Second Time Around

Episode aired Dec 23, 1989
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

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Crime Drama Mystery

David Mason murders Ted Grob by throwing him into a swimming pool, handcuffed to a patio recliner. Jim returns to duty to solve the murder and is asked by an ex-con who believes he was frame... Read allDavid Mason murders Ted Grob by throwing him into a swimming pool, handcuffed to a patio recliner. Jim returns to duty to solve the murder and is asked by an ex-con who believes he was framed to go back over the details of the robbery of a courier company some years earlier which... Read allDavid Mason murders Ted Grob by throwing him into a swimming pool, handcuffed to a patio recliner. Jim returns to duty to solve the murder and is asked by an ex-con who believes he was framed to go back over the details of the robbery of a courier company some years earlier which has a connection with the recent death.

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

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If you love the show normally, you won't like this...

... or at least, we REALLY didn't, and we're huge fans of the show (found it via John Nettles via *Midsomer Murders* in 2025!). The plots, characters, and acting are all some of our favorite.

This episode, however, is a huge disappointment, from the hokey, Americanized chase (car and boat) scenes with goofy music, to the gratuitous yoga-to-music scene (a la *Flashdance*) starring one of the villains, to the over-the-top violence of the psychopath(s), to Charlie (who had been seeming less venal lately) reverting to his crummiest values and inane behavior (but not to save Jim), to-on a petty note-Jim ditching his casual clothes for suits that the character would ordinarily mock...

Just no. I wish we'd skipped this not-very-special and just started the next season. Sorry, I meant series!

Goofs
After Mason pushes Grob into the pool chained to the bench, you can briefly see the stuntman swimming away underwater.

Quotes
Harry Tilson: [pushing a man off his speedboat] Eat salt, sucker.

Alternate versions
A version showed by the channel UKTV cut around 10 minutes from the running time, including a scene where Bergerac has dinner with Elizabeth Dufresne. This made the final scene immediately before the credits somewhat perplexing.