The Best Episodes of Dempsey and Makepeace Season 2

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(70 votes)

   #1 - The Bogeyman

   S2:E1011/2/1985

   A boxer turned murderer who escapes a police stakeout has Dempsey on his trail trying to catch him.

   Director:Tony Wharmby

   Writer:Ranald Graham

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   Director:Tony Wharmby

   Writer:Ranald Graham
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   8.0/10(77 votes)

   #2 - Love You to Death

   S2:E39/14/1985

   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

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   Director:Tony Wharmby

   Writer:Roger Marshall
3. 

   8.0/10(63 votes)

   #3 - Tequila Sunrise

   S2:E59/28/1985

   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

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   Director:Tony Wharmby

   Writer:Ranald Graham
4. 

   7.8/10(59 votes)

   #4 - Wheelman

   S2:E29/7/1985

   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

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   Director:Tony Wharmby

   Writer:Murray Smith
5. 

   7.6/10(60 votes)

   #5 - Silver Dollar

   S2:E18/31/1985

   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

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   Director:Tony Wharmby

   Writer:Ranald Graham
6. 

   7.6/10(59 votes)

   #6 - No Surrender

   S2:E49/21/1985

   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

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   Director:Viktors Ritelis

   Writer:Paul Wheeler
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7. 

   7.6/10(58 votes)

   #7 - Blood Money

   S2:E610/5/1985

   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

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   Director:Graham Theakston

   Writer:Dave Humphries
8. 

   7.6/10(60 votes)

   #8 - Set a Thief

   S2:E710/12/1985

   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

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   Director:Tony Wharmby

   Writer:Dave Humphries
9. 

   7.6/10(60 votes)

   #9 - The Hit

   S2:E810/19/1985

   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

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   Director:Tony Wharmby

   Writer:Murray Smith
10. 

    7.5/10(53 votes)

    #10 - In the Dark

    S2:E910/26/1985

    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

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    Director:Graham Theakston

    Writer:David Crane