7.4/1052 votes#1 - Silver Dollar
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 8/31/1985
While trying to stop a extremist group who are trying to overthrow the British government by flooding the country with counterfeit money, Dempsey and Makepeace try everything in there power to stop them.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Ranald Graham
- 7.6/1050 votes
#2 - Wheelman
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/7/1985
Makepeace poses as reporter Debby Smith to get close to hoodlum 'Marocco' Jack and ends up saving his life from a rival gang. Dempsey joins Marocco's gang by posing as an American driver called Andy Sallapuccio, whom they need to pull off two simultaneous jewel heists. Meanwhile Spikings is facing complaints from upstairs that might lead to SI 10 being shut down.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Murray Smith
- 7.9/1068 votes
#3 - Love You to Death
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/14/1985
Dempsey is stalked by a homicidal woman who obsesses over him, and who hates Makepeace for being with him.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Roger Marshall
- 7.6/1048 votes
#4 - No Surrender
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/21/1985
Makepeace gets injured while pursuing jewelry thieves with Dempsey. On her first day out of hospital, they run straight into a bank robbery and hijacking - and Dempsey is reluctant to put Makepeace in any kind of danger.
Director: Viktors Ritelis
Writer: Paul Wheeler
- 7.8/1055 votes
#5 - Tequila Sunrise
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/28/1985
Dempsey and Makepeace investigate a jewel thief who has masterminded a series of robberies but his life is also under threat by his underworld rivals.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Ranald Graham
- 7.4/1049 votes
#6 - Blood Money
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/5/1985
An antique dealer is murdered and priceless Egyptian artefacts are stolen. While the crooks try to find a buyer, Dempsey and Makepeace go undercover and find several parties looking to get their hands on the artefacts.
Director: Graham Theakston
Writer: Dave Humphries
- 7.4/1050 votes
#7 - Set a Thief
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/12/1985
Dempsey and Makepeace witness a young woman being run down on the street. She turns out to have been a model with connections to drug trafficking and members of parliament.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Dave Humphries
- 7.4/1051 votes
#8 - The Hit
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/19/1985
A police informant suffers a near-fatal beating and due to this Dempsey and Makepeace go on the trail of a vicious gang leader.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Murray Smith
- 7.3/1042 votes
#9 - In the Dark
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/26/1985
Once again, Dempsey and Makepeace are witness to a fellow policeman being shot. In this case it's one of Makepeace's former partners, Tom Bishop, who's dying words involve millions in cash and 'the man in the red coat'.
Director: Graham Theakston
Writer: David Crane
- 8.0/1062 votes
#10 - The Bogeyman
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/2/1985
A boxer turned murderer who escapes a police stakeout has Dempsey on his trail trying to catch him.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Ranald Graham
The Best Episodes of Dempsey and Makepeace Season 2
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Silver Dollar" is the best rated episode of "Dempsey and Makepeace" season 2. It scored 7.4/10 based on 52 votes. Directed by Tony Wharmby and written by Ranald Graham, it aired on 8/31/1985. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Wheelman".