In the first episode of the second season, Vera and Joe investigate an arson attack at the home of a police sergeant with whom Vera used to work. He was not home at the time; however, his teenage daughter was, and she is critically injured.
Vera goes to the hospital to see her old friend and colleague, and to her horror, she witnesses his suicide. Devastated, Vera soldiers on and she and her team hone in on who might be the killer. But they have to find him before he can be arrested.
This episode had more of a human touch to it. At the end of the previous season, Vera was having obvious heart trouble and Joe forced her to go to the doctor. Now she has been diagnosed as having angina. We get to meet Joe's wife. And again, Vera comes out with the unexpected quip. When asked by Joe if she was ever romantically involved with the late sergeant, she scoffs, "Use your eyes. Isn't it obvious that he was way out of his league?" Good episode with a neat twist.
Vera goes to the hospital to see her old friend and colleague, and to her horror, she witnesses his suicide. Devastated, Vera soldiers on and she and her team hone in on who might be the killer. But they have to find him before he can be arrested.
This episode had more of a human touch to it. At the end of the previous season, Vera was having obvious heart trouble and Joe forced her to go to the doctor. Now she has been diagnosed as having angina. We get to meet Joe's wife. And again, Vera comes out with the unexpected quip. When asked by Joe if she was ever romantically involved with the late sergeant, she scoffs, "Use your eyes. Isn't it obvious that he was way out of his league?" Good episode with a neat twist.