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List Price: $19.98 Our Price: $17.99 You Save: $1.99 Features • Color • DVD-Video • NTSC In Theaters : 04 February, 1988 DVD Release : 04 February, 2003 |
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| Among the best two or three of the thirty-three episodes of the Inspector Morse series, _A Second Time Around_ opens with the murder of Charlie Hillian, a well-liked, former Deputy Police Commissioner of the Thames Valley Police. Charlie had been working on a book about famous local cases from the past, and a key chapter, involving the death of an eight-year-old girl, eighteen years ago, has been stolen. Chief Inspector Morse also worked on that horrifying case, as did Chief Inspector Patrick Dawson, a much more aggressive policeman than Morse, and when Dawson and Morse both begin to investigate the death of Hillian and its connections to the death of the child, tensions rise, and Morse is unable to keep his infamous, hair-trigger temper under control.
Dawson and Morse have always had different ideas about who killed the little girl, and, not surprisingly, they have different ideas about who might have had the motivation to kill Charlie Dawson. Their confrontations eventually involve Morse's sidekick, Sgt. Lewis, who stands up to Morse and refuses to obey his order to take a vacation, leading to the strongest argument ever seen between Morse and Sgt. Lewis. Exceptionally well focused (unlike a few others in this series), the mystery unfolds inexorably, while always keeping the reader interested in the characters' human qualities, their frailties, and their need for personal space (and secrets). The acting by John Thaw (Morse) and Kevin Whately (Lewis), is outstanding, as always, especially in the moving confrontation scene. The subordinate cast, notably Kenneth Colley, as Inspector Dawson, add significantly to the drama. An abused, dyslexic son; a timid mother; a man tormented for years by an anonymous accuser and forced to change his name; a loving and lonely grandmother who has lost both her granddaughter and her daughter; and a neglected wife, all beautifully acted, add depth to the human side of this drama. Lovers of photography will applaud the fine composition and color of many scenes--a vehicle parked at just the right angle outside a country house to emphasize the curves of the wisteria growing on its faA ade, backlit hallway scenes which show silhouettes, and the misty countryside in which Lewis kills the romantic atmosphere by telling a fellow policeman, in dire straits, to "go behind the trees." Morse's interest in opera is featured in music throughout the episode. Beautifully structured, finely focused, and filled with the human qualities which make the series so admired, Second Time Around is one of the best of the best. n Mary Whipple |
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