Murder Call

Season 2

Centers on homicide detective odd couple, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Shot in Sydney, Australia, the show was known for portraying gripping crime drama, while displaying the grittier side of urban Sydney.
20 Episodes
  • Dared to Death
    E1
    Dared to DeathMurder Call centers on homicide detective, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Hyperactive and emotionally volatile, Tessa is an almost exact opposite of Steve, a laconic, casual-seeming man's man. Together this powerful team must overcome intrigue, fear and shattered lives, which murder leaves in its wake. Murder Call combines mystery and suspense with humor, romance and a touch of the bizarre. Based on the works of author Jennifer Rowe.
  • Many Unhappy Returns
    E2
    Many Unhappy ReturnsA fiftieth birthday party of Gerard Gault turns out to be more than anyone bargained for when he is discovered dead amongst his cactus collection the next morning. A simple heart attack? That's what the death certificate says but an anonymous caller is making it clear that some doubt surrounds that diagnosis ... the caller believes Gerard Gault was murdered.
  • Skin Deep
    E3
    Skin DeepWhen Dr. Theo Magnus, a leading cosmetic surgeon, is ambushed in his clinic and brutally murdered with a scalpel, his family and staff can shed little light on the mystery. But as Tessa and Steve dig a little deeper into the life of the clinic, more complex patterns begin to emerge.
  • Fatal Charm
    E4
    Fatal CharmIn the back streets of the city the first rays of sunlight are fighting their way into the gloom, where a charred and twisted body is testimony to a fatal Friday night. It's Melissa Hindwood. Tessa and Steve break the news to her parents. As far as they are concerned their daughter should have been at their exclusive tennis club. The detectives soon discover Melissa led another life.
  • Short Circuit
    E5
    Short CircuitA young woman is electrocuted by her twin brother's robot. The investigation leads Tessa and Steve into a bizarre tangle of relationships. They realise everyone had a motive to kill the woman who was generally not well-liked. A strange symbol drawn in a book provides the key to a small fortune and the identity of the killer surprises even the detectives.
  • Cold Comfort
    E6
    Cold ComfortMurder Call centers on homicide detective, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Hyperactive and emotionally volatile, Tessa is an almost exact opposite of Steve, a laconic, casual-seeming man's man. Together this powerful team must overcome intrigue, fear and shattered lives, which murder leaves in its wake. Murder Call combines mystery and suspense with humor, romance and a touch of the bizarre. Based on the works of author Jennifer Rowe.
  • Murder in Reverse
    E7
    Murder in ReverseThe body of Eva Blanfield is found in a local dump. When they inform her husband, he claims she had been the victim of a kidnapping. The ransom note threatened to kill her if he contacted the police. He is distraught as he has paid the money, but his wife is dead. Meanwhile, another kidnapping victim Penny Whittaker was released once the ransom was paid. Why release one victim and not the other?
  • More than Meets the Eye
    E8
    More than Meets the EyeThe gruesome discovery of a severed arm wrapped in plastic draws Steve and Tessa into a case that takes them through the dark stormwater tunnels of the city and sends them both home with nightmares. Has Marguerite Phillips as Female Body in Drain.
  • Deadfall
    E9
    DeadfallThorne is convinced he saw a man pushed off a building roof, but cannot locate the body at first. When the body turns up, Steve and Tessa not only have to track down the killer, but discover why the body disappeared.
  • Deadline (1)
    E10
    Deadline (1)A bizarre murder in a city amusement park is the first in a series of horrible killings inspired by an innocent nursery rhyme. Homicide's youngest and brightest detective, Tessa Vance, is confronted by a psychopath from her past as the nursery rhyme killer prepares to strike again.
  • Deadline (2)
    E11
    Deadline (2)A bizarre murder in a city amusement park is the first in a series of horrible killings inspired by an innocent nursery rhyme. Homicide's youngest and brightest detective, Tessa Vance, is confronted by a psychopath from her past as the nursery rhyme killer prepares to strike again.
  • Something Fishy
    E12
    Something FishyTwo bodies joined together in death, skewered to the wall by a spear from a speargun. James Holland and Pauline Hook, business partners in life. Or was there something more than just business that bound these two together? Very fishy indeed.
  • A Dress to Die For
    E13
    A Dress to Die ForWhen the detectives attend an extravagant costume hire shop, they find the shop's young security guard dead from a blow to the back of the head, and propped inside an elaborate Queen Elizabeth I costume.
  • Menu for Murder
    E14
    Menu for MurderMurder Call centers on homicide detective, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Hyperactive and emotionally volatile, Tessa is an almost exact opposite of Steve, a laconic, casual-seeming man's man. Together this powerful team must overcome intrigue, fear and shattered lives, which murder leaves in its wake. Murder Call combines mystery and suspense with humor, romance and a touch of the bizarre. Based on the works of author Jennifer Rowe.
  • Cry Wolf
    E15
    Cry WolfSteve and Tessa are called to the murder of Elizabeth Mallow - a young woman who called the police twice the night before and now lies sexually assaulted and strangled on her bed. As suspicions fall on the residents of the block of flats, the detectives uncover a nest of twisted love, obsession and paranoia.
  • A View to a Kill
    E16
    A View to a KillWhen Tessa and Steve investigate the death of a museum curator, they soon realise that his public face as a knowledgeable and well liked man who could rake in the funding dollars, hides a private life littered with sexual indiscretions and money troubles.
  • Blowing the Whistle
    E17
    Blowing the WhistleWhen a referee of a women's fame of soccer is murdered in full view of a hundred people, our Detectives are puzzled when they have no eye-witnesses. The only witness turns out to be the video footage shot by Dee. After examinations of the video, Tessa realises it's not necessarily what is happening in the foreground, but the lies being played out in the grainy background.
  • Instrument of Death
    E18
    Instrument of DeathMurder Call centers on homicide detective, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Hyperactive and emotionally volatile, Tessa is an almost exact opposite of Steve, a laconic, casual-seeming man's man. Together this powerful team must overcome intrigue, fear and shattered lives, which murder leaves in its wake. Murder Call combines mystery and suspense with humor, romance and a touch of the bizarre. Based on the works of author Jennifer Rowe.
  • Bone Dead
    E19
    Bone DeadMurder Call centers on homicide detective, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Hyperactive and emotionally volatile, Tessa is an almost exact opposite of Steve, a laconic, casual-seeming man's man. Together this powerful team must overcome intrigue, fear and shattered lives, which murder leaves in its wake. Murder Call combines mystery and suspense with humor, romance and a touch of the bizarre. Based on the works of author Jennifer Rowe.
  • Mix 'N' Match
    E20
    Mix 'N' MatchMurder Call centers on homicide detective, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Hyperactive and emotionally volatile, Tessa is an almost exact opposite of Steve, a laconic, casual-seeming man's man. Together this powerful team must overcome intrigue, fear and shattered lives, which murder leaves in its wake. Murder Call combines mystery and suspense with humor, romance and a touch of the bizarre. Based on the works of author Jennifer Rowe.
Cast of Season 2
  • Glenda LinscottDr. Imogene 'Tootsie' Soamses
  • Peter MochrieDet. Steve Hayden
  • Geoff MorrellDet. Sen. Serg. Lance Fisk
  • Gary DayDet. Insp. Malcolm Thorne
  • Lucy BellDet. Tessa Vance
 
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