveaway Part Two
45 mins
The investigation focuses on the shop from which the victims bought their food run by a married couple. Meanwhile, a mother-son pair of scam antique dealers seem to be having an Oedipal relationship while targeting an old woman.
Episode 3
Dead Giveaway Part Three
45 mins
As more people across Glasgow are poisoned by eating tainted food products, Taggart and his team look for an elusive connection between the victims.
Episode 4
Root of Evil Part One
45 mins
During the Glasgow Garden Festival the severed head of loan shark Willie Lomax is found in a blocked drain. He is but the first victim in what appears to be a serial killer taking out murderous revenge on loan sharks. Lomax's brother, his unhappy son and the boy's stepfather, however, may provide clues to take the investigation in a different direction.
Episode 5
Root of Evil Part Two
45 mins
Taggart's daughter returns home with news of her engagement, Jardine falls for an actress with a mysterious past, and a local moneylender fights for custody of his son. Then the killer strikes again.
Episode 6
Root of Evil Part Three
45 mins
Taggart discovers that his daughter's fiance spent time in prison for armed robbery, Jardine's actress worked at a gentlemen's club, and the two Edinburgh cops following the case from afar might not be as pure as the driven snow.
Episode 7
Double Jeopardy
78 mins
The body of Rowena Bain is discovered in a wood. The forensic evidence suggests suicide, but Taggart is suspicious. The victim's sister thinks that Rowena's husband, Maurice, killed her. The case against Maurice grows when it is discovered that his first wife also disappeared in mysterious circumstances.
