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The Best Episodes of Midnight Caller Season 2

Every episode of Midnight Caller Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Midnight Caller Season 2!

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An ex-cop hosts a late-night talk radio program while getting involved with his listeners' problems in his off-time.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 1 - Tarnished Shield
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    #1 - Tarnished Shield

    S2:E1

    Jack's mentor on the police force is reunited with him under horrific circumstances. His policeman son-in-law commits suicide after calling Jack's show. Jack finds himself involved in a convoluted plot of understanding why, which has him questioning the ethics of some fellow officers.

    Director:Kevin Hooks

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  2. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 2 - Evil is Live Spelled Backward (1)
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #2 - Evil is Live Spelled Backward (1)

    S2:E2

    Jack's show is plagued by a series of on-air murders and locations of dead bodies. Jack's intuition tells him it's a serial killer but he has a hard time convincing Lieutenant Zymak.

    Director:Bradford May
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 3 - Evil is Live Spelled Backward (2)
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    #3 - Evil is Live Spelled Backward (2)

    S2:E3

    When Devon becomes a kidnap victim of the call-in killer, Zymak and Jack work together to discover that the crimes are a twisted vendetta against Jack and KJCM.

    Director:Bradford May
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 4 - Mercy Me
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #4 - Mercy Me

    S2:E4

    In an effort to help his friend whose son is being kept alive by life support, Jack showcases the issue of euthanasia on his show.

    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 5 - Watching Me, Watching You
    8.4/10(22 votes)

    #5 - Watching Me, Watching You

    S2:E5

    Devon is stalked by a man who targets her during a traffic jam. She and Jack are forced into a situation that causes them to contemplate moving their relationship from platonic to something more.

    Director:Colin Bucksey
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 6 - Take Back the Streets
    7.2/10(15 votes)

    #6 - Take Back the Streets

    S2:E6

    The drug trade hits too close to home for a San Francisco neighborhood. Their personal war on crime becomes the focus of Jack's show.

    Director:Dan Lerner

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  8. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 7 - Someone to Love
    8.9/10(18 votes)

    #7 - Someone to Love

    S2:E7

    Jack receives a call from a hospice. Tina Cassidy's battle with AIDS is near the end. As Jack goes to her, he reflects on their time together.

    Director:Robert Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 8 - End of Innocence
    7.7/10(16 votes)

    #8 - End of Innocence

    S2:E8

    A woman chooses imprisonment versus revealing the location of her daughter to her ex-husband. The young child is supposedly a victim of sexual abuse while her legal eagle parents sort through their own personality flaws. Jack becomes a link in the chain of lies and law-bending for the sake of the child.

    Director:Colin Bucksey
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 9 - Blood Red
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    #9 - Blood Red

    S2:E9

    Deacon's girlfriend, Susan, seeks Jack's assistance in dealing with her gambling debts. As Jack investigates outside of the official channels, he uncovers an art forgery ring that has Susan in the middle of it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 10 - Do You Believe in Miracles?
    5.5/10(15 votes)

    #10 - Do You Believe in Miracles?

    S2:E10

    A blessed statue of the baby Jesus is stolen from St. Michael's Cathedral. Jack uses his show to find out clues to its whereabouts and to prevent the mob family who donated the statue from exacting their own form of penance on the perpetrator.

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  12. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 11 - Based on a True Story
    6.6/10(14 votes)

    #11 - Based on a True Story

    S2:E11

    The devastating San Francisco earthquake is re-enacted as Jack and Billy help citizens connect with loved ones via the radio waves, Devon has a close encounter, and Zymak and his family re-unite under tense circumstances.

    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 12 - Planes
    8.2/10(20 votes)

    #12 - Planes

    S2:E12

    An abandoned young boy seeks refuge within a modern day band of street thieves with similarities to the Charles Dickens classic, Oliver Twist.

    Director:Randall Zisk
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 13 - Kid Salinas
    6.2/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Kid Salinas

    S2:E13

    The exploitation of illegal immigrants in the work force and the sporting world is the premise for this episode. Jack introduces Devon to the world of boxing. Unfortunately, this leads to the more unpleasant side of things...

    Director:Unknown

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  15. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 14 - A Snitch in Time (1)
    7.7/10(13 votes)

    #14 - A Snitch in Time (1)

    S2:E14

    Jack borrows Devon's car, unfortunately a young woman is killed by a hit and run driver matching Devon's car and Jack's description. The victim turns out to be the daughter of an influential retired lawyer, who wants retribution. Jack is hauled in for questioning, and becomes the pawn in a jewelry thief's deal for release.

    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 15 - A Snitch in Time (2)
    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #15 - A Snitch in Time (2)

    S2:E15

    Things are looking tense for Jack, when he and Deacon sit down to figure out the tangled web of lies and deceit to which he has fallen victim.

    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 16 - The Reverend Soundbite
    7.4/10(13 votes)

    #16 - The Reverend Soundbite

    S2:E16

    Gang violence and police retaliation are the focal point for this episode. Zymak, accused of police brutality, is unable to come clean with his whereabouts as his marriage is disintegrating.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 17 - Wrong Side of the Wall
    7.3/10(12 votes)

    #17 - Wrong Side of the Wall

    S2:E17

    A long time prisoner of the correctional system is paroled, and he finds the real world too difficult to manage. Jack tries to dissuade him from breaking his parole just to get back into the system he knows so well.

    Director:Matt Clark

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  19. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 18 - Three for the Money
    7.4/10(15 votes)

    #18 - Three for the Money

    S2:E18

    We don't see much of Jack in the episode, as his brother and his father hook up for the first time in years to help a damsel in distress retrieve a valuable artifact. (This was the premise for a spinoff show that didn't make it off the ground.)

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  20. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 19 - Protection
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #19 - Protection

    S2:E19

    One of Jack's informants from his police force days seeks his assistance when his witness protection status is jeopardized. Jack is drawn into a government conspiracy that reaches to high office and global proportion.

    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 20 - The Hostage Game
    8.2/10(14 votes)

    #20 - The Hostage Game

    S2:E20

    Jack's friend from childhood is too close to the hostage situations around the world; his brother is one of many on a hijacked plane. In retaliation, he kidnaps an official from the country claiming responsibility. He keeps regular contact with Jack via the radio show, alluding to his location.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Midnight Caller Season 2 Episode 21 - Nighthawk's Got the Blues
    8.6/10(20 votes)

    #21 - Nighthawk's Got the Blues

    S2:E21

    As the second season ends, Killian's behavior is definitely out of the ordinary... he can't seem to care about anything. A heart-to-heart intervention with Deacon and Zymak reveals that Jack is mourning Tina as her birthday approaches, but Devon needs him back to normal, for other reasons.

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Tarnished Shield" is the best rated episode of "Midnight Caller" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by Kevin Hooks and written by John Schulian, it aired on 9/19/1989. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Evil is Live Spelled Backward (1)".