7.9/10746 votes#1 - The Ghost Position
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 4/22/2012
Vera's reunion with her first-ever sergeant, Stuart Macken, occurs under tragic circumstances when his house is petrol-bombed. Stuart is badly burned by the attack and his 18-year-old daughter Stella is left fighting for her life in intensive care. Vera is shocked to see that Stuart is a shadow of the man she knew 20 years before and, when her investigation uncovers unpleasant revelations about his personal life, she is faced with some long-buried memories of her own.
Director: Peter Hoar
Writer: Paul Rutman
8.1/10718 votes#2 - Silent Voices
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 4/29/2012
Vera investigates the case of a murdered social worked named Jenny Lister, who was universally considered to have been principled and popular. However, in an overworked and understaffed social work system, a notorious case involving the death of a child seems to hold the key to solving the killing. As Vera pursues the truth, she discovers the real secret at the heart of Jenny's death - and the killer who will stop at nothing to keep it hidden
Director: Paul Whittington
Writer: Gaby Chiappe
7.9/10635 votes#3 - A Certain Samaritan
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 5/20/2012
DCI Vera Stanhope investigates the murder of 29-year-old Niall Coulter. With those closest to Niall intent upon obscuring the truth, it is not until the body of a drug dealer is found washed up on a Northumberland beach that the dreadful truth begins to emerge about Niall's past. While coping with revelations from her own past, Vera sifts through evidence of the grief, love and addiction that characterised Niall's life and deduces that his murderer acted through selfless and unrequited love.
Director: Julian Holmes
Writer: Colin Teevan
7.6/10620 votes#4 - Sandancers
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 6/3/2012
DCI Vera Stanhope and DS Joe Ashworth investigate a suspicious death in an army barracks. Although the scene has been made to look like a suicide, Vera quickly establishes that Staff Sgt 'Dev' Deverson was murdered. Sensing a connection to a soldier named Ollie who was killed in Afghanistan, Vera interviews Dev's loyal comrades and Ollie's grieving family, exposing a deeply concealed trauma at the heart of the crime.
Director: Edward Bazalgette
Writer: Paul Rutman
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A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and...
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:ITV1
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"The Ghost Position" is the best rated episode of "Vera" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 746 votes. Directed by Peter Hoar and written by Paul Rutman, it aired on 4/22/2012. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Silent Voices".